https://meenews.co/post/69e9e283059ccda1fcc18249 Congressman Crane Proposes Bill To Halt H-1B Visas For Three Years te 2026-04-23T09:12:35.734Z Congressman Crane Proposes Bill To Halt H-1B Visas For Three Years By Staff Reporter | Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ-02) introduced a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on H-1B visas while major reforms occur in the program. The bill introduced Wednesday, the End H-1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026, proposes a laundry list of program reforms to include: Reducing the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 (not including the 20,000 for advanced degree holders) to 25,000;  Eliminating existing exemptions; Replacing the lottery system with a wage-based selection system; Requiring employers to certify inability to source qualified American workers; Requiring employers to prove no layoffs occurred; Setting the minimum H-1B wage at $200,000 per year; Barring H-1B workers from holding multiple jobs; Prohibiting third-party staffing agencies from employing H-1B workers; Prohibiting H-1B workers from bringing dependents into the country; Prohibiting federal agencies from sponsoring or employing nonimmigrant workers; Ending Optional Practical Training (OPT); Prohibiting H-1B holders from adjusting status to permanent residency; and Requiring nonimmigrants to depart the U.S. before changing to another nonimmigrant status. Crane called the H-1B Program a “flawed process” that needed years of work to restore fairness in employment.  “The federal government should work for hardworking citizens, not the profit margins of massive corporations. We owe it to the American people to prevent the broken H-1B system from boxing them out of jobs they are qualified to perform,” said Crane. “The End H-1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026 would provide greater access to employment, strengthen protocols in the visa process, and prioritize the livelihoods of Americans.” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09) signed on as an original cosponsor, along with Republican Reps. Brandon Gill (TX), Wesley Hunt (TX), Tom McClintock (CA), Keith Self (TX), and Andy Ogles (TN).  Gosar expressed discontent with a program as a cost-saving measure for businesses at the expense of American employment rates.  “The H-1B program has been hijacked to replace American workers with cheaper foreign labor — plain and simple. This bill slams the brakes on a system that’s rigged against our own people and puts American jobs first again,” said Gosar. “If a company can hire an American, they should. No loopholes. No excuses. We’re done subsidizing the outsourcing of our own workforce.” An overhaul of the H-1B Program has been a priority for President Donald Trump. Last September, the president imposed a $100,000 entry fee for new H-1B visa recipients. However, this fee doesn’t apply to those residing in the U.S., meaning a vast majority of H-1B holders are exempt.  New data on lottery pool entries and entry fee payments reflected that the entry fee had minimal impact on reducing H-1B visas. Last week, Financial Express reported that the lottery pool reduced by about 27 percent, from 470,300 to 345,000 entries — still far above the 85,000 cap on visas. Only 85 entry fees have been paid. Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the Trump administration over the fee in December. Mayes cited the need for foreign labor to staff rural school districts and the semiconductor industry. In December, the Department of Homeland Security announced it would be amending program regulations by replacing the random lottery for a weighted selection to prioritize skills and wages. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Congressman Crane Proposes Bill To Halt H-1B Visas For Three Years first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9e26e059ccda1fcc18240 Maricopa County Supervisor Mark Stewart Announces May Town Hall te 2026-04-23T09:12:14.539Z Maricopa County Supervisor Mark Stewart Announces May Town Hall By Ethan Faverino | Maricopa County Supervisor Mark Stewart invites residents of District 1 to join him for a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. The one-hour webinar will provide an update on Supervisor Stewart’s 2026 priorities, the county budget, upcoming elections, and other key county initiatives. A large portion of the program will be dedicated to a live Q&A, allowing constituents to ask questions directly. “It’s hard to believe we’re already a quarter into 2026! We have lots to cover,” said Stewart. “We want to hear from YOU! Be sure to bring your questions.” As a supervisor, Stewart says he is “dedicated to people-focused leadership that improves quality of life, supports sustainable growth, and reflects the core values of Maricopa County.” He believes his approach “prioritizes transparency and accountability, ensuring that both residents and businesses have the opportunity to prosper.” The virtual town hall is open to residents of Maricopa County Supervisor District 1, which includes parts of Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Queen Creek, and Tempe. Registration is required. Residents can register for the event using the official registration link available through the Maricopa County Supervisor District 1 office. Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Maricopa County Supervisor Mark Stewart Announces May Town Hall first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9e259059ccda1fcc18237 Court Invalidates Arizona Water Policy Used To Restrict Phoenix-Area Development te 2026-04-23T09:11:53.777Z Court Invalidates Arizona Water Policy Used To Restrict Phoenix-Area Development By Matthew Holloway | Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ruled Tuesday that the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) did not comply with state law when implementing a policy that restricted residential development in parts of Maricopa County. In the order, the court found the agency “did not comply” with Arizona law in adopting the challenged requirements and declared the policy invalid. The policy, commonly referred to as the “Unmet Demand” approach, was used by ADWR in evaluating whether proposed developments could meet the state’s requirement to demonstrate a 100-year assured water supply in the Phoenix Active Management Area. Arizona law requires developers in designated areas to obtain a certificate of assured water supply demonstrating access to sufficient groundwater or other supplies for 100 years before construction can proceed. According to the lawsuit, ADWR’s application of an “Unmet Demand” standard required consideration of projected groundwater demand across the broader management area rather than focusing on the water supply available to an individual development. The court rejected the agency’s justification for the policy, stating that its interpretation of the law “lacks merit.” The case was filed in January 2025 by the Goldwater Institute on behalf of the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, challenging the policy’s legality under state administrative procedures. In a statement following the ruling, Goldwater Institute Vice President for Legal Affairs Timothy Sandefur said the court’s decision invalidated the agency’s approach to regulating development under the policy. He explained, “The reality is that although Phoenix is a desert, there’s plenty of water to serve the needs of development. Yet the ‘Unmet Demand Rule’ transformed overnight how home building could work in Maricopa County—restricting construction at a time in which the limited supplies of residences have caused housing prices to soar. And that was illegal, because the Department had no power to adopt the ‘Unmet Demand Rule’ in the first place.” He added, “State law sets forth a process for creating new rules, and the Department didn’t bother trying to comply with those processes. Instead, it claimed that it had simply discovered somehow that this was what the law required all along.” The challenged policy had affected development planning in portions of the Phoenix metropolitan area, including Buckeye and Queen Creek, where groundwater availability determinations are required for new subdivisions, according to court filings and statements in the case. Sandefur called the ruling “a crucial victory for Arizonans, not just in Phoenix but throughout the state, who might well have been on the Department’s target list had it been allowed to get away with redefining the rules in this way.” He added, “The case is also a reminder of the dangerous power that the pervasive ‘administrative state’ wields over our daily lives—as unelected and unaccountable bureaucracies exert authority over every detail of construction, business, and property ownership, to cite just a few examples. The only solution to the arbitrariness and lawlessness of these agencies is to rein in their power—and for courts to ensure that they obey the law.” The court’s ruling focused on whether ADWR followed the procedures required under Arizona law to implement new regulatory requirements. The order concluded that the agency did not follow those procedures in adopting the “Unmet Demand Rule” approach. In a statement to Capitol Media, a Department of Water Resources spokesman said the agency intends to appeal Judge Blaney’s ruling, stating, “Although there is no final judgment yet, the Arizona Department of Water Resources intends to challenge the decision once it is final.” 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 Court Invalidates Arizona Water Policy Used To Restrict Phoenix-Area Development first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9e240059ccda1fcc1820e MORNING GLORY: End the filibuster, pack the Court, kiss the Constitution goodbye te 2026-04-23T09:11:28.055Z MORNING GLORY: End the filibuster, pack the Court, kiss the Constitution goodbye The Democratic Party wants to break the United States Senate’s legislative filibuster in order to pack the Supreme Court with jurisprudential clones of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who has quickly emerged as the most radical of the nine justices. (Justice Jackson is also the most loquacious, as Mollie Hemingway points out in her new bestseller, "Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution." Justice Jackson uttered 78,215 words from the bench in the 2023-2025 term. Justices Gorsuch and Kagan got the silver and bronze in the spoken-word competition, but it wasn’t close, as they were both around 50,000 words apiece. President Joe Biden supported expanding the Court to 14 members in April 2021. Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is one of many senators who have also applauded the number 14. That’s no surprise, as adding five radicals to Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor would lock in an eight-vote bloc of justices who, after that revolution, would simply be legislators in robes. Kiss the Constitution goodbye if and when "the Nine" becomes "the Fourteen." Hard-left progressivism, whatever the flavor of that day may be, will be in the saddle. The Fifth and 14th Amendments to the Constitution guarantee every American "due process of law." Do those guarantees stand between a left-wing Congress and a left-wing president bent on torching the Constitution? TRUMP BLASTS KETANJI BROWN JACKSON AS 'LOW IQ PERSON' IN SUPREME COURT TIRADE It is hard to deny that all precedents would be out the door with a radicalized Court packed with progressive activist law professors. The precedents might end up out the door with a nine-justice court if Democrats win enough elections, as Father Time remains undefeated when it comes to the current membership of the Court. That would not be a radical change, but rather a process the public could see and intervene in via elections. There is no denying that the Supreme Court vacancy at the time of the 2016 election helped power President Donald Trump’s stunning upset win that year. More than a few voters that year were motivated by the fear of a Court dominated by nominees of prospective President Hillary Clinton. Democrats are quick to point out that the Constitution is silent on the exact number of justices and that, in fact, Congress often tweaked the number of justices between 1789 and the Judiciary Act of 1869, which fixed the number of justices at nine, a number that has not changed since. That 1869 act followed fast on the heels of the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 and which joined its guarantee of "due process of law" to that same guarantee in the Fifth Amendment. The 14th Amendment’s ratification in 1868 and the Court’s right-sizing, which followed the next year, suggests a consensus at the time of the amendment, one that has never been changed since. (The Court has also never had more than 10 justices, and that just briefly.) The Biden-Markey proposal is many things, but it is not rooted in American history, and it certainly would destroy "due process of law" in the nation. JUSTICE THOMAS WARNS PROGRESSIVISM IS A THREAT TO AMERICA IN RARE PUBLIC REMARKS Court-packing would, in fact, mark the actual end of the rule of law, and the manipulation of the Court would follow every future political upheaval in which both houses of Congress and the president controlled the federal legislative process. That’s just what happens when suddenly a major break with tradition and practice occurs. The other side of the aisle adopts the tactic too. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid broke the Senate’s filibuster rules via the "nuclear option" in order to confirm judges to the D.C. Circuit in 2013 over the objection and warning of then-Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. Soon the Senate’s majority switched from Democrats to Republicans, and McConnell made good on his warning by using simple majorities to confirm three nominees to the Supreme Court put forward by President Trump. Bad move, Harry, but not one that out-and-out destroyed the institution of the Court. WHY JUSTICE JACKSON IS A FISH OUT OF WATER ON THE SUPREME COURT Packing the Supreme Court via simple-majority votes — or even by supermajority — would be a disaster, the sort of convulsion that marked the end days of the Roman Republic, when political maneuvering and continual breaches of fundamental traditions occurred and relations between the two parties so soured more than two thousand years ago that civil wars were triggered and eventually dictatorship was the only answer. Republics built on the rule of law are not the norm. They are history’s exceptions. We have one. We should work hard to keep it intact. There is an excellent argument that court-packing is actually rule-of-law-busting and thus violates the Fifth and 14th Amendments’ guarantees of due process of law. But who would be able to make that argument? Who would have standing to bring the challenge to proposed court-packing legislation, and when would such a challenge be ripe? These are difficult hurdles for any litigant bringing any case. A litigant must show actual injury — a "concrete and particularized" injury, one traceable to defendants’ conduct and an injury that the Court could actually redress. DEM SENATE CANDIDATE CALLS TO 'SHUT THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN,' IMPEACH 2 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES Certainly no challenge would lie from anyone in the immediate aftermath of the filibuster being broken, but how about the moment after the court-packing legislation was signed? Who could ask the Court if the destruction of the rule of law was OK by the Nine before their number soared to Fourteen? Perhaps Professors Randy Barnett and Josh Holmes, co-authors of the best constitutional law casebook out there right now. All of their decades-long work on that terrific casebook would be destroyed immediately, as a 14-member court would make kindling out of all prior decisions (and all the casebooks that explain them) and do so in rather quick fashion. Perhaps one of the nine justices could bring the case? Their individual authority would be diluted by the expansion to 14 — but would any of them want to be the justice arguing to keep their power intact? CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Time for the people serious about preserving the rule of law to begin thinking through how to protect due process of law in this country come 2029, if a Democratic president and Democratic majorities in the House and Senate do what they will almost certainly pledge to do on the campaign trail: end the filibuster and pack the Court. And it is also time for the Senate Republican caucus to bravely and fearlessly defend the legislative filibuster as it currently exists. The legislative filibuster is the biggest hurdle in the way of would-be court-wreckers, the early-warning system that danger to the rule of law is drawing close. The GOP should be the party of the Constitution and the rule of law, and it ought to be out front right now defending the Court’s membership at nine and the filibuster generally. Win the argument about the filibuster, and you will never have to win the case against court-packing or even worry about "standing" and "ripeness." 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/69e9e22c059ccda1fcc18205 I led peaceful pro-lifers the Biden ‘Justice’ Dept hunted. We now know how far they went te 2026-04-23T09:11:08.636Z I led peaceful pro-lifers the Biden ‘Justice’ Dept hunted. We now know how far they went I founded and built the largest grassroots movement in the history of the pro-life cause: 40 Days for Life. During its first decade, I mobilized more than 2,000 leaders and 750,000 volunteers in peaceful prayer outside abortion facilities across all 50 states and dozens of other countries. These, and others like them, are exactly the people the Biden Justice Department decided to hunt and criminalize. In early April, President Donald Trump DOJ's Weaponization Working Group released an explosive 882-page report built on more than 700,000 internal records. It confirms what pro-life Americans suspected all along: The Justice Department of the United States worked hand-in-hand with the National Abortion Federation, Planned Parenthood, and the Feminist Majority Foundation to spy on, build secret files against and prosecute peaceful pro-life citizens. Here is the stark reality the report lays out. When pro-life Americans were charged under the law, the Biden DOJ asked judges to send them to prison for more than twice as long as the people who firebombed and vandalized pregnancy centers and churches. Fifteen pro-lifers were prosecuted for every pro-abortion offender. A grandmother praying her rosary on a sidewalk was treated as more dangerous to the country than an arsonist throwing a firebomb through the window of a pregnancy center. In May 2022, the Supreme Court's draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade leaked to the public. A group calling itself Jane's Revenge promised a "summer of rage" if Roe fell. The left delivered. Ninety-six pregnancy resource centers and 393 Catholic churches were firebombed, vandalized or threatened. EXCLUSIVE: CONSERVATIVE GROUPS URGING TRUMP ADMIN TO EXPOSE ANTI-CHRISTIAN ‘PATTERN’ IN BIDEN FBI Statues of Our Lady were beheaded. Doors were set on fire during Mass. "If abortions aren't safe, then neither are you" was painted on the walls of nonprofits staffed by volunteer women offering free ultrasounds, diapers and support to pregnant neighbors. The Department of Justice had been warned yet did nothing. The same department sent a SWAT team into 40 Days for Life volunteer Mark Houck's home at dawn, assault weapons drawn, in front of his wife and seven children. Thanks to the legal work of the Thomas More Society, a jury acquitted him. The judge overseeing the case said the law was being "stretched a little thin." It had been stretched past the breaking point, and the DOJ knew it. The new report reveals a task force inside the Civil Rights Division, led by Sanjay Patel, that built secret files on pro-life advocates who had not been charged with anything at all. Some of those files contained photographs of the targets' children. Patel and at least three other prosecutors who ran the program were properly fired. Trump pardoned many of those wrongly convicted on his second day in office. The repair work has begun but is not finished. I have spent my adult life working with these people. I have stood with Christians praying outside abortion centers in the rain. I have worked with pregnancy center directors whose staff were sleeping in shifts to guard their doors. I have prayed with pastors whose sanctuaries were defaced. The fear in that season was real, and the aggression from Washington made it worse. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION As grateful as we are for this revelation, we also understand that stopping the prosecutions does not finish the work. The Biden DOJ did not create the contempt for praying Christians and pregnancy centers inside our federal government. It revealed how widespread that contempt already is inside the institutions that train our lawyers, our reporters, our doctors and our federal prosecutors. A new administration can halt the abuse. It cannot, by itself, change the attitudes inside the law schools and newsrooms that produced a willing accomplice like Sanjay Patel in the first place. We should never forget this dark chapter in our nation's history. It was a season when people of faith and pro-life Americans had good reason to fear for their livelihoods, their reputations, their freedom and, in some cases, their very lives. Congress should investigate the coordination between federal prosecutors and pro-abortion advocacy groups and pass the reforms needed to prevent this from ever happening again. The FACE Act itself deserves a serious review. The pro-life Americans dragged through courtrooms and jail cells deserve to have their records cleared and their reputations fully restored. A long-overdue reckoning is owed to every official who wielded the Justice Department as a bludgeon against Americans whose only offense was defending human life. The people who stood peacefully on those sidewalks never gave up on America, even when their government temporarily turned against them. We should not give up on the work of renewing our nation that was founded on the right to life. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9e219059ccda1fcc181fc Four lessons why the 'Boom Belt' is making such a big noise with migration te 2026-04-23T09:10:49.070Z Four lessons why the 'Boom Belt' is making such a big noise with migration If you want to understand where America’s economy is heading, stop watching Washington and start watching a map of the United States. Because the biggest economic story in the country right now isn’t politics. It’s migration. Like birds. Migrating south. People and, more importantly, money are pouring into what’s now being called the "Boom Belt" including states like Texas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Arizona. TEXAS EMERGES AS THE TOP DESTINATION FOR COMPANIES LEAVING BLUE STATES Meanwhile, high-tax blue strongholds like California, New York and Illinois are watching an uncomfortable trend unfold. Their taxpayers are leaving and taking their wealth with them. The great wealth migration Let’s talk numbers because this isn’t anecdotal. NEW YORK'S HOCHUL DROVE ME TO FLORIDA — NOW SHE'S BEGGING ME TO RETURN. NOT HAPPENING And here’s the kicker. The people leaving aren’t broke. They’re high-income earners, business owners and retirees with assets. That means when they go, they don’t just change zip codes. LEFTIST ‘DONALD DASHERS’ LIKE DEGENERES, FERRARA ARE FLEEING A TRUMP WHO DOESN’T EXIST They change tax bases. This may be politically inconvenient but it’s economically obvious. TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION RESET IS LIFTING WAGES AND FORCING REAL ECONOMIC REFORM If you’re making $1 million a year, that could be as much as a $100,000+ annual difference. That’s not a rounding error. That’s a second house, a business investment or a reason to move. Blue states often argue taxes fund services. Fair. But here’s the problem. If your best taxpayers leave, the math breaks. It’s like having a company and losing your best employees year over year. LIZ PEEK: WHY EVERY 'AFFORDABLE' PROMISE FROM DEMOCRATS ENDS UP COSTING YOU MORE It’s not just taxes. It’s everything. Meanwhile, cities in North Carolina or Tennessee offer: Translation: You can build wealth faster. And in a country obsessed with upward mobility, that matters more than ideology. THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S RACE COULD SHOW THE GOP HOW TO WIN IN MIDTERMS Follow the headquarters. Why? Blue states often counter with innovation hubs and talent pools and they’re not wrong. But we are having a fundamental shift in America. Talent is now mobile. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MAKING SUMMER VACATIONS GREAT AGAIN Remote work didn’t just change where you work. It changed where companies can hire and where employees choose to live. This one gets overlooked but it’s huge. TRUMP TURBOCHARGES US ECONOMIC COMEBACK AS SOCIALISM KEEPS FAILING WORLDWIDE People aren’t just moving for money. They’re moving for all of these. States like Florida and Arizona are selling something powerful. A better daily experience at a lower cost. And you know what? People are buying it like hotcakes. TAX AND RUN: HOW NY AND CALIFORNIA ARE BLEEDING PEOPLE AND PROSPERITY That’s hard to compete with no matter how strong your economy is on paper. The controversial truth blue states don’t want to hear Here’s the part that will spark debate. NYC LOST HIGH EARNERS AND BILLIONS IN INCOME, WITH MIGRANTS REVERSING POPULATION DECLINE: REPORT Blue states don’t have a growth problem. They have a retention problem. Retention is everything. They produce wealth but they don’t keep it. ARKANSAS TOPS THE LIST OF MOST POPULAR PLACES TO MOVE IN 2024: STUDY And the Boom Belt? It doesn’t always create the wealth. It captures it by recruiting good people from blue states and coverting them to red states. This is about red vs. blue. It is about incentives vs. outcomes. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The Boom Belt is winning because it’s built around a simple idea in capitalism system around creating good business ideas. Here’s the general business concept. Make it easier to earn, keep and grow money. Seems simple blue state leaders, doesn’t it? Until blue states figure out how to balance their ambitions with that reality, the migration won’t slow down when we live in free market enterprise. And neither will the shift in economic power. Because in America, people don’t just vote at the ballot box. They vote with their feet and their balance sheets. Every election turns out the same. It’s the economy stupid. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM TED JENKIN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9e203059ccda1fcc181d2 An Independent Senate Hopeful Tries to Scare Off Montana Democrats te 2026-04-23T09:10:27.254Z An Independent Senate Hopeful Tries to Scare Off Montana Democrats Seth Bodnar, an independent, could have the best chance of breaking the Republican stranglehold in Montana, but the state’s Democrats are choosing to fight. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9d19b059ccda1fcc17e09 Senate GOP rams through blueprint to bankroll ICE, Border Patrol through end of Trump era te 2026-04-23T08:00:27.096Z Senate GOP rams through blueprint to bankroll ICE, Border Patrol through end of Trump era The Senate is another step closer to funding immigration operations in the country after grinding through a marathon vote series that lasted until the wee hours of Thursday morning. Senate Republicans adopted their budget resolution, which tees up funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, and cuts congressional Democrats out of the process entirely. It’s the first major component of unlocking the budget reconciliation process, which Republicans are diving into once again after Democrats refused to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without stringent reforms. Despite Republicans largely being on the same page on the approach, Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted against the budget blueprint. SENATE GOP LAUNCHES ALL-NIGHT VOTE-A-RAMA TO FUND ICE, BORDER PATROL THROUGH END OF TRUMP'S TERM Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., panned Republicans for planning to spend billions in taxpayer dollars rather than addressing rising costs. "America is crying out for relief from high costs, and you're here adding $140 billion to an agency that nobody — two groups — Border Patrol and ICE, that nobody respects in this country," Schumer said. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., countered that ICE and Border patrol agents weren't the problem, "Democrats are." "Today’s Democrats are a rogue and radical party," Barrasso said. "You deserve better than reckless Democrat hostage-taking. You deserve the tools and support from Congress necessary to carry out the mission Congress has given you. Our country depends on you." SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS DIVISIONS SIMMER The Senate GOP’s plan would fund both agencies for the remainder of President Donald Trump's term. Republicans want to front-load the agencies with over $70 billion out of concern that Democrats would never agree to allocate taxpayer dollars to them again. Lawmakers dashed through amendment vote after amendment vote, with Democrats teeing up several add-ons to the budget blueprint designed to attack Republicans. Several of the Democratic amendments targeted affordability and economic issues in the country, and all failed along party lines. But the night wasn’t without a dash of drama. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., who has pushed to broaden the scope of the forthcoming reconciliation package despite GOP leadership and the White House wanting to keep it narrowly tailored to immigration enforcement, threatened to derail the process. REPUBLICANS EYE ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS FOREVER OVER FEARS DEMS WILL DO IT AGAIN He wanted to include a swath of amendments that ultimately wouldn’t have been considered germane to the resolution and were destined to fail without support from Democrats. One of those add-ons was a version of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. "If you don't want to vote for it, don't," Kennedy said. "All I ask you is to think about it, to trust our Rules committee, to follow your heart, but take your brain with you. Because the American people, both Democrats and Republicans and independents, are questioning our elections." His amendment ultimately failed. Meanwhile, adoption of the budget resolution doesn’t immediately kick off reconciliation. The House will now have to adopt the same blueprint or modify it — the latter would kick the resolution back to the Senate and trigger another marathon vote session. While Republicans are moving forward with the process in response to Democrats not budging on ICE and CBP funding, some are grappling with the ramifications it could have for funding the agencies and, more broadly, the rest of the federal government moving forward. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told Fox News Digital that she was "disappointed that we are where we are, but I understand the need to fund these portions of this agency." "I'm really disheartened, because I think it fundamentally changes the way that we move forward with appropriations, and not for the better," Britt said. "And I'm not for that at all." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9c839059ccda1fcc17be7 Resignation is the new escape hatch as lawmakers face expulsion te 2026-04-23T07:20:25.867Z Resignation is the new escape hatch as lawmakers face expulsion I don’t know how Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick thought she had a prayer of hanging onto her seat.  The Florida Democrat was indicted six months ago on charges of embezzling $5 million from FEMA. She says she’s innocent, but if convicted faces up to 53 years in prison. In the past, the congresswoman would simply try to beat the prosecution in court. But the House Ethics Committee took up the case, and granted her a delay when she lost her legal representation. INDICTED DEMOCRAT SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS AMID EXPULSION THREAT But on Tuesday, 20 minutes before the ethics panel was going to recommend her expulsion, she resigned – accusing the committee of a "witch hunt." This has suddenly become the default setting for legislators in trouble – you can’t fire me, I quit. It’s like scrambling down the fire escape of a burning building to flee a blaze that you set yourself, all the while complaining about the smoke. WHY ERIC SWALWELL WAS FORCED TO QUIT CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S RACE AFTER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS In just the last nine days, two other members of Congress pulled the same maneuver. Eric Swalwell surrendered his seat on April 14 after mounting accusations of sexual misconduct, which he denies, despite the California Democrat’s repeated insistence, after dropping his gubernatorial campaign, that he would not resign. That same day, Texas Republican Tony Gonzales, who text messages showed having an affair with staffer Regina Santos-Aviles, vowed to keep his seat, even after she tragically committed suicide. Both men bailed in the face of virtually guaranteed expulsion. When these lawmakers quit, the Ethics Committee automatically loses jurisdiction, like the wave of a magic wand. It’s not that anyone is fooled. Every story says they acted to avoid the official disgrace of being kicked out of Congress. But in the history books it just goes down as a resignation. This is a sea change, and I suppose you could argue the result is the same. Far too often in the past, the bipartisan ethics panel has dragged its feet, done nothing or suggested only a mild sanction. CORY MILLS SAYS MACE EXPULSION PUSH COULD DRAG HOUSE INTO DANGEROUS NEW TERRITORY Cherfulis-McCormick, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, won a special election to represent parts of Florida’s Palm Beach and Broward counties. The charges, which date to the pandemic in 2021, say Cherfilus-McCormick received federal disaster funds meant to fight COVID-19 at the healthcare company owned by her family. Within two months, the indictment says, more than $100,000 was spent to buy her a 3-carat diamond ring.    The lawmaker was also charged with hiding personal expenses and political spending by listing them as charitable contributions and business deductions. Her brother and two aides were also named in the indictment, which included money laundering, false tax returns and listing donations from straw donors. Cherfilus-McCormick dismissed what she called "an unjust, baseless, sham indictment" – and vowed not to resign. Until she did. And the exodus may not be over. The Ethics Committee voted on Tuesday to investigate Florida Republican Cory Mills.  The allegations, according to the panel: Violating campaign finance laws in his 2022 and 2024 campaigns. Filing false reports with Congress. Soliciting and receiving improper gifts. Misusing government resources. And accusations of "sexual misconduct and/or dating violence." "I don’t plan to resign. We’re going to seek reelection," Mills told reporters, adding that he is cooperating. There’s a hefty dose of partisan politics in the closely divided House. The departures of Swalwell, Gonzales and Cherfilus-McCormick means two Democrats and one Republican have been ousted. The Dems would love to even the score. Speaker Mike Johnson, who pushed hard to expel Cherfilus-McCormick, has refused to criticize Mills.  NANCY MACE MOVES TO EXPEL FELLOW REPUBLICAN CORY MILLS, CITING MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS A state judge issued a restraining order against Mills last fall after a beauty contest winner who says she lived with him when he was in Florida alleged that he threatened to blackmail her by releasing images of them having sex. Mills called the accusation false and blamed it on a political opponent. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace has introduced an expulsion resolution against Mills. "Cory, your days are numbered. Start packing," said Mace, who is being scrutinized by the ethics panel for improper reimbursement practices.     In American history, only 21 members of Congress have been expelled – and 17 of those were for supporting the Confederacy during the Civil War. The first Senate expulsion, in 1797, was of William Blount for conspiracy in helping Great Britain seize Spanish territory. The first House expulsion was in 1980, when Michael "Ozzie" Myers was banished for bribery in the Abscam scandal. James Trafficant was expelled in 2002 after being convicted of racketeering, bribery and tax evasion. And George Santos – you remember him, the serial fabricator – was evicted in 2023 after an Ethics Committee report on campaign fraud. That’s it. The Constitution requires a two-thirds majority in either house. But in the case of Traficant, did the House really have to wait for a criminal conviction to decide that he was unfit to serve? The House moved more quickly in the case of Ozzie Myers, who accepted a $50,000 bribe from undercover FBI agents and was caught on tape saying "money talks in this business and bulls--- walks." In a rare tactic at the time, Anthony Weiner resigned during a sexting scandal in 2011 to avoid expulsion. One incentive: Turns out you can still get your federal benefits if you quit.  It wasn’t until 2017 that Weiner pled guilty to sexting a 15-year-old girl and drew a 21-month sentence. His laptop famously became an issue in Hillary Clinton’s campaign the previous year. LABOR SECRETARY LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER EXITS TRUMP ADMIN; KEITH SONDERLING NAMED ACTING HEAD The marketing of departures also applies to the executive branch, and most corporations as well. President Trump has fired three Cabinet members in recent weeks: Kristi Noem at Homeland Security, Pam Bondi at Justice, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer at Labor. But these are always framed as resignations, though there’s nothing voluntary about it. The president heaps praise on their performance. The exiles say they were thrilled to have the job. They know it’s a crock. We all know it’s a crock. But it provides a fig leaf of dignity. Bondi and Noem may have committed political malpractice or, as at DOJ, not delivered the results Trump wanted in charging and convicting his political enemies. But only Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation, by Labor’s inspector general. She has been accused of daytime drinking, ordering her staff to buy her wine at night, having an affair with one of her security guards, and using government resources for personal trips. Several top aides, including the security official, have resigned. Her husband has been barred from the building over complaints of unwanted sexual advances. Chavez-DeRemer, who denies any wrongdoing, hasn’t been charged with anything, but was days away from being interviewed by investigators and became a growing distraction.   "It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this historic administration and work for the greatest president of my lifetime," she said in an X posting. SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE'S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST, A RIFF ON THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIES Maybe we’re sliding into an era of greater accountability. The long-toothless Ethics Committee is finally showing some bite.  The voters always have the option of recalling House members in the next election, but that doesn’t mean much when nearly all districts are safe. But perhaps we’re reaching the point where it isn’t politically safe when Congress fails to police its own. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9bef3059ccda1fcc17890 Phoenix announces $21.5M in film spending te 2026-04-23T06:40:51.723Z Phoenix announces $21.5M in film spending Film production in the Greater Phoenix area generated $21.5 million in spending during the 2025 calendar year, according to the City of Phoenix Film Office’s latest Direct Spending Report, which was released in late February. The report accounts for all aspects of film production and includes expenditures on local goods and services. Last year, the Valley was home to 906 production projects, ranging from commercials, television shows and feature and corporate films to social media content, documentaries and still photography. Those projects resulted in 1,088 shoot days, and the work of 2,633 local crew members and 1,686 local talent. It also generated 4,138 hotel night bookings. All data is compiled from surveys sent to productions that shot in Phoenix, as well as local production companies. “Every production that chooses Phoenix brings jobs, investment, and visibility to our great city,” Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said. “I am proud to support this thriving sector and the talented professionals who make it all possible. I look forward to seeing continued growth in Phoenix’s film industry and the opportunities it brings to our residents.” The film industry in Phoenix is largely fueled by productions for commercials, the city said. Since 2012, the Phoenix Film Office has directly worked on 638 commercial productions, generating $65.4 million in direct spending. That dollar amount equates to nearly 50 percent of all production money spent during that timeframe. “Our streamlined permitting process, 24/7 access, year-round sunshine and iconic landscapes continue to attract producers and directors from around the world,” said Phil Bradstock, commissioner of the Phoenix Film Office. “While the term ‘Film Office’ conjures images of movies and TV shows, Phoenix truly is a commercial production town, and the bulk of the work comes from that side of the industry and is an area for which we’re continuously recruiting clients.” For more information on film production in Phoenix, visit www.filmphoenix.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9beda059ccda1fcc17863 Karen Bass meets with Trump at White House to push for LA wildfire relief after months of clashes te 2026-04-23T06:40:26.582Z Karen Bass meets with Trump at White House to push for LA wildfire relief after months of clashes Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to push for wildfire relief funding, marking a rare moment of cooperation after months of clashes. Bass shared a photo on X showing her and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger meeting with Trump and senior administration officials in the Oval Office. Bass and Barger said the meeting included a "positive discussion" about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding and rebuilding efforts following last year’s Palisades and Eaton fires. "This afternoon we met with President Trump and Administration officials to advocate for families who lost everything," they said in a joint statement. "We had a very positive discussion about FEMA and other rebuilding funds as well as the support of the President to continue joining us in pressuring the insurance companies to pay what they owe – and for the big banks to step up to ease the financial pressure on L.A. families." NEWSOM RIPS NOEM AS ‘KOSPLAY BARBIE’ OVER $220M AD CAMPAIGN, DEMANDS DHS RELEASE $500M FOR LA WILDFIRES "Our job is to fight for our communities," they added. "When it comes to this recovery, our federal partners are essential, and we are grateful for the support of the President." The meeting comes after a yearlong standoff between California leaders and the Trump administration over wildfire recovery funding and the federal government’s role in rebuilding efforts. The fires scorched more than 37,700 acres — which is larger than Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios combined — and destroyed more than 16,200 structures. The fires caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, and rebuilding efforts are ongoing as residents navigate insurance claims and rising costs. LOS ANGELES MAYOR CALLS FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SOURCE OF 'DISORDER' AFTER ICE RAID OUTSIDE GOV. NEWSOM EVENT FEMA announced more than $3 billion in aid last June, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom later sought $33.9 billion in additional federal funding, according to the Los Angeles Times. More recently, Newsom criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over delays in releasing more than $500 million in FEMA funding tied to wildfire recovery. KAREN BASS' 2021 TWEET COMES BACK TO HAUNT HER AS LA RESIDENTS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY Bass, who has clashed with the Trump administration in recent months, including over immigration enforcement protests in Los Angeles, drew criticism from some online following the meeting. Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, who is running for mayor, mocked Bass on social media, posting "MAGA KAREN" in response to the Oval Office photo and accusing her of aligning with Trump ahead of the election. He added, "Karen Bass sold her soul to Trump in a last-ditch desperation move ahead of the election LMAO." Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Bass’ office for comment. Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9b7cf059ccda1fcc1767f Candidates for California Governor Debate: 5 Takeaways te 2026-04-23T06:10:23.543Z Candidates for California Governor Debate: 5 Takeaways The nonpartisan primary remains volatile after the departure of Eric Swalwell. A televised debate featured six leading candidates, but produced few fireworks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9b0cf059ccda1fcc173ec Arizona man found with thousands of child pornography images sentenced to prison te 2026-04-23T05:40:31.536Z Arizona man found with thousands of child pornography images sentenced to prison A Pinal County man was sentenced to over 10 years for distributing child pornography by a federal court, according to a news release. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9a2b6059ccda1fcc17068 India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains te 2026-04-23T04:40:22.360Z India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India's spending per user lags global peers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9a073059ccda1fcc16fd6 Senate Plunges Into Vote Marathon as G.O.P. Advances ICE Funding Boost te 2026-04-23T04:30:43.144Z Senate Plunges Into Vote Marathon as G.O.P. Advances ICE Funding Boost Republicans pressed to pass a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement. But first, in an overnight session, they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9a05d059ccda1fcc16fae Free Tucson transit service needs a dedicated funding source te 2026-04-23T04:30:21.653Z Free Tucson transit service needs a dedicated funding source Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e99e06059ccda1fcc16f28 Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English te 2026-04-23T04:20:22.587Z Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English Shade has its own filesystem that lets you "stream" files directly to your local drive Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e99bc8059ccda1fcc16edd APS restores power across northern Arizona after nearly it was shut down most of the day te 2026-04-23T04:10:48.854Z APS restores power across northern Arizona after nearly it was shut down most of the day Arizona Public Service (APS) announced it restored power to all areas that had been affected in northern Arizona, less than 12 hours after a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) was implemented. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e99bb2059ccda1fcc16eb6 Man who pleaded guilty to raping 12-year-old relative is illegal immigrant from Honduras, DHS says te 2026-04-23T04:10:26.646Z Man who pleaded guilty to raping 12-year-old relative is illegal immigrant from Honduras, DHS says A Louisiana man who pleaded guilty to raping and impregnating his 12-year-old relative is an illegal immigrant from Honduras, federal officials confirmed to Fox News. Jose Lopez-Montoya, 41, described by local media as a "Lake Charles man," faces up to 99 years in prison after repeatedly abusing the minor. The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that Lopez-Montoya is a Honduran national who illegally entered the U.S. in 2011 under the Obama administration. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING, ATTACKING TEEN NEAR TRUMP'S BACKYARD: POLICE "Once again, the media is running cover for a criminal illegal alien. This sicko pled guilty to incest. He raped and impregnated his 12 year-old relative. ICE is working with our Louisiana partners to ensure this monster is never loose in American communities again," the agency added.  "This ‘Lake Charles Man’ is actually an illegal alien from Honduras who admitted to illegally entering the U.S. in 2011," DHS added. MEXICAN NATIONAL CONVICTED OF ILLEGALLY VOTING IN US AFTER FALSE CITIZENSHIP CLAIMS FACES REMOVAL: DHS The victim later gave birth in July 2024, and Lopez-Montoya admitted the child was his, according to KPLC. Authorities said the abuse occurred over a two-year period while Lopez-Montoya served as the girl’s guardian. Lopez-Montoya was arrested on two counts of first-degree rape and is also subject to an immigration detainer. He pleaded guilty this week to aggravated crimes against nature by incest and faces 25 to 99 years in prison, according to KPLC. His sentencing is scheduled for April 28. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e994d5059ccda1fcc16d3f LOCAL ROUNDUP: Flagstaff beach volleyball moves on in state tournament te 2026-04-23T03:41:09.944Z LOCAL ROUNDUP: Flagstaff beach volleyball moves on in state tournament A look at how local teams have fared recently. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e994c1059ccda1fcc16d36 NAU ROUNDUP: Four women's tennis players earn all-conference honors ahead of championships te 2026-04-23T03:40:49.590Z NAU ROUNDUP: Four women's tennis players earn all-conference honors ahead of championships A look at news and results from NAU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e994ad059ccda1fcc16d2d APS restores power in Valle and Grand Canyon; crews patrolling powerlines of remaining communities te 2026-04-23T03:40:29.855Z APS restores power in Valle and Grand Canyon; crews patrolling powerlines of remaining communities Arizona Public Service (APS) announced it restored power to Valle and locations in and around Grand Canyon National Park on Wednesday afternoon, less than 12 hours after a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) was implemented. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e98da2059ccda1fcc16b80 Curt Cignetti was so focused this offseason, he turned down all external requests: 'I'm 95% football' te 2026-04-23T03:10:26.364Z Curt Cignetti was so focused this offseason, he turned down all external requests: 'I'm 95% football' The Indiana Hoosiers, out of nowhere, won the National Championship, finishing off an undefeated 2025-2026 season. It’s not an understatement to say that it was one of the most surprising outcomes in modern college football history. A program that had little track record of success, more commonly viewed as one of the easy wins on a team’s schedule than a legitimate contender for major postseason accomplishments. It was a remarkable achievement.  In fact, just before the regular season started, Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said he thought undefeated teams were a thing of the past. Then Indiana goes 16-0.  TEXAS HEAD COACH STEVE SARKISIAN THINKS DOMINANT CFB TEAMS ARE A THING OF THE PAST You’d think after a season like that, the Hoosiers program, and especially head coach Curt Cignetti, would take some time to enjoy it. Bask in the glow, take some time off, do a sort of "victory lap" through the media, talking about what it meant.  Well, Indiana and Cignetti did the opposite. The exact opposite. Because he’s a football guy first, and football guys think about one thing: more football. ESPN spoke to Cignetti on the Indiana campus, where he detailed how he approaches coaching and development. "We've got a way of doing things," he said. "How you do something is how you do everything. Consistency, performance is the key to the drill. So right now we're teaching guys not only scheme, but standards, expectations, and how we want to play the game between the white lines, and I see us making progress." But perhaps the clearest indicator of how committed Cignetti is to keeping the focus on football came when ESPN reported that he told Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson and university president Pamela Whitten to "turn down all external requests and speaking engagements." Why? So he could "continue to focus on football." "I'm 95% football," Cignetti said. "We've said no to everything except for the Indy 500." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "I've got to be able to do my job," he said. "These things pull you out of the office, and they take up your time. I mean, I have a job to do. Believe it or not, I'm busy." That’s a football guy if we’ve ever seen one. Obviously, all coaches are focused on their jobs. It’s an extremely demanding profession that requires dedication and extraordinary amounts of time for recruiting, game planning, and personnel evaluation. But it’s clear that Cignetti’s focus, potentially as a result of his time coaching with Nick Saban, has completely changed the Indiana program. Along with nailing the transfer portal, of course.  Players can see that single-minded purpose and respond to it, and the Hoosiers played with the discipline and efficiency of a team that mirrors its coach. Even though Cignetti has to replace Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and other key players, it’s hard to bet against Indiana being right back in contention. Because Cignetti is all football. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e98b4a059ccda1fcc16ae8 Supreme Court Rejects Oil Company Argument in Fight Over Great Lakes Pipeline te 2026-04-23T03:00:26.701Z Supreme Court Rejects Oil Company Argument in Fight Over Great Lakes Pipeline The justices sided with Michigan officials, who have raised environmental alarms and pushed to decommission an aging section of the pipeline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e98447059ccda1fcc16945 Bestselling authors Kennedy Ryan, Ginger Scott team up to support autism communities te 2026-04-23T02:30:31.743Z Bestselling authors Kennedy Ryan, Ginger Scott team up to support autism communities For more than a decade, Ryan and Scott have hosted the LIFT4 Autism auction, raising money for the national organization KultureCity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e981ea059ccda1fcc16894 Alabama QB Ty Simpson says faith in Jesus Christ fuels confidence heading into 2026 NFL Draft te 2026-04-23T02:20:26.042Z Alabama QB Ty Simpson says faith in Jesus Christ fuels confidence heading into 2026 NFL Draft Confidence exudes from Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson when he’s on the field, and that carried over to the pre-NFL Draft process. Simpson has steadfastly supported himself when asked if he can be a starting quarterback in this league, and he feels he has the first-round talent to do so. Before he learns where he goes in the NFL Draft, whether it’s Thursday night in the first round or beyond, Simpson spoke with Fox News Digital about where his patented confidence comes from. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I think it goes with my faith," he said, while discussing his partnership with Toyota ahead of the draft. "My faith is very important to me. I fully believe that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins, and knowing that football is just a minor stepping stone in why I’m on this earth. I feel like I’m on this earth for a bigger reason, to get people together to spread the word. The fact that I can do that on a huge stage, the Lord has blessed me in so many ways, that just gives me confidence. "I get to play a kid’s game for fun, but I also know that everybody’s watching every move that I make. Understanding that I can impact so many people’s lives by spreading the good news." Simpson, who spent all four of his college seasons at Alabama, embodies the "Faith, Family, Football" motto, as he also talked about his hometown of Martin, Tennessee. PROJECTED TOP PICK FERNANDO MENDOZA REVEALS WHY HE’S SKIPPING NFL DRAFT No matter where his NFL journey may take him, he will always be repping the place that made him who he is. "I think that being able to impact my community is something I really look forward to because I know how much my community means to me," he said when asked about charitable work off the field in the city he ends up in. "Martin, Tennessee is a special place. It’s where I grew up. The 713-area code, we take pride in it. We always say in our household, ‘Martin made.’ So, it’s something where I look forward to, wherever I end up, to be able to give back to my community." Simpson showcased his desire to give back Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, joining fellow NFL Draft prospect wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, Steelers receiver Michael Pittman Jr., and members of the U.S. Women’s National Flag Football team at Toyota’s NFL Draft Flag Football Training Camp for Pittsburgh-area high school girls. He was wearing the coach’s hat, helping coordinate drills and share some of his quarterback wisdom before preparing for the draft on Thursday night. "My sister was a basketball player and softball player growing up, so it’s really exciting and awesome to see Toyota put a spotlight on girls in sports," Simpson added. Toyota also covered NFL FLAG fall registration kit fees for current players in the Pittsburgh Flag Football League coed youth and high school girls leagues as part of this activation before the live draft in the city. Simpson waited until his fourth season to finally take the reins of the Alabama offense, and he made the best of the situation. He threw for 3,567 yards with 28 touchdowns and only five interceptions across 15 games for the Crimson Tide. But the 6-foot-2, 211-pound quarterback, who has gotten comparisons to Mac Jones, a fellow Alabama alum, is all over the place in terms of mock drafts. In short, not even Simpson has an idea where he might end up when the draft begins. But no matter where he goes, Simpson knows he can make an impact. And it starts with his faith. "The first round is great, [but] any time you get drafted is great. There’s so many different players that are great at my position that are from each different round of the NFL. So, I’m in the mindset of wherever I go, whenever that will be, I’m gonna put my best foot forward. Trust the process and be the best player I can be." 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/69e97fa5059ccda1fcc1680a Carville and co-host lament that Trump sparked a redistricting war, making both parties look cynical te 2026-04-23T02:10:45.431Z Carville and co-host lament that Trump sparked a redistricting war, making both parties look cynical Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville and his podcast co-host Al Hunt analyzed the results of the Virginia redistricting vote, agreeing that President Donald Trump started a redistricting war. Democrats scored a major victory Tuesday when Virginia voters narrowly passed a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in the 2026 midterm elections, the Associated Press reported. The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10–1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6–5 edge. Hunt lamented on "Politics War Room" that the redistricting vote was a terrible thing, even if he personally would have supported it as a politically pragmatic necessity. TRUMP HAILS TEXAS REDISTRICTING APPROVAL THAT COULD ADD FIVE GOP CONGRESSIONAL SEATS NATIONWIDE "That is an awful outcome. Virginia is a blue state, but it's not a 90% blue state," he said. "Democrats, however, had no choice. This was all due to Donald Trump, who, desperate to avoid losing the House last year, demanded Republicans gerrymander in Texas and elsewhere and they were going to try to fix the elections. What he didn't figure was that Democrats would respond just as ruthlessly, California and Virginia in particular." "I think the outcome in Virginia is terrible," Hunt stressed. "I would have voted for it, even though I think it's terrible. They did it by referendum. The voters decided rather than backroom deals like they did in Texas and in Missouri and elsewhere." He went on to argue that while this may be something to understandable for Republicans to take issue with, he advised, "Tell them to look next door at North Carolina, a purple, slightly red state [that] gerrymandered their congressional districts for what's expected to be a 11-3 advantage." SPANBERGER FACES ‘BAIT-AND-SWITCH’ BACKLASH IN FINAL HOURS BEFORE REDISTRICTING REFERENDUM "I’ll tell ya, 11–3 in North Carolina is every bit as bad as 10–1 in Virginia," he said. "Trump, who only cares about himself, started this whole damn fiasco, and in the end, I think it may help Democrats more than it helps him." "Well, you got to blame the Supreme Court, too," Carville said. "I mean, I hate to bring the bearer of bad news, but the great American institution called the Supreme Court said, ‘Well OK, there's no equal protection. There's no anything. The legislature can do what they want.’" "The court has become so disreputable, so unpopular, and look at the polls. I'm not the only person that believes that it has to be saved from itself. That's how bad it's become," Carville said. "But that they're the people that let this stuff go with all this cockamamie 11-to-3 that, you know, I mean, as if the voters aren't required to have equal protection during redistricting." DARK MONEY FLOODS VIRGINIA AHEAD OF REDISTRICTING VOTE THAT COULD HAND DEMOCRATS HOUSE EDGE "I have no idea how you come up with that theory that that legal theory could work, but they say it does," Carville said. "They're corrupt. No code of ethics, no rules of conduct, no nothing." Hunt went on to suggest that politics now feels like a standoff where both sides are afraid to "unilaterally disarm" and instead opt for cynical power plays like gerrymandering. "The problem with this is when you let politicians choose their voters rather than voters choose their politicians, you create politicians who have very little incentive to govern or compromise," he said. "So it's a terrible system, but this year it was all brought on by Donald Trump." "Yeah," Carville agreed. "I think the Supreme Court did its part, but yeah, it wouldn't have happened without Trump." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and was referred to the following statement by RNC national press secretary Kiersten Pels: "46% of Virginians voted Republican in the last federal election, yet Democrats are rigging the system to cling to power and silence voters they can’t win over. This map is an unconstitutional partisan power grab designed to disenfranchise millions of voters and tilt the playing field. Abigail Spanberger broke her promise to Virginians by advancing a gerrymandered map that serves her party’s interests after pledging she would not. The RNC will continue this fight in court to protect Virginia voters and ensure fair representation across the Commonwealth." Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser, Jasmine Baehr, and Charles Creitz contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97f92059ccda1fcc16801 Hasan Piker tells New York Times he's 'pro-stealing' and 'pro-piracy' from corporations te 2026-04-23T02:10:26.013Z Hasan Piker tells New York Times he's 'pro-stealing' and 'pro-piracy' from corporations Far-left commentator Hasan Piker explained to The New York Times on Wednesday how he was "pro-stealing" and "pro-piracy" when it came to corporations. "I’m pro-stealing from big corporations, because they steal quite a bit more from their own workers," Piker said on "The Opinions" podcast. "However, one thing that might even help your ethical dilemma is the fact that the automated process that they design, these companies know will increase shrink, right?" He continued, "So it’s actually factored in. The lemons that you stole are factored into the bottom line of these mega-corporations regardless. And they still end up having increased profit margins, because they no longer have to pay the cashiers that they used to hire, as opposed to this automated system, knowing full well that people are still going to be able to steal a lot more efficiently, as a matter of fact, through the automated process." 'DAILY SHOW' CO-HOST JORDAN KLEPPER CALLS OUT STUDIO AUDIENCE FOR CHEERING TESLA ARSONISTS Piker was part of a discussion with The Opinions culture editor Nadja Spiegelman and The New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino on the subject Spiegelman dubbed "microlooting," or people robbing stores out of protest of major corporations. Though Piker stopped short of endorsing all forms of theft, he was largely dismissive of concerns over stealing if a person was in need or if the act was simple. "Yeah, I’m pro-piracy all the way, like, across the board. Would you pirate a car? Yes. You know, if you could," Piker said. FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER WARNS 'AMERICAN EMPIRE' WILL INEVITABLY FALL, LIKELY IN VIOLENT FASHION He explained, "It was just a classic thing back in the day. The government-funded antipiracy initiatives would be like: Would you steal a car? I’m like, yeah, sure. If I could get away with it, if it was as easy as pirating intellectual property, I would do it." He added that he would personally not take part in "microlooting" and would not support stealing from places that would be taxpayer-funded, like libraries or a government-run grocery store. He also agreed that the idea of private schools should be "illegal." Fox News Digital reached out to Piker and The New York Times for comment. MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT DEFENDS APPEARING WITH HASAN PIKER, DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM PODCASTER'S CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS Piker's comments come on the heels of several controversial statements he's made over the years against American capitalism and in favor of communism as he becomes more influential within the Democratic Party. Last month, he traveled with several left-wing activists to Cuba in support of the communist regime while ignoring or downplaying rolling blackouts in the nation. Last year, Piker referred to communism as the "honorable end goal" of socialism. "Communism is supposed to be the end stage," Piker said. "It's like the final goal. It's like the final evolution, a stateless, moneyless, classless society. A borderless society. We've never really had communism. I know people will just jokingly sometimes say, ‘Real communism has never been tried.’ But that literally has never existed." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97b48059ccda1fcc1670b Former church volunteer pleads guilty to attempted sexual assault te 2026-04-23T01:52:08.149Z Former church volunteer pleads guilty to attempted sexual assault A former Lake Havasu City church volunteer accused of inappropriately touching an underage houseguest at his home last year has pleaded guilty to one count of attempted sexual assault, under an agreement with the Mohave County Attorney’s Office. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97b31059ccda1fcc166e8 Senate GOP launches all-night vote-a-rama to fund ICE, Border Patrol through end of Trump's term te 2026-04-23T01:51:45.592Z Senate GOP launches all-night vote-a-rama to fund ICE, Border Patrol through end of Trump's term Senate Republicans are inching closer to funding federal immigration operations for years to come, but first they have to plow through a marathon of votes that Democrats plan to weaponize against them. The Senate officially launched a "vote-a-rama" for Republicans' budget resolution — the blueprint guiding the GOP’s push to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the remainder of President Donald Trump's presidency. But first, lawmakers must grind through amendment after amendment from Senate Democrats — and some Republicans — before voting to adopt the resolution. SENATE GOP BLOCKS FIFTH DEM BID TO END TRUMP’S IRAN WAR AS DIVISIONS GROW Some Republicans who are unhappy with the limited scope of the GOP’s latest budget reconciliation push, have vowed to force votes on amendments addressing economic issues and a provision set to expire in July that prohibits Medicaid funding from going to abortion providers. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he would not block amendments from his own party from reaching the floor. "We’ll see what our colleagues come up with, but we’re talking to them and their offices about strategy and the best way to move forward in order to ultimately succeed — and that is to get it passed in both houses and signed [into law]," Thune said. SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS DIVISIONS SIMMER But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus intend to use the opportunity to attack Republicans on several issues, including the war in Iran, affordability, and other concerns tied to Trump’s agenda. Schumer said Democrats plan to "show the contrast" between the parties over Republicans’ reconciliation plans, which they intend to use to inject tens of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol over the next three and a half years. "We are for reducing costs for the American people — whether it’s housing, healthcare, electric bills, groceries or childcare," Schumer said Wednesday. "And they are funding a rogue police force that is not even popular with the American people. And we’re going to keep at it." REPUBLICANS EYE ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS FOREVER OVER FEARS DEMS WILL DO IT AGAIN Senate Democrats have teed up several amendments, including proposals aimed at forcing rebates for small businesses affected by Trump’s tariffs, addressing rising grocery costs, and renewing their push to extend the long-expired Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits — a fight from last year that led to the longest full government shutdown in history. Republicans turned to reconciliation after months of avoiding the maneuver, as congressional Democrats refused to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without stricter immigration enforcement reforms, including warrant requirements and rules requiring agents to remove their masks. Senate Republicans unveiled their budget resolution Tuesday in a bid to meet Trump’s June 1 deadline to have the full package on his desk. The measure directs the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to each craft legislation providing $70 billion in funding for the agencies. Republicans are ultimately eyeing up to $80 billion for immigration enforcement. Once the vote-a-rama ends and the budget resolution is adopted, it will head to the House. After the House adopts it, Congress will begin the process of crafting a reconciliation package without Democratic input. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97b1d059ccda1fcc166df Florida man's execution date set for killing 2, including small child te 2026-04-23T01:51:25.786Z Florida man's execution date set for killing 2, including small child A Florida man is scheduled for execution next month for his conviction in the killing of his cousin's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday. Richard Knight, 47, is set to die by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke on May 21, as part of a series of death warrants signed by the governor. Knight was convicted in the 2000 murders of Odessia Stephens and her young daughter, Hanessia Mullings, according to WFLA. Prosecutors said Knight and Stephens were involved in an argument the night of the crime. Authorities described the killings in court records as "heinous, atrocious and cruel," the outlet reported. FLORIDA DEATH ROW INMATE USES LAST WORDS TO MAINTAIN INNOCENCE BEFORE EXECUTION Stephens and her daughter had gone to bed when Knight grabbed knives from the kitchen, walked into their bedroom and attacked the woman as her daughter lay next to her. Investigators said Knight stabbed Stephens 21 times, with most of the injuries to her neck. She also sustained stab wounds to her chin, back and chest. Stephens also suffered injuries indicating that she had been strangled and attempted to fight back, as investigators said images from the scene showed a "bloody struggle." Knight then strangled and stabbed the child multiple times, causing stab wounds to her upper chest, neck and hand. The details were presented by prosecutors during trial proceedings, according to court records. A judge sentenced Knight to death in 2007 after a jury unanimously recommended the death sentence for his first-degree murder convictions. Efforts by Knight's attorneys to appeal the case have thus far been unsuccessful. Court records show his legal team has challenged the conviction and sentence in multiple appeals, which have been denied to date. Fox News Digital has reached out to Knight's legal team for comment. DeSantis continues to accelerate the number of death warrants signed since the start of last year. In 2025, 19 people were put to death in Florida, setting a record for the most executions in one year in the Sunshine State. Before last year, Florida's record for executions in a year since the death penalty was restored in 1976 was eight in 1984 and 2014. FLORIDA MAN WHO WRESTLED COP'S GUN AWAY AND KILLED HIM, EXECUTED AFTER FINAL APPEALS REJECTED Advocacy groups, including the Equal Justice Initiative, have raised concerns about fairness and due process in death penalty cases. Florida also executed more people last year than any other state, with Alabama, Texas and South Carolina tied for the second-most with five each. Across the U.S., 47 people were executed in 2025. This year, Florida has already executed five people, and another is scheduled for April 30, when James Hitchcock, 70, is set to be put to death for the rape and murder of his 13-year-old step-niece. The last execution was carried out on Tuesday, when Chadwick Willacy, 58, was put to death for murdering his elderly neighbor in Palm Bay by setting them on fire. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97b0a059ccda1fcc166d6 Former MLB owner claims 'despicable' San Francisco Giants are the reason the A's left Oakland te 2026-04-23T01:51:06.296Z Former MLB owner claims 'despicable' San Francisco Giants are the reason the A's left Oakland The team formerly known as the Oakland Athletics are just two years away from officially moving to Las Vegas.  After decades in Oakland, it was a frustrating, heartbreaking conclusion for the remaining diehard fans of the franchise, brought on by Major League Baseball’s worst stadium situation.  For years, the Athletics and the city of Oakland tried to work out a deal on a new stadium, with several different locations tossed around. They even came close at one point, with a mega-waterfront site deal nearing fruition. The A’s even tried to move south to the San Jose area, hoping to capitalize on the growing, and generally wealthy, Silicon Valley subset of the Bay Area. None of it ever worked out, though, and the Athletics are set to play three years in a minor league facility in Sacramento before moving to Vegas. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but one of the team’s former owners has one obvious culprit: the… San Francisco Giants? Wolff is out with a new book, called "Moments," and took a big shot at the Giants organization for pushing the Athletics to leave.  In the book, per The Athletic, he said the move was "100 percent due to the nasty, shameful, and continuing opposition of the Giants." Why? Because the Giants blocked the A’s from moving to anywhere nearby, on the grounds that it would encroach into their MLB-defined local broadcast territory. That territory included San Jose, because at one point, decades earlier, the Giants had explored moving there themselves. At one point, the city of San Jose sued the Giants over their ability to block the A’s from moving there, but lost and the A’s deal fizzled. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "John Fisher gets blamed for things he doesn’t deserve to be blamed for," he said. "We tried everything we could think of, but the real key was we had no leverage. The Giants’ position really, really messed us up in trying to even negotiate with Oakland." There’s some truth to that, though at the same time, many of the issues that arise from stadium deals start because owners want to spend as little as possible of their own money on construction. Las Vegas and the state of Nevada gave the Athletics hundreds of millions of dollars to build their new stadium on The Strip, a handout that Oakland likely couldn’t match. It raises the question that if these stadiums are such good investments, why shouldn’t owners arrange financing themselves? The answer, of course, is that they don’t want to, because it’s much more beneficial to get taxpayers to fund a substantial percentage of it for them. Sure, the Giants didn’t help, and the Athletics probably should have been able to move to San Jose without interference. Of course, MLB’s arcane antitrust exemption and their territorial rights interfered. Still, they had decades to get something done in Oakland and couldn’t.  The new Vegas stadium will be a gigantic improvement, and the city has already shown support for the Golden Knights and Raiders. None of that will make Oakland fans any happier though. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97af6059ccda1fcc166cd Florida prisoner laughs as judge sentences him to life for killing cellmate with pen: 'You are amusing' te 2026-04-23T01:50:46.743Z Florida prisoner laughs as judge sentences him to life for killing cellmate with pen: 'You are amusing' A Florida man who was convicted of killing his cellmate with a pen was seen smiling and laughing as a judge sentenced him to life in prison on Tuesday. Marcus Terry, 43, was found guilty of second-degree murder in December 2025 for killing his cellmate inside the Dade Correctional Institution in Homestead in 2021 by stabbing him in the head with a pen, according to NBC Miami. During a court appearance on Tuesday, Terry's lawyer, Steven Yermish, asked Judge Ellen Sue Venzer to grant his client a new trial, arguing that inadmissible evidence was presented at trial at the end of last year, the outlet reported. GUARDS AT 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' BEAT, PEPPER-SPRAYED DETAINEES, LAWYER SAYS Venzer rejected Yermish's motion for a new trial and sentenced his client to life behind bars without the possibility of parole, as she described how Terry fatally pushed a pen into the brain of his cellmate, 64-year-old Ray Matos. "He shoved a pillowcase into his mouth. When the guards came in to find out what was going on, he was standing on top of this man, and his hand was bloodied," Venzer said. As the judge was detailing the murder, Terry began smiling and laughing. "I'm not sure why you're laughing," Venzer said to him. "You are amusing," Terry responded. The judge replied that she "found nothing amusing about your behavior or the death of this gentleman." "God have mercy on your soul," Venzer said while handing down his sentence. Terry may now appeal his sentence, according to NBC Miami. FLORIDA DOCTOR CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY REMOVING WRONG ORGAN DURING SURGERY Terry was already serving a life sentence for armed burglary and armed robbery when he killed Matos, who was his cellmate for less than a week, court records showed. Matos was found on the ground in the cell, lying in a pool of blood as Terry sat on the lower bunk, according to an arrest warrant. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97ae2059ccda1fcc166c4 Manhattan DA's office employee charged with sexual abuse after alleged incident on Queens subway te 2026-04-23T01:50:26.970Z Manhattan DA's office employee charged with sexual abuse after alleged incident on Queens subway An analyst with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office was arrested Tuesday on allegations that he sexually abused a woman while off duty, police told Fox News Digital Wednesday.  Tauhid Dewan, 28, is accused of inappropriately touching a 40-year-old woman’s private area during a late-afternoon rush-hour subway ride in Queens, according to local outlet PIX11.  The victim was reportedly a random woman, the outlet added, citing sources who said she and the suspect were strangers.  A spokeswoman for the office told Fox News Digital that the staffer has since been suspended. MAN ARRESTED IN NYC STRANGULATION DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND OUTSIDE TIMES SQUARE HOTEL According to the New York Police Department, Dewan was arrested around 5 p.m., possibly after returning from work. PIX11 added that the arrest occurred minutes after the incident, which allegedly took place on a No. 7 train near the Junction Boulevard station. He was subsequently arrested by the NYPD Transit Bureau and is facing multiple charges, including forcible touching on a bus or train, third-degree sexual abuse, and second-degree harassment involving physical contact. He was also charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child under the age of 17, suggesting a minor may have been nearby and either witnessed the alleged conduct or was placed at risk by it. ERIC SWALWELL FACES MANHATTAN SEX ASSAULT PROBE AFTER ENDING CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CAMPAIGN AMID ALLEGATIONS Law enforcement sources said Dewan has no prior arrests, local outlets reported. According to city records, Dewan has worked at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as a senior investigative analyst for nearly four years, since July 10, 2022. His arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was scheduled for Wednesday, according to state records. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9788b059ccda1fcc16632 McDonald's rolls out new 'protein' menu badges as social media users question the numbers te 2026-04-23T01:40:27.956Z McDonald's rolls out new 'protein' menu badges as social media users question the numbers McDonald's is leaning into the protein craze, adding new labels to over a dozen menu items across its app and kiosks. The fast-food giant said in a news release Tuesday that it's assigning "protein callouts" on its menu items. McDonald's describes the callouts as "visual 'badges' that make it quick and easy to spot protein options any time of day." PROTEIN BOOM IS THREATENING TO WIPE OUT VEGETARIAN CHAIN AS SHUTDOWN LOOMS Customers can view the badges on McDonald's kiosks and in the McDonald's app, though it appears physical menus will not be changed. The McDonald's release said the change was rolled out "to make it even easier for fans to find menu options that align with their protein goals." "Starting April 21, the protein callouts will appear on 17 different McDonald's menu items, spanning breakfast, lunch and dinner favorites," the release said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "From longtime classics like the Egg McMuffin (17 grams of protein) to fan favorites like the 10-piece Chicken McNuggets (23 grams), the 'badges' are designed to make the ordering experience clearer and simpler for those looking for protein." Other options include McCrispy Strips (30 grams of protein), Snack Wraps (17 grams), a McDouble (22 grams) and the Filet-O-Fish (16 grams). In response to the news, some X users raised questions about the protein totals listed on certain menu items. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Why doesn't the double [cheeseburger] have double the protein (or close to it)? I know cheese not doubling is a factor, but is that driving the entire 12g difference?" one user asked. "I have a feeling they forgot the beef," another said. "My favorite sausage biscuit doesn't have a protein callout in the app, when certainly sausage has some protein." Fox News Digital reached out to McDonald's for comment. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The move comes as demand for high-protein options continues to surge. In January, Shake Shack became one of the latest brands to lean into the GLP-1 era, rolling out a "Good Fit" menu aimed at making high-protein, lower-carb ordering easier. Bone broth cocktails have entered the mix this year, with bars experimenting with protein-packed, savory drinks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9765a059ccda1fcc165a6 Trump envoy asks FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in 2026 World Cup: report te 2026-04-23T01:31:06.039Z Trump envoy asks FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in 2026 World Cup: report An envoy for President Donald Trump has reportedly asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the 2026 World Cup set for this summer. The Financial Times reported the plan is an effort to repair the relationship between Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which soured following the former’s comments against Pope Leo XIV regarding the war with Iran. United States special envoy Paolo Zampolli was the one who suggested the idea to FIFA president Gianni Infantino. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I confirm I have suggested to Trump and Infantino that Italy replace Iran at the World Cup. I’m an Italian native, and it would be a dream to see the Azzurri at a US-hosted tournament," Zampolli told the outlet. "With four titles, they have the pedigree to justify inclusion." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Fox News Digital. Italy had a chance to be in the World Cup already, but they suffered a penalty-shootout loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina in a qualifying playoff final. CHELSEA STAR SAYS HE WAS 'CONFUSED' TRUMP SHARED STAGE AS PLAYERS CELEBRATED CLUB WORLD CUP WIN Italy became the first World Cup-winning team to miss three consecutive tournaments following the 4-1 penalty shootout loss earlier this month. "We still don’t believe it — that we’re out and that it happened in this manner," Italy’s Leonardo Spinazzola said to reporters at the time, per the New York Post. "It’s upsetting for everyone. For us, for our families and for all the kids who have never seen Italy at a World Cup." While Zampolli told Infantino about his proposed plan, FIFA’s president said that Iran "for sure" will play in the World Cup despite the conflict involving the U.S. "The Iranian team is coming, for sure," Infantino said during the CNBC Invest in America Forum earlier this month in Washington, D.C. "We hope that, by then, of course, the situation will be a peaceful situation. That would definitely help. But Iran has to come, of course. They represent their people. They have qualified. The players want to play." Infantino visited the Iranian national team in Turkey, which is where it has its training camp. All three of Iran’s group stage games are scheduled to be played in the U.S. That remains the case after Iranian government officials suggested to FIFA that their games be moved to Mexico because they could not travel to the U.S. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed FIFA’s rejection of Iran’s request, and it is insisting Iran play where it's scheduled — SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and Lumen Field in Seattle. Iran said earlier this month it would only decide on its team’s participation once they heard from FIFA regarding their relocation request. Iran is scheduled to play at SoFi Stadium against New Zealand on June 16 to begin its tournament. It will also play Belgium at the stadium before finishing group play against Mo Salah and Egypt in Seattle on June 26. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post last month that Iran would be welcome to compete in the World Cup as scheduled, though it might not be "appropriate" considering the conflict. "The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety," he wrote. Trump also told Politico, "I really don’t care," when asked about Iran’s participation in the tournament. Infantino, who holds a strong relationship with Trump, said Trump has "reiterated" to him that the U.S. welcomes Iran’s team to compete. Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e97646059ccda1fcc1659d Former Mexican beauty queen found shot dead as investigators examine possible family involvement: reports te 2026-04-23T01:30:46.239Z Former Mexican beauty queen found shot dead as investigators examine possible family involvement: reports A former Mexican beauty queen was found shot to death in her Mexico City apartment, with investigators examining the possible involvement of her mother-in-law, according to local reports. Carolina Flores Gómez, 27, was found dead inside an apartment in the Polanco neighborhood, one of the city’s most affluent areas, Reporte Índigo, a Mexico-based news outlet, reported.  Authorities said the death is being investigated as a homicide, after initial findings indicated she suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Emergency responders were called to the scene, where paramedics confirmed she showed no signs of life. Prosecutors are investigating whether Flores Gómez’s mother-in-law, Erika María, as well as a man described in reports as her partner or husband, may have been involved in her death. CALIFORNIA HIKER'S BODY FOUND NAKED IN BIG SUR BACKCOUNTRY The man, identified as Alejandro, accused his mother of killing Flores Gómez, Mexican news outlet Azteca Guerrero reported. The outlet also reported that the woman’s mother-in-law was present at the scene when the gun was fired and that authorities are looking into the timeline of when the incident was reported. WIDOW, SON OF LATE CHICAGO COMMISSIONER FOUND SHOT DEAD INSIDE HOME IN SUSPECTED HOMICIDE Preliminary reports cited by Mexican news outlet Diario Puntual indicate that a security guard at the building did not hear gunshots, adding uncertainty about how the crime occurred. Authorities in Baja California, Mexico, also responded to the case, Diario Puntual reported. CIA PERSONNEL KILLED IN MEXICO CRASH TIED TO CARTEL OPERATION; QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER US ROLE Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda expressed solidarity with the victim’s family and called for the case to be clarified.  State prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez also said there is coordination with Mexico City authorities to support the investigation. Flores Gómez previously competed in beauty pageants and was crowned Miss Teen Universe Baja California in 2017. The case has drawn attention in Mexico amid ongoing concerns about violence against women, with advocacy groups calling for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. The investigation into the matter is open and ongoing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9762f059ccda1fcc1656b Combative, Defensive and Occasionally Contrite, Kennedy Walks a Fine Line te 2026-04-23T01:30:23.673Z Combative, Defensive and Occasionally Contrite, Kennedy Walks a Fine Line In four days of congressional testimony, the health secretary sought to please the White House and his MAHA base at the same time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96f3f059ccda1fcc16408 Michigan's Warde Manuel admits feeling 'betrayed' amid Sherrone Moore's 'inappropriate relationship' fallout te 2026-04-23T01:00:47.948Z Michigan's Warde Manuel admits feeling 'betrayed' amid Sherrone Moore's 'inappropriate relationship' fallout Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel is speaking out as a wide-ranging review of the football program unfolds following Sherrone Moore's dismissal. Last year, an investigation determined Moore was involved in an "inappropriate relationship with a staff member." It was later revealed that Moore's former assistant was part of the relationship. The fallout from the scandal ultimately left Michigan's top athletics official feeling "betrayed." "I felt betrayed. It’s the best word that I can use," Manuel told the Detroit News. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Manuel said the situation struck a personal chord and had broader consequences for those around the program. "It was personal, but it was also, I want to emphasize, for so many people that were affected by it. … There are a lot of people who claim to be callous, who say, ‘Oh, you should have fired him when the rumor was there.’ But you can’t just fire people on rumors with no evidence. So when the evidence was presented, it was a sense of betrayal and hurt for everybody who was going to be involved with a decision." FORMER MICHIGAN COACH SHERRONE MOORE RECEIVES PUNISHMENT FROM STALKING CASE STEMMING FROM FIRING Manuel seemed to dodge questions about who initiated the investigation — whether it was his decision or that of the Board of Regents. He also pushed back on how it has been portrayed, defending the program’s broader culture. "I was fine if that was the direction that they wanted to go," Warde Manuel said. "What I haven’t appreciated … is in the context of an investigation into the culture here. However people want to couch it, what I want is people to understand that 99.9% of the people here are doing things the right way. … We’ve had our issues and we’re not perfect, and I don’t know any organization that’s without issues and people issues." Amid speculation about his own role, Manuel pushed back on the idea that he is under investigation. "That’s not how I see it, no. Listen, it’s easy for people to say, well, Warde’s the leader, and therefore this is not just a review, this is an investigation of what the leader has done. That’s not, to me, what I’m going to be taking away from this. … And I’m not claiming that I can’t be better. … We’ve had our issues, and we deal with them, and we try to improve every time." Manuel declined to weigh in on Sherrone Moore’s sentencing, instead voicing support and expressing hope that everyone can move forward. "I want Sherrone to get through this and to move forward for him and his family, and so I don’t have a reaction to the sentencing itself, more of a reaction to him as a person. ... I want him and everyone who’s affected to be able to get through it, to move forward, and to learn from it and to be better. That’s the way I think about it. I don’t judge any of the outcomes or the things that he’s going through." Moore faced up to five years in prison on home invasion and stalking charges after his dismissal from Michigan. He avoided prison after pleading to lesser charges and was ordered to have no contact with his former assistant. Kyle Whittingham left Utah to replace Moore as Michigan’s head coach. 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/69e96f2c059ccda1fcc163fe Here’s Where the National Fight Over Gerrymandered Maps Stands te 2026-04-23T01:00:28.132Z Here’s Where the National Fight Over Gerrymandered Maps Stands With Virginia’s vote on Tuesday, Democrats pulled close to even with Republicans, who may have further cards to play in the race to gain extra House seats. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96ce6059ccda1fcc1636c Video exposes disrepair lurking beneath Trump Kennedy Center as $257M renovation looms te 2026-04-23T00:50:46.208Z Video exposes disrepair lurking beneath Trump Kennedy Center as $257M renovation looms Peeling concrete, exposed steel rebar, rust-streaked electrical equipment and vents patched together with layers of duct tape are among the problems hidden beneath the Trump Kennedy Center, according to photos, project materials and board minutes obtained by Fox News Digital as officials push to temporarily shut down the building for major repairs. The Trump Kennedy Center released documentation Wednesday of what it described as "decades of deferred maintenance and critical infrastructure needs" as part of a $257 million renovation effort, offering an unusually detailed look at the condition of the venue as leadership pushes forward with the project. The disclosures come as debate intensifies over the plan to close the center for up to two years. While there appears to be broad agreement that the building requires significant repair, some Democrats have objected to the speed of the process. According to March 16 meeting minutes reviewed by Fox News Digital, Democrat Rep. Joyce Beatty said she had "no opposition for the need for repair," but "strongly opposes voting on a closure." TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR LAWN CARE, FIXING HINGES AT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. TRUMP-LED REFORMS AIM TO STOP IT The minutes also say Beatty argued there had not been "enough time to review, study, and discuss" the proposal. The condition of the building is evident in images and video provided by the Trump Kennedy Center, which show water damage affecting electrical systems, rusted infrastructure and large sections of concrete where internal steel supports are exposed. Project materials describe "2,000+ pound soffit panels" that have reached "end-of-life" and "present a public safety risk," along with "hundreds of structural failure points" in areas such as the parking garage. Officials also cited "extensive water infiltration," deterioration in electrical rooms beneath entrances and long-term damage affecting the center's iconic white marble exterior as well as concrete and core structural systems. LEAVITT SHOWS OFF US TRIUMPHAL ARCH, WITH PLANS TO BE RELEASED THURSDAY Officials have warned that without repairs, deteriorating structural elements, water-damaged electrical systems and heavy overhead components nearing "end-of-life" could pose potential safety risks to visitors and staff. The scope of the problems outlined in the new materials echoes earlier warnings from center leadership. In February, officials told Fox News Digital that decades of neglect had left the building in "extremely poor condition," citing broken elevators, failing HVAC systems and deferred maintenance needs they warned could threaten the venue’s very survival. "We are financially stable yet the building is still physically in trouble," Vice President of Public Relations Roma Daravi said in a previous statement to Fox News Digital. WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA TO DEPART TRUMP–KENNEDY CENTER AMID REPORTED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES Executive Director Matt Floca said the decision to close the center is driven by the scale of the work required. "So the recommendation was just natural: you shut the building down, temporarily, and you make this investment, and then you reopen," Floca said. President Donald Trump has also previously argued that closing the building is necessary to complete the work efficiently. "If we don’t close, the quality of construction will not be nearly as good," he said. KENNEDY CENTER DIRECTOR ENCOURAGES REPUBLICAN ATTENDANCE, SAYS 'EVERYONE IS WELCOME' Floca said the scope of the repairs is based on long-standing assessments of the building’s condition, not a newly developed plan. "The maintenance needs were all developed previously in a 2021 Comprehensive Building Plan," he said. Asked how visitors have reacted when seeing the condition of the facility up-close, Floca said there has been "surprise across the board — ‘How did we get here, right?’" Tours of the Trump Kennedy Center have been offered on a bipartisan basis to lawmakers, along with donors and other key stakeholders, as officials seek to demonstrate the extent of the damage firsthand. The sessions began earlier this month while Congress was in recess and included staff for a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as well as offices representing both parties in the House and Senate and a representative for Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser. WARREN-LED INQUIRY DRAWS NEW DETAILS ON TRUMP BALLROOM DONATIONS FROM MAJOR CORPORATIONS Opponents have also raised concerns about process and oversight, and a lawsuit brought forth by the National Trust for Historic Preservation has argued that major changes could affect the historic integrity of the building. "We're maintaining the JFK bust where it is," Floca told gathered press on Wednesday. "The memorial at large will stay the same. All of the quotes and everything on the marble on the exterior building, none of that's changing."  The physical deterioration outlined in the renovation plans comes even as the center has reported financial gains under current leadership. In December, officials told Fox News Digital the Kennedy Center Honors raised a record $23 million, nearly doubling the previous year’s total. The fundraising gains followed leadership changes that saw Trump take on a more direct role in the institution, including as chairman of its board. Congress has appropriated roughly $257 million for the work through the "One, Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law last year. Renovations are expected to begin after July 4, 2026. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the center," Floca said Wednesday. "All of these improvements that we need to make are real, are needed. And we have the timeframe to do it. I'm incredibly excited about it."   The Office of Rep. Joyce Beatty did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9684b059ccda1fcc16243 Travel warning escalates for popular getaway as dangers and security threats mount te 2026-04-23T00:31:07.867Z Travel warning escalates for popular getaway as dangers and security threats mount One of America's neighbors is warning travelers about safety risks in a North African destination, highlighting red flags for U.S. citizens as well. Known for its historic cities, bustling markets and ancient sites, Morocco is the subject of an updated travel advisory from the Government of Canada. The country draws tourists across the world to Marrakech's souks and Medina, camel treks in the Sahara Desert, historic cities like Fez and coastal destinations such as Essaouira — but new warnings highlight potential risks. 5 DANGEROUS CRUISE PORTS THAT TRAVELERS SHOULD RESEARCH BEFORE BOOKING EXCURSIONS Canadian officials on Tuesday urged travelers to exercise a high degree of caution in an updated advisory. The notice warns of petty theft, armed robberies and credit and debit card fraud, as well as "terrorism and attacks that have targeted foreigners." The travel alert also urges travelers to avoid areas near the Algerian-Moroccan border "due to the increased military presence, the unstable security situation and the difficulty of finding the border’s exact location." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The warning isn't limited to remote areas. The advisory also notes that demonstrations, often near government buildings in major cities such as Rabat and Casablanca, "can turn violent at any time." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES It adds, "They can also lead to disruptions to traffic and public transportation." Canada's advisory is broadly in line with the U.S. State Department, which also lists Morocco as a Level 2 destination, urging travelers to exercise increased caution. The alert this week also warned of a "threat of kidnapping against Westerners" in Morocco, particularly in remote regions and the areas bordering Algeria and Mauritania. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Maintain a high level of vigilance at all times, especially when traveling in the southern and border areas of Morocco," the advisory notes. "Don’t hike alone in remote mountain regions." Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. State Department for additional insight on American travelers in Morocco, which joins a string of recent travel advisories. Earlier this month, U.S. officials issued an advisory for Albania, a budget-friendly destination along the Adriatic coast, citing Iran-related tensions. Additionally, the U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago said Americans should "reconsider travel" due to crime, noting a heightened risk of terrorism. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96824059ccda1fcc16238 Here’s What the New Virginia House Map Looks Like te 2026-04-23T00:30:28.430Z Here’s What the New Virginia House Map Looks Like Democrats now hold six of the state’s 11 seats in the U.S. House, but the new map could allow the party to win 10 of them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96645059ccda1fcc161ac Dual-threat tennis player and lingerie model Camila Giorgi is ending her retirement after tax drama te 2026-04-23T00:22:29.101Z Dual-threat tennis player and lingerie model Camila Giorgi is ending her retirement after tax drama There's big news in the tennis world regarding Italian dual threat Camila Giorgi, who walked away from the sport without saying a word in May 2024. The lingerie model is planning to return to tennis next year. When she walked away, there was no formal announcement or farewell tour. She simply popped up on the retired list one day a couple of months after her last time stepping foot on a court. Then came the stories about why she had suddenly retired. The first was that Camila had done so to pursue her lingerie modeling career full-time. That was followed by stories that she had fled to the United States because the taxman in Florence was after her. TENNIS STARS CLASH FOLLOWING GAME-ENDING HANDSHAKE: 'NOBODY LIKES YOU' She and her family were accused of all sorts of bad behavior, from issues regarding tax returns, to not paying rent and stealing furniture. She called fake news on all of it, claiming her exit from tennis was years in the making. "I wanted to quit for years, being a tennis player is a hard life," Camila said at the time. "I put it off for a long time until, in May, one morning, I decided to do it. I told my father." Nothing to see here. She had burned herself out on the sport she participated in professionally is all and wanted to focus on her other career as a lingerie model. It's not her fault she had options. Fast-forward to today and the buzz about Camila Giorgi making her return to tennis is picking up. She did a Q&A with her followers on Instagram where she confirmed the rumors. "Will you come back to tournament tennis in the future?" a fan asked her during the Q&A. She replied, "Yes, in 2027." Another asked, "Are you making a comeback?" to which the now 34-year-old confirmed, "Yes, next year." "Are you sure you’ll come back to play on the WTA circuit? And if so, when?" yet another of her followers asked, reports Tennis World USA. She once again said, "Yes, in 2027." Camila is now a married woman. She's put all that speculation about her retirement behind her, and she's gearing up to go full dual threat by picking up her racket again, but that's not all. Her return to tennis isn’t taking place this year because she's pregnant. Say what you want about her, but she's not leading a boring life. There's action, there's controversy, and there's lingerie. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96631059ccda1fcc161a3 Mexican national convicted of illegally voting in US after false citizenship claims faces removal: DHS te 2026-04-23T00:22:09.620Z Mexican national convicted of illegally voting in US after false citizenship claims faces removal: DHS FIRST ON FOX: A Mexican national who illegally voted in U.S. elections and falsely claimed to be a citizen has been convicted and could face removal under federal immigration law. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital that Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, a lawful permanent resident who has held a green card since 1990, pleaded guilty to three counts of Disorderly Election Conduct following prosecution by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. Officials said Ceballos-Armendariz unlawfully voted multiple times and falsely claimed U.S. citizenship on voter registration forms, including a 1999 application in which he affirmed he was a citizen of the United States. He later applied for U.S. citizenship in February 2025. DHS said he falsely stated on that application that he had never claimed to be a U.S. citizen. CONSERVATIVE LEGAL GROUP PRESSES AGENCY TO ACT ON TRUMP’S VOTER CITIZENSHIP MANDATE DESPITE COURT INJUNCTIONS Under federal immigration law, false claims to U.S. citizenship can make a noncitizen removable, though DHS has not detailed any potential action in this case. "This alien has now been convicted of illegally voting in American elections, voting in American elections," DHS acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis said. "The SAVE program is a critical tool for state and local governments to safeguard the integrity of elections across the country." Records provided by DHS and reviewed by Fox News Digital show Ceballos-Armendariz checked "yes" when asked if he was a U.S. citizen on a Kansas voter registration form and signed to affirm the information was true. 'ESSENTIAL TO OUR NATION'S SOVEREIGNTY': NONCITIZEN VOTER CRACKDOWN LED BY GOP AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS On his naturalization application, however, he marked "no" when asked whether he had ever claimed to be a U.S. citizen, despite his prior voter registration. DHS said Ceballos-Armendariz also has a prior criminal conviction, having been found guilty of battery in 1995. President Donald Trump has made election integrity a central focus of his administration, with officials pointing to enforcement actions like this case as part of broader efforts to prevent noncitizens from participating in U.S. elections. Existing federal law — 18 U.S.C. § 611: "Voting by aliens" under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of 1996 — prohibits noncitizens, including lawful permanent residents, from voting in elections for all federal offices. GRAHAM EYES 'DOWN PAYMENT' ON TRUMP-BACKED SAVE ACT WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT "Nothing is more fundamental than the integrity and security of our elections," Bis said. "That’s why the Trump Administration has repeatedly called on Congress to pass the SAVE America Act — commonsense legislation that requires voters to present photo ID and implements other critical measures to protect federal elections from fraud.  "Our elections belong to American citizens, not foreign citizens." Despite the IIRIRA, since April 2025, more than 24,000 potential non-U.S. citizens have been identified on voter rolls through the SAVE program and referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for further investigation, according to DHS.  Officials said more than 60 million voter verification queries have been processed during that time. Federal officials say the system allows states to verify citizenship status and prevent unlawful voting, and they continue to urge broader adoption nationwide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96609059ccda1fcc1618d With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress te 2026-04-23T00:21:29.304Z With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e965f5059ccda1fcc16184 Supreme Court Finds Soldier Injured in Suicide Bombing Can Sue te 2026-04-23T00:21:09.427Z Supreme Court Finds Soldier Injured in Suicide Bombing Can Sue An American soldier was injured in a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The justices cleared the way for the soldier to proceed with a lawsuit against a military contractor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e965e1059ccda1fcc16177 As Democrats Outraise Republican Candidates, the G.O.P. Has This $600 Million Edge te 2026-04-23T00:20:49.359Z As Democrats Outraise Republican Candidates, the G.O.P. Has This $600 Million Edge Even as the party faces a worrisome political environment and its candidates are outraised by Democratic ones, powerful Republican groups and super PACs have built a colossal advantage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e965cb059ccda1fcc1615a U.S. Settles Carter Page Wiretap Lawsuit for $1.25 Million te 2026-04-23T00:20:27.952Z U.S. Settles Carter Page Wiretap Lawsuit for $1.25 Million F.B.I. applications to surveil Mr. Page, a 2016 Trump campaign adviser, during the investigation into Russia’s interference in the election had myriad errors and omissions, an inspector general found. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96398059ccda1fcc15d30 Hasan Piker sparks backlash with Luigi Mangione remarks, claims slain CEO engaged in 'social murder' te 2026-04-23T00:11:04.725Z Hasan Piker sparks backlash with Luigi Mangione remarks, claims slain CEO engaged in 'social murder' Hasan Piker stirred more controversy in a recent New York Times interview in which he addressed the Luigi Mangione case and the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione is accused of murdering Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, as the healthcare CEO was on his way to a medical conference. He is facing both state and federal charges, and his federal trial was recently delayed until October. Mangione's state trial is expected to begin on Sept. 8. LUIGI MANGIONE’S FEDERAL TRIAL STAYS ON TRACK AFTER JUDGE REJECTS DELAY REQUEST Piker, a controversial Twitch streamer, said that the American people "understand" why Thompson was killed and accused the slain CEO of committing "social murder." "Friedrich Engels wrote about the concept of social murder. And Brian Thompson, as the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was engaging in a tremendous amount of social murder," Piker said during an appearance on The New York Times podcast "The Opinions." "And that was a fascinating story for me, because Americans are very Draconian about crime and punishment. They’re very black and white on this issue. And yet, because of the pervasive pain that the private health care system had created for the average American, I saw so many people immediately understand why this death had taken place," he added. Piker argued that the pain associated with private healthcare costs was so "universalized" that "virtually every American had a similar experience." He then said too many Americans had seen loved ones spending their last days on the phone with healthcare providers trying to find ways to not pass the debt to the next generation. "That’s a harrowing process for a lot of people. And for them, that is murder; for them, that is torture. And that is the reason why, I think, the reaction to Luigi Mangione, especially by younger generations, was not so negative," Piker said. MANGIONE'S LAWYERS MAKE SECOND TRY TO TOSS MURDER WEAPON EVIDENCE IN NEW YORK STATE COURT In the same "The Opinions" interview, Piker also sparked backlash when he stated that he was "pro-piracy" and "pro stealing from big corporations because they steal quite a bit more from their own workers." The New York Times interview was not the first platform where Piker has addressed the Mangione case. When reacting to Mangione's arrest, Piker referred to the suspect as "our boy" and said that the perp walk made him "look sick as f--k," according to a clip of the stream posted on TikTok. A 2025 article in the New Yorker also noted that Piker said Mangione was "hotter" than him. The article stated that he repeatedly said that he did not condone violence. Fox News Digital reached out to Piker's representatives for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96385059ccda1fcc15d27 Virginia court declares state's redistricting vote was unconstitutional in legal win for Republicans te 2026-04-23T00:10:45.212Z Virginia court declares state's redistricting vote was unconstitutional in legal win for Republicans Republicans are cheering a circuit court victory in Virginia that showed Democrats' redistricting efforts in Virginia are not quite over yet despite a referendum to accept a new map drawn by Democrats getting approved by voters on Tuesday. Virginia Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley ruled Wednesday, one day after the Democrat redistricting referendum passed, that all votes for or against the proposed redistricting amendment were unconstitutional, citing rules that impose certain requirements that the referendum did not meet. There are currently a handful of cases making their way through the Virginia court system challenging various aspects of the referendum, including the one Hurley ruled on Wednesday. "The Tazewell Circuit Court just ruled the referendum unconstitutional. The Judge entered an injunction blocking certification of the election & denied a motion to stay pending appeal. A final order will be entered once drafted, & it will be immediately appealed," former Republican Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, said on X following Hurley's ruling. Shortly after the ruling came down, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, a Democrat who beat GOP incumbent Jason Miyares in November, indicated his office will indeed "immediately file an appeal." ERIC HOLDER ACCUSES GOP OF 'STEALING SEATS' WHILE DEFENDING 'FAIR' DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING PUSH Cuccinelli, who currently heads the American Principles Project Election Transparency Initiative, indicated Wednesday that there are currently four constitutional challenges to the referendum making their way through the courts, three of which are challenges to the amendment process itself. "Virginia has a process to amend its constitution that has the General Assembly pass a proposed amendment and then have a state election — an intervening election — where the new House of Delegates was elected and so forth and then that new General Assembly comes back and has to pass the exact same amendment," Cuccinelli told CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Wednesday. "The General Assembly passed the amendment for the first time — called first passage, very creative — on Halloween. Well, these same Democrats, five years ago, gave us a 45-day election. So, voting began September 19th of 2025, over a million people had already voted before first passage, and they want to treat that election as the intervening election. They're going to have a very difficult time with that," he continued. Cuccinelli added that there are other "equally difficult" constitutional challenges that Democrats are facing in this legal battle, which he said he expects to move quickly through the courts. Cuccinelli told Jennings he expects a final ruling on the matter by May. NEWSOM TURNS VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING VICTORY INTO WARNING SHOT FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION Shortly after news of the Virginia circuit court ruling in Tazewell, Jones announced that his office would be immediately appealing the measure. Jones argued that "an activist judge" should not have the power to veto "the People's vote." "Virginia voters have spoken, and an activist judge should not have veto power over the People's vote," Jones said Wednesday following the ruling. "We look forward to defending the outcome of last night's election in court." Democrat strategist Adam Parkhomenko mirrored Jones' criticism after the news broke Wednesday, but also said he has expectations that Republicans' legal challenges will not hold muster in court. "Virginia voters spoke. MAGA lost. And now a rogue Republican judge is trying to override the will of the people because they didn’t like the outcome," Parkhomenko said on X. "That’s not democracy. That’s desperation." Parkhomenko added that he has "full confidence a higher court will overturn this nonsense quickly, and the will of Virginia voters will prevail." "Nice try," the Dem strategist added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96223059ccda1fcc15cda Shelby Cobra sign by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:04:51.505Z Shelby Cobra sign by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9620f059ccda1fcc15cd1 Garage collectibles by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:04:31.929Z Garage collectibles by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e961fc059ccda1fcc15cc8 Darrell Sheets talking about Frankie Diskin by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:04:12.057Z Darrell Sheets talking about Frankie Diskin by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e961e8059ccda1fcc15cbf Darrell Sheets sign by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:03:52.260Z Darrell Sheets sign by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e961d4059ccda1fcc15cb6 Darrell Sheets in in man-cave garage by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:03:32.289Z Darrell Sheets in in man-cave garage by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e961c0059ccda1fcc15cad Darrell holding his bayonet collection by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:03:12.601Z Darrell holding his bayonet collection by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e961ac059ccda1fcc15ca4 Darrell and Zoie Sheets by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-23T00:02:52.719Z Darrell and Zoie Sheets by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96198059ccda1fcc15c9a Scene pkg April 22 NDS te 2026-04-23T00:02:32.524Z Scene pkg April 22 NDS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96184059ccda1fcc15c91 Scene pkg April 22 te 2026-04-23T00:02:12.414Z Scene pkg April 22 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9616f059ccda1fcc15c7a County board seeks to pause judge's order in election fight with Recorder Justin Heap te 2026-04-23T00:01:51.251Z County board seeks to pause judge's order in election fight with Recorder Justin Heap Board Chair Kate Brophy McGee said the judge's ruling "contradicts itself" and "injects uncertainty" ahead of upcoming elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96156059ccda1fcc15c4b Nicole Scherzinger marks Earth Day in zebra-print bikini with Hawaiian heritage message te 2026-04-23T00:01:26.703Z Nicole Scherzinger marks Earth Day in zebra-print bikini with Hawaiian heritage message Nicole Scherzinger is taking a moment to ground herself. The 47-year-old superstar marked Earth Day on Wednesday by sharing a breathtaking look back at her favorite moments in nature. Leading the carousel, the "Don't Cha" singer sat in a meditative yoga pose in a secluded beach area, showcasing her toned physique in a striking black-and-white zebra-print bikini. With her eyes closed and her palms turned upward, Scherzinger appeared to be in total peace as the ocean tide gently foamed around her feet. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER In another shot, the former Pussycat Doll showcased a more artistic perspective. Captured from behind, she stood at the water's edge at sunset, raising her arms to perfectly frame the glowing orange sun between her hands. The golden-hour snap captured a serene moment of reflection. Scherzinger also pivoted to athletic wear, highlighting her commitment to movement. In one photo, she stood overlooking a vibrant blue infinity pool and the turquoise ocean beyond, resting her hands on her hips. Wearing a teal workout set, her long, dark hair flowed down her back as she took in the tropical horizon. The theater star also took to the heights, sharing a powerful image of herself standing atop a grassy ridge at dusk. With her arms spread wide, she overlooked a lush valley as the sky transitioned into shades of gold and purple. NICOLE SCHERZINGER FLOODS SOCIAL MEDIA WITH BIKINI PHOTOS WHILE TEASING WEDDING PLANS The imagery served as a backdrop for a deeply personal message regarding her heritage. "Being Hawaiian has shaped how I see the world… the land isn’t just where we live, it’s who we are," Scherzinger wrote to her 7.4 million followers. "Our roots, stories, and identity are deeply tied to the earth, and caring for it isn’t a trend, it’s a responsibility passed down through generations.🌿" She continued: "Earth Day is a reminder that this planet is not ours to own, but to protect. Every small action matters. Today and every day, I stand with the land, ocean, and skies. Protecting the earth means protecting our people, culture, and future.🌊🌺" NICOLE SCHERZINGER LEAVES FANS WANTING MORE WITH STUNNING NEW BIKINI PHOTOS FROM BEACH VACATION Reflecting on a career-defining chapter that saw her sweep the major theater awards on both sides of the Atlantic, Nicole Scherzinger sat down with Official London Theatre on April 7, 2026, to discuss the roots of her success. The Tony and Olivier winner credited her "humble beginnings" in Hawaii and the "warrior" spirit of her mother for the resilience she brought to the stage as Norma Desmond. "I am of Hawaiian Ukrainian Filipino descent and I come from a little tiny island in the Pacific, right? Hawaii," Scherzinger said. "And I grew up actually in the south and I came from very humble beginnings and I had this dream. It was this dream as a little girl." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I want to thank my families back in Hawaii. My mom, she is the reason I am," she said during the emotional interview. "She is the reason that Norma is the warrior that she is. My dad, my sister Kala, my fiancé for being my biggest cheerleader." Reflecting on her record-breaking success in the musical "Sunset Boulevard," she noted that the achievement felt like a win for her entire community. PUSSYCAT DOLLS STAR TRIPLES DOWN ON MAGA LABEL AFTER CLAIMING POLITICS COST HER A REUNION TOUR "All of the years and years of hard work… and the discipline and the determination and the heart and the soul and the life experiences and the struggles and the pain just led to this moment where you're able to make art," she reflected. "It's alchemy, beautiful alchemy that you're able to transform it into art that can really hopefully make a difference in other people's lives and that's what we're here for." Scherzinger concluded with a nod to the future, noting, "I've learned to just keep my mind and my heart completely open because you never know what role or opportunity is the one that's truly meant for you." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9612e059ccda1fcc15c31 Man Is Sentenced to 20 Years in 1983 Killing of Oregon Woman te 2026-04-23T00:00:46.160Z Man Is Sentenced to 20 Years in 1983 Killing of Oregon Woman Teresa Peroni, 27, was last seen on July 4, 1983, in Selma, Ore. Marcus Sanfratello, the man seen with her that day, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter after his arrest last year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e96117059ccda1fcc15c11 Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going. te 2026-04-23T00:00:23.873Z Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going. Tesla's planned capex for 2026 is three times higher than what the company has historically spent. Its CFO said, as a result, Tesla will have a negative free cash flow the rest of the year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95f00059ccda1fcc15bd4 Arizona GOP lawmakers crafting a budget with no reductions to education and public safety, but state agencies would have to make cuts of up to 5% te 2026-04-22T23:51:28.493Z Arizona GOP lawmakers crafting a budget with no reductions to education and public safety, but state agencies would have to make cuts of up to 5% Chief Republican budget writer says no reductions planned for ESA school vouchers and GOP not in favor of asking voters for Prop. 123 education funding extension. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95ee8059ccda1fcc15ba4 Longtime NASCAR crew chief tells wild story about one of the sport's biggest characters te 2026-04-22T23:51:04.115Z Longtime NASCAR crew chief tells wild story about one of the sport's biggest characters One of the most memorable names in NASCAR history is that of Dick Trickle, and now his former crew chief is telling some wild stories about what a character the 1989 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year was. Jimmy Fennig was a longtime NASCAR crew chief who worked with the likes of Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, and Carl Edwards. NASCAR DRIVER KATHERINE LEGGE SLAMS 'DEI HIRE' SLIGHTS AFTER XFINITY SERIES CRASH In 1989, Fennig was paired with Trickle, who was entering his rookie campaign at the age of 48 after making occasional one-off appearances in the Winston Cup Series and racing in various other series before that. Fennig talked about working with his fellow Wisconsinite, Trickle, during an appearance on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s podcast, The Dale Jr. Download. "I think our first race was Rockingham, and I'll never forget this one because old Dick was from the north, you know, and Dick always wore cowboy boots. So, he got (to the track) and I had a set of driving shoes for him because I know the interiors of these cars are hotter than ASA (American Speed Association) cars, you know. "I said, 'Dick, you're going to need to take these boots off and put these Simpson (racing) shoes on.' And, he said, 'No, I'm going to be all right. I'm going to be all right.'" RICKY NELSON’S SONS RECALL HIS FINAL CALL THAT SAVED THEIR LIVES BEFORE PLANE CRASH So, Fennig acquiesced, and Trickle hopped in the car with his cowboy boots on, something that would never fly today. However, Trickle — who sadly died in 2013 — realized this may have been a mistake. "So, I think halfway during the race, they had a yellow," Fennig recalled. "He says, 'I need them shoes.' So I said, 'Okay, four tires and a set of shoes, guys.'" Earnhardt then asked about another Dick Trickle legend. "Did he have a cigarette lighter in your car?" Earnhardt asked. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Oh, yeah," Fennig said. "He put it in there." Fennig talked about a race at Dover in which Trickle crashed entering the pit lane, and he suspected it was because he was lighting a cigarette. Well, we may never know for sure, but just before this interview came out, footage was making the rounds on X that showed Trickle puffing away on a lung dart mid-race. They certainly don't make them like they used to, do they? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95ebe059ccda1fcc15b75 Pima County Supes hold off on further review of Sheriff Nanos after he responds to questions te 2026-04-22T23:50:22.100Z Pima County Supes hold off on further review of Sheriff Nanos after he responds to questions Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95ca2059ccda1fcc15b32 Jeffries defends Virginia redistricting as 'temporary measure' to stop Trump from trying to 'rig' midterms te 2026-04-22T23:41:22.762Z Jeffries defends Virginia redistricting as 'temporary measure' to stop Trump from trying to 'rig' midterms House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declared in a Tuesday CNN interview that Democrats’ victorious effort to temporarily redistrict Virginia was in order to stop President Donald Trump’s "power grab." "It was important for Democrats to push back aggressively across the country to stop Donald Trump‘s gerrymandering scheme, which was designed to rig the midterm elections," Jeffries told CNN's Laura Coates. "They thought we were going to step back, but we‘ve made clear that we will fight back, and we‘re going to keep our foot on the gas pedal." Democrats scored a major victory Tuesday when Virginia voters narrowly passed a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections, The Associated Press reported. The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. AS AMERICA TURNS 250, TRUMP SHOULD RESTORE WASHINGTON DC'S ORIGINAL BORDERS "Clearly, an instance of trying to fight a fire with fire," Coates told Jeffries. "But the number of Republican-leaning districts in Virginia is going down from 5 to 1, and there will be many who complain that gerrymandering is gerrymandering is gerrymandering. Is that fair In Virginia?" "Well, this is a temporary measure that was a response to Donald Trump‘s efforts to rig the midterm elections," Jeffries said. "We needed to stop the MAGA power grab.  "And what‘s different about our approach, and I‘m thankful for what was done in California, led by Gavin Newsom and the California congressional delegation and the state leaders in the great state of California, is that we took the map to the people, and that‘s what was done here in Virginia." SOROS-BACKED GROUP AMONG LIBERAL ORGS PUMPING EYE-POPPING CASH INTO VIRGINIA GERRYMANDERING EFFORT He added further that he was thankful for multiple people, ranging from Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, to former President Barack Obama, declaring "this was an all-hands-on-deck effort to make sure we level the playing field, and we stop Donald Trump‘s national MAGA power grab." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and did not receive immediate reply. Fox News' Paul Steinhauser, Jasmine Baehr and Charles Creitz contributed to this report. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95c8e059ccda1fcc15b29 Child reunited with mom after transgender dad, partner allegedly kidnap abroad amid gender surgery fears: feds te 2026-04-22T23:41:02.995Z Child reunited with mom after transgender dad, partner allegedly kidnap abroad amid gender surgery fears: feds A Utah custody dispute escalated into an international case after a 10-year-old child was allegedly kidnapped by a trans parent as family members feared gender reassignment surgery in Cuba, authorities said. Federal authorities allege the child’s biological father, Rose Inessa-Ethington, 42, who also goes by Eri, and the father’s partner, Blue Inessa-Ethington, 32, also known as Carly Ann Crosby, never made it to their planned destination for a camping trip in Canada. Instead, investigators say the pair took the child across multiple international borders without the mother’s knowledge or court approval, a move now at the center of a federal international parental kidnapping case. The two were found in Cuba on April 16 with FBI assistance and brought back to the U.S. on Monday, where they appeared in federal court in Richmond, Virginia. They are expected to be transferred to Utah, where the case will proceed as they face charges of international parental kidnapping. According to a federal criminal complaint, the trip began March 28, when the child left for what the mother, who shares custody of the child, believed was a camping excursion to Calgary. The next day, the group crossed into Canada on foot through the Peace Arch border crossing in Washington state, but never checked into their hotel or campsite, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah said. BIDEN ADMIN GAVE PROTECTED STATUS TO HONDURAN MAN LATER CHARGED IN CHILD RAPE AND TORTURE CASE OF NIECE Instead, authorities say they quickly changed course. Court documents outline a multi-country route, flying from Vancouver to Mexico City on March 29, then traveling to Mérida before boarding another flight to Havana, Cuba, on April 1. Mexican immigration officials later confirmed the group’s movements using U.S. passports. Investigators say the trip appeared far from spontaneous. According to the complaint, searches of the couple’s home uncovered detailed planning notes, including references to learning Spanish, securing travel documents, and preparing for extended travel. One defendant withdrew $10,000 in cash just days before the trip, and additional notes referenced banking activity, storage plans and travel logistics. MOTHER CLAIMS CHILDREN DISAPPEARED AFTER RELIGIOUS BRAINWASHING AS AMBER ALERT ISSUED Back in Utah, the child’s mother was left waiting. The last time she heard from the child was March 28, when the child communicated that the group had arrived safely in Canada. The child was due home April 3, but never returned. As days passed with no contact, concern intensified. Court documents state both adults shut off their phones after March 28, cutting off communication, while the child had no independent way to contact family. FOUR CHARGED IN TEXAS WITH SMUGGLING CHILDREN ACROSS BORDER WHILE POSING AS PARENTS According to court filings, family members raised serious concerns about the child’s well-being. The child, born male but identifying as female, was believed by some relatives to have been influenced by Rose, authorities said. There were also fears the child may have been taken out of the country for potential gender reassignment surgery before reaching puberty. Tess Davis, a lawyer representing the child’s biological mother, told The New York Times that the issue of gender-related medical treatment had been an ongoing point of contention during the parents’ divorce. GOT A TIP? "I don’t think she ever imagined that Rose could do this until it was too late," Davis told the outlet. "She was worried about never seeing her child again." Fox News Digital has reached out to Davis for additional comment. FOLLOW US ON X On April 13, a Utah state court granted the mother exclusive custody and ordered the child’s immediate return. Three days later, on April 16, Cuban authorities located the group. U.S. officials, working with international partners, secured the child’s recovery and return to the U.S. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The two defendants are now in federal custody facing international parental kidnapping charges. An FBI agent wrote in the complaint that the level of planning suggested the pair intended to leave the country with the child and not return. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS "We are grateful to law enforcement for working swiftly to return the child to the biological mother," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak. "Our priority in every parental kidnapping case is the safety and well-being of the child," said FBI Salt Lake City Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls. "This case reflects the strength of partnerships in locating victims, supporting reunification, and ensuring accountability." FBI Director Kash Patel also weighed in on the case, saying agents and their partners "acted quickly and saved a young child who was kidnapped and ended up in Cuba," adding that the child is now "safely home." Patel also praised FBI teams in Salt Lake City and Richmond, along with specialized response units, for their role in the recovery. The case involved coordination across multiple agencies, including the FBI, the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, ICE personnel in Havana, and the FBI’s legal attaché office in Mexico City. Prosecutors say the case is being brought as part of the Justice Department’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, a nationwide effort launched in 2006 to combat child exploitation and better coordinate resources to locate victims and prosecute those who endanger them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95c7b059ccda1fcc15b20 EXCLUSIVE: Eric Swalwell hit with fresh complaint over alleged use of House office to boost his business te 2026-04-22T23:40:43.542Z EXCLUSIVE: Eric Swalwell hit with fresh complaint over alleged use of House office to boost his business Former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is facing a fresh ethics complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate whether he leveraged his position in Congress to promote his startup business that Swalwell was running on the side with his chief of staff. The complaint comes as Swalwell also has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct in recent weeks — allegations he has denied despite conceding that he has made poor choices in his past when it comes to women. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a conservative ethics watchdog, filed a complaint Wednesday calling on the Justice Department's Office of Congressional Conduct to investigate allegations Swalwell was personally pitching Findraiser, an artificial intelligence political fundraising tool, to Democratic lawmakers, staff and campaigns. Included in FACT's complaint is Yardena Wolf, Swalwell's former chief of staff and also the co-founder of Findraiser. Wolf eventually left her chief of staff role to lead Swalwell's now defunct gubernatorial campaign. SWALWELL CAMPAIGN SETS OFF ALARM BELLS AFTER ACCEPTING $25K DONATION FROM CCP-TIED LAWYER: 'OUTRAGEOUS' Swalwell already is facing multiple investigations related to sexual misconduct allegations, including from the Los Angeles County District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney and the Justice Department. But, prior to sexual misconduct allegations against him coming to light earlier in April, the former member of Congress also was facing heat for his behavior on Capitol Hill as it pertained to promoting Findraiser. One Democratic operative reportedly told news outlet NOTUS that Swalwell was "peddling the sh--t out of" Findraiser on Capitol Hill. NOTUS released a pair of reports in March, one of which cited Federal Election Commission data that showed the artificial intelligence-powered political fundraising tool was getting business from some of Swalwell's longtime political allies, such as Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.  NOTUS published a follow-up days later based on interviews with half-a-dozen Democratic Party political operatives and other unnamed sources, as well as reviews of emailed communications and texts. Both Swalwell and Wolf allegedly would send texts to Democratic staff and lawmakers about their company, according to the subsequent report, in addition to promoting it in-person interactions. FACT's ethics complaint seeks to have the allegations revealed by NOTUS, and substantiated by other outlets, investigated.   "Public office is a position of trust, and no individual should be able to skirt accountability for potential abuses of power simply by resigning," FACT's Executive Director Kendra Arnold said in a press release accompanying the group's complaint. "The reported actions using an official position to promote a personal business and potentially misusing government resources raise serious legal concerns that warrant a thorough investigation by the Department of Justice. Ensuring accountability in cases like this is essential to maintaining public confidence in government." Fox News Digital reached out to Swalwell's legal team, Wolf and Findraiser for comment but did not receive any responses.  The Justice Department also did not provide any comment on whether it plans to look into FACT's complaints. While lawmakers on Capitol Hill are legally allowed to earn passive income through businesses they own, House rules do prohibit lawmakers and their staff from using their "political influence, the influence of (their) position ... to make pecuniary gains."  Furthermore, according to the 2022 House Ethics Manual, lawmakers and their staff are expected to avoid even just the appearance that they may be using their political influence for financial gain. SCHIFF LAUNCHES LEGAL DEFENSE FUND IN RESPONSE TO CLAIMS TRUMP IS 'WEAPONIZING' JUSTICE SYSTEM "In any event, the Standards Committee routinely advises Members and staff to avoid situations in which even an inference might be drawn suggesting improper conduct," the manual states.  In addition to allegedly pitching the company in-person, Wolf, while still working as Swalwell's chief of staff on Capitol Hill, allegedly emailed congressional campaigns offering demos for Findraiser and texted congressional staff below her to set up business meetings with her and Swalwell to discuss their startup company, according to the accusations reported by NOTUS. Democratic operatives described Swalwell's promotion of Findraiser on Capitol Hill as "relentless" and said he "aggressively" peddled it to Democratic candidates for office and senior campaign officials, according to NOTUS. One of the operatives told NOTUS that being approached by Swalwell or his staff about his company has been "surprisingly universal" in some Democratic circles. NANCY MACE CALLS ON CONGRESS TO RELEASE SEXUAL HARASSMENT RECORDS, WANTS AN 'AVALANCHE OF RESIGNATIONS' "They were really hitting up everyone," a source with knowledge of the situation claimed to the New York Post. "I bet every California member probably got outreach." The New York Post also reported it had spoken to sources who indicated Swalwell allegedly would use his company as a legislative negotiating tactic. "The only way you get Swalwell to sign on to your bills is if you take this weird call from his chief of staff," a source reportedly told The New York Post. Per NOTUS' reporting, Findraiser received about $60,000 from more than a dozen Democratic campaigns. Meanwhile, Swalwell's congressional financial disclosures have listed his company as being worth between $200,000 and $500,000. NOTUS did indicate that it was informed by a former Swalwell spokesperson in March, who has since left his position, that both Swalwell and Wolf consulted with the necessary House Ethics personnel about Findraiser. The spokesperson also claimed that Swalwell receives no income from the company. "These alleged facts deserve to be criminally investigated," FACT's complaint to the Justice Department argues. "This is just one issue of many during Swalwell’s problematic tenure in Congress, which among others includes being accused of using campaign funds to pay for a Brazilian nanny in our country illegally and being removed from the House Intelligence Committee over his association with a Chinese spy." Fox News Digital previously reported on the other ethics complaints Swalwell has faced that are mentioned in FACT's letter to the Justice Department. Swalwell was accused of paying his nanny, Amanda Barbosa, with campaign funds for roughly two years while she allegedly did not have valid work authorization. Following multiple complaints against Swalwell over the matter, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed to Fox News that it has referred the matter to the Department of Homeland Security law enforcement for investigation. Swalwell's removal from the influential House intelligence committee in 2023, involved concerns about the former congressman's actions related to a decadeold scandal over his ties to a suspected Chinese spy. The matter gained new life amid sexual misconduct allegations that came to life earlier in April as FBI officials weighed whether to release documents about Swalwell's relationship with the alleged spy Christine "Fang Fang" Fang. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95a38059ccda1fcc15ab5 AFSCME union seeks to charge university with criminal offense for bringing in alleged 'strikebreakers' te 2026-04-22T23:31:04.375Z AFSCME union seeks to charge university with criminal offense for bringing in alleged 'strikebreakers' A union representing certain Illinois State University employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the college, alleging it hired temporary workers while staff remained on strike. AFSCME Council 31, which represents roughly 350 employees, says the move violates the state’s Employment of Strikebreakers Act, which classifies such conduct as a Class A misdemeanor. "To gain leverage to 'win' the strike, the University has contracted with companies that have hired temporary employees to cross picket lines and perform the work of the strikers," a copy of the suit shared by local outlet WGLT said. "This action is illegal."  The plaintiffs argue such hiring practices distort the balance of power between employer and employees and prolong the strike by easing the university’s operational strain from the loss of services. CHICAGO MAYOR LINKS RESTAURANT INDUSTRY TO ‘SLAVERY’ AS TIPPED WAGE FIGHT INTENSIFIES Consequently, the lawsuit is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to halt the use of temporary replacement workers, arguing employees could suffer "irreparable" harm without court intervention. An Illinois State University spokesperson said Wednesday afternoon the university has not received formal notification of the lawsuit but that it follows a state procurement process designed to ensure compliance with the law, WGLT reported.  INSIDE TEACHERS' UNION MAY DAY 'DRESS REHEARSAL' CRITICS WARN WILL 'GROOM' STUDENTS INTO DEM 'FOOT SOLDIERS' According to the complaint, the striking members involved work as building services, grounds and dietary employees. Their duties include maintaining student dormitories and preparing meals in campus dining halls. The union alleges the university hired five contractors to perform their work, including four cleaning agencies. Citing the Employment of Strikebreakers Act, which prohibits knowingly contracting with temporary labor agencies to replace striking workers, the union said it has previously raised concerns with the university. Despite those warnings, the lawsuit claims Illinois State University continued the practice. The strike began April 8 after a 10-day notice was issued to the university. The parties reportedly failed to reach an agreement on an "overall economic offer" after their previous contract expired on June 30, 2025. University officials have said their final offer includes multiple wage increases and hourly rates comparable to similar positions at other area employers, WGLT reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95a10059ccda1fcc15aa7 How ‘Yes’ Won a Narrow Victory in Virginia’s Redistricting Battle te 2026-04-22T23:30:24.564Z How ‘Yes’ Won a Narrow Victory in Virginia’s Redistricting Battle Northern Virginia carried the measure to victory even as turnout in Democratic areas lagged and nearly all of the state shifted right from last year’s governor’s race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e957cd059ccda1fcc15a54 For the fifth time, Senate Republicans blocking effort to rein in Trump’s Iran war te 2026-04-22T23:20:45.773Z For the fifth time, Senate Republicans blocking effort to rein in Trump’s Iran war Emergency crews work at the site of a US-Israeli strike on a residential building that also destroyed the adjacent Rafi-Nia Synagogue on April 7, 2026, in Tehran, Iran.  (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, and one Democrat, maintained their support for President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, after blocking for the fifth time a resolution that would force the president to seek congressional authorization for further action in the Middle East. The vote failed 46-51, largely following the same split as previous failed measures. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., opposed the resolution to rein in Trump, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted in favor, just as they have in the four times prior.  Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, David McCormick, R-Pa., and Mark Warner, D-Va. were absent. Thirteen U.S. service members and thousands of civilians across the Middle East have died in the war, which the Trump administration has claimed is about regime change and stopping Iran’s nuclear program. As of Wednesday, the Pentagon updated the number of American troops injured in the conflict to 400. Fetterman and all but one Senate Republican blocked the measure one day after Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran after the prospects of a second round of peace talks fell through. Trump did not specify an end date to the ceasefire extension but announced the United States would not back down on its blockade of ships traveling to and from Iranian ports. Trump claimed late Tuesday night that Iran is “collapsing financially!”  “They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately- Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS!!!” he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. U.S. military forces fired on and seized a sanctioned Iranian cargo ship Sunday. Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, wrote Tuesday on X that the seizure was “an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire.”  Early Wednesday, Iran claimed responsibility for attacking two commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a key narrow maritime passage where a fifth of the world’s petroleum flowed prior to the war. Iranian parliament representative Ebrahim Rezaei declared on X, “an eye for an eye, an oil tanker for an oil tanker.”  Baldwin leads opposition to war Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., lead sponsor of Wednesday’s War Powers Resolution, said on the floor ahead of the vote that Trump sold Americans “a bad bill of goods” when he campaigned on lowering costs and not starting any new foreign wars. “This war has taken us backwards and created more problems for the people that I work for,” she said, citing increasing fuel and fertilizer costs as a result of a standstill in the Strait of Hormuz. The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation numbers reflected a 21% increase in the cost of fuel from February to March. A gallon of regular gas remained on average just north of $4 across the country, according to AAA. United Airlines announced Wednesday it plans to raise airfare as much as 20% to offset the cost of jet fuel, according to multiple media reports. Brent crude oil, the global oil market’s standard, spiked above $100 a barrel Wednesday, as it has numerous times since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. “Less than two months ago, oil prices were normal, the Straits of Hormuz was open, commerce was happening,” said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., ahead of the vote.  “And then President Trump made the decision without a rationale, without a plan, without consulting with allies, without consulting or seeking a vote of Congress to enter the nation into yet another war in the Middle East. And the entire world is suffering,” Kaine said. Trump entered the joint war on Iran alongside Israel on Feb. 28. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said passing the resolution would be “unwise.” “We’ve been through these votes recently, and nothing has occurred in the makeup of this body or in the situation in Iran or the Middle East to materially change since the last time we voted on this matter,” the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said on the floor ahead of the vote.  Wicker was the only Republican to speak out against the resolution during Wednesday afternoon’s debate. Earlier vote Senate Democrats last forced a vote to stop Trump’s actions in Iran on April 15, just days after the president threatened on social media to wipe out Iran’s “whole civilization” and to bomb its power plants and bridges. Senate Democrats say they have no plans to stop introducing War Powers Resolutions and speaking out against the war. Several sent a letter Sunday to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding answers about “troubling allegations of civilian harm incidents,” including a strike on an elementary school that killed more than 160 children on the war’s opening day. “We are concerned that these were all preventable tragedies. The high human toll of this war reflects the administration’s broader disregard for the strategic, legal, and moral imperative to minimize civilian harm,” the senators wrote. The letter, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., was also signed by Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M; Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii; Tina Smith, D-Minn.; Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; Peter Welch, D-Vt. and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.  The 11 senators who joined Baldwin in sponsoring Wednesday’s War Powers Resolution, a vestige of Congress’ efforts to rein in President Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War, included Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sens. Gillibrand, Kaine, Merkley and Van Hollen, as well as Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Andy Kim, D-N.J.; Cory Booker, D-N.J.; and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95576059ccda1fcc159c5 Top Five hilarious NFL Draft night moments to get the nostalgia flowing te 2026-04-22T23:10:46.208Z Top Five hilarious NFL Draft night moments to get the nostalgia flowing With the NFL Draft upon us, many fans are ready to see their teams select some of their future favorite players. Draft day is special because it represents the next generation of franchise players, and it's a dream come true for several young athletes. That's not what we are here to talk about today, though. While the NFL Draft does have its iconic moments, it is also home to some laugh-out-loud hilarity too. Below are five of the funniest draft moments in recent memory, from canine hijinks to cannabis ingenuity, and everything in between. This one was more awkward than hilarious at the time, but with the benefit of hindsight, it's gotten way funnier. Mel Kiper is no stranger to having some bad takes on quarterbacks during the NFL Draft (Jimmy Clausen says hi), but there's no shame in being wrong. When you're in the industry long enough, you're going to have some bad takes, but it's the righteous indignation that Kiper speaks with that has this take on the list. He claims the NFL has gotten quarterback evaluation wrong for the last 50 years, but this is the same guy who said he would retire if Clausen wasn't a successful NFL QB in seven to eight years (he was out of the league in five years and only started 14 games in that timeframe). EX-NFL STAR FIRES OFF SHEDEUR SANDERS WARNINGS BEFORE CAREER BEGINS His behavior was so grating that even host Rece Davis, the normally stoic straightman, got into a shouting match with Kiper. I know it's only been one season, but Shedeur Sanders sure looks like he was drafted in the right spot to me. Luckily, I won't have to retire if he suddenly becomes a Pro Bowl-caliber passer. Philadelphia Eagles fans are pretty (in)famous for being completely insane. There's nothing wrong with being dedicated fans, sure, but booing a guy your team just drafted is kind of a bad look. No one has any idea how these guys will end up panning out, which is exactly what happened when the Birds selected quarterback Donovan McNabb with the second overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft. Eagles fans wanted running back Ricky Williams, and much like with Kiper's draft day meltdown, this one is even funnier in hindsight. TOM BRADY SHARES HIS ADVICE FOR SHEDEUR SANDERS AFTER DRAFT SLIDE Williams was a damn good running back, even earning All-Pro honors in 2002, but McNabb wound up being selected to six Pro Bowls and even led the Eagles to within a few minutes of winning the franchise's first Super Bowl. As much as we think we know as fans, this is one of the many examples that prove we are all just idiots sitting on our couches. The 2020 NFL Draft was a weird one thanks to that dastardly COVID-19 virus making the rounds throughout the globe, and it made this particular draft rife with comedic fodder. There were plenty of standout moments, like Poopgate at the Vrabel household, but the star of the 2020 Draft was none other than Bill Belichick's dog. The Patriots head coach let his pup (named Mike) man the controls for a few minutes while he was away, giving us the now iconic image of man's best friend sitting at the computer in the kitchen, complete with a "Bill Belichick" lower third nameplate. Everything weird about the 2020 Draft is encapsulated in that image. What a wild time! It almost doesn't feel real. In today's day and age, teams rarely use all the time allotted to them in the first round of the NFL Draft; these teams know, more or less, who they are taking. It wasn't always like this, though. Hell, they even shortened the "shot clock" from 15 minutes down to 10 starting in 2008, but in 2003, the Minnesota Vikings apparently needed every second and then some to make their selection. Sitting at number seven, the Vikings were trying to negotiate a trade with the Baltimore Ravens, only to watch their 15 minutes bleed out, becoming the first team in NFL history to forfeit a draft pick for taking too long. SHEDEUR SANDERS IS FALLING IN NFL DRAFT BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER, STEPHEN A. SMITH SAYS Ironically, the story has a happy ending, as the Vikes selected defensive tackle Kevin Williams with the ninth overall pick, who ended up notching five All-Pro selections in his time in the Twin Cities. See, procrastination does pay sometimes! You all knew this was going to be number one. Ole Miss left tackle Laremy Tunsil was a projected top-five pick in 2016, with a number of publications projecting him to be the first overall pick. All that changed when a video was leaked less than an hour before the start of the draft of Tunsil with a homemade bong-gas mask hybrid that would make Jeff Spicoli proud. Tunsil plummeted out of the top ten, falling all the way to the 13th pick, where the Miami Dolphins were the beneficiaries of his blunder. Both Tunsil and his agent revealed that the former Ole Miss Rebel had his accounts hacked, with screenshots being posted of Tunsil texting the assistant athletic director of the university for help with his rent. While he went on to be a wildly successful left tackle in the NFL, being selected to five Pro Bowls, anytime someone mentions Tunsil's name, the pictures of his THC-tinged lapse of judgment will pop up in anyone's brain first. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e95101059ccda1fcc158f0 Arvell Reese says NFL teams are getting someone who 'plays the game violently' with 'relentless effort' te 2026-04-22T22:51:45.343Z Arvell Reese says NFL teams are getting someone who 'plays the game violently' with 'relentless effort' With the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft expected to be used on Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza to make him the Las Vegas Raiders' next franchise man, many believe the real start to the festivities in Pittsburgh on Thursday night begins with the New York Jets at No. 2 overall. The plethora of mock drafts flying about ahead of one of the most anticipated nights in pro football has the Jets going edge rusher, and many believe it will be Ohio State standout Arvell Reese. Reese, an All-American in 2025 and national champion with the Buckeyes in 2024, has everything a team needs to get an immediate impact player at the line of scrimmage come Week 1 in September. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM So, what exactly does Reese feel he will bring a franchise, whether he is picked at No. 2 by the Jets or elsewhere? "I think an NFL team is going to get somebody who loves the game, who loves football. Then, they’re going to get somebody who plays the game violently," Reese told Fox News Digital on the eve of the NFL Draft, while also discussing his partnership with Reese's. "I play defense, so to play defense at a high level, you have to be playing it violently at all times. "On top of that, you have to play with relentless effort. So, I think an NFL team is getting that out of me — someone who plays with relentless effort, someone who looks forward to playing violently. You have to look forward to playing it violently." NFL DRAFT PROSPECT RUEBEN BAIN JR. MUM ABOUT 2024 CRASH WHEN PUBLICLY ASKED ABOUT IT FOR FIRST TIME Reese is among many former Buckeyes who expect to go in the first round on Thursday night, including safety Caleb Downs, linebacker Sonny Styles, wide receiver Carnell Tate and defensive tackle Kayden McDonald. As Reese put it, "If you want to be elite, choose to go to Ohio State." The Cleveland, Ohio native remained in state when he chose which program he wished to play for in college, and the past three years has led to this moment for one of the most dominant rushers in football this past season. Reese tallied 10 tackles for loss among his 69 combined, and he secured 6.5 sacks with two passes defended across 14 games. He ran a 4.46 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, and at 21 years old, experts believe there is much more for Reese to grow into, which is always what teams want from a player who has already proven themselves. The 6-foot-4, 241-pound Reese said the pre-draft process has been "exciting" and a "blessing," as he visited with teams during top 30 visits, while meeting players and coaches all over the league. And while Reese is a physical specimen that has those intangibles, he understands being a student of the game is crucial. "The biggest piece of advice or wisdom I’ve gotten from coaches or players is, the rookie year, you really want to put your head down and work," he said. "You don’t want to do too much talking — you want to put your head down and work.  "[Also], the biggest thing is find a vet and a guy you can pick from and learn things from. Not trying to be exactly like him, but take stuff from his way he prepares and how he approaches practices. Try to add that to your game because there’s a reason vets are still around, guys playing nine, 10 years. It doesn’t just happen out of nowhere. It’s stuff they do daily." Reese did his visits, he's learned some key wisdom, and now it's time to sit back and wait until he hears his name called on Thursday night. For a team that needs a violent defender on the line of scrimmage each week, Reese is ready to make that immediate impact expected with being a first-round choice. THE PERFECT COLLABORATION It's only right that Reese heads into the NFL with a Reese's partnership, and the famous peanut butter and chocolate candy has collaborated with the first-round talent for a fun wardrobe surprise ahead of his walk down the NFL Draft Red Carpet on Thursday night in Pittsburgh. "For the suit, we collaborated," Reese revealed during the interview. "I’m excited to be a part of the Reese’s team for the draft." No details on what exactly the suit will look like were given by Reese, but he's simply excited to be partnering with his favorite candy that he had growing up. It's not just a natural partnership because of the name -- he always enjoys Reese's. "I grew up eating Reese’s. I still currently eat Reese’s," he said, smiling. "My mom used to always give me the Reese’s Cups — I was always looking forward to getting the Reese’s Cups. So, it was natural and I was excited when I heard about it." 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/69e950ed059ccda1fcc158e7 Hospice CEO asks Congress how a provider can operate 'out of a burrito stand in California' with no oversight te 2026-04-22T22:51:25.550Z Hospice CEO asks Congress how a provider can operate 'out of a burrito stand in California' with no oversight The CEO of a California hospice advocacy group told congressional lawmakers Tuesday that fraud in the industry is flourishing across the state, questioning how numerous fraudulent providers can continue to operate under the nose of regulators. Sheila Clark, the president and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA) — a nonprofit that pushes to improve access to quality end-of-life care — told the House Ways and Means Committee that some hospices operate in name only, meaning they have no patients or staff. Clark said the surge in hospice and home healthcare providers is a symptom of failures across multiple regulatory bodies that degrade patient protections and hurt taxpayers. NEW EXPOSÉ CLAIMS CALIFORNIA LOST AT LEAST $180B TO FRAUD UNDER GAVIN NEWSOM "You'd be amazed at how many hospices… the door you can walk up to in California and there is nobody there. Five months' worth of mail that you can see stacked… nobody's there," Clark said. "And that passed a survey. How did that happen?" "How do you put a hospice in a burrito stand in California?" she quipped. "How do you put a hospice in an entire store in California? That all had to be vetted through licensure and through certification and accreditation." Dr. Lynn Ianni, a licensed psychotherapist with nearly 40 years of clinical experience who also testified, said she was locked out of her own Medicare benefits for months after she was falsely enrolled in hospice care. "Imagine being told, in effect, that you are at the end of your life — when you are not — and then being denied access to care because of that error. It was not just frustrating," she said. "It was terrifying." MAN CHARGED IN $90M MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME; DOJ SAYS SUSPECT MAY HAVE ENTERED US ILLEGALLY "A Medicare representative gave me the name of the hospice where I was supposedly enrolled," Ianni added. "I looked it up. It appeared legitimate on the surface—listed on Medicare's own website, with an NPI number, a named CEO, and an address. But the address led to what looked like a strip mall. The phone number went unanswered." Republican lawmakers have called for investigations into Medicare fraud, particularly in blue states where reports have surfaced detailing hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent activity. The hearing came as the Trump administration has ramped-up efforts nationwide to combat healthcare fraud. The Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance, recently suspended 447 hospices in the Los Angeles area over more than $600 million in suspected fraud. Another crackdown led to charges against more than a dozen people in a brazen multimillion-dollar scheme where people who weren’t even dying were used to bilk taxpayers out of more than $50 million. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pushed back on claims that his office has failed to act to combat the issue. "FACT: The state has no role in the Medicare billing or payment process," his press office wrote on X earlier this month in response to a CBS report on hospice fraud in California. "We are glad the Trump Admin is taking action to combat fraud. Now, if Trump could stop pardoning fraudsters—and hold them accountable—that would be great!" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e950c6059ccda1fcc158da Candidates Punished for Betting on Their Own Races on Kalshi te 2026-04-22T22:50:46.093Z Candidates Punished for Betting on Their Own Races on Kalshi The prediction market said the candidates violated new rules as it faces growing scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators over how political betting is policed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e950b1059ccda1fcc158be Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern te 2026-04-22T22:50:25.206Z Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern Google has introduced a host of new automated functions into Workspace, all of which are driven by Workspace Intelligence, its new AI system. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94f01059ccda1fcc1588f Phoenix restaurant group will fill rooftop space of new tallest building in Arizona te 2026-04-22T22:43:13.517Z Phoenix restaurant group will fill rooftop space of new tallest building in Arizona Arro will be almost 60 feet taller than Chase Tower, the current tallest building in the state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94ee9059ccda1fcc15862 Booking.com data breach exposes traveler data to scams te 2026-04-22T22:42:49.281Z Booking.com data breach exposes traveler data to scams You probably didn't expect a travel booking platform to send you into a security spiral. Yet here we are. Booking.com confirmed that hackers may have accessed customer data, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and booking details. That is enough information to make scam messages look real. If you've booked a hotel or rental through the platform, this is worth your attention. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report SMART TRAVEL SAFETY TIPS BEFORE YOUR NEXT TRIP The company sent email notifications to affected customers after detecting "suspicious activity involving unauthorized third parties" accessing guest booking information. That's the corporate way of saying someone got in who shouldn't have been there. One user shared the full notification on Reddit, where dozens of others said they received the same message. That suggests this was not an isolated case. The notice warned that anything customers "may have shared with the accommodation" could also have been exposed, meaning the breach went beyond basic account data. Booking.com confirmed that financial information was not accessed. Physical home addresses were also not part of the breach, according to the company. So no, someone doesn't have your credit card number or home address from this incident. What they do potentially have: your name, email address, phone number and the details of your reservation. That's enough to craft a convincing phishing message, which some hackers may already be doing. "At Booking.com, we are dedicated to the security and data protection of our guests," a Booking.com spokesperson said in a statement to CyberGuy. "We recently noticed some suspicious activity involving unauthorized third parties being able to access some of our guests' booking information, which may include booking details, names, email addresses and phone numbers and anything that travelers may have shared with the accommodation." "Financial information was not accessed from Booking.com's systems, nor were guests' physical addresses," the spokesperson continued. "Upon discovering the activity, we took action to contain the issue. We have updated the PIN number for these reservations and informed our guests." APPLE NOW LETS YOU ADD YOUR PASSPORT TO YOUR PHONE'S WALLET A user who posted the notification on Reddit said that two weeks before receiving it, they got a phishing message on WhatsApp that included their real booking details and personal information. That timing matters. It suggests hackers may have already been using the data before many customers were notified. It is not clear whether that earlier phishing attempt is directly tied to this specific breach, but it shows how detailed booking information can be used in targeted scams. That is what makes this breach more dangerous than it first appears. When scammers know where you are staying and when, they can create messages that feel legitimate. A fake alert about a problem with your reservation or a request to confirm payment details suddenly looks real. This breach did not happen in a vacuum. In 2024, hackers infected computers at multiple hotels with a type of consumer-grade spyware known as stalkerware. In one documented case, a hotel employee was logged into their Booking.com admin portal when the software captured a screenshot of the screen, exposing visible customer data. That detail points to a broader issue. In some cases, vulnerabilities may exist not just within a platform, but across the hotels and systems connected to it. The current breach may follow a similar pattern, though the company has not confirmed how the unauthorized access occurred. To put the scale in context, Booking.com says 6.8 billion bookings have been made through the platform since 2010. Even a small percentage of affected users represents a large number of people. NEW FBI WARNING REVEALS PHISHING ATTACKS HITTING PRIVATE CHATS You don't have to swear off travel apps to protect yourself. A few targeted steps go a long way. Check your email for a message from Booking.com. If you received one, take it seriously rather than filing it away. The company says it has updated PINs for affected reservations, but your account itself may still need attention. Change your Booking.com password, especially if you reuse it anywhere else. Credential stuffing attacks are common after breaches, and reused passwords make it easy for hackers to break into other accounts. A password manager can help you create and store strong, unique passwords so you are not relying on the same one across multiple sites. Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at Cyberguy.com. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) if you haven't already. It adds a step, but it also blocks access even if someone has your password. Even though financial data was not accessed, exposed personal details can still be used in scams or identity theft attempts. An identity protection service can monitor your information, alert you to suspicious activity and provide support if your identity is compromised. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at Cyberguy.com. Be skeptical of any message that references your booking details, whether it arrives by email, text or WhatsApp. Legitimate companies rarely ask you to click a link and re-enter payment information. Hackers with your booking data can write convincing fakes that look urgent. If you get a message about your reservation, do not click the link. Open the Booking.com app or type the website address manually. You can also contact the hotel directly using the number listed on its official website. If you accidentally click a suspicious link, strong antivirus software can help detect malicious websites or downloads before they cause damage. Look for tools that offer real-time protection and phishing detection, not just basic virus scans. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com. Data brokers collect and sell personal details like your phone number and email address. That makes it easier for scammers to connect stolen booking data to a real person. Removing your information from these sites with a data removal service can reduce how often you are targeted. 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 you receive a phishing attempt that includes your real reservation details, contact Booking.com directly and report the message to your phone carrier or email provider. Reporting helps shut down scams faster. Data breaches at major travel platforms are uncomfortable precisely because travel feels personal. Your itinerary, your accommodation and your plans are wrapped up in those booking details, and now someone else may have a copy. The good news is that financial information and home addresses were not part of this breach. The bad news is that the stolen data is detailed enough to be weaponized in targeted phishing attacks, and there's evidence that it already has been. Booking.com updated its customers, reset PINs for affected reservations and publicly confirmed the incident. That's more transparency than many companies offer. But the fact that users were receiving phishing messages on WhatsApp two weeks before the formal notification went out is worth sitting with. You can't control whether the platform you use gets breached. You can control whether you're an easy target once your data is out there. How much responsibility should companies like Booking.com take when your personal data fuels scams? 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/69e94ed5059ccda1fcc15859 Todd Golden will coach the Florida Gators next season ... or will he? te 2026-04-22T22:42:29.453Z Todd Golden will coach the Florida Gators next season ... or will he? It has been a whirlwind 48 hours for both Todd Golden and the Florida Gators. The 40-year-old head coach received some positive news on Tuesday when his star player, forward Thomas Haugh, announced he was returning to Gainesville for his senior season of basketball. This news come on the heels of other starters Alex Condon and Boogie Fland both announcing they would be forgoing the NBA Draft and returning to school. Even center Rueben Chinyelu is expected to be back even though he declared for the draft not too long ago. While all the pieces are coming back on a team that is likely to be the overwhelming preseason number one team, Golden's decision on whether he wanted to be back in Orange and Blue next season got a bit more complicated when it was rumored the Golden State Warriors would be looking his way should coach Steve Kerr inevitably exit stage left. But with a core as talented as this one and a chance to add another trophy to his mantle, the choice was easy for Golden. Or was it? You tell me if this sounds like a convincing answer from the current head coach of the Florida Gators. NATIONAL CHAMPION COACH WANTS TRUMP 'MORE INVOLVED' IN NIL REGULATION: 'OUR SPORT IS GETTING KILLED' "I'm definitely planning on coaching the Gators." Hmmm, that's a weird way of wording it. Now, look, maybe I'm just suffering from Battered Gator Syndrome but that didn't sound as convincing as Golden maybe thought it did. Call me crazy, but I'm definitely not alone. Okay, I don't want to play word games here, but allow me to put it to you another way. If you told your wife you were "definitely planning on not cheating on her," how do you think she's going to take that? I rest my case. Will Golden be coaching the Gators this coming November? Right now, I would say yes, but we all know plans can change rather quickly, especially when millions of dollars are involved. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! There are also rumors that Golden is not a big fan of small college towns and would prefer to live on the West Coast. Again, I'm just connecting dots here. But I will take the man at his word, he hasn't given me a reason not to thus far in his tenure. Nothing to fear, Gator fans... I think. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94ec2059ccda1fcc15850 DeSantis says he's taking up Jeffries' invitation to 'F-around and find out' on Florida redistricting effort te 2026-04-22T22:42:10.029Z DeSantis says he's taking up Jeffries' invitation to 'F-around and find out' on Florida redistricting effort Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ invitations to "f-around and find out" on redistricting efforts in Florida, the next possible battleground in a nationwide struggle to gain partisan advantages from congressional district maps. "Please. Be my guest. I will pay for you to come down to Florida to campaign," DeSantis said. "I’ll put you up in the Florida governor’s mansion, we will take you fishing." "There’s nothing that could be better for Republicans in Florida than to see Jeffries everywhere around this state." His comments follow remarks from Jeffries on Wednesday morning. DAVID MARCUS: DEMOCRAT NEW ENGLAND IS THE MOST GERRYMANDERED REGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY "Our message to Florida Republicans is f-around and find out. If they go down the road of a DeSantis dummy-mander … the electoral tide is turning in Florida," Jeffries said. The standoff demonstrates both parties’ resolve to double down on gerrymandering as a strategy central to winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming 2026 midterms. Since President Donald Trump urged state lawmakers to expand the GOP’s 217-213 majority by eliminating five Democratic seats in Texas, states including North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, New York and Georgia have followed suit. Most recently, voters in Virginia approved a redistricting effort spearheaded by Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, to turn her party’s 6-5 advantage in the Commonwealth into a 10-1 majority by extending Republican-leaning districts into Democratic strongholds. Florida is developing plans to be next. With a Republican trifecta and eight Democratic-held districts to carve up, DeSantis has called a special session this week to explore the Sunshine State’s options. "Today, I announced that I will be convening a Special Session of the Legislature focused on redistricting to ensure that Florida’s congressional maps accurately reflect the population of our state," DeSantis said in his January announcement, citing changing demographics in the state. TRUMP HAILS TEXAS REDISTRICTING APPROVAL THAT COULD ADD FIVE GOP CONGRESSIONAL SEATS NATIONWIDE Florida’s state constitution forbids individual districts from being drawn "with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent." Democrats, who have framed their redistricting efforts as retaliatory, have warned that Republicans are stretching their support too thin in some areas, diluting their advantage and inviting challenges in districts that haven’t been competitive in the past. Jeffries believes that might be the case in Texas — and that it could be the case for Florida too. "The Florida Republicans are going to find themselves in the same situation as Texas Republicans who are on the run right now," Jeffries said. "Under no circumstances are Texas Republicans picking up five seats. They'll be fortunate if they get two or three, while in California, we are going to get all five. The Republicans are dumbly meandering their way into the minority before a single vote is cast," Jeffries added. BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH VIRGINIA AS COURT OKS HIGH-STAKES REDISTRICTING VOTE Florida legislators have yet to unveil what their potential redistricting effort could look like. Currently, Republicans hold 20 of the state’s 28 seats. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94eae059ccda1fcc15847 WNBA finally embraces Caitlin Clark's stardom with unprecedented national TV schedule te 2026-04-22T22:41:50.159Z WNBA finally embraces Caitlin Clark's stardom with unprecedented national TV schedule Though the mean girls and race idolaters don’t like it, Caitlin Clark is more valuable to her respective sport than any other American athlete is to theirs. Case in point: the WNBA's 2026 television schedule. On Wednesday, the league announced the Indiana Fever will become the first team in WNBA history to have all 44 regular-season games aired nationally. Each of the league's broadcast partners will carry at least one Fever game: FEVER RULE OUT CAITLIN CLARK FOR 4TH-STRAIGHT GAME AHEAD OF ALL-STAR BREAK The WNBA is wise to finally acknowledge Clark’s star power. For most of her first two seasons, the league treated her like just another player, sticking her on the back of posters and leaving her out of promos. But she is not just another player. The league saw firsthand how quickly its popularity dipped last season when Clark missed time with multiple injuries, ultimately limiting her to just 13 games. Caitlin Clark is to the WNBA what Tiger Woods was to golf, Michael Jordan to the NBA, and Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey to the UFC. She’s a once-in-a-generation, box office draw. BASKETBALL LEGEND SAYS CAITLIN CLARK'S 3-POINT ONSLAUGHT LEFT HER SPEECHLESS What made the league’s hesitation so baffling is that Clark’s rise lifts everyone around her. The more popular she is, the more exposure her teammates and opponents receive. In fact, Angel Reese is only a household name because of Caitlin Clark. Even Dan Patrick, hardly a culture warrior, argued that point last year. "[Reese's] her attention, her notoriety is based off Caitlin Clark because she wins the national title, the first thing she does is mock Caitlin Clark," Patrick said on his radio show. "And then, she doesn’t even celebrate with her teammates. So, she’s made it personal with Caitlin Clark. Then, she’s played off of that." HOW CAITLIN CLARK BATTLED THROUGH CULTURE WARS EN ROUTE TO HISTORIC 2024 "WNBA has been around a couple of decades and people didn’t notice the game, they’re noticing it now. Well, that’s because of Caitlin Clark, not Angel Reese," he concluded. That said, some women would be wise not to embarrass themselves under the brighter lights that Clark brings. For example, DiJonai Carrington and Chennedy Carter exposed themselves as bitter, unhinged, racially-obsessed, cheap-shot artists during Clark’s rookie season. They targeted her with hard fouls on the court and smears on social media. There will be even more attention on the league this year because of the Fever's national schedule. It will be up to the other women to grow the game beyond just Clark. We will see if they have the composure and impulses to do so. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94e87059ccda1fcc1583c King Charles Will Not Meet Epstein Victims During U.S. State Visit te 2026-04-22T22:41:11.149Z King Charles Will Not Meet Epstein Victims During U.S. State Visit Representative Ro Khanna had asked Buckingham Palace for a private meeting between the victims and King Charles during his planned visit to the U.S. next week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94e73059ccda1fcc15833 Man Who Stole Kristi Noem’s Purse Gets 3 Years in Prison te 2026-04-22T22:40:51.643Z Man Who Stole Kristi Noem’s Purse Gets 3 Years in Prison Ms. Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, was at a restaurant in Washington with her family when her bag was taken with $3,000 and her security badge inside. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94e5e059ccda1fcc15817 Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’ te 2026-04-22T22:40:30.679Z Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’ The admission could open Tesla to legal challenges after it spent years promising customers they were just one software update away from owning fully autonomous cars. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94c63059ccda1fcc157b8 Party prep tale falls apart as husband charged in wife’s decades-old cold case murder te 2026-04-22T22:32:03.508Z Party prep tale falls apart as husband charged in wife’s decades-old cold case murder A Maryland man is behind bars after authorities say he is responsible for his wife’s cold case murder over two decades ago.  Dwight "DJ" Rust Jr. was taken into custody Tuesday on charges stemming from the 2002 death of Michelle Rust, the Baltimore County Police Department said in a statement. Dwight Rust initially told authorities Michelle Rust, 24, had left their home to get supplies in preparation for their 3-year-old son’s birthday party around 9:30 a.m. when she was last seen on July 20, 2002.  However, after speaking with several witnesses, investigators determined Michelle Rust never left her Halethorpe home prior to her disappearance. KILLER ADMITS TO DECADES-OLD COLD CASE SLAYING AFTER INVESTIGATORS LEAN ON NEW FORENSIC EVIDENCE: OFFICIALS Her abandoned green 1998 Dodge Caravan was discovered with the key broken off in the driver’s side door later that day by her father-in-law near Zion Avenue and Clyde Avenue, but Michelle Rust was never found.   SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER SEND US A TIP HERE Members of her family insisted she "was a dedicated mother and daughter" and "would not have disappeared on her own," leading investigators to determine she was a victim of foul play, police said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The case ran cold for 24 years, until authorities announced Dwight Rust had been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Baltimore County on Tuesday.  LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Authorities did not provide additional details regarding what led them to Dwight Rust. He was subsequently booked into the Baltimore County Detention Center, where he is being held without bail.  FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The Baltimore County Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94c4f059ccda1fcc157af High-ranking DHS official sidelined over allegations of 'sugar daddy' relationship, luxe gifts and drug use te 2026-04-22T22:31:43.963Z High-ranking DHS official sidelined over allegations of 'sugar daddy' relationship, luxe gifts and drug use Fox News has learned a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official is on administrative leave after an investigation was launched into the leader's alleged "sugar daddy" relationship, lavish spending and drug use, according to a DHS official. The probe unfolded after a formal complaint was filed against Julia Varvaro, 29, the DHS deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, the Daily Mail first reported. The man at the center of the allegations, described as a divorced father named "Robert," told the outlet he spent $40,000 on her during a three-month relationship that began on dating app Hinge — before discovering she had a profile on a website called Seeking, which markets itself as "a space where love and luxury meet." He alleged that her "Seeking" profile was under the name "Alessia," and sought "mutually beneficial" relationships with "masculine men." Varvaro firmly denied the claims when questioned by the Daily Mail. LIBERAL JOURNALIST CLAIMS ICE ACCEPTED HER RECRUITMENT APPLICATION WITHOUT PROPER VETTING The outlet reported that prior to the pair's falling out, Robert took Varvaro on numerous posh getaways to Aruba, Italy, and Switzerland, purchasing her a $3,500 Bottega handbag and taking her to the high-end jewelry store, Cartier. He added that during their travels, Varvaro flexed her government position in TSA security lines and claimed she could get VIP access to the Winter Olympics, allegedly bragging, "ICE works for me." In his formal complaint to the DHS Office of the Inspector General, which was reviewed by the Daily Mail, Robert said he believes Varvaro is "under financial stress" and that her actions pose a severe national security risk. CARDI B ISSUES WARNING TO ICE AT CALIFORNIA CONCERT KICKOFF: 'WE GON' JUMP THEY A----' He also told the outlet he allegedly witnessed her use marijuana on nearly a dozen occasions and take recreational Xanax. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Varvaro described the alleged situation as a "mad ex-boyfriend putting crap together," adding, "I didn't know it was bad to go on vacation with your boyfriend." The outlet said Varvaro admitted to being expedited through Dulles Airport security, but denied using marijuana, seeking VIP Olympic access, or having sugar daddies pay for her college, insisting that her request to Robert for a credit card in her name was "kind of a normal thing." The scandal comes less than a month after photos were released of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's husband, Bryon, which appeared to show him cross-dressing in private messages to three different women. Fox News previously reported rumors of an alleged affair between Noem and her top advisor, Corey Lewandowski, contributed to her dismissal from her DHS post. She now serves as special envoy to the Shield of the Americas. The CIA, DHS Office of the Inspector General, Hinge and Seeking did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment. Varvaro could not immediately be reached for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94c3c059ccda1fcc157a6 Murphy defends ‘Awesome’ post on Iranian ships evading US blockade, says it was ‘sarcastic’ te 2026-04-22T22:31:24.081Z Murphy defends ‘Awesome’ post on Iranian ships evading US blockade, says it was ‘sarcastic’ Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said he was being sarcastic when he called reports that Iranian ships had slipped by a U.S. blockade "Awesome" in a post to X on Monday, responding to the news that as many as 26 vessels had avoided U.S. detection. Murphy brushed off criticisms that he had celebrated shortcomings in President Donald Trump's military strategy. "It's so unbelievably disingenuous. Obviously, all these Republicans know that I was being sarcastic. They just don't really want to actually have to answer for the fact that this war has gone off the rails," Murphy said. "Republicans don't want to talk about that, so they try to create fake outrage over sarcasm." Murphy’s defense of his phrasing highlights the tension Democrats have navigated since the U.S. first began hostilities with Tehran: pushing back on parts of the Trump administration’s Iran strategy without inadvertently sounding sympathetic of a geopolitical adversary. GOP REP MASSIE JOINS DEMOCRATS IN OPPOSITION TO US IRAN STRIKES Like many Democrats, Murphy panned Trump's decision to bomb Iran and, more recently, voiced criticisms of plans to impose a naval blockade on Iran in an attempt to shake Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global oil shipping. "Let’s talk about Trump’s insane plan to fix Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz: helping them close the Strait," Murphy said of the administration’s strategy earlier this month. "He is compounding one mistake after another." LIZ PEEK: IRAN WAR COULD BECOME THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT ENSURES TRUMP’S LEGACY GOP skeptics responding to his post believe Murphy is celebrating the defeat of a strategy he thought was ill-advised to begin with. "A sitting U.S. Senator is actively rooting for Iran. Crazy as hell. TRAITOR," the Libs of TikTok, a popular conservative account, wrote in a post of its own. Murphy told Fox News Digital those criticisms were overblown, calling them a deflection of the war’s political toll. CRUZ SAYS TRUMP'S MOVE TO STRIKE IRAN 'MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION' OF HIS PRESIDENCY "You're talking about a war that's cost American taxpayers billions of dollars that's allowed for Iran to control the Strait," Murphy said. "Over a dozen Americans have been killed. There doesn't seem to be any endgame." Asked to comment on Murphy’s post, at least one other Senator declined to weigh in. "I'm not familiar with that," Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., told Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94c13059ccda1fcc1578d Navy Secretary Is Out, Pentagon Says te 2026-04-22T22:30:43.633Z Navy Secretary Is Out, Pentagon Says John Phelan is leaving the Pentagon and the Trump administration after months of infighting with senior Pentagon leaders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94bfe059ccda1fcc15771 Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds te 2026-04-22T22:30:22.782Z Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds X's AI-powered custom timelines are replacing Communities, with Grok-curated feeds...and new ad slots. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e949d7059ccda1fcc15747 Darrell and his bayonet collection by Buck Dopp.JPG te 2026-04-22T22:21:11.702Z Darrell and his bayonet collection by Buck Dopp.JPG Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e949a9059ccda1fcc156f7 Not a Deal-Breaker: White House Downplays Iranian Action Near the Strait te 2026-04-22T22:20:25.561Z Not a Deal-Breaker: White House Downplays Iranian Action Near the Strait President Trump’s threats have given way (for the moment, at least) to a more conciliatory tone about Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94823059ccda1fcc156bb Havasu resident Darrell Sheets, of TV's 'Storage Wars,' dies at 67 te 2026-04-22T22:13:55.799Z Havasu resident Darrell Sheets, of TV's 'Storage Wars,' dies at 67 Darrell Sheets, a longtime Lake Havasu City resident and nationally known figure from the reality TV series Storage Wars, was found dead early Wednesday, authorities said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94809059ccda1fcc1567f Man sparks outrage by calling 30-minute airport ride for his wife a ‘massive inconvenience’ te 2026-04-22T22:13:29.675Z Man sparks outrage by calling 30-minute airport ride for his wife a ‘massive inconvenience’ Airport pickups are sparking a heated online debate, with some calling the simple act of getting someone at the airport these days a "relationship test," and others saying it’s an unnecessary hassle in the age of Uber. The conversation gained traction recently after a man posted on social media that he agreed to drive his wife to the airport for a work trip about 30 minutes away — but saw it as a "massive inconvenience." The post was later deleted, but not before drawing widespread criticism and fueling discussion across social media after a user shared a screenshot on X. WOMAN 'REALLY UPSET' HUSBAND WOULD NOT PICK HER UP AT AIRPORT: 'GROW UP' The debate reflects a growing divide over consideration versus convenience in relationships. Etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore of Florida told Fox News Digital that people should always ask — and not expect a ride from someone. "A ride to the airport is not a given. It's a favor," Whitmore noted. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER She said it doesn't matter if the person is a partner or a friend. Either way, people should never assume that someone else will take them pick them up from the airport, she said. "In a committed relationship, rides to the airport often become the norm. But even then, it should feel mutual and considerate, not obligatory or one-sided," Whitmore said. Many users responding to the viral Reddit post sided with the man's wife. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Some said the issue was less about the drive itself and more about the husband’s attitude — arguing that framing the request as a "massive inconvenience" undermined a basic act of support. Others said small gestures like airport drop-offs can carry meaning in a relationship, especially when they involve time and effort. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Your actual spouse should have no issues getting you to/from an airport," one user wrote.  "Picking someone up from the airport is something you can ask a random work friend after like a year." On Reddit, users discussing the topic said that while airport pickups are not always convenient, many still consider them a thoughtful gesture rather than an obligation, particularly within families. A commenter said, "Why would I want my family member or friend to pay extra money on top of what they paid for their plane ticket/checked luggage to get ground transportation when they’re going to see me anyway?" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e947f5059ccda1fcc15676 Fox News Poll: Economic gloom, Trump ratings signal tough GOP midterm path te 2026-04-22T22:13:09.936Z Fox News Poll: Economic gloom, Trump ratings signal tough GOP midterm path The electorate’s economic pessimism is giving the Democratic Party an edge six months out from the November election. A new Fox News survey points to an environment conducive to a change in the majority party in the U.S. House, with negative ratings for both the president and the economy shaping the landscape. About three-quarters of voters continue to give the economy negative ratings (73%), consistent with at least the last two years. In addition, 60% rate their personal financial situation negatively, and 70% say it feels like the economy is getting worse — up 15 points compared to 55% last April and matching a record high. FOX NEWS POLL: BROAD ANXIETY ABOUT AI DOESN’T EXTEND TO JOBS There is a strong partisan aspect to these economic views, with three times as many Republicans as Democrats rating the economy positively and four times as many Republicans saying it feels like conditions are getting better. Yet that optimism has limits, as more than half of Republicans say economic conditions (56%) and their personal finances (52%) are bad. "Setting aside actual economic conditions, polarization is so pervasive now that it’s difficult to imagine a turnaround that could convince Democrats that Trump’s policies are working," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who works with Democrat Chris Anderson on Fox News polls. Overall, twice as many say President Trump’s policies are hurting (56%) rather than helping (28%) the economy. Among partisans, only Republicans think they are helping: 57% say so, and that climbs to 70% among MAGA Republicans but drops to 30% among non-MAGA Republicans. FOX NEWS POLL: RECORD NUMBER SAY TAXES ARE TOO HIGH; GOVERNMENT SPENDING SEEN AS WASTEFUL Pocketbook pressure remains high, with majorities calling prices for groceries (62%), gas (60%), healthcare (55%), and housing (52%) a "major" problem for their families. Gas is the standout, as the share calling those costs a "major" problem jumped to 60% — nearly double the 33% in September 2025 and bringing the number saying it’s a major or minor problem to 89%. The largest number of voters, 43%, cite economic issues such as inflation (26%) and the economy generally (17%) as the most important issues facing the country today. Other issues rank significantly lower, with around 1 in 10 naming political leadership/corruption (13%), the war with Iran (11%), political divisions within the country (9%), and immigration (8%) as the top concern. Aside from the Iran war, these priorities are mostly unchanged since last year. Democrats are more likely to cite inflation/economy (41%) and political leadership/corruption (22%), while Republicans prioritize inflation/economy (42%), immigration/border security (14%), and the Iran war (14%).  When asked which political party would do a better job handling issues, the poll finds Republicans have the advantage on border security (+16 points), crime (+8), immigration (+8), and national security (+6). Democrats are favored on climate change (+29 points), healthcare (+21), abortion (+18), transgender issues (+13), inflation (+8 points), and foreign policy (+6). Neither party has a significant edge on handling the economy (D +4) or artificial intelligence (D +5). Independents prefer Republicans more than Democrats on only 4 of the 12 issues tested, and back the Democratic candidate on the generic ballot question by a 57-41% margin.  The poll shows if the election were today, 52% of voters say they would back the Democratic candidate in their House district and 47% the Republican. That’s a 5-point edge, within the poll’s margin of error. Democrats were up by 6 points in January (52-46). "Although these results are good news for the Democrats, there are two important factors to keep in mind when looking at the generic ballot results," says Shaw. "First, because more of the Democratic vote is stacked in heavily Democratic districts, they probably need to win the national vote by 1-3 points to win a majority in the House. Second, poll results don’t become particularly predictive of the actual vote until late summer before the election." At this point, more Democrats (68%) than Republicans (60%) say they are "extremely" motivated to vote this year. There’s a similar gap among 2024 voters, with more supporters of Kamala Harris (72%) than Donald Trump (59%) feeling motivated. Meanwhile, voters say both the Democratic Party (61%) and the Republican Party (61%) are focused on the "wrong" issues these days. Independents are 10 points more critical of Republicans (76% wrong focus) than the Democratic Party (66% wrong). When asked what one issue they want the party to talk about less, voters are most fatigued by cultural and identity issues, regardless of which party raises them. They say Democrats should stop talking about transgender and DEI (19%), Trump (16%), and ICE and border security (11%). For Republicans, voters want less focus on ICE and deportations (16%), Iran, Israel, and the war (10%), and culture wars/transgender issues (9%). President Trump’s overall job rating stands at 42% approval, while 58% disapprove. Last month, it was 41-59%. The only time the president has seen a net positive job rating was soon after taking office the first time, when 48% approved and 47% disapproved in February 2017. His lowest rating ever was 38-57 in October 2017. Some of the president’s highest approval comes from MAGA Republicans (96%), very conservative voters (85%), and Trump voters (83%), while some of the lowest approval comes from women under age 45 (28%), Black voters (19%), and Democrats (5%). Approval of Trump among Catholics overall (51%) and White Catholics (57%) held steady or ticked up a couple points this month, despite the president’s back-and-forth about the Iran war with Pope Leo XIV. Forty-six percent have a favorable view of First Lady Melania Trump. That makes her more popular than her husband by 6 points (40% favorable) and both the Democratic (42%) and Republican Parties (42%) by 4 points. While Melania’s favorable rating is up 1 point compared to a year ago, her unfavorable rating has jumped 13 points — from 39% in April 2025 to 52% today. For the president, 60% have a negative view of him, up from 55% last year. By a 4-point margin, more voters have a positive view of ICE (42% favorable) than sanctuary cities (38%). Views on border security have shifted sharply, with 45% now saying conditions are "about right," while 31% say they are not strict enough and 23% too strict. That marks a significant change since 2023, when 7 in 10 said border security was not strict enough. Since 2023, the number of Democrats saying "too strict" jumped from 17% to 41% today, while Republicans saying "not strict enough" dropped from 91% to 46% now. Conducted April 17-20, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,001 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (116) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (250). 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. Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e947e2059ccda1fcc1566d Fox News Poll: 56% doubt White House’s competence at managing government te 2026-04-22T22:12:50.286Z Fox News Poll: 56% doubt White House’s competence at managing government A 56% majority of voters say the Trump administration has not been competent at managing the federal government, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday. Two in 10 Republicans join most independents (7 in 10) and Democrats (9 in 10) in holding that view, while 4 in 10 non-MAGA Republicans also agree. Overall, 43% think the White House has been competent at running the government.  Those numbers aren’t unusual. Trump’s marks are in line with those for the Obama administration in 2015, when a high of 44% said it was competent, and the most recent ratings for the Biden administration, when 38% said it was competent in 2022 (that’s down from 51% competent in 2021).  FOX NEWS POLL: RECORD NUMBER SAY TAXES ARE TOO HIGH; GOVERNMENT SPENDING SEEN AS WASTEFUL "It may come as cold comfort to the White House, but there’s a tendency for voters to be harsh toward all presidents," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who helps conduct Fox News polls with Democrat Chris Anderson. "The president’s numbers show how difficult it is to win independents and out-partisans." President Trump receives negative job ratings for his handling of immigration (46% approve, 54% disapprove), China (42-57), foreign policy (40-60), Iran (37-63), the economy (34-66), government spending (33-67), and inflation (28-72). His only positive rating is on border security (53-47). FOX NEWS POLL: BROAD ANXIETY ABOUT AI DOESN’T EXTEND TO JOBS Most of those marks are lower than Trump’s overall job performance as president: 42% of voters approve, while 58% disapprove. Last month, it was 41-59 (March 20-23, 2026). Also, some top cabinet officials receive negative ratings. Vice President Vance's job rating is underwater by 11 percentage points (44% approve, 55% disapprove), while Secretary of State Rubio's is negative by 12 points (44-56) and Secretary of Defense Hegseth’s is negative by 17 (41-58). Among Republicans, more approve of Vance’s job performance (84%) than Rubio’s (77%) or Hegseth’s (76%). Each of their ratings is at least 20 points higher among MAGA Republicans than non-MAGA Republicans. Vance’s approval is higher than Rubio’s and Hegseth’s mostly because of support among MAGA Republicans, who rate Vance about 10 points higher. The new survey also asks voters to rate the president on several traits, and again the findings are more negative than positive. More than half say Trump doesn’t care about people like them and lacks the appropriate judgment, mental soundness, and temperament to serve effectively as the country’s leader. The 60% who think Trump lacks the right temperament is an increase in negative views since just before the 2024 election when 52% felt that way. However, it’s roughly the same as during most of his 2016 presidential campaign. While a majority of 57% believe the president lacks the right judgment, some 42% think he has it — that’s unchanged compared to 2023 and an improvement from a low of 36% in 2016.  More than 6 in 10 say Trump doesn’t care about people like them. The 37% who say he cares is down from a high of 44% in 2024.  Another 55% say Trump does not have the mental soundness to serve. That’s up 7 points since late 2024 and near the high of 56% in 2023. In comparison, 65% said former President Biden lacked the mental soundness to be president around the time he dropped his re-election campaign in July 2024. CLICK HERE FOR CROSSTABS AND TOPLINE Among Democrats, 9 in 10 or more say Trump lacks the traits necessary to serve as president effectively. Conversely, at least 9 in 10 MAGA Republicans think he possesses the right qualities, but that drops to about 6 in 10 or fewer among non-MAGA Republicans. Independents are more likely to describe Trump as lacking judgment, temperament, mental soundness, and empathy. Conducted April 17-20, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,001 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (116) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (250). 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. Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e947ce059ccda1fcc15664 Latest SCOTUS leak a gift to liberals ‘salivating’ over control of high court narrative: experts te 2026-04-22T22:12:30.392Z Latest SCOTUS leak a gift to liberals ‘salivating’ over control of high court narrative: experts A Supreme Court leak is giving liberals new ammunition in their long-running criticism of the emergency docket after recently published internal memos showed how the high court fast-tracks major cases, a process that critics say has served to advance key parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda in his second term. "The liberals are salivating over this. They're very happy because it reinforces their narrative," South Texas College of Law professor Josh Blackman told Fox News Digital. The memos, published Saturday by the New York Times, offered a rare look at how Chief Justice John Roberts pressed the court in 2016 to quickly block President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. But the immediate concern now is not about what the documents revealed about the Supreme Court’s emergency docket but rather the leak itself, according to experts, who said it was a deliberate attempt to damage the court's credibility. "The bigger issue is people are leaking stuff to try to hurt the court," Blackman said. "That's the bigger story. This was done to try to make the court look bad. Roberts, I think, doesn't come out looking very good in this one. ... I think it's designed to hurt the chief in particular." THE FIVE LIBERAL COURTS THAT TIED TRUMP’S HANDS BEFORE SCOTUS CLIPPED THEIR POWER The leaked internal memos appeared centered on the 5-4 decision along ideological lines in February 2016 to block Obama's signature energy plan. The memos, written by and circulated among the justices, showed Roberts urging his colleagues to quickly intervene and halt the plan, a revelation that fueled attacks from the left on the so-called shadow docket. "The new reporting highlights the role of this rashly issued stay in inaugurating the Supreme Court’s use of unexplained and hastily issued 'shadow docket' proceedings to alter major national policies," Environmental Defense Fund general counsel Vickie Patton said in a statement Monday. The leak incident has generated several theories in legal circles that a liberal justice or retired liberal justice, or one of their former clerks, passed the 16 pages of memos off to the New York Times to weaken confidence in high-profile emergency docket decisions, which have often favored Trump since he took office. A similar, smaller-scale leak to the same New York Times reporters occurred in 2024. Blackman noted the person who gave the decade-old memos to the New York Times could share even more. "This person probably kept a lot of things and decided to leak this, and there might be even more coming," Blackman said. "I think this is absolutely partisan, and it's done in a way to hurt and wound the court and to reaffirm this notion that the shadow docket is an evil, nefarious regime." SUPREME COURT’S 2026 RULINGS COULD DEFINE AMERICA FOR DECADES TO COME George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley echoed Blackman's sentiments in an op-ed, saying "the controversy over the use of the shadow docket is immaterial to this story." Turley pointed to the Dobbs opinion leak to Politico from 2022, which was, at the time, a stunning violation of the high court's confidentiality. Turley noted while that breach was an apparent "effort to influence the final opinion," this latest one is about an old case and therefore "had a purely malicious purpose to embarrass or disrupt the court." "The leaks appear to reflect a deteriorating culture at the court," Turley added. The Supreme Court's press office did not respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital about the leaks. GREGG JARRETT: TRUMP’S DEPORTATION WINS ARE A REBUKE TO SCHEMING LAWYERS AND ACTIVIST JUDGES Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Fox News on Monday the memos were "100%" intended to discredit the court. Hawley and his wife, Erin, a lawyer at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, both previously worked as law clerks for Roberts. "You can tell from the news article that builds it that way," Hawley said. "They criticize the court for how they're managing their docket. They say this is some big conspiracy. The only conspiracy is the multi-year effort funded by somebody to undermine the institution of the court from within, from without. ... We need to find out who's doing this." The emergency docket allows litigants to bypass lengthy court proceedings and seek immediate relief from the Supreme Court if lower courts block them through restraining orders or preliminary injunctions. Democrats have criticized the Supreme Court for the higher frequency of emergency decisions, which often contain little explanation but have increased because of what legal experts say is a rise in executive actions in lieu of Congress passing laws. In Trump's second term, the justices have ruled in favor of Trump on emergency decisions most of the time, clearing the way for Trump to fire masses of federal employees, cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts, move forward with aggressive immigration policies and more. MORNING GLORY: IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, READ SARAH ISGUR'S NEW BOOK Last week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee, tore into the high court's majority during a Yale Law School speech for issuing what she said were rushed, "scratch-paper musings" that advance "harmful" policies. Upon introducing a bill to "increase transparency" of the emergency docket in December, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said the Supreme Court was losing credibility by not allowing cases to first play out in the lower courts. "The Roberts Court’s reliance on the Shadow Docket to covertly fast-track one-paragraph decisions on major cases drives tremendous mistrust toward Justices already facing record-low levels of public confidence," Raskin said at the time. The Clean Power Plan would have involved the Obama Environmental Protection Agency imposing regulations on coal-powered plants under the Clean Air Act, a move that red states and industry groups implored the Supreme Court to quickly stop in 2016. Roberts, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, wrote, according to the memos, that without the high court stepping in, "both the states and private industry will suffer irreparable harm from a rule that is — in my view — highly unlikely to survive." The New York Times described Roberts as acting like a "bulldozer." Blackman said "it's very clear" that Roberts stepped in to stop the EPA administrator from ramming through a plan in Obama's last year in office that could reshape the energy sector with only the "very liberal" D.C. appellate court weighing in. In another memo, Justice Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee, disagreed with Roberts, saying "the unique nature of the relief sought in these applications gives me real pause." In a matter of days, the high court issued its brief, unexplained decision along ideological lines to temporarily block Obama's plan. The move would become a death blow to Obama's efforts because Democrats would lose the White House later that year. Blackman noted that accountability for leaking the private memos, which framed Roberts as spearheading a reckless decision, would be difficult, saying any possible crime would fall outside of statutes of limitations and that, outside of the possibility of attempting to disbar the culprit for an ethics violation, there was no real recourse, especially for conservatives seeking to punish a possible left-leaning leaker. "If a liberal leaks they'll get a medal," Blackman said. "They'll become a hero. They'll suffer zero professional consequences. In fact, they'll probably be better off." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e947ba059ccda1fcc1565b Critics fret over United Kingdom health strategy making it easier for women to procure same-day abortions te 2026-04-22T22:12:10.837Z Critics fret over United Kingdom health strategy making it easier for women to procure same-day abortions The United Kingdom government is moving to fund more same-day, or what some call "lunch-hour" abortions, in a shift officials say is about "removing barriers." But critics warn could pressure women into rushed decisions. "The Government has announced plans to financially incentivize abortion clinics to provide ‘lunch-hour’ or ‘same-day’ abortions," the conservative group Right To Life UK said in a Monday post.  The Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England, released this month by the Department of Health and Social Care, states it was "changing the NHS Payment Scheme to remove financial disincentives to provision of timely abortion care. This makes clear that prices paid should not discourage the delivery of consultations, scans and procedures on the same day, and asks providers and commissioners to agree arrangements to ensure the service is safe and sustainable."  MAJOR PRO-LIFE GROUP RELEASES ‘MAKE AMERICA PRO-LIFE AGAIN ROADMAP’ In the Monday post, Right To Life UK said that the policy of the National Health Service (NHS), the UK's publicly funded health care system, has been that abortion clinics are usually paid separately for each component of the abortion process, identified as the initial appointment, scan, and abortion procedure. According to Right To Life UK, the change "will financially incentivize the UK’s largest private abortion providers, BPAS, MSI Reproductive Choices, and NUPAS, which are paid to provide most of the abortions provided through the NHS, to rush women into abortions with ‘same day’ or ‘lunch-hour’ abortions." Right To Life UK is concerned that women will be fast-tracked into undergoing abortions, writing, "The planned changes will likely see women being rushed through the abortion process, being given little time to process and contemplate whether to go ahead with what, for many, is a life-changing decision to have an abortion."  NEWSOM BAILS OUT PLANNED PARENTHOOD WITH $140M TO KEEP 100 CLINICS OPEN AFTER TRUMP CUTS In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said, "This is completely false. These changes are about removing barriers that can delay care and putting women in control." The spokesperson added that, "These reforms ensure women can access safe, regulated abortion services — whether that is in a single visit where clinically appropriate, or over multiple appointments. The previous system disincentivized providing timely abortion care and incentivized services to ask patients to come back on a separate day, even if there was no clinical reason to do so."  Catherine Robinson, spokesperson for Right To Life UK, told Fox News Digital in a statement that, "Women facing an unplanned pregnancy need time, care and support, not a system that gives abortion clinics a financial incentive to rush them through consultations, scans and abortions on the same day." "This change is part of much wider major plans of the Labour Government to further expand and liberalize abortion provision, which would likely lead to more lives being ended by abortion here in the UK," Robinson said. She added, "Under the current NHS Payment Scheme, abortion clinics are typically paid separately for each part of the abortion pathway – the consultation, scan and procedure. This encourages abortion providers not to rush the process in one day, and also gives women more time to consider their decision before the actual abortion procedure happens." Robinson continued, "Under the Government’s new approach (page 28), abortion clinics will now be paid a bundled payment for providing all stages of the process – and the Government has made it clear they are doing this to financially incentivize clinics to provide abortion ‘consultations, scans and procedures on the same day.'" Fox News Digital reached out to the United Kingdom Cabinet Office, BPAS, MSI Reproductive Choices, and NUPAS for comment.  HAWLEY URGES DOJ PROBE INTO ABORTION PILL MAKER OVER SAFETY CONCERNS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94792059ccda1fcc15645 How Kevin Warsh Is Distancing Himself From Trump te 2026-04-22T22:11:30.489Z How Kevin Warsh Is Distancing Himself From Trump Lawmakers questioned the ability of Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s pick for Fed chair, to lead the central bank independently. Colby Smith explains how Mr. Warsh tried to distance himself from the president. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9477e059ccda1fcc1563c RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Mathematically Impossible Drug Discount Claims te 2026-04-22T22:11:10.517Z RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Mathematically Impossible Drug Discount Claims President Trump has claimed that he has secured discounts of 400 to 1,500 percent on prescription drugs. A price discount cannot be more than 100 percent because that would lower the price to zero. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9476b059ccda1fcc15633 Not a Deal-Breaker: White House Downplays Iranian Strikes Near the Strait te 2026-04-22T22:10:51.062Z Not a Deal-Breaker: White House Downplays Iranian Strikes Near the Strait President Trump’s threats have given way (for the moment, at least) to a more conciliatory tone about Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94755059ccda1fcc1560c Democratic challenger Mendoza outraises Tucson Rep. Ciscomani in 1st quarter te 2026-04-22T22:10:29.452Z Democratic challenger Mendoza outraises Tucson Rep. Ciscomani in 1st quarter Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94585059ccda1fcc155ba Democrat Adam Smith says Iran is 'closer to the truth' than the White House on ceasefire talks te 2026-04-22T22:02:45.712Z Democrat Adam Smith says Iran is 'closer to the truth' than the White House on ceasefire talks A top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee suggested Iran would be a more reliable source than the White House on peace talks, saying President Donald Trump "does not tell the truth." Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., made those remarks on MSNOW on Monday, just a couple of days before Trump's two-week ceasefire agreement was set to expire. On Tuesday, Trump extended the ceasefire, basing his decision on the Iranian government being "seriously fractured." Smith, who has been outspoken about the Trump administration's handling of the Iran war, told MSNOW's Ana Cabrera that Trump "just lies" and that he hasn't been honest about where negotiations are with Iran. Smith pointed to Trump saying over the weekend that Iran had "agreed on everything," referring to Trump's four-point objectives. But hours later, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry released a statement that it will not be giving up its enriched uranium, one of Trump's requirements for the war to end. KHANNA AND MASSIE THREATEN TO FORCE A VOTE ON IRAN AS PROSPECT OF US ATTACK LOOMS "It's very clear the negotiations are not where he has said they are," Smith told MSNOW. "So we need a reboot on this. How do we get to a diplomatic conversation with Iran? Based on available evidence, I would think it quite likely that Iran will not show up and negotiate, because what they've said about where negotiations are at has turned out to be a lot closer to the truth than anything coming out of the White House." Cabrera then asked Smith if he believed Iran over the White House. "Well, I wouldn't put it that way," Smith said. "I would put it exactly the way I just put it, which is, given the history, given what Trump has said about where the negotiations are at, and given what's actually played out, if Iran says they're not showing up, it's not a matter of believing them on some fundamental policy issue, Iran says they're not going to show up. It seems likely they're not going to show up." IRAN REPORTEDLY FIRES ON THREE SHIPS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ He said that right now Iranian officials and U.S. officials are operating on opposite sides of the spectrum. The U.S. is calling on Iran to end its nuclear program, state-sponsored terrorism and its ballistic missile program, and to open the Strait of Hormuz; meanwhile, Iran wants $270 billion in compensation for damage caused by the war. "So the negotiations, regardless of who you think you believe or don't believe, they are very, very far apart, and step one is trying to at least get it closer to where an actual, substantive conversation could take place," Smith said. But the Republican National Committee, which flagged Smith's remarks on its X account RNC Research, said Smith doesn't know what's being said between the Iranians and the White House. "Smith admits he doesn't know what's going on with negotiations but is still running his mouth to appease the pro-terrorism wing of the Democrat party," RNC Spokesman Nick Poche said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Thankfully, President Trump has never cared what low-IQ loser Democrats like Smith have to say as he advances American interests domestically and abroad." Fox News Digital reached out to Smith and the White House for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94572059ccda1fcc155b1 Why are the Mets so bad? Offensive struggles and a disjointed clubhouse lead to worst record in MLB te 2026-04-22T22:02:26.263Z Why are the Mets so bad? Offensive struggles and a disjointed clubhouse lead to worst record in MLB The 2024 New York Mets won 89 games and reached the postseason on the strength of a magical second half.  Pete Alonso hit one of the biggest home runs in the recent history of the franchise in the Wild Card series against the Milwaukee Brewers, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth inning of an elimination game against top closer Devin Williams. Then, they easily handled the fearsome Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS.  Despite losing to the eventual champion Los Angeles Dodgers, it seemed like the Mets were headed in the right direction. Even more so, when just a few months later, they signed Juan Soto to the biggest contract in Major League Baseball history.  ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Fast forward to late April 2026, and the Mets are 90-95 since the start of the 2025 season. That’s no small sample size, that’s an entire season and an additional month’s worth of games. They missed the playoffs last year by losing a tiebreaker to the Cincinnati Reds. They’ve started the 2026 season by going 7-16 and losing 12 games in a row. Culminating in yet another blown lead, with, ironically, a Devin Williams implosion in the ninth inning on Tuesday cementing a 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins.  It raises the question: Why are the Mets so bad? Huge payrolls, star players, big name free agents. How did we get here? Turns out, there’s a pretty easy explanation.  Soto has missed time this year with an injury, but even with him in the lineup, the other Mets hitters are woefully behind where you’d reasonably expect them to be. And it’s a flaw of the team’s roster construction.  Once they missed out on Kyle Tucker, who would have fit well on the Mets’ roster, the team’s front office seemed to flail for anyone who’d take their money. Enter Bo Bichette. Bichette has been a well above average player for most of his career, and had an outstanding 2025 season at the plate. He also has some glaring red flags that could give some teams pause, namely, bat speed. Statcast data now gives us bat speed data by player, and after ranking in the 23rd percentile in 2023, already not great, Bichette has dropped to the 12th and 14th percentile the last two seasons. He’s never been a great baserunner or fielder, but his bat has made up for it. This year though? He’s making lower quality contact, chasing pitches off the plate more than he has since his first two years in the league, and his sprint speed has dropped to the 15th percentile. Despite being just 28 years old, Bichette has already shown clear signs of decline.  SMALL MARKET MLB TEAMS ARE OUTPERFORMING BIG PAYROLLS, UNDERMINING OWNERS' PUSH TO CANCEL 2027 SEASON Marcus Semien, at 35, has too. A below average hitter in 2025, he’s gotten worse in 2026. And the same warning signs are flashing with his profile too. His strikeout rate is the highest it’s been in years. His bat speed, never elite, dropped to the 8th percentile in 2025 and has continued there in 2026. How much does bat speed matter though, you might wonder. Well, a quick glance at the Baseball Savant Statcast bat speed leaderboard shows it’s pretty darn important. Junior Caminero has been one of the most valuable hitters in baseball this year. Oneil Cruz has been 44% better than league average. Jordan Walker has been one of the stories of the first month of the season, hitting .292/.357/.607, with a batting line 68% better than league average. Faster bat speed doesn’t always mean better results, but it sure helps. And two of the Mets’ key hitters have some of the lowest bat speed in baseball.  The good news for the Mets is that Soto and Francisco Lindor still project to be two of the best hitters in baseball. And Bichette and Semien, despite their flaws, are expected to improve on their seasons thus far. Nolan McLean has looked great in the early going, and Williams has allowed an unsustainable .556 batting average on balls in play. There will be some positive regression. But there are significant flaws in the team’s roster construction, and they’re paying nearly $70 million to Bichette and Semien where there are key weaknesses in both players’ skill sets. Oh, and Semien is signed through 2028 too. Then, in a sign that this might not be the closest clubhouse, Soto told the media on Wednesday he hasn't talked to his teammates during their losing streak. Not what you want to hear. It’s easy to say it’s early. And yes, it is still early. But the Mets’ odds of reaching the postseason reached 89% in March, per FanGraphs. Now? It’s just 39%, with a 3% chance of winning the World Series. Their division odds have dropped to just 12%. No team that's ever lost 12 games in a row has ever made the playoffs. All this for a team with a $370+ million payroll. They won 83 games in 2025, and revamped much of the roster after the season. FanGraphs currently projects them to win 82 games in 2026. That’s a sign that their player evaluations were simply not good enough.  And it might lead to yet another year of sitting home and watching other teams in October. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9455e059ccda1fcc155a8 Navy secretary departs immediately as undersecretary takes over in acting role te 2026-04-22T22:02:06.772Z Navy secretary departs immediately as undersecretary takes over in acting role A sudden shakeup at the Pentagon has left the U.S. Navy without its top civilian leader, with an acting official stepping in immediately. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is leaving his post. PENTAGON'S NEW PRESS RULES MAY BE ‘BRIDGE TOO FAR,’ TURLEY WARNS "Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately. On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy," Parnell wrote. "We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy." This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9454b059ccda1fcc1559f Landlords allegedly posting 'Muslim-only' apartment ads in violation of country's equality act: report te 2026-04-22T22:01:47.198Z Landlords allegedly posting 'Muslim-only' apartment ads in violation of country's equality act: report Some landlords in England are apparently advertising "Muslim-only" apartments online, according to a local media report. An investigation by The Telegraph found that alleged listings posted in London on Facebook, Gumtree and Telegram feature phrases such as "only for Muslims," "for 2 Muslim boys or 2 Muslim girls," and "Muslims preferred." Other ads appeal to Punjabi and Gujarati speakers, while some job vacancies on the platforms are advertised for men only. Some listings specify "Hindu only," in addition to posts that likely use religious subtext by stating: "The house should be alcohol and smoke-free." IS MAMDANI’S SOCIALIST PUSH FOR RENT CONTROLS ABOUT TO WRECK THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING MARKET? On Facebook, a company called Roshan Properties posted dozens of listings stating "prefer Muslim boy," "one double room is available for Muslims," and "suitable for Punjabi boy." The ads run afoul of Britain's Equality Act 2010, which prohibits discrimination based on religion or belief, race and other protected characteristics. "These adverts are disgusting and anti-British. It goes without saying that there would be a national outrage if the tables were turned," Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s economic spokesman, told The Telegraph. "All forms of racism are unacceptable, and no religious group should get a special exemption to discriminate in this way." One landlord told The Telegraph to "go away" when asked about an ad for a "Muslims only" room for $1,150, and whether it was available to renters of other faiths. A spokesperson for Gumtree told the newspaper that the company has clear policies in place that prohibit unlawful discrimination. "We take reports of inappropriate listings very seriously," the spokesperson said. "The ads referenced appear to relate to private rooms within shared homes, where existing occupants may express preferences about who they live with. This is different from renting out an entire property, which is subject to stricter rules under the Equality Act." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94523059ccda1fcc1558a Hundreds of Mothballs Spread on Florida Beach, Wildlife Officials Say te 2026-04-22T22:01:07.317Z Hundreds of Mothballs Spread on Florida Beach, Wildlife Officials Say The mothballs, which are toxic to wildlife, appeared on St. Pete Beach this week, according to the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officials are investigating the episode. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9450d059ccda1fcc15562 'They finally got me': New book explores killing of Az investigative reporter Don Bolles te 2026-04-22T22:00:45.244Z 'They finally got me': New book explores killing of Az investigative reporter Don Bolles Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e944f9059ccda1fcc15559 Reporter Jeremy Duda publishes book on 1976 assassination of Az journalist Don Bolles te 2026-04-22T22:00:25.524Z Reporter Jeremy Duda publishes book on 1976 assassination of Az journalist Don Bolles Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e942f6059ccda1fcc1552c Biasiucci's School Physical Fitness Challenge bill passes te 2026-04-22T21:51:50.872Z Biasiucci's School Physical Fitness Challenge bill passes A bill sponsored by Arizona Rep. Leo Bisaiucci of Lake Havasu City was signed into law on Monday, paving the way for a program recognizing public schools that participate in a nationally recognized physical fitness test or event. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e942df059ccda1fcc154ff ‘Sopranos’ star Jamie-Lynn Sigler fled Hollywood for Texas where she no longer feels ‘watched’ te 2026-04-22T21:51:27.928Z ‘Sopranos’ star Jamie-Lynn Sigler fled Hollywood for Texas where she no longer feels ‘watched’ Jamie-Lynn Sigler is getting candid about the real reason she fled Hollywood for Texas. In a recent interview with Us Weekly, the 44-year-old actress shared why she and her husband chose to move their family from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas in 2021. "We needed a change. When I moved here, I started using a cane once in a while because I didn’t feel like I was being watched," she shared. "Here, it was like, 'I’m just Beau and Jack’s mom at the baseball field.'" The actress and her husband, Cutter Dykstra, tied the knot in January 2016. Throughout their relationship, the couple have welcomed two sons, Beau, 12, and Jack, 8. JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER 'ALMOST DIED' ONE YEAR AGO AFTER SURGERY COMPLICATIONS AMID MS BATTLE Around the time she got married, the actress revealed she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis she had been keeping a secret for 14 years. She was diagnosed with the progressive disease right before filming on the fourth season of "The Sopranos" began, when she was 20 years old. "I was always acting. I had no idea what authenticity felt like," Sigler said about keeping the diagnosis a secret. "Everything was a lie and for show. I didn’t even know who I was. All these secrets had piled up, and I was suffocating. I was constantly in fight or flight and survival mode. I’m sure that it contributed to a lot of the flare-ups I experienced." A few years after opening up about her diagnosis, Sigler started a podcast called "MeSsy," with actress Christina Applegate, who revealed her MS diagnosis in 2021. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The two first connected after Lance Bass told Applegate to reach out to Sigler after receiving her diagnosis. Sigler told People in a joint interview with Applegate in March 2024, that when she heard from the "Dead To Me" star she "wanted to give her tools and things that I've learned that have helped me." "We have each other and that's helped us so much," Applegate said. "We would talk on the phone for two hours, and we'd be laughing and crying and we were like, 'This is helping us. Let's record this. Let's do it.'" Sigler is now gearing up to release her memoir, "And So It Is….: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope," which will follow her journey as a child actress, motherhood and living with her illness. She told Us Weekly that she "never wanted to write a book," and had been "approached after I came out about my MS," but turned down the opportunity. She credits Applegate's attitude and openness about everything that comes with the disease as part of the reason why she finally "felt ready" now. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Her memoir will be available for purchase in May 2026. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e942cc059ccda1fcc154f6 Sanctuary city backs off after GOP gov put it in ‘crisis’ mode with $110 million threat te 2026-04-22T21:51:08.438Z Sanctuary city backs off after GOP gov put it in ‘crisis’ mode with $110 million threat The Democrat-majority Houston City Council backed off a sanctuary-style policy limiting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to remove more than $110 million in state funding, forcing the city to reverse course under financial pressure. This is the latest clash in a broader battle between state leaders and local officials over immigration enforcement. The Houston City Council voted earlier this month to pass a policy eliminating the requirement that police wait at least 30 minutes for ICE to arrive when a suspect has an immigration warrant. The move was condemned by Abbott, who accused the council of "trying to renege on their obligations" after signing onto a public safety agreement to receive state funding that required cooperation with immigration enforcement through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Abbott set a Wednesday deadline for the city to repeal its new policy or refund the state more than $110 million. On Wednesday, the city council, at the urging of Democrat Mayor John Whitmire, overwhelmingly voted to soften the policy. The city removed strict limits that barred officers from prolonging stops for ICE-related purposes. It also allows officers to extend detentions if they cited another legitimate law enforcement reason. The amended policy passed in a 13-4 vote after hours of tense debate between council members. In response, a spokesperson for Abbott called the vote a "step in the right direction" in the face of the city’s "reckless policies," saying they undermined law enforcement. WATCH: HOUSTON FACES $110M HIT AS TEXAS GOV LAYS DOWN LAW ON 'SANCTUARY' POLICIES This comes after Abbott said last week that city officials would face "extraordinarily difficult financial choices" if they did not back down. "Let’s be clear about a couple things," he said last week, "If the city council were serious about public safety, they would not allow illegal immigrants to roam their streets and kill people like Jocelyn Nungaray." He added that "there are other people like that in Houston who have been raped, assaulted and victimized by people who are here illegally and allowed to roam the streets." After the vote, the governor’s spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Abbott "has been clear" that "cities in Texas must fully comply with state law and cooperate with federal immigration authorities to keep dangerous criminals off our streets." "This vote is a step in the right direction after Houston leaders put public safety at risk with reckless policies that undermined law enforcement," the spokesperson said, adding that Abbott "expects any policy HPD [the Houston Police Department] ultimately adopts to comply with the City’s certification that it would fully cooperate with DHS." "Governor Abbott will continue to use every necessary tool to protect Texans," the spokesperson said. COCAINE WORTH OVER $1.1M SEIZED FROM 'EMPTY' TRUCK AT TEXAS BORDER Before the vote, Whitmire framed the situation as a "crisis" for the city that would affect the police and fire departments, impacting public safety services and preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. During the contentious Wednesday session, he stressed that funding streams often "come with conditions" with which "I don’t always agree." He urged council members to vote in favor of amending the policy, saying it was a question of whether Houston would "remain strong." On the other hand, Council Member Abbie Kamin, also a Democrat, railed against amending the policy, saying this was "not the first time that Abbott and [Texas Attorney General Ken] Paxton have tried to bully the city." Paxton, who is opposing incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn in a U.S. Senate bid, launched a lawsuit against the city over the policy earlier this month. The same day as the vote, ICE Houston announced it had arrested 277 illegal immigrants in just two weeks, April 6–17, highlighting ongoing enforcement activity in the region. The group included 17 child predators, six murderers, 16 drug traffickers and 15 gang members or associates. Other criminal offenses committed by illegal immigrants arrested in ICE’s Houston roundup included 16 convictions for fraud- or forgery-related offenses, 11 for hit-and-run and 74 convictions for assault-related offenses. Combined, the 277 illegal immigrants had been convicted of 751 criminal offenses and had illegally entered the U.S. 654 times. SLEDGEHAMMER MURDER SPURS ICE MANHUNT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECT ICE Houston criticized the city council, saying these "monsters" had been arrested with assistance from federal, state and local law enforcement partners as city officials "continue to flirt with sanctuary policies to limit cooperation with ICE." Paul McBride, acting field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, stressed that it is thanks to cooperation with local and state law enforcement partners that "we’ve removed hundreds of dangerous criminal illegal alien child predators, murderers, drug traffickers, gang members, and thieves from the local community in just two weeks and prevented an untold number of U.S. citizens from becoming victims." "If these measures are implemented to limit that cooperation, there will be immediate impacts to public safety, national security, and border security," McBride warned. "Tragically, the worst impact will be felt in the migrant community that these same officials claim they’re protecting, because that’s where criminal illegal aliens commit the majority of their offenses." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e942b8059ccda1fcc154ed Senate GOP blocks fifth Dem bid to end Trump’s Iran war as divisions grow te 2026-04-22T21:50:48.791Z Senate GOP blocks fifth Dem bid to end Trump’s Iran war as divisions grow Senate Republicans are still backing President Donald Trump's war in Iran as the deadline for Congress to get involved is rapidly approaching.  Republicans beat back a fifth attempt by Democrats to call for an end to the war in the Middle East, a day after Trump extended the fragile ceasefire for next several days on the grounds that Iran's government was "seriously fractured." The failed vote to rein in Trump’s war authorities came on the 54th day of the conflict. Whether the administration can strike a long-lasting peace deal remains unclear. Lawmakers are also growing more concerned about the cost, length and end game of the war. "This war has simply been a disaster, and there is absolutely no reason we should go full steam ahead back into it," said Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who forced the vote. SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS DIVISIONS SIMMER And next week, the conflict will officially hit the 60-day mark. Congress is required to weigh in on continuing the conflict under the War Powers Resolution. Still, the fast-approaching inflection did little to sway Republicans, who have stayed largely unified against Democrats’ deluge of war powers resolutions since the conflict began. Democrats aren’t done forcing votes, either, and have another six resolutions teed up. "Our caucus is united and focused on ending the war in Iran," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. "And we're going to keep voting on those resolutions again and again and again." DOZENS OF DEMS FLIP ON ISRAEL, VOTE TO BAN ARMS SALES IN PROTEST OF IRAN WAR And Republicans aren't totally united on whether to put an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) on the floor.  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has been working on an AUMF in the background that would allow lawmakers to have a say on what comes next in Iran.  "We'll see what our kind of conference's will is on that and where our members are," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said. At least three Senate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Curtis, R-Utah, have said that they wouldn't support extending the war beyond 60 days, and questioned the administration's further objectives in the region.  Collins said last week during the Semafor World Economy Summit that it was "very likely" she would not vote to extend hostilities. "I have said from the very beginning that if the military hostilities in Iran continue to that 60th day, then I believe the War Powers Act is implemented, and the president would need congressional authorization to continue the war in Iran," Collins said. GOP HOLDS WITH TRUMP ON IRAN WAR, BUT CRACKS EMERGE AS DEADLINE NEARS There’s also the price tag associated with the war, including the current daily costs and a forthcoming spending request from the administration that is expected to focus on munitions supplies. The administration has yet to send the spending request to Congress, with a ballpark cost that has fluctuated between $50 billion and $200 billion. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told lawmakers last week during a Senate Budget Committee hearing that the request was "not yet" ready. He also declined to give an estimate when pressed on the cost of the war. "If you were to be on the inside of the Department of War, these costs would fluctuate given the day. So I think it’s hard to give you an average cost," Vought said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e940ab059ccda1fcc15472 Husband of American woman who vanished in the Bahamas hires US lawyer after returning from island te 2026-04-22T21:42:03.698Z Husband of American woman who vanished in the Bahamas hires US lawyer after returning from island The husband of a missing American woman who vanished in the Bahamas has hired a lawyer in the U.S., according to a report. Brian Hooker has retained Michigan-based attorney Crystal Marie Hauser after he returned to the U.S. last week, according to ABC News. His Bahamas-based attorney told Fox News Digital he traveled to the U.S. to tend to his "very ill" mother. Brian Hooker told Bahamian officials that his wife fell off a dinghy after leaving shore at Hope Town at around 7:30 p.m. on April 4, adding that Lynette fell off with the ignition key. Local authorities said that he arrived at a marina at Marsh Harbour at around 4 a.m. on April 5 after paddling to shore, roughly eight hours after his wife went overboard. Hauser had a message for Americans following Lynette Hooker's disappearance. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "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," Hauser said. Responding to claims of domestic violence from Lynette Hooker's mother and daughter, Brian's attorney said they are baseless. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER "Be open-minded to the fact that just because Karli and Darlene are making these claims, there's absolutely no evidence to support any of the allegations – absolutely none," she said. Hauser said she imagines Brian Hooker's "heart" is in the Bahamas, but did not reveal if he plans to return to the island. SEND US A TIP HERE Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno told Fox News Digital that Brian Hooker's move to hire a U.S.-based lawyer is smart. "I think it makes sense for him to hire one regardless, body not found, nothing solved… Smart to hire a lawyer in the state," Rotunno said. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Brian Hooker hasn't been charged with a crime and was released from jail by Bahamian officials, who declined to charge him at the time, but left the investigation into Lynette open. After Lynette Hooker went missing, Brian said in a Facebook post that he was "heartbroken." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "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." Lynette Hooker's daughter, Karli Aylesworth, flew to the Bahamian island on Thursday to help with the search. Aylesworth told NBC News she questions Brian Hooker's version of how her mother went missing, adding that she spent three hours talking with police. "I feel like this was probably preplanned, if anything, like, it doesn’t seem like just some accident," Aylesworth said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94097059ccda1fcc15469 Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger shoots down rumors he interviewed to be the Maple Leafs GM te 2026-04-22T21:41:43.944Z Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger shoots down rumors he interviewed to be the Maple Leafs GM The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the hunt for a new general manager after cutting bait on Brad Treliving earlier this year when it became clear that they were headed to their summer lake houses sooner than usual. But one guy who isn't going to be getting the job is Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger. Not because he wouldn't be any good, but because he never interviewed for it. Rumors were circulating that Pronger, who spent 18 years in the NHL with the Whalers, Blues, Oilers, Ducks, and Flyers, had interviewed for the job. DON MATTINGLY MAKES DECISION ON BASEBALL FUTURE AFTER FIRST WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE ENDS IN HEARTBREAK: REPORT Not so, according to the man himself, during an appearance on TSN Toronto's First Up. "There’s a lot of rumours out there. I’m in the media like you guys. I’m interested to see how this all plays out, too," he said. "There’s some vicious rumours out there that said I interviewed for the GM job. I did not interview for that role." Now that was an interesting way of phrasing it: "did not interview for that role." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Take that as you will, but it makes you wonder if Pronger would even want the job. He could certainly handle it, but that is one of the most brutal front office jobs in sports, and now that the team has gone from a perennial Stanley Cup favorite (which is insane, but that's how the betting markets have seen it in recent years) to a team that totally whiffed on the playoffs. Whatever the case, Pronger — who is also promoting a new book — said he's open to anything. "I’m excited for this next chapter. As I’ve said numerous times, I’m open to having a conversation and seeing what an opportunity might look like," he said. "Whether it’s a fit for me, whether it’s a fit for the other side. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t, sometimes the timing is not right, and sometimes the opportunity doesn’t fit what you’re looking for at any given time." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94070059ccda1fcc15455 Redistricting Fight Turns to Florida and the Courtroom for Frustrated Republicans te 2026-04-22T21:41:04.217Z Redistricting Fight Turns to Florida and the Courtroom for Frustrated Republicans A victory for Democrats in Virginia has left Republicans grumbling about their strategy and looking to the next phase of a coast-to-coast battle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9405b059ccda1fcc15439 LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes te 2026-04-22T21:40:43.195Z LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn's CEO after six years running the world's largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company's COO, takes over immediately. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e94046059ccda1fcc15426 Federal judge orders release of Arizona trans organizer te 2026-04-22T21:40:22.589Z Federal judge orders release of Arizona trans organizer Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93e57059ccda1fcc153f5 Judge rules against ADWR’s water-based restrictions of Phoenix housing developments te 2026-04-22T21:32:07.004Z Judge rules against ADWR’s water-based restrictions of Phoenix housing developments Key Points: Court rules Arizona Department of Water Resources acted illegally in 2023 when it restricted housing development in Phoenix over water supply concerns  The state water department’s decision affected thousands of home sites ADWR says it will appeal the ruling The Arizona Department of Water Resources acted illegally when it changed its housing development regulations regarding groundwater and homes built in metro Phoenix in 2023 — a decision which left builders with thousands of lots they could not develop. The April 21 decision from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney came via a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona and lawyers with the Goldwater Institute. They alleged that the Water Resources Department violated state law by changing how it evaluated the availability of groundwater that builders have long relied upon to meet demands of new homes. Blaney agreed, writing that the department sidestepped the law when it unilaterally adopted a new formula for determining if a builder could pump enough groundwater to support new construction without going through a formal rulemaking process. The 2023 decision by state water regulators was announced by Gov. Katie Hobbs and led to howls of protest from developers who had been relying on groundwater to meet the requirements of Arizona’s Groundwater Management Act, a 1980 law requiring builders to prove they have an assured water supply that will last for 100 years for each new construction.  Until the change, the water resources department would review hydrology reports submitted by individual developers to determine if there was enough water below the proposed homes to meet the 100-year supply requirements. But after a new study, the department determined the entire Phoenix Active Management Area, essentially the bulk of Maricopa County, was nearly 5 million acre feet short of what was needed. And the department then said it would not approve any new developments relying on groundwater because of that basin-wide shortfall.  An acre foot is generally enough to supply three homes for a year. The department argued it didn’t formally change its rules on determining the physical availability of water. Blaney wasn’t buying it. “ADWR appears to argue that it can unilaterally change process and criteria while still claiming adherence to its current rules,” Blaney wrote. “This argument lacks merit and improperly elevates form over substance,” Blaney wrote. A spokesman for the Department of Water Resources said the agency intends to appeal. “Although there is no final judgment yet, the Arizona Department of Water Resources intends to challenge the decision once it is final,” said an agency statement. A Goldwater Institute attorney who worked on the case, Timothy Sandefur, said the department was trying to avoid going through a formal rulemaking process under the state Administrative Procedures Act because they knew it would allow builders and others to flood them with objections. “The agency wanted to find a way to make sure that the people didn’t have a say, and the way that they did that was by saying, ‘Oh, it turns out, we’ve discovered that the rule was always this way’ when that’s just not true,” Sandefur said. “If they were to go through the APA process, I think it would give the people an opportunity to object and say (that) by making home construction impossible, all you’re doing is raising the cost of housing and making Maricopa County unlivable.  “So that’s why they tried to avoid going through the proper channels,” he added. “I think that if they did decide to try to go through the proper channels now, then they would have substantial opposition.” Spencer Kamps, a lobbyist for the Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona, said tens of thousands of home sites owned by developers were affected by the 2023 decision, mainly in the far western part of the Phoenix metro area. Several of those master-planned developments already have neighborhoods that were built before the state put the brakes on issuing new certificates of assured water supplies.  The water resources department has still been receiving applications for approval for those developments but has not been processing them.  The agency also came up with two new ways for developers to obtain a certificate – buying up farmland and getting the water credits, called “Ag-to-Urban,” and one that creates a way to obtain assured water from alternate sources. Kamps said neither helps the vast majority of the developments affected by the 2023 policy change. Sanfedur said he doubts the state will succeed in an appeal. “I think the ruling is as clear as it could be, and I have a hard time imagining what sort of legal arguments they would use if they were to try,” Sandefur said. The 2023 decision led to news stories across the nation about how Phoenix and Arizona were running out of water, something developers, lawmakers and even Hobbs said were not accurate. Still, the finding that there simply wasn’t enough groundwater to support unbridled growth that has driven the Phoenix economy for decades stung. “The reality is that there is plenty of water in Maricopa County to provide for the needs of development,” Sandefur said. “To have the governor and other people coming out and saying, ‘Well, there’s not enough water in Arizona,’ when, in fact, there is, is bad for the Arizona economy and bad for homeowners.” The post Judge rules against ADWR’s water-based restrictions of Phoenix housing developments first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93e40059ccda1fcc153ce Federal court blocks Newsom’s bid to shackle ICE in Trump immigration win te 2026-04-22T21:31:44.568Z Federal court blocks Newsom’s bid to shackle ICE in Trump immigration win An appeals court on Wednesday blocked California from requiring federal immigration agents to display identification during operations, handing the Trump administration a legal victory over Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit found California overstepped its authority by trying to regulate Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, marking the latest flashpoint in a broader fight between blue states and the federal government over immigration enforcement operations. The panel of judges, comprising two Trump appointees and one Obama appointee, found California's No Vigilantes Act violated the Constitution's supremacy clause, which says that when a state and federal law are in conflict, the latter wins out. "We conclude that [section 10] of the No Vigilantes Act attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions," the panel wrote in an order. "The Supremacy Clause forbids the State from enforcing such legislation." APPEALS COURT BLOCKS ORDER LIMITING IMMIGRATION AGENTS' USE OF FORCE IN CHICAGO The decision came after Newsom signed into law a pair of bills last fall designed to address reports of unidentified federal agents, sometimes wearing masks and other gear, carrying out arrests and detaining illegal immigrants in California. The No Vigilantes Act and No Secret Police Act required ICE agents to display identification and banned them from wearing masks, respectively. "Trump’s ICE agents need to be reined in and held to the same standards as any other law enforcement agency," Newsom said in a statement in March. "Federal accountability and clear identification shouldn’t be optional." The Trump administration sued over the two bills and sought injunctions, arguing in court papers that "a state law that directly regulates the federal government's operations is straightforwardly invalid, no matter the size of the burden it imposes." ICE has defended the practice of agents concealing their identities during operations, saying last summer as Trump's intensifying immigration crackdown prompted anti-ICE protests and riots that rhetoric on the left had caused a spike in "threats and assaults against [agents'] families." TRUMP ADMIN URGES NEWSOM TO HONOR ICE DETAINERS FOR MORE THAN 33K CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS A federal judge also blocked California's mask ban in February, and state Democratic lawmakers responded by attempting to rewrite the bill, a process that remains ongoing. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche commended the DOJ Civil Division, which has been handling the ICE litigation, calling the 9th Circuit's decision "another decisive victory in this administration's effort to remove illegal aliens from this country." Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney in California, celebrated the win, calling it a "huge legal victory ... where the court permanently enjoined California’s unconstitutional mask law targeting federal agents." DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon said on X, "Told ya!" Former DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf also weighed in, saying: "Finally - a good decision for common sense and strong immigration enforcement." TRUMP TELLS JUDGE HE DOES NOT NEED NEWSOM’S PERMISSION TO CRACK DOWN ON RIOTERS, DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD California could appeal the decision. Asked for comment, a Newsom spokesperson told Fox News Digital undercover ICE agents were "terrorizing" people at the direction of Trump and his aide Stephen Miller, the architect of many of the White House's immigration policies. "These laws shouldn’t even be necessary," the Newsom spokesperson said. "We shouldn’t have unidentified, masked men terrorizing our communities. We will continue demanding federal accountability and fighting against Trump and Miller's reign of terror against our communities." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93e2d059ccda1fcc153c5 Iran agrees not to execute eight women tied to anti-regime protests after Trump's public appeal te 2026-04-22T21:31:25.111Z Iran agrees not to execute eight women tied to anti-regime protests after Trump's public appeal President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women linked to anti-regime protests after he urged their release a day earlier. "Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.  Four of the women will reportedly be released immediately, while the remaining four will serve one-month prison sentences.  The president thanked Iran for halting the executions, saying, "I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request." FREED IRANIAN PRISONER SAYS ‘IN TRUMP, THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HAS MET ITS MATCH’ Trump previously said on social media Tuesday that releasing the women could work in Iran’s favor during negotiations scheduled later that day, when he ultimately announced an extension of a two-week ceasefire. "To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women," Trump said Tuesday, responding to an activist’s post on X that included photos of eight unidentified women. "I am sure that they will respect the fact that you did so. Please do them no harm! Would be a great start to our negotiations!!!" Iran’s judiciary, however, quickly responded to Trump’s claims, denying that the women ever faced execution, according to Middle East-focused media outlet New Arab.  "Trump was misled once again by fake news," the judiciary's official Mizan Online website said. "The women who were claimed to be on the verge of execution, some of them have been released, while others face charges that, if convictions are upheld, would at most result in imprisonment." IRAN TO EXECUTE FIRST FEMALE PROTESTER TIED TO ANTI-REGIME UNREST According to human rights groups, Iran reportedly last week scheduled the execution of a female protester linked to the January uprising, marking Tehran’s first publicly reported death penalty case involving a woman.  She was identified as Bita Hemmati and is among the eight women Trump said will no longer face capital punishment.  Hemmati was originally sentenced in a collective case alongside her husband and neighbors, the National Council of Resistance of Iran said.  On Jan. 8 and Jan. 9, the group allegedly threw objects such as concrete blocks and incendiary materials from rooftops, injured security forces and engaged in anti-regime "propaganda" in an effort to undermine security, according to federal authorities.  One Iranian journalist reported the identities of the other women in a post on X, claiming the defendants are as young as 16 years old. One victim in particular, identified as Mahboubeh Shabani, 33, was accused of providing assistance to demonstrators injured during January’s uprising, according to the Norway-based Hengaw rights group. The women’s rulings are among the latest in a series of punishments issued amid a broader government crackdown on dissent. Rights groups say thousands of protesters may have been killed since demonstrations erupted earlier this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93e05059ccda1fcc153b2 Sean Plankey, Trump’s Pick to Lead Cybersecurity Agency, Withdraws His Nomination te 2026-04-22T21:30:45.440Z Sean Plankey, Trump’s Pick to Lead Cybersecurity Agency, Withdraws His Nomination Confirmation for the nominee, Sean Plankey, had been pending in the Senate for over a year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93df1059ccda1fcc1539e Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it. te 2026-04-22T21:30:25.104Z Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it. Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn’t expect.  Watch as Rebecca Bellan and guest host Tim De Chant sit d Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93bc1059ccda1fcc15356 US citizens shot by ICE beg Congress to rein in federal immigration agents te 2026-04-22T21:21:05.204Z US citizens shot by ICE beg Congress to rein in federal immigration agents Marimar Martinez, who was shot five times by immigration enforcement agents in Chicago, testifies during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C. She also was a witness at an official congressional hearing on April 22, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens.  It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to conduct because of Minority Day in the House.  Democrats used the opportunity to call witnesses who are U.S. citizens and were harmed, in some cases shot, by federal immigration officers. Lawmakers also focused on two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.  Following the deadly shootings in January, Democrats refused to approve any more funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, which has led to a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February.   “Under President Trump, ICE and CBP have killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in cold blood, and shot, beat, harassed, arrested, or locked up countless more innocent people,” the top Democrat on the committee, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, said. “Congress cannot stand idly by while Americans are hurt and killed by their own government.” Democrats also invited Trump officials tasked with crafting and carrying out the president’s immigration agenda: White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller and Tom Homan, the border czar.  Neither Miller nor Homan showed up. The White House did not answer questions from States Newsroom regarding Miller or Homan’s absence from the hearing.  White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson blamed Democrats for keeping “the Department of Homeland Security shuttered, not caring about vital services – like TSA, FEMA, and ICE – going unfunded.”  “Instead of lying about President Trump’s extremely successful deportation operations of criminal illegal aliens, House Democrats should fully reopen the Department of Homeland Security and stop putting illegal aliens before American citizens,”Jackson said. The chair of the committee, Andrew Garbarino, called Wednesday’s hearing “a distraction from the fact that DHS has been shut down for over 65 days and the security impacts of that (are) real.” Garbarino, a New York Republican, and the other GOP lawmakers on the committee did not ask any of the witnesses any questions.  Americans under fire The Americans harmed by federal immigration officials include: Marimar Martinez, a Chicago preschool worker whom Border Patrol officers shot five times. Rev. David Black, whom ICE officials shot in the face with pepper-ball rounds while he protested outside an Illinois detention facility. George Retes Jr., an Army veteran in California whom immigration agents apprehended on his way to work, tear-gassed and kept detained for three days. Ryan Ecklund, a real estate agent in Minnesota whom federal agents detained after he filmed them while at a grocery store.  Martinez has appeared in the past before Congress in unofficial Democratic events to share her story about how on Oct. 4, she was shot five times by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum.  DHS shared her photo online, falsely claimed she rammed into Border Patrol with her car and labeled her a domestic terrorist. The Trump administration tried to indict her on federal charges, but eventually dismissed the case against her. “On Friday I was teaching the young children at the Montessori school and we were singing and dancing and getting ready for spooky season preparing fall activities to do the following week and on Saturday my own government was calling me a ‘domestic terrorist’ and I was in a federal detention center with bullet holes all over my body,” she told the committee. “There were times where I did not believe this was all real and then I would touch my bullet wounds and knew it was certainly real.” She said she was concerned other people would be shot and killed by federal immigration agents, as Pretti and Good were. “It’s bound to happen sooner or later if we don’t hold these agents accountable for their actions,” she said. No apologies Following the two deadly shootings by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, the leaders of ICE and CBP appeared before the Senate and House committees that have jurisdiction over DHS.  While there, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott and ICE acting head Todd Lyons refused to apologize to the families of Good and Pretti. Lyons has announced he will resign at the end of May, saying he wants to spend more time with his family.  The aggressive immigration deportation campaign in Minneapolis, which has a high Somalian refugee population, also spurred calls from Republicans to push then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign. She stepped down last month after Senate Republicans grilled her over an ad campaign and slow response to providing disaster relief.  The president tapped former Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to steer the department. The Senate last month confirmed Mullin.  One of the witnesses, Retes, said his goal is for Congress to pass legislation in order to hold federal immigration agents accountable. “Federal officials are basically impossible to sue,” Retes said. “Federal agents basically have immunity.”  He added that he wants Congress to do something, and expressed his frustration that “change doesn’t move fast enough.”  Ecklund criticized federal agents within DHS, and pointed out the irony of the department’s unofficial slogan of going after “the worst of the worst” in conducting immigration enforcement.  “‘Your best’ and the ‘best of DHS’ is the least that the American public deserve,” he said. “You have not given us your best.” Martinez said agents are not held accountable.  “I’ve been through hell and back,” she said. “These agents — Charles Exum — have not even been held accountable for their actions.”  She added that she doesn’t even know if Exum is still working for CBP. Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green asked Martinez if she would feel comfortable showing lawmakers where she was shot. She agreed and rolled up her sleeve, showing a dark scar on her upper arm, and pulled up her pants to show another wound across her upper thigh.  “It’s hard to manage all this, to even process what happened,” she said. “Being shot for protecting your community. I want the world to see my pain, my trauma. This is not something to joke about. This is my life.” Green thanked her and told her that “you deserve justice.”  Minister shot with pepper balls Black told the committee that he was “horrified by the radical evil being perpetrated by my government.” He said he was outside a detention facility in Chicago and was in the middle of praying when he was shot by federal agents with pepper balls.  “I am outraged by the blasphemy of those who support brutal ICE and CBP tactics yet call themselves Christians,” he said. “They make a mockery of the sacrifice of God’s love on behalf of the world.  “Yet instead of living into Christ’s rich promise of a Kingdom of peace, freedom, and prosperity, many of those calling themselves Christian are blindly supporting institutions like ICE and CBP, even as they dominate, coerce, and terrorize American communities,” he continued.  The only path forward, he argued to lawmakers, is to dismantle ICE and CBP, and redirect that funding to “support programs that feed the hungry, sate the thirsty, welcome strangers, clothe the naked, and care for the sick — for in the words of Jesus, ‘just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93bab059ccda1fcc15335 USF doctoral students vanish as family says disappearance is 'very suspicious' and 'unusual' te 2026-04-22T21:20:43.374Z USF doctoral students vanish as family says disappearance is 'very suspicious' and 'unusual' Two doctoral students at the University of South Florida have been missing for nearly a week, prompting police to turn to the public in hopes of finding the couple. Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27, were last seen separately on April 16 in Tampa, Florida, according to the University of South Florida Police Department (USFPD) on Tuesday. Limon, a USF doctoral student pursuing a degree in geography and environmental science and policy, was last seen at his home around 9 a.m. Bristy, a USF doctoral student studying chemical engineering, was last seen around 10 a.m. on the USF Tampa campus at the NES Building. BOYFRIEND OF MISSING WOMAN DETAINED BY ICE AMID INVESTIGATION INTO HER DISAPPEARANCE: POLICE A family friend notified police on April 17 at approximately 4:50 p.m. after concern grew over being unable to contact both Limon and Bristy. Both have since been added to the state and national missing persons' databases, police said. Limon’s brother told FOX 13 that the situation is highly unusual, calling the doctoral students "responsible and punctual." GOT A TIP? "He is a very responsible and punctual person, and that's why the situation is so unpredictable and unusual to us… like, and very suspicious," Zubaer Ahmed, Limon’s younger brother in Bangladesh, told the outlet. "We’re in deep pain and [it's a] devastating situation," he said. FOLLOW US ON X Ahmed spoke to his brother just last Monday and said that he shared that he would be quite busy working on his thesis. Limon’s research, his brother said, focuses around using generative AI to study Florida’s shrinking wetlands. Ahmed said Limon and Bristy were discussing potentially getting married in the future but were focused on their education. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "Another important point that is they talked about having a future together, but they are not that serious about it. Both of them are thinking about, whether we can marry together, and they are discussing that," he said. USF Public Information Officer Larry McKinnon told FOX 13 that "no stone would be left unturned" in the search for Limon and Bristy, though authorities currently see no signs of foul play. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS "Everybody internally is obviously very concerned, as we are concerned. It's not typical of their behavior, they're graduate students," McKinnon said. "We don’t have information that there is foul play or suspicious nature at this point." "When we get to this point where we aren’t having success in locating them, then our next best source is the public. That’s where we are at," he said. "Everybody's hoping for a positive outcome on this. And that's why we're taking it very seriously and making sure we leave no stones unturned to try to find them." Detectives with the USFPD and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call USFPD at 813-974-2628. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and USFP for additional information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9397b059ccda1fcc152bf Red hair may be increasing as study points to surprising evolution trend te 2026-04-22T21:11:23.309Z Red hair may be increasing as study points to surprising evolution trend A study from Harvard Medical School indicates that natural selection has favored the red hair gene, resulting in a potential increase in the number of redheaded people as humanity continues to evolve. By analyzing nearly 16,000 ancient genomes spanning 10,000 years, researchers identified a list of traits that nature is actively pushing forward. Among the most prominent were the genetic variants for red hair. "Perhaps having red hair was beneficial 4,000 years ago, or perhaps it came along for the ride with a more important trait," the authors noted. 22 HEALTH CARE PREDICTIONS FOR 2025 FROM MEDICAL RESEARCHERS The study, published in the journal Nature, relied on a large database of ancient DNA from West Eurasia. Using new computing methods, the team was able to filter out random fluctuations in DNA to identify what they called "directional selection." Directional selection happens when a particular version of a gene gives an organism a strong survival or reproductive advantage, causing it to become more common in a population faster than it would by chance, according to experts. Prior to this study, scientists only knew of about 21 such instances in human history, one of which was lactose tolerance. This new research uncovered hundreds more. "With these new techniques and a large amount of ancient genomic data, we can now watch how selection shaped biology in real time," Ali Akbari, first author of the study and senior staff scientist in the lab of Harvard geneticist David Reich, said in a press release. COMMON EATING HABIT MAY TRIGGER PREMATURE IMMUNE SYSTEM AGING, STUDY FINDS The data showed that genetic markers for red hair are among 479 gene variants that have been strongly favored over the past 10,000 years. One likely explanation, the researchers said, is a major shift in human history: the transition to farming. As humans moved away from hunting and gathering and settled into agricultural societies, their environment and behavior changed radically, triggering an evolutionary "acceleration." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES While the Harvard study provides the first definitive statistical proof that red hair was actively selected for during the rise of farming, the researchers noted that the exact prehistoric benefit still requires more study. However, scientists have long pointed to vitamin D synthesis as a likely driver for the rise of these light-pigmented traits in northern climates. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER While redheads remain a minority of the global population today, the Harvard study’s analysis suggests that they may not be an evolutionary accident. Instead, the red hair trait was "boosted" by natural selection as humans adapted to the challenges of a modern world, according to the researchers. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The researchers urged caution in how these findings are interpreted. "What a variant is associated with now is not necessarily why an allele propagated," the authors noted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93967059ccda1fcc152b6 Media networks shouldn’t hire Steve Kerr or Doc Rivers after false claims about ICE | Bobby Burack te 2026-04-22T21:11:03.854Z Media networks shouldn’t hire Steve Kerr or Doc Rivers after false claims about ICE | Bobby Burack Both Doc Rivers and Steve Kerr could return to the media this year. But their comments about ICE earlier this year should give networks pause. In late January, at the height of public protests, both NBA coaches made false claims about the agency. Kerr said at a press conference that federal agents were not "rooting out violent criminals," but were instead "taking 5-year-old kindergartners." Rivers, meanwhile, claimed ICE was randomly targeting Brown people and committing "murder." Now, for some facts. A week before Kerr’s comments, Operation Metro Surge released records showing federal agents had arrested multiple violent offenders, including convicted murderers and sex offenders. That alone undercuts Kerr’s assertion. WHY DO DEMOCRATS DEFEND VIOLENT, CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AGAINST TRUMP RAIDS? Kerr also pointed to a case in Minneapolis involving a 5-year-old. According to DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, agents were trying to arrest the child’s father, who allegedly fled on foot and left the boy alone in a running vehicle in sub-freezing temperatures. DHS said agents attempted to place the child with his mother. They were not "taking" the child. Rivers’ claims were even more incendiary. He accused ICE agents of "murdering" people. Murder is a legal term. He appeared to be referring to the Jan. 9 shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota. Based on available evidence, the ICE agent involved has been described by federal officials as acting in self-defense, citing that Good drove her vehicle directly toward the agent. DAVID MARCUS: LOONEY JERSEY DEMS PUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AT RISK WITH POINTLESS ANTICS OutKick sent two reporters to ask Kerr and Rivers about their statements, as the rest of the press nodded along and printed their false claims. To his credit, Kerr acknowledged his mistake. "Being in Minneapolis for those four days was incredibly emotional and powerful. It was a very difficult time for all of us. At the end of those four days, it was a pretty emotional time. I misspoke, and I apologize for the misinformation," he said. BROADCAST BIAS: NETWORKS HIDE MAHMOUD KHALIL'S PRO-HAMAS MESSAGE, SHOW LOTS OF SYMPATHY However, Rivers did not walk anything back. He told OutKick he stands by his comments. "I don’t change what I said at all," Rivers said. "We all should be worried. Tom Homan, who was the head of DHS, has said they’re targeting people by their color and if they can speak the language. If you’re Brown, you’re nervous because I don’t see anybody going into the Ukrainian villages and arresting anybody. All we can go by is what we see." As OutKick reported at the time, Homan never said what Rivers attributed to him. The NBA declined to comment. CNN REVISITS VIRAL 2016 ICE REPORT, SAYS 'HEIGHTENED' RHETORIC, PROTESTS NOW COMPLICATE OPERATIONS Apparently, the league is comfortable with Rivers spreading misinformation. But potential suitors in the media networks should not be. It would be irresponsible for a network like ESPN, Amazon Prime or NBC to hire Rivers, who retired this month, after seeing his willingness to lie about serious issues and then double down when confronted with the facts. Networks could also expose themselves to legal risk, given how loosely and inaccurately Rivers uses the term "murder." EX-MSNBC HOST CONDEMNS LATINO ICE AGENTS, SAYING THEY BETRAY 'OWN COMMUNITY' BY DEPORTING CRIMINAL MIGRANTS Kerr, who is reportedly mulling leaving the Warriors for media work, is also a risk. Though he showed more of a backbone than Rivers by acknowledging his mistake, his initial comments still matter. He also has a long history of political commentary, including speaking at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. And though the NBA's partners undoubtedly lean left, they understand the downside of overt partisanship. The NBA is still dealing with fallout from its 2020 activism today. ESPN finally acknowledged that platforming far-left voices is bad for business by letting go of commentators like Mark Jones and Clinton Yates. Of course, that does not mean networks won't look to hire both or one of the coaches. Sports media has a history of decisions that undercut credibility, and both men bring name recognition that executives value. Still, the comments Kerr or Rivers made about ICE were incendiary and factually challenged. Any network that would hire them afterward warrants serious scrutiny. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9393f059ccda1fcc152a4 Why Virginia’s New Map Matters for Democrats in the Midterms, and What’s Next te 2026-04-22T21:10:23.955Z Why Virginia’s New Map Matters for Democrats in the Midterms, and What’s Next Attention now turns to Florida, and the Supreme Court. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93726059ccda1fcc1522d Darrell Sheets, 'Storage Wars' star known as 'The Gambler,' dead at 67 te 2026-04-22T21:01:26.794Z Darrell Sheets, 'Storage Wars' star known as 'The Gambler,' dead at 67 This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Darrell Sheets, known for his time on A&E's "Storage Wars," has died at 67, Fox News Digital confirmed. The Lake Havasu City Police Department issued a press release on Wednesday, which stated that they responded to a call for a deceased individual. Upon arrival, officers found a male with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Sheets was pronounced dead at the scene and his death is still under active investigation, according to the press release. His body was turned over to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office for further investigation. No additional details were shared at this time. Sheets was a resident of Lake Havasu, Arizona and his family members were notified. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The reality star became famous as a main buyer on "Storage Wars," a reality show that follows bidders competing to buy abandoned storage units. He appeared in over 160 episodes, starting in 2010. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Sheets earned the nickname "The Gambler" during his time on the show due to his high-risk bids on storage units. He was seen working with his son, Brandon Sheets, on the show. According to Variety, Sheets suffered from a heart attack in 2019 and retired from television and moved to Arizona. He owned and operated an antique store called Havasu Show Me Your Junk, according to the outlet. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e936fd059ccda1fcc15208 Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions te 2026-04-22T21:00:45.427Z Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions Sales rebounded a bit from the first quarter of 2025, as Tesla throws a ton of money at massive bets like robotics, AI, and its own chip fab. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e936e9059ccda1fcc151f6 The U.S. used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference te 2026-04-22T21:00:25.281Z The U.S. used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e934f9059ccda1fcc151bc 'Storage Wars' star found dead in Arizona home te 2026-04-22T20:52:09.011Z 'Storage Wars' star found dead in Arizona home Darrell Sheets, one of the stars of the long-running "Storage Wars" television show, was found deceased in Lake Havasu City. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e934e3059ccda1fcc151ac Family thanks community following return of missing Havasu teen te 2026-04-22T20:51:47.332Z Family thanks community following return of missing Havasu teen A 15-year-old Lake Havasu City boy reported missing Monday night was found safe Tuesday afternoon, according to family members. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e934ce059ccda1fcc1519d Havasu resident Darrell Sheets, of TV's 'Storage Wars,' dies at 67 te 2026-04-22T20:51:26.850Z Havasu resident Darrell Sheets, of TV's 'Storage Wars,' dies at 67 Darrell Sheets, a longtime Lake Havasu City resident and nationally known figure from the reality TV series Storage Wars, was found dead early Wednesday, authorities said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e934b7059ccda1fcc15174 Bullfighter suffers perforated rectum after being gored in comeback from retirement te 2026-04-22T20:51:03.912Z Bullfighter suffers perforated rectum after being gored in comeback from retirement Bullfighter Jose Antonio Morante de la Puebla might be wishing right about now that he never decided to come out of retirement. Considered by some to be the best to ever do it, he found himself on the wrong end of a bull’s horn earlier this week and landed in the hospital as a result. The "King of Bullfighters" as the 46-year-old is known, met his match on Monday when he suffered a perforated rectum in front of a packed Maestranza arena in Seville, Spain. The matador couldn’t get out of the way of one of the bulls in time and stayed down holding his butt before being carried out of the bullring in pain. The horn up the ass has happened to other bullfighters before him and will likely happen again, as long as the sport of bullfighting continues. Puebla’s injury was described as "very serious" and according to The Times required more than two hours of surgery. As you can see in the video, he was in immediate pain after failing to get out of the way of the charging bull. A split second quicker and that horn isn’t finding his rectum. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get out of the way. The horn connected and the rest is history. GUY FIERI SAYS QUAD 'EXPLODED' MID-SHOOT, KEEPING HIM IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR 8 WEEKS You know where you’re not suffering that kind of injury? In retirement with your feet up in a recliner. Puebla has to be thinking a lot about that right now as he recovers from what has to be a devastating injury, especially after the details provided by the doctor about his injuries. The doctor reported, according to the Spanish outlet El Mundo, that the legendary bullfighter suffered a "bull horn wound in the posterior anal margin with a trajectory of about 10 cm, partially injuring the anal sphincter muscles and with a perforation in the posterior wall of the rectum of 1.5 cm." On Tuesday, Puebla shared a picture of himself standing up in a hospital gown on Instagram. He told El Mundo, "It was the most painful goring I ever suffered in my career. I felt enormous pain and I was very scared because I could tell that the bull had gored me and I thought I was bleeding a lot." It isn’t known if having his rectum gored will send Jose Antonio Morante de la Puebla back into retirement or not. Obviously, we should all be wishing him the best. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93490059ccda1fcc15164 RFK Jr. Says His Department Advises All Children to Get Measles Vaccine te 2026-04-22T20:50:24.191Z RFK Jr. Says His Department Advises All Children to Get Measles Vaccine Testifying on Capitol Hill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to back away from his criticism of the measles shot. But he spoke on behalf of his department, not himself. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93286059ccda1fcc150e5 Couric, priest mock Vance’s Catholic faith, calls his remarks on pope 'rich' te 2026-04-22T20:41:42.746Z Couric, priest mock Vance’s Catholic faith, calls his remarks on pope 'rich' Katie Couric called out Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, saying that criticizing the pope's theology was "rich," during an interview with Father James Martin as the two discussed tensions involving Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump. "As I wrote on a comment when somebody posted — JD Vance saying that — I said, 'JD Vance teaching the pope about theology that's rich,'" Couric said during an episode of her podcast, "The Next Question with Katie Couric." The exchange came as Couric interviewed Martin about recent clashes between U.S. political leaders and the Catholic Church, including criticism of Pope Leo’s remarks on war, morality and political rhetoric. Martin, a Jesuit priest and editor-at-large of "America Magazine," has frequently commented on church-state tensions and papal messaging in global affairs. Martin said the criticism from Vance of the pope's theological understanding stood out given the pontiff's academic and clerical background. JD VANCE REVEALS WHY CHRISTIAN VALUES ARE KEY TO AMERICA’S FUTURE DURING TPUSA TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE KIRK "The idea that JD Vance would tell someone who has a master's degree in divinity and a doctorate in canon law from a pontifical university that he doesn't know theology is really pretty shocking," Martin said. Martin also framed the critique as surprising given the pope’s experience. "Well, and also, you know, the old saying is that he has probably forgotten more theology than most of us remember," Martin said. "The pope really knows his stuff." JD VANCE HAILS TRUMP ADMIN'S 'BULLDOZER' APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH, DISCUSSES HOW APPALACHIA WAS 'LEFT BEHIND' Martin pointed to the theological irony behind Vance's criticism, noting its connection to Catholic intellectual tradition. "And also, ironically, JD Vance started off by critiquing him for his understanding of the just war theory, which originates with St. Augustine — and Pope Leo is an Augustinian," Martin said. The conversation took place against the backdrop of broader tensions between the Trump administration and Pope Leo, including public criticism from the president and reactions within Catholic circles. 'SWISS ARMY KNIFE': INSIDE VP VANCE'S FIRST 5 MONTHS IN OFFICE AS 'ENFORCER' OF TRUMP'S MAGA AGENDA Martin described the broader dynamic as largely one-sided. "I would say it's just a Tet Offensive because it's only one-sided because it's all coming from President Trump and Vice President Vance," Martin said. Couric and Martin also discussed reactions within the Catholic community. "Catholics are not monolithic," Martin said. "Catholic Democrats vote Democrat, Catholic Republicans vote Republican." He added that backlash to Trump's comments had crossed ideological lines within the church. "I was hearing across the board from both progressives and traditional Catholics their disgust for that Truth Social post," Martin said. Fox News Digital reached out to Vice President JD Vance's office for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93273059ccda1fcc150dc Dem senator likens ICE operations in American streets to oppressive British regime during Revolutionary War te 2026-04-22T20:41:23.293Z Dem senator likens ICE operations in American streets to oppressive British regime during Revolutionary War Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., appeared to compare federal authorities enforcing immigration law to British forces that terrorized the 13 colonies. Her remarks Wednesday came during a debate on a budget resolution, as both sides of the political aisle seek to end the partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown on their own terms. Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, spoke as Democrats launched a new effort to reopen DHS, which has been partially shut down for 67 days. During her remarks, she noted the deaths of American citizens killed during interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during violent clashes in Minneapolis earlier this year. "The behavior of our federal forces in our streets strikes at the heart of who we are as Americans," she said. "I'm not going to go and list through everything ICE is doing, but I want you to think about what would happen if these things happened to you." RED STATE COMMISSIONER HIT WITH SET OF DEMANDS FROM GOP SENATOR OVER ‘DISGUSTING’ ICE ‘TERRORIST’ DECLARATION "Imagine someone in a mask breaking your car window and pulling you and your 2-year-old daughter out of that car," she added, citing examples in which ICE agents allegedly used force to detain undocumented immigrants or agitators impeding law enforcement operations. "Imagine being shot with rubber bullets at a protest in America. Masked men detaining your five-year-old coming home from preschool; being pepper-sprayed while praying aloud." Slotkin, as well as many Democrats, has criticized ICE for pursuing illegal immigrants with criminal records and for the use of force employed by agents during arrests. Some have, at times, labeled the agency a "terrorist organization" or accused it of "terrorizing" communities in response to enforcement actions and family separations. Slotkin said many Americans understand that ICE's actions run contrary to the founding of the U.S. "The rebellion that our American forefathers launched not too far north of here was because of an oppressive government—because of an oppressive regime that was using brutal tactics in the streets and in people's homes," she said of the Revolutionary War. "So that's why we're here today: to have very common-sense reforms on federal law enforcement, because of what we all saw with our own eyes." Federal agents should be required to be unmasked, identify themselves, and present a judicial warrant when seeking to enter someone's home, she said. "We are here today because the other side of the aisle is refusing to have even a basic conversation on those reforms and wants to fully fund ICE with no changes," she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9325f059ccda1fcc150d3 NFL launches lobbying blitz at FCC to defend its media model as streaming scrutiny intensifies te 2026-04-22T20:41:03.835Z NFL launches lobbying blitz at FCC to defend its media model as streaming scrutiny intensifies The NFL launched a lobbying blitz on the Federal Communications Commission in recent days, sending top executives and its general counsel to meet with top advisors of chairman Brendan Carr, to discuss the NFL’s media distribution approach for its live games and how it benefits fans and local broadcasters. The meeting took place Friday even as federal regulators, including the FCC and Justice Department, scrutinize the migration of sports to streaming, with the NFL being the biggest target in the government’s sights. Carr has voiced concerns fans are being forced to juggle costly streaming subscriptions to follow football. The NFL requested the meeting with the FCC in Washington after the FCC started a probe into how sports-media business is shifting toward streaming platforms. The Commission is investigating whether that move is harming consumers and the broadcast-television industry. FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR WARNS BROADCASTERS MUST 'CORRECT COURSE' ON 'NEWS DISTORTIONS' BEFORE LICENSE RENEWALS The meeting was described in an FCC filing Tuesday by the NFL and obtained by FOX News. "Since its founding, the NFL has strived to put its fans at the center of everything we do," the primary source document from the league states. "Nowhere is that more evident than in the NFL’s media distribution strategy, which for more than 50 years has served as a foundation and catalyst for the League’s growth and popularity. "While nothing can replace the excitement of attending a game, the vast majority of fans rely on this media distribution model to watch live games and follow the sport they love." The filing contains a presentation NFL officials carried with them to the meeting the league titled "NFL Media Overview." TRUMP’S FCC CHAIRMAN CALLS ON TECH LEADERS TO PUSH BACK AGAINST EUROPEAN CENSORSHIP It includes charts that show how pay-TV households are declining while digital engagement continues to rise. The presentation also explained the NFL’s media distribution approach and how it is "good for fans" The league also makes the point in its presentation how its media distribution approach is good for broadcasters and, of course, good for the game. TRUMP FCC CHAIR TARGETS NPR, PBS FOR INVESTIGATION AHEAD OF CONGRESSIONAL THREATS TO DEFUND All this is significant because it is the NFL going on offense. The NFL is proactively offering a case for retaining its antitrust exemption directly to the FCC chairman’s office to head off the federal government’s increasing scrutiny of the shift to streaming. The NFL is essentially trying to frame its current media model as a necessity for keeping the game accessible before the FCC can move to regulate how these billion-dollar rights deals are structured. Carr was not present for the entire meeting with the NFL, per a source. But he did greet the league’s contingent before turning the meeting over to the group of his top advisors. Fox Business Network correspondent Darren Botelho contributed to this story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93236059ccda1fcc150a6 Arizona police agencies chose not to partner with ICE. This GOP bill would take that choice away. te 2026-04-22T20:40:22.354Z Arizona police agencies chose not to partner with ICE. This GOP bill would take that choice away. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9303b059ccda1fcc15090 Lee Greenwood, Jesse McGuire remember 2001 World Series performances fondly te 2026-04-22T20:31:55.667Z Lee Greenwood, Jesse McGuire remember 2001 World Series performances fondly This is the next in a series of stories from Cronkite News looking back at the Diamondbacks’ 2001 World Series win. PHOENIX – Hands steady, laser-focused and almost oblivious to the white-clad crowd, Jesse McGuire stood between home plate and the pitching mound before Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, ready to play the national anthem on his biggest stage yet. McGuire’s trumpet ushered in the final game of one of the most memorable and emotional  World Series in baseball history – one set against the backdrop of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But that series wasn’t just notable for its on-field drama and its pervasive patriotism.  It also included a star-studded cast of pre-game performers, including Ray Charles, Jessica Simpson, Jewel, Melissa Etheridge and Lee Greenwood.  Jewel opened the series by singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Bank One Ballpark in an American flag tank top. Charles opened Game 2 with a performance of “America the Beautiful” that had many in the stadium choked up, including Yankees manager Joe Torre. Broadway actor and singer Max von Essen performed the national anthem at Yankee Stadium before Game 3, and Greenwood held down Game 4 in New York with his performance of “God Bless the USA.”  Etheridge performed the anthem before Game 6 back in Arizona and Jessica Simpson performed “God Bless America” during the 7th-inning stretch of the same game. That set the stage for McGuire and that fateful Game 7 when Luis Gonzalez’s bloop single off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Arizona what is, to date, its only men’s major pro sports championship. “After the anthem, on the way back to the dugout, I almost didn’t make it, because the magnitude of what I had just done hit me all at once,” McGuire said, noting he still remembers the exact spot his knees almost gave out – three and a half feet off the chalk line on third base. The trumpet that Jesse McGuire used to perform the national anthem before Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. (Photo courtesy of Jesse McGuire) The series kicked off Oct. 27, 2001, just weeks after 9/11, the tragedy and timing of the series not lost on the players, performers or fans. Even after 25 years, McGuire still remembers the little details of his performance – including exactly where his knees almost gave out after the performance when he realized the significance of the moment. The same goes for Greenwood. Greenwood grew up playing baseball, which only added to his Game 4 experience. “I loved the game, and to honor America at a baseball game, and then the privilege of being able to sing a song that I wrote about the country that became part of the fiber right after 9/11, it was just one of those beautiful moments for me and my family and the country,” Greenwood said. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years.”  Greenwood’s Game 4 performance marked his second appearance at Yankee Stadium that week. He had been there just days before for a fireman’s memorial, he said. He walked out at Game 4 decked out in a red, white and blue jacket because he wanted to tie those colors to the World Series. To Greenwood, the series “was a moment when America got off its knees.” “Getting back to sports was extremely important, because we had to let the rest of the world know that the attack of terrorism would not stop our way of life – baseball still being America’s sport,” he said. For McGuire, the national anthem was a bit of a family affair. His two brothers served in the Vietnam War. They made it back but later died from the effects of Agent Orange, McGuire said. On Nov. 4, 2001, McGuire was thinking of his brothers when he took the field. “I remember taking my two brothers out there with me, and all the people who I love and who love me, we all made that walk together,” he said. For McGuire, the performance, regardless of the large audience, was just like any other day. He prepared the same way, played the same way. It wasn’t until after the last note faded out that he realized how impactful his rendition of the national anthem had been. “It did several things in the span of two minutes,” McGuire said. “I’ve never seen a song that can take you and put you on your knees and bring you to your feet in the same song that quick.” McGuire was anything but distracted as he walked onto the field. The white-out crowd and atmosphere had nothing on him, at least until the stealth bomber flyover, he said. “All I saw during the entire anthem was the roof of that place, and the stealth bomber coming, and that place went nuts, man, when the stealth bomber showed up, and it was all I could do to stay in there,” he said.  While McGuire wrapped up the 2001 World Series, he was also inspired by Ray Charles, who performed for Game 2 of the series. Charles played on a baby grand piano, with the American flag stretched out on the field behind him.  “When you see Ray Charles and the life he’s lived in, the things he’s been through, to be able to express himself in a patriotic way, “America the Beautiful” for everybody, no matter what your race, creed, color, anything – that gave me the courage to go out there and do that,” McGuire said. The players in the series were moved by Charles, as well.  “Ray Charles singing ‘America the Beautiful’ was amazing,” said Gonzalez, a left fielder for the Diamondbacks at the time. “I remember them spreading the large flag across the field as a sense of unity and togetherness with everyone in the stadium and throughout the country. Then the flyover at the end had the crowd going nuts.” Charles died nearly three years after his World Series performance. McGuire’s wife and event coordinator, Donna, will never forget the iconic singer’s performance.  “Ray Charles is none other. There’s no one else like him,” she said. “I was probably crying when he was doing it, but I was proud of him, too.”  Donna was crucial to McGuire’s successful performance for Game 7, McGuire said. Donna limited the stress and kept the media away from McGuire until he was ready to go, making sure there were no distractions. For Donna, the World Series opportunity was something she “always knew would come for (McGuire).” Its lasting legacy is McGuire’s dream come true.  “Forget the fame. Forget all that, and I was a part of it,” he said. “Twenty-five years later, they’re still talking about it, and they still mention my name. That’s better than any Grammy or Emmy.” The post Lee Greenwood, Jesse McGuire remember 2001 World Series performances fondly appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e93020059ccda1fcc1504e Dem seeking NY swing seat defends embracing extremist who said Hamas is 'a thousands times better' than Israel te 2026-04-22T20:31:28.651Z Dem seeking NY swing seat defends embracing extremist who said Hamas is 'a thousands times better' than Israel A progressive Democrat vying for a hotly contested New York swing seat in November’s midterm elections is defending her association with controversial far-left streamer Hasan Piker. Effie Phillips-Staley is facing backlash from her own party as she seeks the nomination to take on Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., after she went on Piker’s livestream in late March and called Israel an "apartheid state" and accused the Jewish nation of genocide in Gaza. Democratic county chairs within the suburban New York district Phillips-Staley is running to represent put out a joint statement denouncing Phillips-Staley for participating in the "normalization of antisemitic, racist and misogynist rhetoric." Despite the intraparty criticism, the candidate doubled down. She told Fox News Digital that Piker, 34, provides a vehicle for Democrats to reach young voters. HOUSE SHOWDOWN: DEMOCRAT BACKED BY SANDERS, AOC FACES REPUBLICAN TRYING TO FLIP BLUE-LEANING DISTRICT "While I don’t align with every word Hasan Piker has ever said, we recognize the massive value of a platform that engages millions of young people in the Democratic process," Phillips-Staley said. "As Democrats, our job is to build bridges, not burn them," she added in a statement to Fox News Digital. "We should be inviting young people into the process by building a coalition rooted in collective humanity. I will always fight for universal human rights, and Palestinian self determination while standing firmly against anti-Semitism." Piker once said "America deserved 9/11." He has since characterized that remark as "inappropriate." The streamer has been sharply criticized for calling some Orthodox Jews "inbred" and once described a listener who voiced disapproval of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel as a "bloodthirsty violent pig dog." He has denied charges of antisemitism despite continuing to argue that Hamas is "a thousand times better" than Israel. Phillips-Staley, who is endorsed by the left-wing Working Families Party and former progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.,  has largely defended Piker’s controversial comments. She has argued that critics have taken some of his remarks out of context and that he is "on the right side of history" on issues related to Israel and the Palestinian people, during an appearance on the Left Hook podcast. A campaign spokesman for Rep. Lawler slammed Phillips-Staley’s defense of Piker. "Embracing an antisemite who praised the 9/11 attacks and sympathizes with terrorists is no longer disqualifying in the modern Democratic Party, and Effie Phillips-Staley is proving that in real time," Ciro Riccardi told Fox News Digital. "Even worse, her Democratic opponents refusing to call Effie out for such offensive behavior shows you just how radical you need to be to win a Democratic primary today." "Middle of the road voters should take notice and ask themselves whether this who they really want in control of the House," he added, referring to House Democrats. National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole was also critical of Phillips-Staley’s primary opponents — former Biden administration national security official Cait Conley and Rockland County legislator Beth Davidson — for not condemning Phillips-Staley’s appearance on Piker’s livestream. Conley and Davidson have expressed support for Israel, and the former is backed by the pro-Israel group, Democratic Majority for Israel PAC. Spokespersons for Davidson and Conley did not immediately respond to a request for comment. SOROS-BACKED GROUP BEHIND TESLA UNREST ACCUSED OF 'INFILTRATING' KEY HOUSE RACE WITH CHOSEN CANDIDATE Phillips-Staley is among a growing number of progressive Democrats embracing Piker ahead of November’s midterm elections. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have been interviewed by Piker on his show. Piker recently headlined a campaign event earlier in April for Sen. Bernie Sanders' preferred Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. But not all Democrats think the party’s embracing of Piker is a good idea. A swath of Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have distanced themselves from the far-left influencer's platform, citing concern about his past statements. Phillips-Staley maintains that her hardening anti-Israel stance is the pathway to victory in the battleground district this November. "Advancing someone who is so close on this issue to Mike Lawler would be a genuine mistake when this is something that the overwhelming majorities of the Democratic party's base are demanding a separation from," Phillips-Staley told Piker, referring to Israel. Just 13% of Democrats hold a positive view of Israel compared to 57% who view the country negatively, according to a March NBC News survey. Among independents, just over 20% see Israel in a positive light. It’s unclear if Phillips-Staley’s approach will work in the southern Hudson Valley seat, which is one of the most heavily Jewish districts in the country. "I've taken a very … what I hope that people perceive to be an authentic and progressive human rights-focused platform and we're going to test it here too," Phillips-Staley told the Breaking Points podcast. Lawler successfully fended off a challenge from Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., in 2024. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates his reelection contest as a "toss-up." Divisions over Israel are not the only area where Lawler and Phillips-Staley have clashed. Lawler’s campaign filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the Phillips-Staley campaign forged voter signatures on petitions to be eligible for the Empire State’s June primary. The campaign submitted dozens of sworn affidavits from voters in the district who alleged they never put their names on petitions submitted by the Phillips-Staley campaign. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9300d059ccda1fcc15045 Elizabeth Warren rages after CNBC host compares her to President Trump over Fed nominee commentary te 2026-04-22T20:31:09.170Z Elizabeth Warren rages after CNBC host compares her to President Trump over Fed nominee commentary Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was outraged on Wednesday after CNBC host Sara Eisen drew parallels between her commentary and that of President Donald Trump. Sparks flew on Capitol Hill earlier this week when Warren accused Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh of being a potential "sock puppet" for Trump. Warsh, tapped by Trump in January to lead the Federal Reserve, faced a two-and-a-half-hour confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. If confirmed, he would take the helm of the world’s most powerful central bank, shaping interest rates, borrowing costs and the financial outlook for millions of American households for the next four years. JOE CONCHA: THE 5 BIGGEST LOSERS FROM TEAM TRUMP'S CONFIRMATION HEARINGS In her opening remarks, Warren sharply criticized Warsh’s record and questioned his independence, arguing he was "uniquely ill-suited for the job as Fed chair" and warning he could give Trump influence over the central bank. Warren spoke about this exchange on CNBC. "If we have a Fed chair who is listening to a President of the United States who said, ‘Oh, tariffs don’t cost anything,’ ‘Oh, blockade in the Strait of Hormuz does not raise prices,’ ‘Oh, prices are not going up.’ We have a president who thinks he can bend reality," Warren warned. "We need a Fed chair who can actually assert reality. That was the test I was looking for. Kevin Warsh can’t do it." WHO IS KEVIN WARSH, TRUMP'S PICK TO SUCCEED JEROME POWELL AS FED CHAIR? "I mean, you yourself have been very outspoken on this show and otherwise on what the Fed should be doing. You also advocated for Lael Brainard and Janet Yellen, who you were aligned with on policy views," Eisen replied. I mean that this is — this isn’t that different, you know, with the president expressing what he wants in terms of policy and who he wants." Warren appeared immediately outraged by the comparison. "I’m sorry. Is that real? It is not different to just say, ‘Here’s my opinion and here’s how I read the numbers’ and ‘Here’s who I think has a good track record?’" she asked. "You think that’s the same as being the President of the United States and employing the Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against someone, sending someone a notice that they have been fired?" CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE She went on to argue, "Donald Trump is not expressing an opinion. Donald Trump is trying to control the Fed. You know it and I know it." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and did not receive an immediate reply. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92fe3059ccda1fcc1501e Judge blocks water rule that halted new housing developments across Phoenix Active Management Area te 2026-04-22T20:30:27.759Z Judge blocks water rule that halted new housing developments across Phoenix Active Management Area Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92dea059ccda1fcc14fd1 Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo takes issue with 'USA' chants as Scottie Scheffler faced British golfer in playoff te 2026-04-22T20:22:02.926Z Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo takes issue with 'USA' chants as Scottie Scheffler faced British golfer in playoff Matt Fitzpatrick bested Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the RBC Heritage this weekend in what became a road game for him. The Hilton Head, South Carolina, crowd was quickly pulling for Scheffler, a Texan, to complete the comeback over Fitzpatrick, who was born in England. Chants of "USA" rang out, which irked broadcasting legend Chris "Mad Dog" Russo. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I put on the RBC Classic ... and I could not believe the 18th hole when Scottie Scheffler was making a comeback against Matt Fitzpatrick. Did anyone see the crowd?" Russo began for his "What Are You Mad About" segment on Wednesday's edition of ESPN's "First Take. "They were singing 'USA, USA' walking down the 18th fairway! This is not the Ryder Cup. We're not fighting Britain in a war for crying out loud! In a golf tournament? At the RBC? [Fitzpatrick] freaking lives in Miami!.. This is not the '80 Olympics! Scheffler and Fitzpatrick both have starred in each of the previous three Ryder Cups, with Fitzpatrick's European team winning the last two. Fitzpatrick and Scheffler faced off in Friday foursomes in the most recent event. STEPHEN A SMITH REFUSES TO CALL GOLFERS, NASCAR DRIVERS ATHLETES: 'THAT DON'T COUNT' It is hardly the first time USA chants were heard at a regularly-sanctioned golf event. The aforementioned DeChambeau heard USA chants while going for his second U.S. Open against McIlroy. Scheffler went 1-4 in his five matches at Bethpage Black in September, beating Rory McIlroy 1 up in their Sunday singles match. Fitzpatrick squandered a 5 up lead to Bryson DeChambeau to finish all square. The New York Ryder Cup crowd was blasted by media, and golfers, alike, which had been a concern even before the event. However, that criticism came due to much more than simple USA chants. McIlroy was hit with the worst of it, whether it was telling him his wife was "a four," asking about Amanda Balionis amid a previously rumored fling (with his wife mere feet away), dropping F-bombs, or constant reminders of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Thankfully for Fitzpatrick, he didn't get hit that hard. But the crowd still made it known who they were backing. 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/69e92dd7059ccda1fcc14fc8 Pat Sajak's daughter finds romance with viral baseball star after 'boyfriend application' te 2026-04-22T20:21:43.122Z Pat Sajak's daughter finds romance with viral baseball star after 'boyfriend application' Maggie Sajak took a spin at love — and it looks like she hit the jackpot. The 31-year-old daughter of longtime "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak took to social media to reveal her relationship with Savannah Bananas infielder Jackson Olson. On April 21, Sajak and Olson both shared a photo of the pair posing in front of a Disney castle, with a simple caption, "Applications closed." 'WHEEL OF FORTUNE' STAR PAT SAJAK GIVES RARE GLIMPSE INTO RETIREMENT IN VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT The heartfelt post comes after Olson’s viral TikTok in December, where he put himself on the market in a cheeky video titled, "2026 boyfriend application." In the video, he pitched himself as a baseball player who doubles as an on-field dancer, a dedicated Disney fan, someone who knows "more Taylor Swift songs than you" and shared his love for musical theater. APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST Now, months later, Sajak’s caption appears to signal that the "application" process has officially come to an end. ‘WHEEL OF FORTUNE'S’ FIRST MILLIONAIRE SAYS $1M PRIZE DIDN’T GO AS FAR AS FANS THINK Fans flooded the comments section, celebrating the new couple. "Pat Sajak's daughter!? Oh my gosh! Wow!" one fan wrote. "Aww so happy that you have found someone," while another fan quipped, "You solved the Puzzle Jackson!" LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS The same day, Olson shared a clip to his Instagram Stories from the holiday classic "Elf," featuring the moment the character Buddy declares, "I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it." The baseball player added his own caption: "Me right now." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER While the relationship may be new to the public, both Sajak and Olson are already well established in their respective arenas. Sajak has carved out her own career beyond her famous last name. In addition to her work as a country music singer, she serves as a social media correspondent for the beloved game show "Wheel of Fortune." Meanwhile, Olson has become a standout personality with the Savannah Bananas, the wildly popular exhibition baseball team based in Georgia. Since joining the team in 2022, he has gained a significant following — over 1 million fans on TikTok — since his energetic, choreographed dance routines are displayed on the field. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92dc3059ccda1fcc14fbf Flyers mascot Gritty pens letter to fans ahead of first playoff game... eight years after he debuted te 2026-04-22T20:21:23.345Z Flyers mascot Gritty pens letter to fans ahead of first playoff game... eight years after he debuted It's hard to believe that after debuting in 2018 and taking the world by storm with his orange-furred, googly-eyed brand of mascottery, Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty has not had a home playoff game. Until Wednesday night's Game 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers missed the postseason the year Gritty debuted, but were back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2020. There was a problem: That was the COVID year that saw the team play their playoff slate in the Toronto bubble. WILL FERRELL APPEARS AT KINGS GAME AS DISHEVELED BUDDY THE ELF This is the Flyers' first trip back to the postseason since, which means that, sure enough, it marks Gritty's long-awaited playoff debut. And who better for it to be against than the Pens with the Flyers holding a 2-0 series lead? The mascot (or the Flyers' great social team) posted an open letter to fans on Wednesday. "Tonight's my first playoff game. For the first time, I'm not just watching the playoffs from the comfort of my inflatable couch. I'll be there, in the building," it reads. "They say the air smells different in the playoffs (I beat asthma last year, so I will be fact-checking this). DUCKS' GOALIE JOHN GIBSON GOES BEHIND THE BACK FOR INSANE SAVE OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE "They say the lights are a little brighter, the orange a little orangeier, and the ftp chants a little louder. I wanted it. I needed it. I'm getting it... We're getting it." What are "FTP" chants? Well, then, you must be new to the Battle of Pennsylvania, but you can probably guess. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! It stands for "F--- the Pens." Yeah, that's right. Gritty isn't built like your typical mascot. The Flyers looked solid in the first two games and have been getting some spectacular play in net from goalie Dan Vladar. Of course, Pittsburgh will come to town hungry as their high-powered offense — one of the best in the league this season — was limited to just two goals so far this series. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92daf059ccda1fcc14fb6 Trump blasts Ketanji Brown Jackson as 'low IQ person' in Supreme Court tirade te 2026-04-22T20:21:03.600Z Trump blasts Ketanji Brown Jackson as 'low IQ person' in Supreme Court tirade 7President Donald Trump appeared to target Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Wednesday, calling her a "low IQ person" as he criticized the Supreme Court over recent rulings he opposes. Trump’s comments come as he has grown increasingly frustrated with the Supreme Court, particularly after it blocked his sweeping tariff plan and weighs his effort to end birthright citizenship.  Though Trump did not name Jackson directly, his reference to the "new" female justice appointed by former President Joe Biden was clear. Biden in 2022 nominated Jackson, a Harvard Law School graduate and former clerk to former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, to the high court. "The Republican Justices don’t stick together," Trump said, adding that the court "ALWAYS vote as a group, or BLOCK, even that new, Low IQ person, that somehow found her way to the bench (Sleepy Joe!)." JUSTICE THOMAS WARNS PROGRESSIVISM IS A THREAT TO AMERICA IN RARE PUBLIC REMARKS Trump's remarks came as part of a broader tirade against the Supreme Court's conservative majority, which he said showed him "very little loyalty" earlier this year in blocking his global tariffs from taking force. He also suggested the court might rule against him on his executive order seeking to end so-called "birthright citizenship" in the U.S. Trump had attended a portion of those oral arguments in person, making history and signaling just how closely he has been monitoring the issue. "Certain 'Republican’ Justices have just gone weak, stupid, and bad, completely violating what they ‘supposedly’ stood for," Trump said. He contrasted this with Democrat justices, whom he said "stick together like glue, totally loyal to the people and ideology that got them there." TRUMP WARNS SUPREME COURT TARIFF SHOWDOWN IS ‘LIFE OR DEATH’ FOR AMERICA "They are an immovable force, and there is nothing that can be done to change that," Trump said, adding: "Frankly, I respect that a lot!"  Trump's remarks come after the high court blocked his so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs from taking force earlier this year. Justices in February blocked Trump, 6-3, from using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA to unilaterally enact steep reciprocal tariffs.  Trump on Wednesday also suggested the high court might rule against him on birthright citizenship. Trump used the social media post to take aim at what he described as the "nasty, one-sided questions on the country destroying the subject of Birthright Citizenship" during oral arguments earlier this month. Trump attended roughly half of the oral arguments, and left shortly after U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer finished making the administration's case. "If they rule against our Country on Birthright Citizenship, which they probably will, it will be even worse, if that’s possible," Trump said of the Supreme Court. "It will cost America massive amounts of money but, more importantly, it will cost America its DIGNITY!" FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP BAN FOR ALL INFANTS, TESTING LOWER COURT POWERS The remarks come weeks after a majority of justices earlier this month appeared skeptical of Trump’s effort to end so-called birthright citizenship, using oral arguments to cite concerns over the legality and enforcement of an executive order that could reshape protections for millions of Americans. A ruling in Trump's favor would represent a seismic shift for immigration policy in the U.S., and would upend long-held notions of citizenship, which Trump and his allies argue are misguided.  Trump said in a separate Truth Social post Tuesday night that, "based on the questioning by Republican Nominated Justices that I watched firsthand in the Court, we lose" the case. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92d87059ccda1fcc14fab F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend te 2026-04-22T20:20:23.954Z F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92b6a059ccda1fcc14f23 Hilary Duff squeezes into yoga pants that has MAHA moms sweating, Bill Clinton seems happy & hungry Kay Adams te 2026-04-22T20:11:22.889Z Hilary Duff squeezes into yoga pants that has MAHA moms sweating, Bill Clinton seems happy & hungry Kay Adams Our first Hump Day on the new site? Great! At least we have comments now. Can't wait to see how that goes. Heads will be SPINNING before long. Look out. Yes, it's been a week ... but I think we're getting there, right? Kind of? Sort of? At least we still have Instagram embeds and the Instagram models, am I right? If all else fails in life, we still have that. And, of course, 38-year-old Hilary Duff. Let's roll. Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Hilary stops by for a workout that leaves suburban moms across the US of A sweating bullets. This is how you stay in shape, folks. Take notes. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! What else? I've got a plea to the NFL insiders ahead of tomorrow night's draft, Kay Adams is ready to rock and roll, and Bill Clinton seems as happy as ever. And by that, I mean he's completely gone. Just gone. OK, grab you a Girl Scout cookie for National Girl Scout Leader Day, and settle in for a (slightly rearranged) Hump Day 'Cap! Obviously, we like Girl Scout cookies around here. Yes, they are unfathomably bad for you. RFK Jr. is probably trying to get the little scouts locked up for LIFE after reading the ingredient label on the back. But, that doesn't mean they aren't delicious, because they are. We're not libs, you know. We may be MAHA, but we're still patriots at heart, and there is nothing more American than a Girl Scout cookie. Thin Mints are the undisputed champ in the GSC game, for those wondering. They've withstood the test of time, and no amount of disgusting added preservative is going to change that. Tagalongs are up there, along with Trefoils and Adventurefuls. Yes, I had to look up the names for all of those. Had no idea. Also, Samoas should be good because I love coconut, but they're garbage. Sad, but true. Anyway, let's go ahead and get class started. We're going to change things up a tad and put the headliner at the top of hour from here on out, because it seems like something the analytics department would like. So, here's 38-year-old Hilary Duff working off a few boxes of girl scout cookies and sending MAHA moms into a tailspin: Yes! Welcome back to class, Hilary. Been a while. By the way, Hilary's sister, Haylie, and her fiancee, just recently shared a stunning announcement about their marriage ... It's off. That's right. OFF. Donezo. Kaput. Finished. Hit the road, jack! But that's not the wild part ... Twelve years!!! 12. How exactly does a 12-year engagement work? What does that look like? Are you just planning a wedding for 12 years? Just every now and then bring it up? See where everything stands? Wild. I was engaged to my now-wife for six months before we tied the knot. Twelve years seems ... excessive. You'd think at about Year 3 you'd probably just realize it's not happening and move on, right? Oh well. True love bites the dust again. Sad. Anyway, speaking of things that were popular back in the 1990s and have now come back around ... Amazing. I don't even know where to begin. Incredible stuff all around. If you thought Joe Biden was lost, Bill Clinton cannot be far behind. The constant smile is just impressive. Could you imagine holding a smile for that long? Where do we think Bill really is during that 90-second speech from Jerry? Speaking of Jerry ... what in the world did he just say? Can anyone translate it? "This guy was recently named the second-most American to have started with very little." Huh? What the hell does that MEAN?! Amazing stuff from Jerry, from start to finish. It rivals his scene in "Landman" from last year. Anyway, I didn't realize Bill and Jerry were such good pals. Not sure Bill does anymore. Regardless, it's a beautiful thing to see mere hours before the NFL Draft. Speaking of ... let's rapid-fire this Hump Day into a big Hump night! First up? Here's your yearly PSA that "Draft Day" is amongst the greatest sports movies ever made: What a movie. No notes. 10/10. Perfection. Kevin Costner traded away a billion picks for the top pick, got cold feet because nobody went to the No. 1 player's birthday party, and then somehow got all of his draft picks back at the very end with some incredible wheeling and dealing from the war room. Oh yeah! Diddy (!!!) and Terry Crews both played major roles, Sam Elliott was Wisconsin's head football coach, and Jennifer Garner took a brief break from selling us Capital One cards to play the role of front office chick Costner knocked up. Again, no notes. Perfection. Next? Back to reality, and back to the real NFL Draft. Here's a quick note from Peter Schrager ahead of tomorrow night: OUTKICK MOCK DRAFT 3.0: COWBOYS MAKE BIG SPLASH, JETS SHORE UP SHAKY DEFENSE "There is no valor in spoiling an NFL draft pick." Amen, Peter. Preach, brother! There is no dumber tradition that's come with this insufferable age of social media than spoiling draft picks. It's the dumbest thing we do each year. Now, one can argue that it's our fault for scrolling X during the draft, and that's fair. Either watch it or don't. Put the phone down, and enjoy something for once. But, as Peter says, it's also on the zillions of "insiders" who are all fed the exact same info three minutes before the pick who feel the need to tweet out every single thing. For what? Clicks, of course! Don't give it to them. Enjoy the Draft. It's a great night. Be in the moment. My greatest draft night memory is from 2020 when the Dolphins took Tua. I really thought we hit it. I lost my mind. In hindsight, I wish I was on my phone and missed that one. Yikes. OK, that's it for today. Happy Draft Day Eve to all who celebrate. Take us home, Kay! OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots). Where does Draft Day rank for you? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92b57059ccda1fcc14f1a Idaho murders: New book on Kohberger reveals previously unseen evidence, claims sheath could be inadmissible te 2026-04-22T20:11:03.313Z Idaho murders: New book on Kohberger reveals previously unseen evidence, claims sheath could be inadmissible EXCLUSIVE: A new book reveals what Bryan Kohberger's trial defense would have looked like had he not changed his plea in the Idaho student murders weeks ahead of trial and reveals the defense could have argued for the most critical evidence in the case — a Ka-Bar knife sheath — to be tossed. Christopher Whitcomb's "Broken Plea: The Explosive Search for Truth Behind the Idaho Murders," draws on previously unseen expert reports and other materials that were never presented publicly in court after Kohberger pleaded guilty weeks before his trial date. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Whitcomb revealed that a defense expert raised serious chain of custody concerns surrounding the sheath found in victim Madison Mogen's bed. EMAILS REVEAL HOW CAMPUS POLICE TRACKED DOWN BRYAN KOHBERGER'S CAR WEEKS BEFORE HE BECAME A SUSPECT "It is plausible for someone to argue that the chain of custody would have led to significant problems for the prosecution in presenting evidence of any kind of DNA, and if that were to be excluded, then you have a white car and you have the cell tower pings," he said. "I would say, fundamentally, looking at this case fundamentally, that problem is the biggest problem the prosecution would have had." Brent Turvey, a criminologist and forensic scientist hired by the defense, said he became aware of the chain of custody issue after filing his expert report to meet a court deadline. IDAHO MURDER VICTIMS' FAMILIES OUTRAGED AFTER CRIME SCENE PHOTOS ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED "If this had gone to trial, this piece of evidence should have, by any competent jurist, been ruled inadmissible," he said of the sheath. "In most cases, in most jurisdictions, it would be." No judge or jury has evaluated that claim. "The problem is a chain of custody form is supposed to be something that is created live," Turvey said Wednesday. "So, if I take a bag of evidence and I retrieve it, I sign that I've retrieved it, put my signature on it, the date, you know, that kind of stuff." The evidence bag appears to have been filled in twice. Once on the bag itself, and later on a sticker attached to the front. The earliest date visible on the bag are the initials "BP," likely belonging to lead detective Brett Payne, and the date "11/14/22," written over the evidence tape sealing the bag. Another signature appears to be from Shannon Arredondo, a forensic specialist with the Idaho State Police crime lab, signed and dated the bag again on Nov. 16. The label, affixed sometime later, has six recorded exchanges between Nov. 13 and Nov. 16 written by a single pen in similar handwriting, according to Turvey. Kohberger's defense team, led by Idaho attorney Anne Taylor, did not pursue his findings before the plea deal, however, Whitcomb said. She did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment. If the paper trail is flawed as alleged, that doesn't necessarily mean investigators botched the case, said Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector and Fox News contributor. "But what it could point to is that is a vulnerability in the case, so they take a plea," he said. "They could have been concerned about losing a juror on that. On the other hand it's very indicative of what you do when you have absolutely no defense, you put the procedure on trial, instead of the facts." Mauro, after reviewing images of the evidence bag, said he didn't see a significant problem for the prosecution. That's just one element of Kohberger's defense that never faced jury scrutiny, and Whitcomb said he reviewed thousands of pages of additional documents that he didn't have room to write about. A second key element in "Broken Plea" is speculation surrounding wisps of hair photographed at the crime scene in, or at least beneath, Ethan Chapin's hand. "To the best of my knowledge, that hair to this day has never been processed or tested," Whitcomb told Fox News Digital. Turvey, a senior partner at Forensic Solutions LLC who has testified at more than 70 trials, found the hair when he traveled to Moscow, Idaho, to review evidence in person. BRYAN KOHBERGER CASE: SURVIVING ROOMMATE SAW XANA KERNODLE ON FLOOR AFTER ENCOUNTER WITH MASKED INTRUDER "The FBI lab said Kohberger is excluded," Turvey told Fox News Digital. "This is not his hair." As to who it belongs to, the answer remains unclear. "When I saw this information, it changed my perspective on everything, and that's how it started," Whitcomb said, describing his motivation to write the book. Fox News Digital has reached out to Idaho State Police and the Moscow Police Department for comment. The author is a former member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team and early member of the bureau's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. He plays in a band, spent years as a journalist and congressional speechwriter, and has written a half-dozen other books. "I don't feel it's my place to challenge what [Kohberger] told the world," he said in an interview Tuesday. "I'm not saying this is a wrongful conviction. He pleaded guilty. He's a well-educated, intelligent, grown man." Jurors never had a chance to weigh in after Kohberger's unexpected guilty plea last year, when he admitted to the Nov. 13, 2022, murders of Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Chapin, 20. BRYAN KOHBERGER'S PROFESSOR CALLED OUT HIS 'ASSUMPTION' ABOUT LOCAL COPS BEFORE IDAHO STUDENT MURDERS The plea landed him in prison for the rest of his life, with no chance of parole, but he avoided the death penalty. He offered no explanation for the crimes, shared no motive and offered no new information. Prosecutors have said Kohberger remained inside for about 15 minutes, although the initial police affidavit doesn't describe the exact time he went into the house. Whitcomb notes the defense narrative that the attacks took place in less than five, inconsistent with the hours Turvey suspects the crime scene cleanup would have taken. While there were many outside experts on the case, Whitcomb focuses on three, T. Paulette Sutton, a forensic scientist specializing in blood spatter analysis for the prosecution; Turvey, for the defense; and Christopher Holland, a retired FBI agent and forensic criminologist also working for the defense. Sutton, who did not respond to a request for comment, concluded in her peer-reviewed report that there was "no physical evidence to exclude a single perpetrator causing the death of these four individuals." Turvey believes there were at least two. Both of their reports have been reviewed by Fox News Digital. They contain graphic crime scene images not suitable for publication. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Whitcomb also obtained access to materials not mentioned in the book, which he told Fox News Digital include images of the evidence bag containing the Ka-Bar sheath, one with a chain of custody form attached and one without. Whitcomb raised a number of issues that Taylor and the rest of Kohberger's defense team never got a chance to present to a jury. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2, 2025, admitting to all four murders and felony burglary in a deal that spared him from the potential death penalty. On the night of the murders, he searched Google for local police dispatch audio, according to public records tied to the case. He powered off his phone before the murders and turned it back on after them. While investigators found none of the victim's DNA in his car after they seized it in Pennsylvania, an FBI analyst determined soil on a shovel found inside it matched dirt from the Moscow area. SEND US A TIP HERE At sentencing, he sat through victim impact statements showing no emotion, as the victims' families and surviving roommates excoriated him in their impact statements. "Truth be told, I’m unable to come up with anything redeeming about Mr. Kohberger," Judge Steven Hippler said at the hearing. "His grotesque acts of evil have buried and hidden anything that might have been good or intrinsically human about him." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Hippler handed down a sentence of four consecutive terms of life in prison with no parole, plus another 10 years. As part of the plea, Kohberger forfeited his right to appeal. The case's lead detectives, Idaho State Police Lt. Darren Gilbertson and Moscow Police Cpl. Brett Payne, said afterward they still didn't know his motive. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "Why did he take the plea?" Turvey asked in a conversation Wednesday. "I don't know. I never met him." By design, he does not meet with defendants whose cases he's working on, he said. But he is aware the defense made arguments about Kohberger's mental health and capacity. "He was not in a good space to make those kinds of decisions, and that was their argument the whole time," he said. "So the idea that you would go in and get him to take a plea when he doesn't know everything, doesn't understand it... Well that's a problem." "Broken Plea" is in stores on April 28. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92b2e059ccda1fcc14efc NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale te 2026-04-22T20:10:22.597Z NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale Observable Space and Quantum Wave teamed up to capture data beamed back from space. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92917059ccda1fcc14ea3 Freed hostage Rom Braslavski details abuse, starvation during 738 days in Gaza captivity te 2026-04-22T20:01:27.470Z Freed hostage Rom Braslavski details abuse, starvation during 738 days in Gaza captivity EXCLUSIVE: Former hostage Rom Braslavski said he endured physical and emotional abuse while held above ground by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, at times surviving on just half a pita bread and a morsel of cheese, and that he was injected with an unknown substance after collapsing from exhaustion during a transfer in the Strip, he told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. Braslavski, 19, was abducted from the Supernova festival during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, where he had been working as a security guard while completing his mandatory military service — a fact he concealed for months. During the first four months of his captivity, he posed as a 16-year-old who sold shawarma at the festival. A terrorist he described as a Palestinian Islamic Jihad cyber expert later arrived with a laptop and headphones and began questioning him. Fearing his cover had been blown, Braslavski then revealed his identity. PARENTS OF AMERICAN MURDERED BY HAMAS MAKE 'PLEA' TO TRUMP AFTER LATEST HOSTAGE RELEASE "They immediately reduced my food by three-quarters. I was on half a pita, a bit of cheese, a rotten tomato and a small bottle of water, when before I received two or three pitas and a liter of water," he told Fox News Digital. For the next three months, Braslavski said he was held in isolation without daylight, describing the experience as so dark and lonely that he began hitting his head against the wall. At that point, he was forced to walk to a sprawling complex of about 20,000 tents near Nasser Hospital. Along the way, he collapsed from hunger and exhaustion, was injected with an unknown substance and forced to continue moving. "I was encircled by members of Islamic Jihad. Nobody told me where we were going. I cried, thinking they were either going to kill me or take me to a tunnel to torture me more aggressively," Braslavski told Fox News Digital. "I walked without energy, breathing air as if those were my last breaths, thinking it would be the last time I would see the light of day. I kept going," he added. At the complex, Braslavski said tents were tightly packed with no privacy, while vehicles destroyed by missiles had been converted into makeshift shelters. The camp included donkeys and camels, and people relieved themselves in the open. He described extreme heat that made it difficult to breathe. Braslavski remained in one such tent for four months. While the terrorist in charge instructed others not to abuse him, one of the four guards — a young man whose name he could not share — ignored those orders. TRUMP PROMISES 'HELL TO PAY' IN MIDDLE EAST IF HOSTAGES ARE NOT RELEASED BEFORE HE TAKES OFFICE "He did everything he could to break me. Once, he brought me food, spat in it, and forced me to eat it. He humiliated me constantly. I had a small opening in the tent to breathe air, and he would come by and close it. When I told him I couldn’t breathe, he would slap me and laugh with the others. He showed me videos of violence against our soldiers. He would bind my hands and feet for no reason," Braslavski said. Although he was not supposed to be physically harmed without cause, Braslavski said the guard routinely insulted him, threatened his family, and forced him into degrading acts until it became unbearable. Braslavski told Fox News Digital that the abuse left him overwhelmed by hatred, prompting him to attack the guard with all his strength and use whatever he could find around him to inflict harm, ultimately succeeding. "He started to run to get his Kalashnikov, and I realized I could either continue or take a bullet to the head. I kept hitting him with all my strength. He became weak. I was also weak, but my body and mind disconnected from everything, and I continued," Braslavski recounted. NYC STUDENTS EXPOSE 'EXTREMIST' PROFESSORS FOSTERING CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM AT MAJOR UNIVERSITIES After three to four minutes, another terrorist intervened and the guard Braslavski had attacked was taken to hospital. "The day that followed was the second darkest of my life after Oct. 7. It is marked in my memory, my soul and my body. The chief terrorist decided to respond severely to what I did, and from there I entered a loop of constant abuse," he said. Braslavski said he was thereafter allowed to sleep no more than an hour and a half per day, in short intervals. "They would hit me with whatever they had on hand. I underwent severe torture, bondage and sexual abuse. Everything they could do to me, they did. My body is still covered in scars. After four months of torture, I was clinically dead—rolling my eyes and passing out. They decided to stop the violence and brought doctors to treat me with injections and gave me food again," he added. During Operation Gideon’s Chariots, which began in May 2025 with the stated goal of defeating Hamas and securing the return of hostages through military pressure, Braslavski said the terrorist overseeing his guards was injured and lost a family member, triggering another cycle of torture and starvation. "I weighed 49 kilos, and the senior terrorist, who weighed 90 kilos, would jump on my neck and try to break it. I was on the verge of death again. That is when the propaganda video showing me was released, and it is possible to see marks on my body from the abuse. My bones were protruding. I could no longer go to the bathroom normally. Everything in my body stopped functioning. I was close to death, and that is when President Donald Trump came into the picture," he told Fox News Digital. With each step forward in negotiations toward a deal, Braslavski said his condition gradually improved, until he was released in October 2025 after 738 days in captivity. What keeps him going as a free man, he said, is his faith. "I have a dark past, but I must have a bright future. I want to forget what happened, although I can’t. God gave me back my life as a gift—not once, but twice. I need to do at least the minimum, which is to live, rehabilitate myself and put this all behind me," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e928ef059ccda1fcc14e94 Wildfires in Georgia Destroy Homes and Set Off Evacuations te 2026-04-22T20:00:47.707Z Wildfires in Georgia Destroy Homes and Set Off Evacuations The fires are also causing poor air quality, expected to last into at least Thursday, for a corner of the Southeast. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e928da059ccda1fcc14e78 How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer te 2026-04-22T20:00:26.702Z How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer Cursor was on track to close a $2 billion funding round this week but chose to halt discussions after SpaceX offered a $10 billion "collaboration fee" and a path to a $60 billion acquisition. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e926d2059ccda1fcc14e22 Border agents uncover RPG launcher, cache of rifles hidden in vehicle heading to Mexico te 2026-04-22T19:51:46.928Z Border agents uncover RPG launcher, cache of rifles hidden in vehicle heading to Mexico What began as a routine inspection of a four-door Lexus crossing the U.S. border into Mexico escalated quickly Sunday when officers discovered a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher and dozens of additional weapons hidden in the vehicle. Tucked in a cavity under the seats, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials found the RPG tube, four rifles, an Avtomat Kalashnikova (AK-style) pistol, 16 AK rifles, 24 rifle magazines, 16 rifle stocks, 20 pistol grips and other weapon parts in a vehicle attempting to cross the border at the Area Port of Nogales, near Tucson, Arizona. CBP confiscated the arsenal, which authorities said demonstrates the scale of weapons smuggling across the U.S. border and the volume that can be transported in a single vehicle. Officials said the seizure highlights ongoing concerns about cartel firepower and the flow of U.S.-sourced weapons into Mexico. "Under the powerful leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, our frontline CBP officers utilized an effective combination of inspection experience and technology to find these weapons and prevent them from falling into the hands of the cartels," CBP’s Acting Deputy Commissioner Ron Vitiello said. AMERICAN HIKER SHOT BY SUSPECTED MEXICAN CARTEL WHILE ON US SOIL "CBP prevented these dangerous weapons from wreaking havoc on the good people of Mexico," he added. CBP did not say whether the car’s contents have been tied to any particular cartel. The driver, a woman, is being charged with smuggling goods from the United States, a crime that could carry a penalty of up to 10 years behind bars. She was accompanied by three minors who were released to the custody of a family member, according to CBP. BORDER PATROL, FBI LEADERS WHO FIRST IDENTIFIED TREN DE ARAGUA RECOUNT GANG'S RISE TO POWER CBP’s Acting Director of Field Operations, Carlos Gonzalez, praised the work of the officers at the border who detected the weapons. "Every day, CBP officers serve on the front lines, actively dismantling the transnational criminal organizations that destabilize the region. U.S. Customs and Border Protection remains steadfast in its mission to secure our borders and prevent these illicit networks from threatening the safety of our nation," Gonzalez said. Law enforcement officials said the cache reflects the level of firepower available to drug cartels, aligning with the administration’s terrorist designations. EX-DEA CHIEF SAYS HE'S 'NEVER SEEN' CARTEL FIGHT SO INTENSE AS TRUMP WEIGHS MISSILES AGAINST TRAFFICKERS "President Trump designated criminal drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations for good reason, and this case is one of many that shows their violent intent to hang on to power," Timothy Courchaine, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, said. "The United States Attorney’s Office is proud to work alongside the Department of Homeland Security to make sure we choke off the flow of weapons to violent actors in Mexico and bring their accomplices in the United States to justice." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e926bf059ccda1fcc14e19 Spanberger sidesteps question on reversal over Virginia redistricting stance te 2026-04-22T19:51:27.160Z Spanberger sidesteps question on reversal over Virginia redistricting stance Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger defended a newly approved redistricting referendum during a Wednesday interview but sidestepped a question about whether the measure conflicted with her past campaign stance. "So when we found the results out, I was really excited but not surprised," Spanberger told host Wolf Blitzer during CNN's "The Situation Room" after he asked about the referendum’s narrow approval. "Because it's been clear for a number of months that Virginians were really motivated to take this temporary responsive stance," she added. The interview came after Virginia voters approved the redistricting referendum. The measure allows for revised congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections in November, with supporters arguing it responds to similar efforts in Republican-led states. When pressed on criticism that the measure allows politicians to "choose their voters," Spanberger defended the process as transparent and voter-driven. FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR CHALLENGES SPANBERGER TO DEBATE HER REDISTRICTING FLIP-FLOP "Well, I think that that's fair criticism of places like Texas, where it was the legislature that pushed through a redistricting effort without any buy-in from the people," she said. "Here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, certainly it was the General Assembly that drew the maps, but the maps were made available to the public." Blitzer later raised a broader concern, asking how Spanberger would respond to critics who argue that political retaliation through redistricting escalates a national "arms race." Spanberger pointed to President Donald Trump starting the trend. "I think it really depends on leadership from the top," she said. "Importantly, this all began because President Trump said he was entitled to more congressional seats and implored his friends in Texas to make that happen for him." CBS HOST PRESSES FORMER AG ON DEFENDING PARTISAN REDISTRICTING EFFORTS IN VIRGINIA Blitzer followed up with a more pointed critique, asking what Spanberger would say to those who believe "two wrongs don't necessarily make a right." Spanberger acknowledged the concern but did not directly address whether her current position aligned with her prior campaign rhetoric. "You know, I hear them, and I won't argue with that point," she said. "But I think that the people of Virginia, when looking at the landscape of what is occurring across the country, the people of Virginia said we want to take this temporary responsive effort." Instead, Spanberger pivoted to broader political messaging, arguing the referendum reflected voter frustration with national conditions. "I think we will see a wave election," she said, citing "a rebuke of President Trump and his failed policies and yet another war in the Middle East and rising gas costs." DAVID MARCUS: DESPERATE DEMS TAP OBAMA TO PITCH VIRGINIA GERRYMANDERING LIES CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Spanberger addressed criticism from constituents who viewed the referendum as partisan, again shifting focus away from the question of campaign consistency. "I campaigned on a broad array of issues," she said. "There are many bills and many priorities that I am going to support that a whole host of Virginians will support, and there may be some that not everybody does." "We also saw tens of millions of dollars in lies put on television saying that I was supportive of a ‘no’ vote, that President Obama was supportive of a ‘no’ vote," she said. "And frankly, across Virginia, I heard from people saying 'I wasn't sure how I was gonna vote.' Then I saw those lies." Public campaign finance data shows that both sides of the referendum battle drew significant spending, with combined expenditures reaching into the tens of millions of dollars, reflecting the high stakes of the redistricting fight. Spanberger argued that the tone of the opposition campaign ultimately backfired with voters. "I think, frankly, some of the mechanics of how the ‘no’ vote actually tried to trick people here in the Commonwealth of Virginia made people feel really fed up," she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e926ab059ccda1fcc14e10 Bill Clinton crashes Jerry Jones' Cowboys predraft press conference in surprise appearance te 2026-04-22T19:51:07.280Z Bill Clinton crashes Jerry Jones' Cowboys predraft press conference in surprise appearance It’s not every day that a Dallas Cowboys press conference gets interrupted, let alone by a former president of the United States. Former President Bill Clinton crashed the Cowboys pre-draft press conference on Wednesday. Jones turned to his left when he heard the commotion and started laughing, "Look at this right here, come in this house," Jones said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Clinton walked into the room and said that he is "negotiating the draft," with a laugh. Jones made his way off the podium to greet Clinton, and tripped getting over to him. "He’s been a wonderful, not only president, but a friend over the years, and really happy to have you here today," Jones said. Clinton said he was glad to see Jones and wished him a good draft day. Jones then went on to explain his relationship with the media and why they are so important to him. ESPN REPORTER UNLOADS ON THE NASTY PART OF THE NFL DRAFT "They've spent their life and elected to spend their life in sport and that's why they're here. And they could have been doctors or lawyers, "Jones said. "And so when they pick my you know what, and they do, I say guys ‘We're actually cousins because we both elected to spend our years in sports around here.’ So be a little sweeter if you wish." "And that goes there but great bunch of folks, they do a great job and they're a big part of what sports and NFL is about and this unquestionably will be the largest press conference going on in the NFL today." Clinton’s appearance will only add to the attention the Cowboys are receiving heading into the draft. The Cowboys have the No. 12 and No. 20 overall picks in the NFL Draft, making them one of six teams that own multiple picks in the first round. Jones stated the Cowboys are open to using their two picks to trade up or even trade down during a press conference last week. The NFL Draft begins on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. 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/69e92697059ccda1fcc14e07 Recent Super Bowl champion Shane Lemieux retires at just 28 te 2026-04-22T19:50:47.735Z Recent Super Bowl champion Shane Lemieux retires at just 28 Shane Lemieux, an NFL offensive lineman who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks earlier this year, has announced that he is retiring. Lemieux, a fifth-round pick by the New York Giants in the 2020 NFL Draft, shared the surprising life update on his LinkedIn page on Tuesday. The 28-year-old pointed to the five surgeries he’s undergone during his playing career as a driving force that led him to his decision. "After graduating from the University of Oregon and being drafted by the New York Giants, I had dreams of a 10+ year, All-Pro career," Lemieux wrote. "I believed I could get there. But after 5 surgeries and more time in the training room than on the field, the game started to look different to me. That is why I am deciding to step away with the health that I have. ELI MANNING FIRES BACK AMID DEBATE COMPARING EX-GIANTS STAR TO FALCONS GREAT MATT RYAN "While I didn’t achieve that goal, the lessons I learned through the injuries, the releases, and finally getting back on the field mean more to me going forward than any accolade ever could have. And the relationships built along the way have been the most impactful of all." Lemieux spent his first four seasons in the NFL with the Giants and started nine games during his rookie campaign. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! In 2021, Lemieux underwent season-ending surgery to repair his left knee’s patella tendon. The following year, he injured a toe during the preseason and was ultimately placed on season-long injured reserve in December. In 2023, Lemieux tore his biceps during an October practice and managed to play just 27 snaps during the season. 2026 NFL DRAFT ODDS: BACK DAVID BAILEY AS NO. 2 PICK, JEREMIYAH LOVE TO GIANTS After a brief stint with the New Orleans Saints in 2024 and 2025, Lemieux inked a deal with Seattle in September 2025 to join the Seahawks’ practice squad. He did not feature in a game for the Seahawks a season ago. What’s next for Lemieux, who will turn 29 in May, is unclear, but the former first-team All-American signed off on his retirement announcement with a motivating message. "I am thankful for the game. I’ve dedicated my life to football, and it has rewarded me immensely," Lemieux wrote. "But I’ve always seen myself as more than a football player, and I’m ready to show the world just that." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92464059ccda1fcc14da6 US Senate Dems to force votes on rising costs, immigration crackdown in marathon session te 2026-04-22T19:41:24.461Z US Senate Dems to force votes on rising costs, immigration crackdown in marathon session Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats will use the unlimited number of amendment votes they are allowed on Republicans’ budget resolution to illustrate policy differences on cost-of-living issues and immigration activities.  “We are for reducing costs for the American people, whether it’s housing or whether it’s health care or whether it’s electric costs or whether it’s groceries or whether it’s child care,” he said. “And they are funding a rogue police force that is not even popular with the American people.” Republicans voted Tuesday to begin debate on their budget resolution, which holds instructions that would allow the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as well as the Judiciary Committee to each write a bill that spends up to $70 billion on immigration enforcement.  Amendment debate could begin Wednesday or Thursday, followed by a simple majority vote to approve the budget resolution, sending it to the House.   GOP leaders are using the same complex budget reconciliation process they used last year to enact their “big, beautiful” law to approve three years of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. The earlier bill, enacted last July, included $170 billion to bolster the administration’s immigration activities.  The House and Senate must vote to adopt the budget resolution before they can use the reconciliation process to approve a bill without having to garner 60 votes in the Senate to end debate. Spending on those two agencies would normally run through the annual Homeland Security government funding bill. But that process stalled earlier this year when Democrats demanded new constraints on immigration activities after federal officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.  Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats moved rather slowly and contributed to a record-setting shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, which began in mid-February.  President Donald Trump urged GOP lawmakers to vote against any Democratic amendments in a social media post. “The Radical Left Democrats, and their so-called ‘Leader,’ Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, one of the most incompetent Senators in American History, will try to offer ‘Amendments’ during this process to divide Republicans,” he wrote. “Republicans must stick together and UNIFY to get this done, and to keep America safe — something which the Democrats don’t care about. Thank you for your attention to this matter.” ‘Glaring contrast’ to be highlighted Democrats said during their press conference they plan to use the marathon amendment voting session on the budget resolution that sets up the reconciliation process to force Republicans to take votes on several issues.  “We are ready with our amendments to show the glaring contrast between the parties in terms of who’s for reducing your costs and who’s not,” Schumer said.  Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., said that instead of working on legislation to bring down costs for everyday Americans, Republicans in Congress are focused on providing tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement.  “Gas prices have surged. Health care premiums have doubled or tripled, or worse, pricing millions out of their coverage. So what are Republicans doing about all of that? Nothing,” she said. “Their urgent top priority this week is shoveling at least $70 billion at ICE and Border Patrol with zero accountability, zero reforms and zero strings attached.” Hawaii Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz said Republicans are sending a clear message about their policy goals and priorities by using the reconciliation process to provide the administration with another significant boost for immigration and deportation activities.  “When you’re in the majority in the Senate, you get limited opportunities to use this unusual tool of reconciliation — once, maybe twice, in a year,” he said. “And so it’s pretty significant that using this tool, they have decided to do exactly nothing about the cost of living.” Klobuchar decries $70 billion for immigration enforcement Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said that $70 billion in federal spending could go toward addressing many of the other challenges facing the country.  Instead of giving it to ICE and the Border Patrol, she said, Congress could bolster the number of local police officers, or help people afford the cost of their health insurance premiums, or have Medicare cover dental and vision and hearing care, or build hundreds of thousands of new homes, or help lower the cost of child care for millions.  Republicans, she said, also know there is a need to place limits on federal immigration agents after events like those in her home state and throughout the country.  “They know there are serious problems. Why? A number of them joined with us at that Judiciary hearing to call for Kristi Noem to leave,” Klobuchar said, referring to the early March hearing that took place just days before the former DHS secretary was removed. “They asked just as tough questions, some of them, as we did.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9243a059ccda1fcc14d7f Man Accused of Killing 3 in Spree Near Atlanta Dies in Jail te 2026-04-22T19:40:42.639Z Man Accused of Killing 3 in Spree Near Atlanta Dies in Jail Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old Navy veteran, had been charged with killing a man and two women in a series of attacks across suburban Atlanta. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92425059ccda1fcc14d63 France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs te 2026-04-22T19:40:21.893Z France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents, announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9222a059ccda1fcc14d45 The Pentagon Confirms the Risk. Military Aviators Still Lack Protections te 2026-04-22T19:31:54.213Z The Pentagon Confirms the Risk. Military Aviators Still Lack Protections The post The Pentagon Confirms the Risk. Military Aviators Still Lack Protections appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e92210059ccda1fcc14d27 VOCA short term rentals? te 2026-04-22T19:31:28.057Z VOCA short term rentals? Nobody is talking about it or mentioning it yet – but I hear there was a VOCA meeting last weekend that had a very unusual – if not unbelievable – result. For the last 10 years Short Term Rental buyers have descended upon Sedona and the price delta between the city of Sedona and the […] The post VOC Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e921fc059ccda1fcc14d1e City of Sedona releases results of Western Gateway / Sedona Cultural Park survey te 2026-04-22T19:31:08.420Z City of Sedona releases results of Western Gateway / Sedona Cultural Park survey The city of Sedona’s released the results of the recent Western Gateway/Sedona Cultural Park survey. Sedona City Council asked for a statistically valid public opinion poll to gauge the interest of Sedona residents by sending out a survey to registered Sedona voters, who were each given a unique web Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e921d1059ccda1fcc14cf0 2 Are Dead After ‘Chemical Emergency’ at a West Virginia Plant te 2026-04-22T19:30:25.262Z 2 Are Dead After ‘Chemical Emergency’ at a West Virginia Plant As many as 21 others were treated at a hospital and at the scene after a “chemical release” of hydrogen sulfide at a plant in Nitro, W. Va., the authorities said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91fb8059ccda1fcc14c8a Cowboys announce decision on George Pickens' contract status as he seeks major deal te 2026-04-22T19:21:28.591Z Cowboys announce decision on George Pickens' contract status as he seeks major deal It appears that another Dallas Cowboys star's days with the team might be numbered. George Pickens broke out in 2025 after being traded to Dallas from the Pittsburgh Steelers, which has prompted talks of quite the hefty contract. However, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said that Pickens likely won't be getting one from the team any time soon. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "We’ve made a decision that we’re going to have George Pickens (play under the franchise tag). There won’t be negotiations on a long-term deal," Jones told reporters on Wednesday, via The Athletic. The Cowboys gave Pickens the franchise tag, which he has not signed, earlier this offseason. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer said that he and Jerry Jones had a "good" meeting with the receiver, despite the younger Jones saying Pickens' status for the team's offseason program is up in the air. Schottenheimer, though, said he "expect[s] that [Pickens] will be around." In an interview during Super Bowl LX Week, CeeDee Lamb said he "absolutely" wanted his teammate to get his payday, specifically by the Cowboys. RAIDERS' SUPER BOWL HERO ROD MARTIN, WHO HOLDS MAJOR RECORD IN BIG GAME, DEAD AT 72 "Let's make that happen," he said. Cowboys legend Michael Irvin echoed similar sentiments. "You got to go and sign George Pickens, and you got to do it early so he can get to training camp and get that second year in," Irvin said to Fox News Digital. Contract issues became a reason why the Cowboys traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers just before last season began. Pickens showed out with the best marks of his career in 93 receptions for 1,429 yards and nine touchdowns. The Cowboys placed the tag on Pickens, considering he was set to be a free agent - the Steelers had not exercised Pickens' fifth-year option before trading him. Pickens made just over $1.6 million last season, but Spotrac has his market value at over $30 million annually. With Pickens opposite Lamb, Prescott's 4,552 yards were the second-most of his career, and he led the NFL with 404 completed passes. 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/69e91fa4059ccda1fcc14c81 Marine veteran allegedly gunned down by husband in attack outside home, police say te 2026-04-22T19:21:08.944Z Marine veteran allegedly gunned down by husband in attack outside home, police say A 25-year-old Marine veteran who was leaving her relationship was killed in a Kansas shooting—allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband. Ivy Unruh died April 20 after being shot days earlier outside her northeast Wichita apartment, according to police. Her husband, 29-year-old Joshua Orlando, has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder, according to court records. He remains jailed on a $1.5 million bond after making his first court appearance, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 5. Authorities say Unruh was shot the morning of April 17 and rushed to a hospital in critical condition, where she later died. Orlando was taken into custody shortly after. The case is being investigated as a domestic violence homicide. EX-BIDEN STAFFER CLAIMS ACCIDENTAL SHOT KILLED GIRLFRIEND AS DAD BLASTS TOXIC, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP: REPORT Police said there were no prior domestic violence reports in Wichita involving the couple. Investigators confirmed Unruh had filed for divorce in August 2025 and had separated from Orlando. The two previously lived in Marion, Kansas. The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Unruh served from November 2020 to November 2024, rising to the rank of sergeant. She worked as a satellite transmission system operator and was awarded the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. She deployed to Australia in 2023 as part of Marine Rotational Forces – Darwin, and her last duty assignment was with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California, according to the Marine Corps. Unruh later worked as a broadcast engineer at PBS Kansas, according to her LinkedIn profile. Colleagues at PBS Kansas were stunned by the news. Station president Victor Hogstrom described the moment he learned what happened as shocking and difficult to process, telling KAKE News his initial reaction was one of disbelief. He remembered Unruh as a driven, reliable team member who was well-liked and respected by those she worked with, adding that she is deeply missed, according to the outlet. GABBY PETITO TOLD HER EX SHE WAS SCARED TO LEAVE BRIAN LAUNDRIE BUT WANTED TO, JUST BEFORE MURDER: NEW DOC MOTHER SENSED 'STRONG DANGER' FROM SON-IN-LAW WEEKS BEFORE DAUGHTER'S MURDER DURING CAMPING TRIP Even after her death, Unruh continued to serve others. Her family said in a GoFundMe post that she was an organ donor who saved six lives—"six pieces of her that will live on." GOT A TIP? "Six humans that still have life and get to go home to their families because of her," they wrote. FOLLOW US ON X Members of the veteran community also honored her final act of service. An American Legion post in Mulvane, Kansas, held an honor walk as Unruh was taken to donate her organs, recognizing her as a former Marine. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Loved ones say they also hope her story raises awareness about the dangers of domestic violence. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Wichita police spokesperson Kris Gupilan urged anyone experiencing abuse to seek help, saying in comments reported by KAKE News, "If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please know that resources are available and you are not alone. Help is available." The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 800-799-7233. Fox News Digital has reached out to PBS Kansas and the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91f7c059ccda1fcc14c61 Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones te 2026-04-22T19:20:28.012Z Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91d9b059ccda1fcc14c09 NFL Draft prospect Rueben Bain Jr. mum about 2024 crash when publicly asked about it for first time te 2026-04-22T19:12:27.409Z NFL Draft prospect Rueben Bain Jr. mum about 2024 crash when publicly asked about it for first time As much as everyone would wish it had never happened, the auto accident Rueben Bain Jr. caused in 2024 that left one of his passengers in a coma before she eventually died months later, cannot be wished away. The tragedy happened. And that cannot be swept under the proverbial rug. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! But Bain has done his best to do exactly that in the months since he finished his final season at the University of Miami and before Thursday’s first round of the NFL draft. Bain, along with all the other top prospects attending the NFL draft in Pittsburgh, on Wednesday participated in a league-sponsored community event at the dedication of U.S. Steel Community Field at Hazelwood Green. After the ceremony all the prospects spoke with reporters. And that’s when, for the first time, Bain was asked about the fateful accident. "I’m not answering any questions about that," Bain said when he was asked if he’s worried the crash in South Florida will affect his draft status. Then he was asked a follow-up question on the same subject. "I’m not answering anything about that," Bain insisted. This is not unexpected because, as OutKick reported previously, Bain was similarly reticent about answering questions about the incident for multiple teams at the NFL combine. That, by the way, set off alarms for some personnel people on one team, per a source on that team. And, frankly, for nothing. Bain had the case against him dismissed. He's settled a lawsuit with the driver of the other car and the family of deceased Destiny Betts is offering a supportive statement about him. All the NFL teams that have spoken with Bain have been aware of the accident prior to their meetings, including the Kansas City Chiefs who hold the No. 9 overall pick in the first round. NFL INVESTIGATING HOW SHEDEUR SANDERS' PHONE NUMBER WAS LEAKED FOR PRANK CALL DURING DRAFT "Well first off, we were probably aware of that at the start of the season. It happened obviously a few years ago," Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said last week.  "As far as that impact, look, it’s our responsibility to do our due diligence and fully vet each player as always. Like with any case, we do so with the understanding that all these cases are different and unique." "This is the most important part of our job, is getting the player right. The whole body of work," Veach said. "What he does on the field, what he does off the field, and we approach it with every case is unique and different but that’s something that above all, is the most important part of what we do. How these guys are going to come in here and they have to be successful on the field but also off the field." The Chiefs showed significant pre-draft interest in the edge rusher — perhaps more than any other team. "It’s part of the process, needless to say we spent a lot of time with (Bain Jr.) at the combine," Veach said, "Brought him here (and) had a lot of meetings with a lot of different people and that process is consistent with not just him but with all of our players that we bring here and that we have on our draft board." Here’s the problem for Bain: Regardless of how tight-lipped he’s been with teams and now reporters about the accident, it will not magically disappear. If he falls out of the Top 10 in the draft, everyone will point to the accident and his evasiveness about it. And ask him about that. It’s also a solid bet that wherever he’s drafted, some enterprising local reporter will dig further into that fateful 4 a.m. mishap in March 2024. And then more questions about it will be asked by people getting no answers from Bain. It is sure enough Bain’s right to defer on the subject. But that will not make it go away. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91d87059ccda1fcc14c00 Workers killed and many treated after refinery chemical release as investigators probe cause te 2026-04-22T19:12:07.760Z Workers killed and many treated after refinery chemical release as investigators probe cause A deadly chemical release tore through a West Virginia refinery Wednesday morning, killing two people and sending more than a dozen others scrambling for medical care as emergency crews rushed to contain the danger. FOX Appalachia reported that Kanawha County officials said over a dozen people were treated or transported to hospitals following the incident at Catalyst Refiners in the Institute area. MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING FATHER IN FACE WITH CROSSBOW CAPTURED AFTER SNOWY MANHUNT Among them, one person remains in critical condition. Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango said seven of those treated were EMS workers. The incident, reported around 9:30 a.m., initially triggered a one-mile shelter-in-place order that has since been reduced to the immediate area surrounding the facility, which has since been lifted. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91d74059ccda1fcc14bf7 F1 star Charles Leclerc reveals his pre-race diet and preparation te 2026-04-22T19:11:48.229Z F1 star Charles Leclerc reveals his pre-race diet and preparation Regardless of what Stephen A. Smith thinks about whether or not racecar drivers are athletes, they most certainly are. Now, one of the best on the planet, Ferrari F1 driver Charles Leclerc, has provided some insights into how he prepares for races. The 28-year-old sat down with "The Do Show" during the Chinese Grand Prix weekend earlier this season and got into his pre-race habits. NASCAR STAR CHASE ELLIOTT RAVES ABOUT TALLADEGA, DISCUSSES KEYS TO GETTING BACK IN WINNER'S CIRCLE It turns out that there are three pretty simple things he does before hopping in a 200 mph F1 car and pulling the kind of G-forces that would make astronauts queasy. "Yes, I do, the jumping rope, the cold bath, and the diet," he said, per Yahoo Sports. "I tend to (always eat) the same thing before getting into the car." Now this is intriguing. I get sick if I eat the wrong thing before a leisurely 75 mph trip on the highway. So what the hell does one eat before a Formula 1 Grand Prix?! "Proteins, either white fish or chicken, but in quite small quantities, and a little bit of carbohydrates, so probably rice is the easier one to digest before getting into a Formula 1 car," Leclerc said. "These are the two things that I eat before getting into an F1 car." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Alright, so one of the keys to being a Formula 1 driver is eating the same diet my dog gets after he pukes. But, hey, that's what it takes to be among the best in the business, which Leclerc is. Formula 1 returns from an unexpected month-long hiatus after the postponement of races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with the Miami Grand Prix in early May. Leclerc and his teammate Lewis Hamilton have what certainly appears to be the second-best car on the grid after three race weekends, behind only Mercedes. However, the FIA and Formula 1 are debuting some new regulation changes following team feedback that are meant to improve the racing, qualifying, and driver safety. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91d60059ccda1fcc14bee Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk warnings resurface after SPLC federal indictment te 2026-04-22T19:11:28.360Z Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk warnings resurface after SPLC federal indictment Social media posts from billionaire Elon Musk and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk criticizing the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have resurfaced after the group was indicted by the Department of Justice. The SPLC, a left-leaning nonprofit, was indicted on 11 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, according to the Justice Department. "The SPLC is an evil organization that spreads hate propaganda relentlessly. It needs to be shut down," Musk wrote on X last October. Kirk was even more direct, labeling the SPLC a "hate group" in 2023. Months before his death, Kirk criticized the SPLC over its decision to add Turning Point USA to a list of hate groups. "Being on their list is a badge of honor. It means they’re terrified that we’re so effective. Keep crying, SPLC—America’s done with your scam," Kirk wrote in May 2025. EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP’S DC JUDICIAL NEMESIS TARGETED IN MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT OVER ALLEGED BIDEN DOJ TIES The DOJ alleges the nonprofit "secretly funneled" millions in donor funds to members of extremist groups, and federal prosecutors allege the SPLC used "fictitious entities" to disguise where the payments were coming from. The SPLC has defended its actions, saying it paid these individuals as informants to report on extremist activities. DISABLED TESLA OWNER TARGETED IN VANDALISM, SAYS ANTI-MUSK PROTESTERS ARE JUST 'HURTING FAMILIES' Legal analyst and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley weighed in on the case Wednesday on "Fox & Friends." "The irony is also that it was the Center that sought to seize assets from groups like the KKK. Now the U.S. government is trying to, through forfeiture, seize the assets of the Center," Turley said. He noted that it’s "very rare" to see a non-law enforcement organization running these types of operations, allegedly paying informants to steal documents. Turley described the SPLC as having drifted into being a "more blatantly political organization." CIA WHISTLEBLOWER CLAIMS OBAMA-ERA ESPIONAGE CHARGES AGAINST HIM WERE A TEST RUN FOR TARGETING TRUMP The DOJ claims that between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC funneled over $3 million to members of groups including the Aryan Nations, the National Socialist Party of America and the United Klans of America. The SPLC has criticized conservative groups and individuals in the past, including Turning Point USA and Musk. After Kirk’s death last year, it accused the "hard right" of using the situation to promote "conspiracy theories" and attack educators. Last year, the SPLC posted about Elon Musk on its website, saying the Tesla CEO made a Nazi salute during an inaugural event for President Donald Trump. Musk denied the accusation on X, calling the narrative part of a "dirty tricks" strategy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91d4c059ccda1fcc14be5 Rep Ilhan Omar's daughter strikes hard-core communist pose as mom battles claims she is rich te 2026-04-22T19:11:08.520Z Rep Ilhan Omar's daughter strikes hard-core communist pose as mom battles claims she is rich While Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., has been denying accusations that she's racked up a multi-million-dollar net worth since getting elected to Congress, her daughter has continued her hard-left political activism and support for communist causes that began when she was just 12. Isra Hirsi, who was just 16 when her mother and charter member of "The Squad" was elected to Congress in 2019, has described herself as "an angry Black girl," and played the role of a strident political activist. While her views would seem to jibe with her famous mother's, they don't easily square with reports, which Omar denies, that she is worth as much as $30 million. AOC’S CAMPAIGN POURS MASSIVE CASH INTO LUXURY PUERTO RICO HOTELS, PRICEY CATERING AND BAD BUNNY VENUE RENTAL In a February letter to Omar’s husband, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., raised concerns about financial disclosures showing the value of two companies, eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital, surged from tens of thousands of dollars in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024. Later, an amended filing reviewed by The Wall Street Journal showed Omar and her husband’s assets were worth between $18,004 and $95,000. The quick revision prompted skepticism from Omar's critics, including Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Ilhan Omar says her congressional financial reports have massive accounting error," Fitton wrote on X. "She and her husband only worth 18k-86k, NOT $6 million-$30 million! Previously unreported ‘liabilities’ erase wealth!" The New York Post reported in 2024 that Hirsi participated in demonstrations as early as age 12, when she joined Omar and their family at a Black Lives Matter event that forced the Mall of America to shut down. The demonstration would later be stopped by 50 riot control cops and more than 200 police officers.  At about age 15, Hirsi co-founded and served as co-executive director of the U.S. Youth Climate Strike, a branch of activist Greta Thunberg’s organization "Fridays for Future," according to a biography on the Brower Youth Awards website.  Hirsi received the award, which is given to young people who are active in climate sustainability advocacy, in 2019. ILHAN OMAR DEFENDS MEALS ACT DESPITE TIES TO MASSIVE MINNESOTA FRAUD SCHEME Omar posted on X in 2024 that Hirsi organized "a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15" and led "the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16." Hirsi’s involvement with the anti-Israel groups and her participation in the encampments that plagued the Columbia University campus prompted her suspension from Barnard College in 2024. She later continued her education at the private, liberal arts college for women in New York City, while Omar was in Congress.  The estimated cost of attending Barnard is just shy of $100,000 for resident students, including tuition, fees, housing and food. HOUSE DEM'S GRAPHIC CHICKEN DECAPITATION 'HORRIFIED' HER COLLEGE ROOMMATES: 'BLOOD WENT EVERYWHERE' Omar’s daughter then became an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest and Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization which is not formally recognized by the Ivy League school. Fox News Digital reached out to Hirsi and Omar, but didn't receive a response.  In April 2024, Hirsi was arrested by the New York City Police Department along with more than 100 people who were issued summons for trespassing as a result of the encampments on the Ivy League campus — an arrest in which Omar praised her daughter for "courage and compassion," saying she was "enormously proud." "I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi," Omar posted on X. "She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school to stand against genocide." ILHAN OMAR SAYS THERE ARE FEW UNDOCUMENTED SOMALI MIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY "Stepping up to change what you can’t tolerate is why we as a country have the right to speech, assembly, and petition enshrined in our constitution," the post added. Just 15 months after her arrest, the New York Post reported that Hirsi posted an Instagram Story, revealing she was unemployed and selling used clothes to make money, while still posting anti-Israel content on various social media platforms.  OMAR ALLIES TIED TO MASSIVE MINNESOTA COVID MEAL FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING SOMALI COMMUNITY Last month, she traveled to Cuba on a trip sponsored by CodePink, an organization co-founded by Jodie Evans, the wife of a Shanghai-based American tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who supports the policies of the Chinese Communist Party. Hirsi, along with other far-left activists, went to Cuba to protest the economic sanctions imposed on the country by President Donald Trump's administration, with many of the activists staying in a five-star hotel while many residents of the communist country suffered from an electricity blackout. "People are here from across the globe to express solidarity with the Cuban people," Hirsi wrote in an X post. "People who are standing against the oppressive blockade exacerbated by the [T]rump administration. i am honored to be here. I am honored to make history and Eid Mubarak to all." In an Instagram post touting the trip to communist Cuba, Hirsi credited the People’s Forum, an organization that has received a documented $22.44 million from Singham, according to a Fox News Digital investigation. In the post, she noted that the U.S. "has long bullied Cuba with its sanctions and now this oil blockade is killing people." According to Fox News Digital reporting, Singham has funneled $278 million into a network of agitator groups across the country, with the People’s Forum and CodePink at the center of many heated demonstrations. Omar’s non-Congressional X account, which boasts 2.8 million followers, has interacted with her daughter’s account on the platform, mainly praising her political activism in posts that are then reposted by Hirsi. Hirsi’s social media presence has been less active on X, though she frequently reposted far-left accounts during her time at Barnard. "I am incredibly proud of Isra and everyone who made the trip to Cuba," Omar said in an X post that Hirsi then reposted. "They took tons of aid to make sure the people of Cuba knew that there are so many people across the world who stand in solidarity with them." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91d22059ccda1fcc14ba1 DHS startles Congress with request for millions to develop ICE ‘smart glasses’ te 2026-04-22T19:10:26.922Z DHS startles Congress with request for millions to develop ICE ‘smart glasses’ Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91aef059ccda1fcc14b26 Jack Nicholson's daughter calls out Hollywood's status-chasing elite in scathing new essay about modern L.A. te 2026-04-22T19:01:03.500Z Jack Nicholson's daughter calls out Hollywood's status-chasing elite in scathing new essay about modern L.A. Lorraine Nicholson, the daughter of Jack Nicholson, is calling out the status-chasing elite that have taken over Los Angeles. In a new essay published in W Magazine, the 36-year-old actress takes a satirical approach on modern-day Hollywood clout chasers and the true meaning behind what it means to be "somebody" among the rich and famous. "Being somebody in Hollywood doesn’t just mean having a bigger house or a better job. It means that when you’re at a party, women won’t peer over your shoulder to see who else has arrived, and men won’t interrupt you in the middle of a story to get a drink," Nicholson wrote. "It means that even if your latest blockbuster fails to perform, and regardless of whether you have a spot on the lot, you will always be treated with respect. It’s no wonder, then, that L.A. has established itself as the status-anxiety capital of the world, a city where people will chase clout to the grave." CATHERINE ZETA-JONES' DAUGHTER BORROWS HER 20-YEAR-OLD VINTAGE DRESS FOR NYC GALA In her piece, Nicholson paints a picture of what it's really like living in L.A. — a city filled with gym and sleep-obsessed Angelinos who thrive on supplements and status. "If you’re somebody in Hollywood, you work out. Even though you work out to be thin and attractive, you will never admit this," she quipped. "You will tell people it’s to be healthy. Ten years ago, to brag about your Equinox membership or your spot in a Tracy Anderson class would have been perfectly acceptable. Today you will work out with a personal trainer in a private gym that looks like an S&M dungeon." As far as dating, Nicholson said everyone is still on the celebrity dating app, Raya, comparing each other to unrealistic versions of themselves. FOX NEWS ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER: BRADLEY COOPER DENIES PLASTIC SURGERY, JENNY MCCARTHY SLAMS ‘THE VIEW’ "If you are a woman, you will be compared to former Victoria’s Secret models and the women on 'Dancing With the Stars.' But do not retouch your photos — remember, if you do manage to match with someone, you do not want to go through the humiliation of being compared to the image of yourself that you created, and to which you will never be able to live up." Ultimately, Nicholson wrote, all of these external things that some consider important don’t measure up to what truly matters in life. "These places do not complete your life in the way you hoped they would," wrote Nicholson. "And that’s part of what makes L.A. so great. This is a city where people who have tasted the upper echelons of status understand how little it means. It’s no coincidence that some of the biggest talents of our day—Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Charlize Theron—bring their mothers as their dates and have the same friends from the before times, before they were somebodies." In a 2023 interview with Vanity Fair, Nicholson opened up about what it was like growing up with a famous dad. "I believe my parents had a full-blown party in the room at Cedars-Sinai because adults are constantly coming up to me saying, ‘I was there the day you were born.’"  Lorraine’s parents, Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard, welcomed her into the world on April 16, 1990. The one-time couple also share a son, Ray, 31. As a child growing up in the celebrity scene in Los Angeles, Lorraine had her share of famous friends and neighbors. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER She told Vanity Fair that Hugh Hefner’s kids were her best friends and recalled enjoying meals at the Playboy Mansion. "At the Playboy Mansion, you could order any food you wanted. I would order pounds of mashed potatoes and peas," she said. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS In 2008, Jack spoke with AARP Magazine about his relationship with Lorraine and Ray. "We've always gotten along. I want to be inspirational, or some kind of good influence on them without overburdening them," he said at the time. "It's their time of life to find out who they are," he continued. "I always read to them, from childhood on; I think that's a father's responsibility. I took them to things I knew they might not love – opera, ballet. They like going to the ball games with me."  He added, "And they are very comfortable around show business; they are good set rats. They walked in on my death scene in ‘The Departed.' I said, ‘If I can get these two kids really worried, I'm doin' my job!’" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91ac8059ccda1fcc14b1a How the Southern Poverty Law Center Drew the Ire of Conservatives te 2026-04-22T19:00:24.198Z How the Southern Poverty Law Center Drew the Ire of Conservatives Before the Justice Department filed charges against it, the group had faced scandal and critiques from both the left and the right. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e918a1059ccda1fcc14ad2 Report: Phoenix ranks among the most polluted cities in the U.S. te 2026-04-22T18:51:13.197Z Report: Phoenix ranks among the most polluted cities in the U.S. Maricopa and Pinal counties were ranked by the American Lung Association as some of the most polluted places to live in the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91873059ccda1fcc14a86 From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? te 2026-04-22T18:50:27.307Z From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch's podcast for founders at every stage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91669059ccda1fcc14a31 Republicans eye ending government shutdowns forever over fears Dems will do it again te 2026-04-22T18:41:45.744Z Republicans eye ending government shutdowns forever over fears Dems will do it again Senate Republicans are worried that Democrats will force a government shutdown in the fall, and are eyeing ways to prevent government funding from being weaponized ever again. Republicans are in the early stages of funding federal immigration enforcement through the party-line budget reconciliation process — a maneuver that would cut Democrats out of the process altogether. The push comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains closed after Democrats more than 60 days ago refused to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unless Republicans agreed to stringent reforms, including warrant requirements and agents unmasking. SENATE TAKES FIRST STEP TO FUND ICE, BORDER PATROL IN BID TO CUT DEMS OUT OF THE FUNDING PROCESS Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said "it was a great idea," and claims conversations were ongoing about how to include a measure in the reconciliation package that could survive the strict Senate rules dictating what can and can’t be done through the partisan process. He told reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon that Republicans tried and failed during the government shutdown last year to pass legislation that would prevent future shutdowns. "If we could figure out a way to execute on that — anything that we can do that would ensure that the Democrats don't decide once again to play partisan political games with the function of our government would be a good outcome," Thune said. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who has pushed legislation to prevent shutdowns, was skeptical about whether Republicans could actually get that kind of measure into the broader package. HOUSE CONSERVATIVES RAGE AGAINST SENATE DHS SHUTDOWN DEAL "I would support that," Hawley told Fox News Digital. "Will that happen? It seems to me to be pretty unlikely. But I think this package is baked, the text is out, it is what it is." He warned that Congress likely "would be facing this again" when the current fiscal year ends in September because "the Democrats are in a hostage taking sort of mood." "And sadly, the hostages they're taking are for working people of this country," Hawley went on. "And if they shut down the government again in September, which they very well may, well, that would just be disastrous, I think." Democrats, however, view the GOP's reconciliation push as a prime opportunity to go on the offensive. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said his party will unload several amendments that target affordability issues in the country. SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS GOP AIMS TO SPEND LESS When asked if Democrats had overplayed their hand on immigration enforcement reforms now that Republicans plan to fund ICE and Border Patrol for three and a half years, Schumer countered that Americans wanted changes and that Republicans were "tied in a knot." "They're twisting themselves in a pretzel," the senior senator from New York said. "They're giving us an opportunity to emphasize the number one issue facing the American people in terms of reconciliation. So we Democrats are staunch and united in what we did." If Republicans can’t stop shutdowns, another option could be ensuring that federal workers are at least paid. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Fox News Digital that he’s been pushing the House — which has so far not voted on the Senate’s carve-out DHS funding bill — to include his Shutdown Fairness Act, which would pay federal employees during closures and possibly act as a sweetener to conservatives frustrated by the Senate’s bill. "I mean, they're pretty upset about, I guess, not really being informed in terms of what the Senate was gonna do here," Johnson said. "We were just doing what we could do to fund the agencies so we don't deplete the flexible funding we had in reconciliation, but the box ticking on that." "So, the sooner we pass the partial DHS funding bill — I just think if Democrats would allow that bill to be passed by unanimous consent, I think they [wouldn’t] have a hard time voting for that exact same bill if all we're adding is something their unions are lobbying hard to get," he continued. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91656059ccda1fcc14a28 Robots beat humans in half marathon te 2026-04-22T18:41:26.124Z Robots beat humans in half marathon At the end of a half marathon, runners are usually wiped out. That part looked normal in Beijing. What didn't look so normal was who crossed the finish line first. A humanoid robot named Lightning. While people slowed down and tried to catch their breath, the robots just stood there like nothing happened. No sweat. No fatigue. And the gap was not small. The winning robot, built by Honor, finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That beat the current human world record set by Jacob Kiplimo, who ran 57 minutes and 20 seconds. That is not a small improvement. It is a big jump. HOW 432 ROBOTS ARE RELOCATING A 7,500-TON HISTORIC BUILDING Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report This year tells a different story. Nearly half of the robots ran autonomously. No joystick. No remote operator guiding every step. They navigated the course on their own while running alongside human participants. The event included more than 100 robot teams from 13 provinces, alongside about 12,000 human runners, showing how quickly this space is growing. What matters more than the finish time is how they did it. Autonomy means these machines are starting to make real-time decisions in the real world. That is the same kind of challenge they would face in factories, warehouses or even homes.  The winning robot, nicknamed Lightning, was engineered with a clear goal. Engineers gave it long legs designed to mimic elite human runners. The stride length and cadence were tuned for efficiency over distance. They also borrowed technology from smartphones, including liquid cooling systems. That helped prevent overheating during sustained high-speed movement. Sensors and onboard computing allowed the robot to adjust its balance and path in real time. That is a big deal. Running is controlled falling. Doing that at speed without crashing requires constant correction. According to the engineers behind the project, the real goal is not racing. It is stress-testing systems. If a robot can run 13.1 miles at high speed without failing, it can likely handle long shifts in industrial settings without breaking down. The teams behind these machines are not claiming robots will replace marathon runners. That would miss the point. Instead, they see events like this as a proving ground. Engineers involved in the project say improvements in movement, cooling and structural durability will carry over into real-world uses. That includes manufacturing, logistics and potentially service roles. In other words, the race is a demo. The real product is reliability. And reliability is what makes robots useful where people actually need them. For all the headlines, this was not flawless. One robot fell at the start. Another collided with a barrier. Those moments matter. They show that even with record-breaking speed, humanoid robots still struggle with unexpected situations. Unexpected obstacles, sudden changes or minor errors can still cause failure. That gap between peak performance and consistent performance is where humans still have an edge. For now. It is easy to dismiss a robot race as a stunt. That would be a mistake. Running combines balance, endurance, decision-making and energy management. If robots are improving this quickly in one of the hardest physical tasks, progress in simpler tasks will move even faster. We are already seeing robots carry groceries, assist in kitchens and handle repetitive cleaning tasks. Add mobility and endurance at this level, and their usefulness expands quickly. This is how adoption happens. Quiet improvements, then sudden capability jumps that feel overnight. You are not about to get outrun by a robot at your local 5K. But you are getting closer to a world where robots show up in more parts of your daily life. Expect to see them in warehouses first, then in customer-facing roles where consistency matters more than personality. Over time, costs will drop, and capabilities will improve. That affects jobs, convenience and even how services are delivered. It also raises questions about safety, oversight and how much autonomy we are comfortable giving machines. JOB-KILLING ROBOT LEARNS AT WORK, AND IT’S COMING TO THE FACTORY FLOOR Think your devices and data are truly protected? Take this quick quiz to see where your digital habits stand. From passwords to Wi-Fi settings, you’ll get a personalized breakdown of what you’re doing right and what needs improvement. Take my Quiz here: Cyberguy.com. A robot winning a half marathon sounds like clickbait. But it is also a sign of where things are headed. Not because robots are faster, but because they are starting to run on their own in the real world. That is when this stops being interesting and starts becoming something you feel in your everyday life. Are you ready for a world where this is normal? If robots keep improving at this pace, where do you draw the line between helpful automation and something that starts to replace too much of what humans do? 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/69e9162e059ccda1fcc14a1d A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War te 2026-04-22T18:40:46.778Z A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91619059ccda1fcc14a01 Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia te 2026-04-22T18:40:25.604Z Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91413059ccda1fcc14925 APS shuts off power to parts of Flagstaff, surrounding areas on Wednesday te 2026-04-22T18:31:47.953Z APS shuts off power to parts of Flagstaff, surrounding areas on Wednesday Update: APS confirmed on Wednesday morning that electrical power to approximately 6,000 customers in parts of Flagstaff and nearby communities has been temporarily shut off to reduce the risk of wildfire ignition. The shutoff went into effect at 9 a.m.… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e913ff059ccda1fcc14917 Northern Arizona Oral Health Coaltion announces Oral Health Heroes for 2026 te 2026-04-22T18:31:27.593Z Northern Arizona Oral Health Coaltion announces Oral Health Heroes for 2026 Organization award was added this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e913e8059ccda1fcc148dc Twerking in class and calling herself a 'million-dollar prostitute' are signs something's up with the sub te 2026-04-22T18:31:04.850Z Twerking in class and calling herself a 'million-dollar prostitute' are signs something's up with the sub A substitute teacher in Lake County, Florida, had to be restrained and escorted out of a Lake Minneola High School classroom on Monday after "acting erratically" during class, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports. The school resource officer received an alert around 10:20 a.m. and arrived in the classroom to find the substitute teacher, Angela Faith Jourdan, yelling "incoherently" and saying that they should "put her in prison for life," according to News 6. LOUISIANA TEACHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE The sub was reportedly not following the lesson plan for the day at all. Instead, she was, according to investigators, slamming her hands on a desk and making inappropriate comments to the students. But that's not all she was supposedly up to while tasked with molding the minds of the youth. Deputies say she was "twerking" in the classroom and referring to herself as a "million dollar prostitute." IOWA SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDE FIRED OVER CHARLIE KIRK COMMENT FILES LAWSUIT That's where some more of the inappropriate comments come into play. She allegedly told students she would have sex with them. Again, I can confidently say, none of this was in the lesson plan for Monday morning. As if this wasn’t already enough of a disruption to the normal morning routine at the high school, the sub, who won't be up for any teacher of the year awards anytime soon, refused to leave the classroom on her own. The LCSO's report states, "Assistant Principal Pannett entered and instructed Ms. Jourdan to gather her belongings and leave the classroom. Ms. Jourdan refused, stating that she did not want to be (Tasered)." Jourdan was restrained and escorted to the office while investigators learned of a claim by one of the students that she had battered her. The student says she was yelled at, called a derogatory name and had the teacher's hands placed on her neck. I can’t state this enough: that too, was not in the lesson plan for the day. Jourdan was arrested and fired by Lake County Schools. She faces misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, simple battery and two counts of disruption of a school function. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e913d5059ccda1fcc148ca DOJ springs antisemitism review on blue state college after 'Lebanese resistance' fundraiser te 2026-04-22T18:30:45.178Z DOJ springs antisemitism review on blue state college after 'Lebanese resistance' fundraiser The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is opening an antisemitism investigation into the University of Washington after a student group at the school hosted a fundraiser for the "Lebanese resistance" group, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said Monday. "Tomorrow, a student group — SUPER UW — is holding a fundraising event for the "Lebanese resistance." This group has a history of violent antisemitic activity on University of Washington’s campus," Dhillon wrote on X Monday. "On Friday, I authorized a Civil Rights investigation of UW’s handling of antisemitism!" she concluded. ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS OCCUPY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BUILDING, 30 ARRESTED School officials quickly distanced themselves from the group that organized the event, noting that SUPER UW was no longer affiliated with the University and that the event was being held off campus, according to a report from Seattle Red. The school cut ties in May when SUPER UW, an acronym for Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return, took over a campus building resulting in property damage and arrests, Seattle Red reported. School President Ana Mari Cauce condemned the protesters at the time, calling their actions an "illegal building occupation." The school event went as far as trying to get Facebook to stop the group from using the UW name, a request Facebook has not complied with so far, according to the Washington State Standard. The University of Washington has already faced a Trump administration antisemitism review after anti-Israel protests last May, the same protests that led to SUPER-UW's campus expulsion. The school is now reportedly cooperating fully with the DOJ's investigation after being informed they were under a "compliance review," according to Seattle Red. Fox News Digital contacted the DOJ, University of Washington and Meta, which operates Facebook, for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e911cb059ccda1fcc14877 Pima County Attorney rejects GOP challenge to block ICE from ‘staging’ on county property te 2026-04-22T18:22:03.783Z Pima County Attorney rejects GOP challenge to block ICE from ‘staging’ on county property (Photo by Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com) A resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors in February barring the use of county property by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers does not violate state and federal law, the Pima County Attorney’s Office maintains. Earlier this month, Republican state legislators—led by Senate President Warren Petersen — filed a request for an investigation and asked Attorney General Kris Mayes to review the resolution. In his request filed on April 6, Petersen claimed its provisions “work to construct a county-wide, discriminatory barrier to federal civil immigration enforcement.” Samuel Brown, Pima’s chief civil deputy county attorney, rejected Petersen’s arguments last week. Rather, the resolution “describes locally directed purposes which in no way seek to regulate the federal government,” Brown told the state’s Solicitor General’s Office, writing on behalf of Pima County Attorney Laura Conover. Brown said the document “appropriately prohibits employees from granting consent for civil immigration enforcement activities in county facilities either ‘without a valid arrest warrant,’ or ‘except where such assistance is required by law.'” Mayes didn’t provide specifics about the review of the county’s ordinance when questioned by Tucson Sentinel Editor Dylan Smith on Friday’s Buckmaster radio show, but said that she tries to make decisions that come down on the side of local control. In mid-February, the Board of Supervisors passed Resolution 2026-10, which limits ICE agents from conducting civil immigration enforcement on county property without a judicial warrant, including blocking agents from using parking lots and other property for staging operations. Pima County’s largely symbolic measure allows ICE agents to use the local government’s property if they have a warrant issued by a judge. ICE has routinely used administrative warrants — signed by Homeland Security staffers rather than judges — to make arrests. Earlier this year, the agency sought to expand the use of administrative warrants, claiming they can use them to enter people’s homes. The supervisors also passed a resolution criticizing the widespread use of masks by federal agents, and called on ICE agents to “identify themselves as federal immigration officers, to make clear that they are not officers, agents, or employees” of Pima County. The resolutions passed 4-1 with Steve Christy, the board’s sole Republican, voting no on both. The county’s resolutions are part of a widespread backlash against ICE following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, and the killing of two people in Minneapolis by federal agents in January and February. Since then, Americans have soured on the agency as dozens of viral videos show agents abusing the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens and immigrants alike — often violently. In Tucson, ICE officers have used force, including “less-lethal” weapons against observers and protestors, including a recent incident in April in a Walgreens parking lot in South Tucson. Local leaders across the country have responded by attempting to limit how local police can operate with ICE and blocked the agency from using city or county property, the Vera Institute reported. This includes the Tucson City Council who passed their own resolution limiting ICE from staging or carrying out civil immigration enforcement on city-owned property. As part of the new regulation, the city will install signs with the prohibition, telling federal law enforcement officers they cannot use property for “civil law enforcement or civil immigration enforcement.” The regulation would also create protocols on how the city would respond to requests from law enforcement agencies who want to use city property or resources. On April 6, Petersen—joined by fellow Republican lawmakers T.J. Shope and John Kavanaugh—asked the attorney general to investigate whether the county’s resolution violates state law, which states that no official or agency may limit or restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Petersen argued the resolution would include local law enforcement, who could block ICE agents from local correctional facilities, police departments, and prevent ICE access to courthouses. “Under the resolution then, any member of the public can walk into a county building and ask for directions or use a parking lot while a federal immigration officer cannot,” Petersen claimed. “Accordingly, the resolution limits and restricts ICE’s ability to comply with the congressional mandate to inspect, investigate, arrest, detain, and remove” people suspected of being in the country without authorization.” Petersen added the requirement ICE officials seek judicial warrants, rather than administrative memos issued by the agency’s own employees, demands a document Congress never required officials to obtain. Homeland Security officials have defended the use of administrative warrants, arguing these documents were created for people who have had “full due process and a final order of removal” from immigration judges — employees of the Justice Department — and courts regularly allowed these documents because immigrants “aren’t entitled to the same Fourth Amendment protections as U.S. citizens,” DHS officials said. DHS officials added that “because Congress hasn’t created a mechanism to obtain a judicial warrant, this meant that under previous presidential administrations, ICE would sit outside the homes of fugitive aliens waiting for them to come outside before arresting them.” DHS also blamed “deep-state actors” in the federal government “who have for decades told ICE officers that they may not enter a fugitive alien’s home even with a final order of removal and administrative warrant.” Petersen is running for attorney general this year, and would face Mayes on the ballot in November if he wins the Republican primary against perennial candidate Rodney Glassman. “The county must abide by Arizona law,” Petersen wrote, adding that state law “prohibits counties from restricting federal immigration enforcement” and the state constitution “recognizes the supremacy of federal law. We respectfully request that the attorney general investigate, conclude that the resolution does violate state law, and initiate proceedings.” Under Senate Bill 1487, Arizona legislators can demand an investigation over whether local resolutions violate state law. State representative Quang Nguyen, also a Republican, made a similar demand for an investigation against the city of Phoenix for its resolution limiting the use of city-owned property for immigration enforcement. Phoenix tells AG Mayes its ban on ICE staging areas doesn’t violate state law The city of Phoenix argued federal law does not entitle federal agents to use municipal property as a staging area, processing location, or operations base for civil law enforcement purposes. “Similarly, no federal law requires cities to make their properties available to federal agents to enforce federal immigration laws,” wrote Julie Kriegh, a city of Phoenix attorney. Even if the Phoenix limitations “may have some indirect or ancillary impact on federal immigration enforcement, such impact does not limit or restrict immigration enforcement ‘to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.'” “In the specific context of immigration enforcement, courts have consistently drawn a line between active obstruction of federal enforcement (impermissible) and the decision not to affirmatively provide resources for federal purposes (permissible),” Kriegh added. Brown told the AG’s Office the resolution does not violate state or federal law because the resolution expressly includes language noting it restrict the “execution of court orders or lawful judicial warrants,” limit assistance with investigations, or limit the enforcement of federal immigration laws to “less than the full extent permitted by federal law.” He noted that Petersen, nor the other Republicans could point to “any federal law requiring a county to grant federal agents unfettered access to county property upon a showing of an administrative warrant.” “The question here is whether federal law grants to immigration officers unfettered access to county property upon a showing of an administrative order. It does not,” he said. “Under Arizona law, Pima County officials may restrict or limit immigration officials to the extent that federal law itself restricts said officials.” The AG’s office has 30 days to review the matter and issue a report whether a local action violates state law. This story was originally published by TucsonSentinel.com and is republished here with permission. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e911b6059ccda1fcc14858 Phillies players scatter as rat runs along dugout during another loss, extending seven-game skid te 2026-04-22T18:21:42.130Z Phillies players scatter as rat runs along dugout during another loss, extending seven-game skid The Philadelphia Phillies are rivaling the New York Mets in more ways than one. The NL East foes have combined to lose 19 consecutive games, with the Mets' streak at 12 and the Phillies' at seven after Tuesday night. But aside from a mark in the loss column, there was another horrifying sight for the Phillies during their game at Wrigley Field. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM At some point during the game, a fan spotted a rat near the Phillies' on-deck circle, and it proceeded to skitter along their dugout. The rat scared several players from their place in the dugout, as well as some other staffers at the field. Of course, the Mets were beneficiaries of a black cat running across the Chicago Cubs' dugout in 1969. But for the Phillies, things just appear to be going from bad to worse. And there's no rhyme or reason to think this will help the cause in Philadelphia. YANKEES' 120-YEAR TRADITION IN JEOPARDY AS PLAYERS PITCH IDEA OF ALTERNATE ROAD JERSEY: REPORT The Phillies are 8-15, one game ahead of the lowly Mets. Their .218 batting average is the second-worst in the league, and their 80 runs are the third-fewest. The Phillies tied the game at one in the top of the sixth with a Kyle Schwarber solo homer but proceeded to allow five unanswered runs in the next two innings. Bryce Harper hit a two-run blast in the top of the eighth to try to get a rally going, but the Cubs scored another insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. The Phillies had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth, but Edmundo Sosa flied out, and Trea Turner popped out to end the threat and the game. Rats. 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/69e911a2059ccda1fcc1484f Killer admits to decades-old cold case slaying after investigators lean on new forensic evidence: officials te 2026-04-22T18:21:22.671Z Killer admits to decades-old cold case slaying after investigators lean on new forensic evidence: officials A man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to the four-decades-old cold case slaying of his girlfriend in Oregon.  Mark Sanfratello, 73, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison stemming from the death of his girlfriend, Teresa Peroni, in 1983, according to the Oregon Department of Justice. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. "For Teresa Peroni’s family, this has been a 43-year wait for an answer they never should have had to wait for," Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said in a press release.  WIFE CUFFED IN HUSBAND'S DECADES-LONG MURDER MYSTERY AS COPS CITE NEW BREAK "Cases like this remind us of why we don’t give up. It doesn’t matter how many years have passed – if someone took a life, we’re going to keep working until we can hold them accountable," Rayfield added. Peroni, who was 27 years old, was last seen walking into the woods with Sanfratello, her boyfriend at the time, after the pair attended a house party together in Selma. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X She was reported missing shortly after, with authorities deeming her disappearance suspicious. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER However, investigators were unable to secure sufficient evidence to bring charges against any individual at the time.  SEND US A TIP HERE In 1997, a human skull belonging to Peroni was found on a nearby private property, but no additional remains were discovered.  LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Authorities decided to reopen the case in 2024, in which investigators "reinterviewed witnesses, collected new DNA evidence and applied modern forensic techniques to build a case against Sanfratello," prosecutors said.   One year later, in July 2025, Sanfratello was taken into custody in Chico, California and indicted on first-degree manslaughter charges after being extradited to Oregon, later pleading guilty in Josephine County Circuit Court. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Under the terms of his plea agreement with prosecutors, Sanfratello will serve a minimum of 10 years in prison.  The Oregon Department of Justice and Sanfratello’s attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9118f059ccda1fcc14846 Jeffries calls Trump 'dumbest person ever' to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue te 2026-04-22T18:21:03.076Z Jeffries calls Trump 'dumbest person ever' to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called President Donald Trump the "dumbest person" to ever sit at the White House during an interview Tuesday. The president previously called Jeffries a "low IQ person" on Tuesday and said he was always ranting about the war in Iran. MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell asked the House Minority Leader to respond to the president's comments. "Well, it’s an extraordinary insult, but he continues to repeat it. And what’s so ironic is that Donald Trump is clearly the dumbest person ever to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," Jeffries said. Jeffries said Trump and Republicans have failed America. DEMS DISMISS CALLS FOR APOLOGY AFTER JEFFRIES VOWS 'FIGHT' AGAINST TRUMP AGENDA 'IN THE STREETS' "But most importantly, Lawrence, this guy and Republicans have completely and totally failed America. They failed on the economy, failed on healthcare, failed on immigration enforcement," he said. "And now they’ve gotten us into a reckless and costly war of choice, where more than a dozen Americans, brave heroes, have already lost their lives," Jeffries continued. "Over 400 are seriously injured, and we’re wasting billions of dollars dropping bombs in the Middle East. And these guys won’t spend a dime to actually make life more affordable for the American people." The president also referred to Jeffries as a "low-IQ person" in a Truth Social post Tuesday Morning.  "Never allow the Traitor Democrats like Low IQ person Hakeem Jeffries, or Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, or the totally corrupt Fake News Media such as the phony and decaying Wall Street Journal, the Failing New York Times (Subscriptions way down!), or dying "60 Minutes," to demean or criticize Operation Midnight Hammer, which totally obliterated the Nuclear Dust locations to the point where bloodthirsty Iran has been unable to get to it, or dig it out," Trump wrote. Jeffries recently told Trump to "keep his reckless mouth shut" after the president called the Democratic Party the greatest enemy America has in a post to Truth Social. DEMS STAGE 12-HOUR 'MORAL MOMENT' AT US CAPITOL, REJECTING TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' "Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democratic Party!" the president wrote on Truth Social in March. "Donald Trump should keep his reckless mouth shut before he gets somebody killed," Jeffries said. Jeffries also praised Democrats in Virginia for their redistricting effort in the state after voters narrowly passed a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections, according to the Associated Press.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. "I’m so thankful for what has transpired," Jeffries told O'Donnell. "The Republicans ordered by Donald Trump all across the country were trying to gerrymander the national congressional map as part of their scheme to rig the midterm elections. And they thought that Democrats were going to step back. We made clear from the very beginning that we were going to fight back." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e91165059ccda1fcc14822 Jones & Glueck homer as Pima baseball scores 13 in 2nd to run-rule Phoenix College te 2026-04-22T18:20:21.874Z Jones & Glueck homer as Pima baseball scores 13 in 2nd to run-rule Phoenix College Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90f51059ccda1fcc1475c EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood set for massive taxpayer windfall if Senate fails to act te 2026-04-22T18:11:29.001Z EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood set for massive taxpayer windfall if Senate fails to act EXCLUSIVE: A coalition of pro-life groups, including Lila Rose’s Live Action, Students for Life, CatholicVote and others, is urging the Senate to take urgent action to enact a decade-long ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers before a July 4 deadline. Senate Republicans hope to nail down the first step of their party-line funding package for immigration operations this week.  The current prohibition on federal tax dollar funding for abortion businesses, which President Donald Trump signed as part of last year’s budget bill, is set to expire this Independence Day. With the deadline fast approaching and congressional majorities subject to change this November, the groups stressed in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune that the lives of unborn children — and hundreds of millions in annual tax dollars — are at stake. In their letter to Thune, the pro-life leaders wrote that extending the prohibition is a matter of urgent fiscal responsibility, saying the "financial stakes are significant" and that a 10-year extension "would represent one of the most meaningful pro-taxpayer reforms Congress can enact." PRO-LIFE GROUPS WARN TRUMP HYDE AMENDMENT IS 'NON-NEGOTIABLE' AFTER FLEXIBILITY REMARKS Before the big, beautiful bill’s provision took effect, Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in America, received nearly $800 million annually in taxpayer funding, primarily through federal health programs. The letter asserts that "at a time of historic federal debt and growing budgetary pressure, continuing to subsidize the abortion industry is neither fiscally responsible nor defensible." Though federal law bans taxpayer money from covering most abortions, many Republicans have long argued that abortion businesses such as Planned Parenthood use Medicaid money for other health services to subsidize abortion. Under the tax provision in Trump's 2025 spending bill, Medicaid payments are barred from going to abortion businesses, including Planned Parenthood. The letter states that this prohibition "reflected longstanding concerns that many of the nation’s largest abortion businesses engage in activities that extend beyond traditional healthcare services."  These services, the letter says, include "providing and promoting abortion as a core organizational activity," offering or referring for gender transition interventions, including for minors, and delivering sex education programs that "promote inappropriate content to minors while denying parents meaningful transparency." The letter states that the budget reconciliation process "remains the appropriate and proven legislative vehicle to achieve this objective" and that "defunding provisions fall squarely within reconciliation’s fiscal and policy scope." "As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of American independence," the pro-life leaders argue that "Congress has an obligation to ensure that federal spending reflects fiscal discipline, accountability, and respect for life." PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATION CALLS ON HHS AND FDA TO SUSPEND ABORTION PILL APPROVAL, TIGHTEN SAFETY RULES They further framed a ten-year extension as consistent with longstanding bipartisan precedent separating abortion from federal spending. Such an extension, the letter says, would also "provide long-term policy stability, protect taxpayers, and prevent future administrations from restoring funding through executive action alone." In response, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood shared a statement in which the organization slammed Republicans for including a provision to make the prohibition permanent in a 2026 reconciliation package framework released by the Republican Study Committee. Planned Parenthood has said that 23 of its health clinics have been forced to close due to Trump's spending bill. More than 50 clinics closed in 18 states last year, with most located in the Midwest. The organization called the 2025 budget bill’s bar on federal dollars for abortion businesses "unconstitutional," adding that the closure of its locations has left "thousands of patients with fewer options, higher costs, and less freedom to make their own decisions about their lives, bodies, and futures." Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said that "any member of Congress who supports this proposal is choosing to sacrifice our health care system and Planned Parenthood health center patients who already struggle to get care, just so they can score points for their anti-abortion agenda," adding that "people’s ability to get the health care they need is on the line." "President Trump and his backers in Congress have already caused irreparable harm when they passed a law ‘defunding’ Planned Parenthood," said Johnson, concluding that "Planned Parenthood Action Fund will never stop fighting to protect everyone’s access to sexual and reproductive healthcare." SENATE GOP READYING PARTY-LINE FUNDING BILL DESPITE DIVISIONS, ANGER AT THE HOUSE Meanwhile, Rose emphasized in a statement to Fox News Digital that "if Congress does not act, the abortion industry will once again have access to hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars." "This letter makes clear why that cannot be allowed to happen," wrote Rose, adding, "Planned Parenthood’s core business is abortion. It exists to kill preborn children for profit. It has also become a major promoter of gender ideology, including puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for minors." "The Senate should use reconciliation again and enact the strongest defunding measure possible under the law," she added. "American taxpayers should never be forced to subsidize an industry that distributes cross sex hormones to vulnerable kids and kills millions of preborn American babies through abortion every year." In addition to Rose, the letter was signed by Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins, Catholic Vote President Kelsey Reinhardt, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser and 34 other pro-life leaders from across the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90f3d059ccda1fcc14752 Ex-Alabama girls' high school basketball coach charged with ‘deviant’ sex with student , dumped by husband te 2026-04-22T18:11:09.201Z Ex-Alabama girls' high school basketball coach charged with ‘deviant’ sex with student , dumped by husband A former Alabama girls' high school basketball coach, who was once pegged as a great role model for young people, is charged with deviant sexual intercourse with a student, among other crimes. Paige Adams, 35, was arrested Tuesday after a grand jury indicted her on more than 30 sex crimes. The indictment came less than a month after she resigned from Cold Springs High School following a complaint received by the school officials. The charges include distributing obscene material to a student, one count of a school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19, and one count of a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student, CBS42 reported. NEW JERSEY TEACHER WHO SLEPT WITH STUDENTS AT FAMILY BAGEL SHOP LEARNS PRISON SENTENCE "This 32-count grand jury indictment speaks for itself," Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker told the news outlet. It was not immediately clear how old the student was at the time of Adams' alleged misconduct. Adams led the school's girls' basketball team for one season. Her husband, Drew—who filed for divorce following her resignation—coaches the boys' team. During her lone season as coach, Adams led the team to a 23–11 record, winning the area championship and appearing in the AHSAA Final Four. She was once lauded by Cullman County Schools Superintendent Shane Barnette as "a great role model for the young people of Cullman County," 1819 News reported. HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FACING MORE THAN 300 FELONY CHARGES IN ALLEGED SEXTORTION SCHEME TARGETING MINORS: REPORTS "This is the first formal complaint I have received regarding this employee," Barnette said in a statement posted to social media. "As soon as the concern was brought forward, an investigation was immediately initiated. The employee chose to resign at that time." In 2017, Adams left Holly Pond High School, another school in the same district, after just one season, 1819 News reported. The reason for her departure was not specified. "It was definitely hard," she said. "I prayed about it a lot, and I felt like God was leading me in a different direction that I plan on pursuing. You have to do what's best for you and your family sometimes," Adams said following that resignation. Adams and her husband have been married for 15 years. Adams was released from jail after posting a $225,000 bond but is forced to wear an electronic monitoring device, local media reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90f14059ccda1fcc14737 Rep. David Scott, Longtime Georgia Lawmaker, Dies at 80 te 2026-04-22T18:10:28.711Z Rep. David Scott, Longtime Georgia Lawmaker, Dies at 80 The former Georgia state lawmaker was an advocate for issues that affected Black communities. He drew attention for his refusal to exit politics amid health problems. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90cf7059ccda1fcc14673 EXCLUSIVE: Pro-life groups ramp up pressure on Senate to act before Planned Parenthood funding ban expires te 2026-04-22T18:01:27.890Z EXCLUSIVE: Pro-life groups ramp up pressure on Senate to act before Planned Parenthood funding ban expires EXCLUSIVE: A coalition of pro-life groups, including Lila Rose’s Live Action, Students for Life, CatholicVote and others, is urging the Senate to take urgent action to enact a decade-long ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers before a July 4 deadline. Senate Republicans hope to nail down the first step of their party-line funding package for immigration operations this week.  The current prohibition on federal tax dollar funding for abortion businesses, which President Donald Trump signed as part of last year’s budget bill, is set to expire this Independence Day. With the deadline fast approaching and congressional majorities subject to change this November, the groups stressed in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune that the lives of unborn children — and hundreds of millions in annual tax dollars — are at stake. In their letter to Thune, the pro-life leaders wrote that extending the prohibition is a matter of urgent fiscal responsibility, saying the "financial stakes are significant" and that a 10-year extension "would represent one of the most meaningful pro-taxpayer reforms Congress can enact." PRO-LIFE GROUPS WARN TRUMP HYDE AMENDMENT IS 'NON-NEGOTIABLE' AFTER FLEXIBILITY REMARKS Before the big, beautiful bill’s provision took effect, Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in America, received nearly $800 million annually in taxpayer funding, primarily through federal health programs. The letter asserts that "at a time of historic federal debt and growing budgetary pressure, continuing to subsidize the abortion industry is neither fiscally responsible nor defensible." Though federal law bans taxpayer money from covering most abortions, many Republicans have long argued that abortion businesses such as Planned Parenthood use Medicaid money for other health services to subsidize abortion. Under the tax provision in Trump's 2025 spending bill, Medicaid payments are barred from going to abortion businesses, including Planned Parenthood. The letter states that this prohibition "reflected longstanding concerns that many of the nation’s largest abortion businesses engage in activities that extend beyond traditional healthcare services."  These services, the letter says, include "providing and promoting abortion as a core organizational activity," offering or referring for gender transition interventions, including for minors, and delivering sex education programs that "promote inappropriate content to minors while denying parents meaningful transparency." The letter states that the budget reconciliation process "remains the appropriate and proven legislative vehicle to achieve this objective" and that "defunding provisions fall squarely within reconciliation’s fiscal and policy scope." "As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of American independence," the pro-life leaders argue that "Congress has an obligation to ensure that federal spending reflects fiscal discipline, accountability, and respect for life." PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATION CALLS ON HHS AND FDA TO SUSPEND ABORTION PILL APPROVAL, TIGHTEN SAFETY RULES They further framed a ten-year extension as consistent with longstanding bipartisan precedent separating abortion from federal spending. Such an extension, the letter says, would also "provide long-term policy stability, protect taxpayers, and prevent future administrations from restoring funding through executive action alone." In response, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood shared a statement in which the organization slammed Republicans for including a provision to make the prohibition permanent in a 2026 reconciliation package framework released by the Republican Study Committee. Planned Parenthood has said that 23 of its health clinics have been forced to close due to Trump's spending bill. More than 50 clinics closed in 18 states last year, with most located in the Midwest. The organization called the 2025 budget bill’s bar on federal dollars for abortion businesses "unconstitutional," adding that the closure of its locations has left "thousands of patients with fewer options, higher costs, and less freedom to make their own decisions about their lives, bodies, and futures." Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said that "any member of Congress who supports this proposal is choosing to sacrifice our health care system and Planned Parenthood health center patients who already struggle to get care, just so they can score points for their anti-abortion agenda," adding that "people’s ability to get the health care they need is on the line." "President Trump and his backers in Congress have already caused irreparable harm when they passed a law ‘defunding’ Planned Parenthood," said Johnson, concluding that "Planned Parenthood Action Fund will never stop fighting to protect everyone’s access to sexual and reproductive healthcare." SENATE GOP READYING PARTY-LINE FUNDING BILL DESPITE DIVISIONS, ANGER AT THE HOUSE Meanwhile, Rose emphasized in a statement to Fox News Digital that "if Congress does not act, the abortion industry will once again have access to hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars." "This letter makes clear why that cannot be allowed to happen," wrote Rose, adding, "Planned Parenthood’s core business is abortion. It exists to kill preborn children for profit. It has also become a major promoter of gender ideology, including puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for minors." "The Senate should use reconciliation again and enact the strongest defunding measure possible under the law," she added. "American taxpayers should never be forced to subsidize an industry that distributes cross sex hormones to vulnerable kids and kills millions of preborn American babies through abortion every year." In addition to Rose, the letter was signed by Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins, Catholic Vote President Kelsey Reinhardt, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser and 34 other pro-life leaders from across the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90ce4059ccda1fcc14661 Trump claims Iran 'starving for cash,' 'collapsing financially' after extending ceasefire te 2026-04-22T18:01:08.029Z Trump claims Iran 'starving for cash,' 'collapsing financially' after extending ceasefire President Donald Trump said Iran is "starving for cash" after extending the ceasefire deadline, arguing that the regime is losing hundreds of millions of dollar a day due to the U.S.-enforced blockade. Trump claims that that the foreign nation is "collapsing financially." "Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open so they can make $500 Million Dollars a day (which is, therefore, what they are losing if it is closed!). They only say they want it closed because I have it totally BLOCKADED (CLOSED!), so they merely want to 'save face.' People approached me four days ago, saying, 'Sir, Iran wants to open up the Strait, immediately.' But if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!" he declared in a Tuesday night Truth Social post. IRAN THREATENS 'NEW CARDS' ON BATTLEFIELD AS CEASEFIRE WANES "Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately- Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS!!!" the president claimed in another Tuesday night post. Trump had indicated in a Tuesday afternoon Truth Social post that he would extend the ceasefire. "Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal," Trump declared in the post. "I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other," he added. KEITH KELLOGG URGES US TO 'FINISH THE JOB' AGAINST IRAN BY SEIZING ISLANDS, STRANGLING ECONOMY Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi had declared in a post on X that "Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire. Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation. Iran knows how to neutralize restrictions, how to defend its interests, and how to resist bullying." Iran reportedly fired upon three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.  The Associated Press contributed to this report Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90cb5059ccda1fcc14627 Chris Sheafe shaped Tucson's downtown development te 2026-04-22T18:00:21.479Z Chris Sheafe shaped Tucson's downtown development Chris Sheafe spent nearly 15 years helping turn Rio Nuevo from what its chairman called a "holy mess" into one of Tucson's most consequential economic development engines. He died April 8 in a plane crash at Marana Regional Airport, along with his wife, Jacque. Before joining Rio Nuevo, Sheafe had already spent decades shaping Tucson's built environment. A University of Washington and Arizona State University graduate who got his start in Seattle commercial development, he moved to Arizona in 1970 and joined Estes Homes in 1976, becoming a partner in 1981. He worked on many notable projects, including the Ventana Hotel, Ventana Country Club and surrounding residential community in northeast Tucson. Beyond real estate, Sheafe served as the 2010 chairman of the Tucson International Airport Authority and was active on the Pima County Bond Committee, the Southern Arizona Homebuilders Association and the board of TREO, among other civic roles. Sheafe was appointed to Rio Nuevo's board in 2012, working closely with his colleague and friend Fletcher McCusker, who chairs the organization. Rio Nuevo is a Tax Increment Finance District funded by a portion of state sales tax dollars and accountable to the Arizona State Legislature. McCusker called Rio Nuevo at the time a "holy mess," saying he and other board members were given just six months to stabilize the organization before the state would shut it down. McCusker recalls feeling grateful to have someone as seasoned as Sheafe by his side, saying his experience in finance, real estate and private partnerships made him the perfect candidate to become Rio Nuevo's treasurer. Sheafe became deeply involved with everything about the organization, reviewing every check, every budget draft and every decision that involved money. "We always consulted Chris; he knew where literally every penny went. His talent is irreplaceable," McCusker said. Rio Nuevo, the Tax Increment Finance District that Chris Sheafe helped stabilize and grow since 2012, has played a central role in shaping downtown Tucson's development. Diana Ramos / Tucson Spotlight. Not only did Rio Nuevo survive that first six months, the board was recently granted a 10-year extension. McCusker said this is due in large part to how financially astute the board has become, which he attributes mostly to Sheafe. Over the years, the board developed a formula for economic development that often began with Sheafe making the first motion to act on a project. "Chris lived for the moment to get business done," McCusker said. "I'm not sure who's going to make a motion in our next meeting." Sheafe's dry wit, McCusker said, kept Rio Nuevo's meetings from feeling like a grind. "We take the job seriously. We manage the crises seriously. We have great respect for one another, but it doesn't bear down on us," McCusker said. "We just have too much fun with what we do." McCusker called Sheafe the kindest person, "a rare breed of cool, calm, and collected, but also intelligent and experienced." McCusker said Sheafe was proud of everything the board accomplished downtown, but never needed to be in the spotlight for it, a reflection, McCusker said, of his humility. There have been conversations in the weeks since Sheafe's passing about the best way to honor his legacy, but the board said it will defer to his family's wishes and hold off on planning any memorials. Rio Nuevo is still in a state of shock. Sheafe was in the middle of drafting the organization's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and McCusker is now working with Arizona Senate President Warren Peterson to find someone with a comparable skillset, though he acknowledged those are big shoes to fill. "The intuitive way to get business done belongs only to Mr. Chris Sheafe," McCusker said. "His leadership will be sorely missed." Ahva Ghazanfari is a University of Arizona student and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at ahvanghazanfari@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90a9c059ccda1fcc145ce Troy Aikman is selling 'fire suites,' which are exactly what they sound like te 2026-04-22T17:51:24.528Z Troy Aikman is selling 'fire suites,' which are exactly what they sound like Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman still makes a pretty penny hanging out in the broadcast booth, but that doesn't mean he's without some off-field business ventures. And one of them has me extremely upset. Not because it's bad, but because I didn't think of it. Do you like concerts? Of course you do. MEET THE MAN WHO BROUGHT THE ENERGY TO PBR STAMPEDE DAYS IN NASHVILLE Do you like sitting around a fire with some pals? Who doesn't?! Well, what if you could sit around a fire at a concert, and all it would cost you is $480,000 for a suite with four seats and a fire pit, but you can rent it out for some sweet, sweet (suite?) passive income? Now you can with a genuine "Luxe Fire Suite" from the folks at Venu... who run venues. FORMER NFL STARS EXPRESS IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING, PLAYING AMID THE RISE IN SPORTS BETTING Take it away, Troy! I am so disappointed in myself. The last time I went to a concert, I had the chance to say, "Hey, what if there were a bunch of fires in the audience like it's Woodstock '99, but we toned it down so it's nothing like Woodstock '99, and we charge people about half a million dollars and up for it." That's why I'm just a very handsome writer and not an entrepreneur. But good for Troy for throwing his money behind this endeavor, because I think it's brilliant. We've had fire since the first caveman rubbed two sticks together as a goof and accidentally became one of history's greatest visionaries. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Now, someone is taking his idea and running with it, and they've got Troy Aikman giving it his stamp of approval. People will eat this up. Think how much you can one-up someone who owns a suite that you can't light a fire in? "...Oh, you have a suite as well, eh? Tell me, where is the fire pit in yours? ...Ah, I'm sorry, I was under the impression you also had a genuine Venu brand Luxe Fire Suite. Well, we all need something to aspire to. Uh, Jeeves, another round of cognac, please. Here's to open flames at concerts..." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90a88059ccda1fcc145c5 Influencer accusing Stefon Diggs of sexual assault wants NFL star to fork over his financial records te 2026-04-22T17:51:04.785Z Influencer accusing Stefon Diggs of sexual assault wants NFL star to fork over his financial records The legal battle between Stefon Diggs and the influencer who accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting him just took another turn. Now, the wide receiver could be forced to open his books. Christopher Blake Griffith, the social media personality at the center of the case, is asking a judge to force Diggs to hand over his financial records as part of the ongoing dispute. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! According to new court filings, Griffith’s legal team filed a motion to compel Diggs to produce evidence showing how the allegations have impacted him financially. Griffith claims Diggs has been dragging his feet in the discovery process. The NFL star "does not get to sue and hide," Griffith’s attorney said Griffith’s team also accuses Diggs of trying to block the discovery process, saying he is attempting to "obstruct any discovery" and "can’t have it both ways." STEFON DIGGS SUES INFLUENCER WHO ACCUSED HIM OF DRUGGING, SEXUAL ASSAULT Griffith claims the All-Pro receiver "drugged and sexually assaulted" him on May 22, 2023, and "conspired" to have him killed to "suppress his gay/bisexual secrets from becoming exposed." In October, Diggs filed a defamation lawsuit against Griffith, accusing the influencer of fabricating the allegations for attention. In that lawsuit, Diggs claimed Griffith "intentionally and knowingly lied for online clout," and that the accusations caused serious damage to his reputation. Griffith, meanwhile, has doubled down in a countersuit, maintaining that he was the victim and accusing Diggs of trying to silence him through legal action. Now, the fight is shifting toward finances, with Griffith seeking proof that Diggs actually suffered the damages he claims. It’s just the latest legal headache for Diggs, who is also dealing with a separate case involving his former personal chef. In that matter, he has been charged with felony strangulation or suffocation, and misdemeanor assault and battery, after police accused him of striking and choking the woman during a financial dispute. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90a74059ccda1fcc145bc Graduation gifts under $50 for every grad, from kindergarten to college te 2026-04-22T17:50:44.922Z Graduation gifts under $50 for every grad, from kindergarten to college Graduation season is in full swing, and shoppers are looking for gifts that are both thoughtful and practical. Whether the grads in your life have just finished kindergarten, high school or college, these picks meet a range of needs and milestones — and will actually be used. 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It attaches to luggage, keys and other belongings and tracks them through Apple's Find My network. If something goes missing, you can set alerts to help locate it quickly.  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/69e90894059ccda1fcc14545 What Virginia’s redistricting vote really means for Democrats and Republicans te 2026-04-22T17:42:44.560Z What Virginia’s redistricting vote really means for Democrats and Republicans Virginia Democrats got their number last night. But what they got was not a mandate, it was a margin. A razor-thin, 3-point squeaker that cost them $64 million in dark money to pull off, in a state where the governor won by 15 points just one year ago. If this is what victory looks like for Democrats, Republicans should be encouraged. Let's be honest about what happened on April 21. Voters across Virginia were asked to ratify an amendment that a sitting circuit court judge had already declared void, not once, but twice, calling it a "blatant abuse of power." They were sold the word "fairness" on the ballot while Democrats designed a map that hands them 10 of Virginia's 11 congressional districts. They were told this was about the people's voice, funded by $93 million in largely anonymous cash, with $40 million flowing from House Democrat leadership's own political operation. If they were doing the right thing, they wouldn't have had to buy the election. And the people of Virginia, particularly in rural communities, saw through it. Early voting was up across 70+ rural Republican localities. Lee County, Scott County, Alleghany County, communities that rarely make national headlines, turned out in force to say no to a gerrymander designed in a backroom by the same Richmond politicians who raised taxes and cultivated failing schools. That energy is real, it's not going away, and we are going to need it in November. SOROS-BACKED GROUP AMONG LIBERAL ORGS PUMPING EYE-POPPING CASH INTO VIRGINIA GERRYMANDERING EFFORT But Democrats’ celebrations of the vote might be premature. The vote is not the final word. The Virginia Supreme Court has already told both sides exactly what comes next. Before allowing the referendum to proceed, the justices wrote that "if the electorate approves the proposed amendment, we then must exercise our constitutional duty to review lower courts' declaratory judgments... and address de novo what equitable remedies, if any, are appropriate." In plain English: the Court reserved the right to strike this map down, and it set a briefing deadline for tomorrow, April 23. The legal fight is not over. The constitutional defects here are not minor. Democrats jammed this amendment through a special session that was called exclusively to address the state budget, then expanded it to rewrite the rules of congressional representation. They skipped the required 90-day public notice. And they passed the amendment while over one million Virginians were already casting ballots in the 2025 general election, a direct violation of Virginia's constitutional requirement that amendments pass before an election takes place. A judge found all three violations. The Supreme Court of Virginia must now decide whether it will enforce its own constitution or stand down because Democrats ran a successful, and expensive, public pressure campaign. Now, we have to trust the Court to do its job. And if the Court does its job, Republicans must be ready to fight the next battle. The RNC, the NRCC, Congressmen Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith filed suit because the process was corrupt from the start, not because Republicans are afraid of competition. We are not afraid of competition. We are afraid of a system where constitutional guardrails are demolished whenever the other side decides they're inconvenient. Today it's Virginia. Tomorrow it's your state. This is the broader war Democrats have declared. When President Trump and Republican governors used the legal redistricting process to draw competitive maps in Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina, Democrats screamed about gerrymandering. Then they turned around and drew a map in Virginia that is, by any objective measure, the most aggressively gerrymandered congressional map in the country. It splits Prince William County across five separate congressional districts as well as Fairfax County into five separate congressional districts. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Republican women across this country need to understand what is at stake. If this map stands, Democrats could pick up four House seats in Virginia alone, potentially enough to flip the majority and end the legislative agenda that is delivering for American families. So here is my message to Republican women in Virginia and across the country: last night was a setback, not a surrender. The courts must consider the referendum’s wobbly constitutionality. Our lawyers are still fighting. Our voters showed up in record numbers in places no one expected. And when the Virginia Supreme Court issues its ruling, potentially within weeks, we need to be ready to mobilize, organize, and amplify whatever comes next. They spent $64 million to win by 3 points in a friendly state. We need to spend our energy making sure that investment never pays off. Fight on. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90881059ccda1fcc1453c Whoopi Goldberg demands 'everybody stop with the redistricting' following Virginia vote te 2026-04-22T17:42:25.105Z Whoopi Goldberg demands 'everybody stop with the redistricting' following Virginia vote "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg demanded an end to redistricting efforts from both sides during "The View" on Wednesday, after Virginia voters approved a redistricting referendum on Tuesday. The measure could reshape Virginia’s congressional delegation, with national implications as both parties battle for control of the House. "You know there are good people out there and want to do this, but people don’t want to start running and then get removed because you’ve changed the map. Leave the map alone. Just leave the map alone. Let people decide who they want and what they want… You don’t own the government. We own the government," Goldberg said as the co-hosts brought up Florida possibly re-districting in response. Goldberg said at the end of the discussion, "Everybody, stop with the redistricting. Let people win on their own merit. Because cheating doesn’t work. Cheating just makes it worse." TRUMP’S REDISTRICTING PUSH GAINS STEAM IN ANOTHER KEY STATE: 'WE WILL STAND WITH THE PRESIDENT' Goldberg, while discussing the news at the start of the show, wondered where it was going to end. "Where is it going to end? Because Texas did this then California said, 'No, we're going to do this.' Now, Virginia said, ‘We’ll ask our people what they want,’ as did the folks in California… California people said, ‘Yeah, we don’t like what’s happening,’ So you can’t, you can’t say, you know, clutch your pearls and go, 'Oh, my God, I can’t believe you did this.'" Co-host Sunny Hostin supported the effort by Democrats in Virginia and said Republicans started it. BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH VIRGINIA AS COURT OKS HIGH-STAKES REDISTRICTING VOTE "The Republican Party did start this in Texas and didn’t do it by the will of the people. They didn’t have an election. They didn’t put it on the ballot. They did it in the legislature and Texas stole – well, redistricted and took five seats. So California, which has the GDP of a small country basically said 'I’ll see your five and I’m going to get you five,' so the Democrats got five. I thought it should have ended there," Hostin said. She continued, "But if you look at, then North Carolina got involved and Republicans started little by little chipping away, taking away the will of the people, and now you’ve got Virginia saying, we’re going to take it to the people, not the legislature," Hostin said, pointing to a likely Democratic advantage in the state. "And I’ve got to tell you when they go low, I think you go to the earth’s crust." The ballot measure passed in Virginia gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. The referendum, which follows President Donald Trump's push for mid-decade redistricting in Republican-led states, would give the Democrats four additional left-leaning U.S. House seats ahead of the midterms as the party tries to win back control of the chamber from the GOP, which currently holds a razor-thin majority. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9086d059ccda1fcc14533 Emmy-award winning journalist allegedly hid cameras in TV station dressing rooms, police say te 2026-04-22T17:42:05.485Z Emmy-award winning journalist allegedly hid cameras in TV station dressing rooms, police say A wide-eyed Emmy award-winning journalist was arrested for allegedly secretly filming people getting undressed at a local Oklahoma television station. Darrell Lee Vannostran, 40, was booked after he was arrested for the use of photo or video equipment in a clandestine manner in a private place. The photographer and editor was nominated and won multiple Heartland TV Emmy Awards last year. According to court documents obtained by The Oklahoman, janitorial staff discovered two video cameras in the private dressing room areas within KWTV News 9’s building in downtown Oklahoma City. GOT A TIP? Authorities said it was not immediately clear whether the cameras recorded guests or staff at the local station. During their review of the video, they found individuals in "various states of undress," according to The Oklahoman. The cameras were attached by Velcro underneath clothing racks, investigators said. FOLLOW US ON X "A review of the extracted video footage confirmed the cameras had been active and had recorded multiple subjects who used the dressing room areas in private settings," the affidavit states, according to The Oklahoman. According to The Oklahoman, following the discovery of the hidden cameras, police launched an investigation and began analyzing the video. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Investigators discovered that the cameras being repositioned on two different occasions and accessed multiple times that were timestamped, the outlet reported. The timestamps and dates allowed police to narrow down to one suspect – later identified as Vannostran. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Authorities, the outlet said, allege that Vannostran was inside the news station when not scheduled to work, entered the building and staying less than 45 minutes and allegedly making connections to the hidden cameras within the timeframes under investigation. On Tuesday, Vannostran was arrested at his home in Moore, Oklahoma. He was still in custody at the Oklahoma County jail on Tuesday on a $25,000 bond. "Griffin Media is aware of the arrest of our former employee Darrell Vannostran," Houston Hunt, the vice president of marketing at Griffin Media, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Our priority is the safety and privacy of our employees." "When the devices were discovered, we immediately contacted the police and have been cooperating fully with their investigation. We are very appreciative of the dedicated, hard work by the members of the Oklahoma City Police Department. Because this is a personnel matter, we can’t comment further." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90859059ccda1fcc1452a SPLC faces blowback from ‘hate map’ targets after DOJ fraud indictment te 2026-04-22T17:41:45.873Z SPLC faces blowback from ‘hate map’ targets after DOJ fraud indictment The DOJ’s fraud indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center is prompting swift reaction from groups named on its "hate map," many casting the charges as vindication after years of being labeled extremist. After a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, attention turned to groups the allegedly hate-group-linked organization itself has labeled as hate groups. One of the more prominent names on SPLC’s "hate map" is the Family Research Council, which was the target of a 2012 attack by an armed man who allegedly found the group’s information on the SPLC’s website. FRC President Tony Perkins said at the time that Floyd Lee Corkins II of Fairfax County — since sentenced to 25 years in prison — was responsible for wounding his building manager but believes "he was given a license by a group such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, who… labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and we stand for traditional, orthodox Christianity." 'WHITE SAVIORS'' USE OF WHISTLES CAUSES BITTER INTERNAL RIFT INSIDE ANTI-ICE MOVEMENT Corkins’ signed statement of offense acknowledged he targeted FRC because of its views, including advocacy against gay marriage, and intended to kill "as many employees" as he could. The SPLC denied the connection at the time and did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the blowback from groups featured on its hate map. On Tuesday, Perkins called the indictment of the SPLC a "welcome development" that marks the beginning of a "long pattern of misrepresentation and harm." "For years, the SPLC has used its platform to label and target organizations with whom it disagrees, often blurring the line between legitimate concern and ideological attack," he said, before noting Corkins’ attack. "With over $750 million in their endowment which includes offshore accounts, the SPLC should be held responsible not only for what was done, but for the damage left behind," Perkins said. Shannon Adcock, leader of the Midwestern parental rights group Awake Illinois, responded to SPLC’s indictment by noting it had posted "incredibly inflammatory rhetoric against us as parents simply for standing up for our parental rights and for our liberty." CORNELL UNIVERSITY HIT WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT OVER ALLEGED DISCRIMINATORY DEI PRACTICES "Many of my friends across the country have been labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as well, while meanwhile there are legitimate terrorists that are running around this country and they are silent on those efforts while targeting law-abiding people such as Illinois and our friends Moms for Liberty, Parents of Indian Education, Courage is a Habit and many others," Adcock said. "So we celebrate this news. This is a good move by the FBI." Adcock said she would purchase a bottle of Veuve Clicquot to celebrate. Awake Illinois’ website used the indictment to solicit donations, suggesting new donors choose "Suck it, Southern Poverty Law Center, your hate can’t cancel us" as a reason on its dropdown menu. PragerU, the education media nonprofit founded by conservative commentator Dennis Prager, was also featured on SPLC’s "hate map." Marissa Streit, the group’s CEO, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the DOJ’s indictment appears to confirm everything that people knew about the SPLC. "The alleged shell game fraud reveals the Center as what it really is: a leftist political outfit and an actual hate group masquerading as one fighting for civil rights," Streit said, as PragerU also highlighted its own recent video analysis of the SPLC: "The Anti-Hate Group That Is A Hate Group." TRUMP ADMIN CRACKS DOWN ANTISEMITISM AS DOJ OFFICIAL EXPOSES 'VIOLENT RHETORIC' OF RADICAL PROTESTERS "Anyone paying any attention knows its ‘hate map’ is just a list of ideas the [SPLC] wants to destroy," Streit added. ACT for America, a group focused on combating the spread of radical Islamic ideology and threats from radical Islam, also responded via its founder Brigitte Gabriel. "The SPLC labeled me and my organization, ACT for America a hate group year ago," Gabriel said in a statement. Gabriel founded the group after coming to America following years of living under threat of terrorism during the Lebanese Civil War, including attacks from Muslim militants who destroyed her house. "[SPLC] considered us America’s largest hate group. A title we were proud to hold. It’s a wonderful thing to see the SPLC finally being held accountable for their lies." Moms for Liberty cofounder Tina Descovich said the organization’s affiliates make up more than half of the SPLC’s "hate map." "[That’s] simply because we’re empowering parents to get involved in their school board meetings and because we recognize the difference between boys and girls," she told Fox News Digital. "The SPLC’s hate map has been weaponized against us countless times, including by law enforcement where training manuals labeled us as an extremist group by citing the SPLC. We urge all who give to this dangerous organization to stop doing so immediately, and we call on all organizations who have used them in the past to condemn their actions."  Fox News Digital also reached out to the Center for Immigration Studies and its president, Mark Krikorian, for comment. CIS pointed Fox News Digital to a column Krikorian wrote about being listed on the hate map in 2023, where he said the SPLC has been "lying low for some time, since the eruption of multiple humiliating scandals involving racism and sexual harassment that led to the firing of most of the group’s leadership, including founder Morris Dees." "The appearance of its annual 'hate map' was months late, raising suspicions that there were changes afoot. No such luck — the latest anathema was just pronounced. Google it yourself, if you want to see it," he wrote. "The Center for Immigration Studies is still there, of course; after operating for three decades, we graduated to 'hate group' status right after Trump’s election in 2016 — coincidentally." Fox News' Kevin Ward, Alec Schemmel and David Spunt contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90846059ccda1fcc14521 Natural hormone may reduce obesity without cutting calories, scientists say te 2026-04-22T17:41:26.224Z Natural hormone may reduce obesity without cutting calories, scientists say Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have discovered a hormone that appears to reverse obesity in the body. The new study, published in the journal Cell Reports, used mouse models to identify a naturally occurring hormone called FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21). The hormone "appears to work by signaling to a brain region involved in metabolism and appetite regulation, the same area targeted by the popular GLP-1 drugs," according to a university press release. PEPTIDES MAY SOON BE EASIER TO GET AMID RFK JR.'S PUSH, BUT EXPERTS WARN OF RISKS FGF21 is reportedly already involved in the development of a drug to treat metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), which is a form of fatty liver disease. Lead study author Matthew Potthoff, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and physiology at OU College of Medicine and deputy director of the OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, said the study showed how the hormone sends "signals" to the lower back region of the brain. "In our previous studies, we found that FGF21 signals to the brain instead of the liver, but we didn’t know where in the brain," he wrote. "We thought we would find that it signaled to the hypothalamus (which is widely implicated in body weight regulation), so we were very surprised to discover that the signal was to the hindbrain, which is where the GLP-1 analogs are believed to act." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER The brain circuit behind these metabolic benefits appears to work by "mediating the effects of FGF21," Potthoff said — a process that can also be linked to side effects like gastrointestinal issues and, in some cases, bone loss. "We hope that by identifying the specific circuit, it can help in the creation of more targeted therapies that are effective without negative side effects," he added. The FGF21 and GLP-1 hormones act differently, although they target the same area of the brain, according to the researchers. While GLP-1 reduces food intake via appetite, FGF21 increases metabolic rate, burning energy and triggering weight loss. Potthoff shared his hope for a new FGF21 drug that could target both weight loss and MASH, noting that additional studies are necessary to explore this potential. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Dr. Peter Balazs MD, a hormone and weight loss specialist practicing in New York and New Jersey, said this discovery raises the possibility of targeting metabolic rate "directly," rather than relying only on calorie restriction. "However, this is a preclinical [mouse] study using diet-induced obesity models, which is not fully relevant or similar to human obesity’s chronic metabolic adaptations," he told Fox News Digital. FGF21 behaves differently in humans than in mice, as obese people have higher levels of the hormone in their blood, according to Balazs. This raises the question of how effective FGF21-based treatments would be. "There are also important clinical concerns, such as whether FGF21 analogs can cause side effects like digestive issues and bone loss, which is especially risky since obesity already increases the chance of fractures," he cautioned. "The study doesn’t explain how these issues might be managed." CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES Early human trials of FGF21 showed "modest weight loss" between 5% and 8%, according to Balazs, which is "less impressive" compared to GLP-1 treatments' average 15% weight loss. It is also unclear whether the body could develop tolerance to FGF21 over time, which could reduce its effectiveness with long-term use, he added. "The study is a nice first step toward alternative biochemical pathways for treating obesity," Balazs added. "However, clinical adoption will require safety trials that include bone density monitoring, along with confirmatory data in humans." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9081c059ccda1fcc144f3 Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace te 2026-04-22T17:40:44.857Z Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace Google brings Gemini-powered 'auto browse' capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90808059ccda1fcc144e3 Donations keep flowing for Arizona Sen. Kelly since Trump ‘sedition’ accusation te 2026-04-22T17:40:24.559Z Donations keep flowing for Arizona Sen. Kelly since Trump ‘sedition’ accusation Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9066b059ccda1fcc144a6 Citizen's threat to Lake Havasu City public works director detailed in arrest report te 2026-04-22T17:33:31.089Z Citizen's threat to Lake Havasu City public works director detailed in arrest report A Lake Havasu City resident was arrested last Tuesday night after the City Council meeting at the courthouse, and the arrest report shares more details about the incident. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90656059ccda1fcc1449c Main Street Commons nears full completion te 2026-04-22T17:33:10.894Z Main Street Commons nears full completion Just in time for a busy weekend on McCulloch Boulevard, the Main Street Commons bathrooms are expected to be open to the public. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90642059ccda1fcc14492 Arizona lawmakers push vaccine refusal bill te 2026-04-22T17:32:50.955Z Arizona lawmakers push vaccine refusal bill PHOENIX -- Calling it a matter of individual rights, state lawmakers are moving to protect those who refuse to get vaccinated from being denied services or employment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9062e059ccda1fcc14489 Donations keep flowing for Mark Kelly since Trump ‘sedition’ accusation te 2026-04-22T17:32:30.864Z Donations keep flowing for Mark Kelly since Trump ‘sedition’ accusation WASHINGTON – Sen. Mark Kelly’s campaign war chest has continued to explode since President Donald Trump accused him of sedition last fall. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9061b059ccda1fcc14480 Judge rules Arizona water agency acted illegally in Phoenix groundwater decision te 2026-04-22T17:32:11.053Z Judge rules Arizona water agency acted illegally in Phoenix groundwater decision PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Water Resources acted illegally when it changed how it determined if there was enough groundwater available to support new homes to be built in metro Phoenix in 2023 and left builders thousands of lots… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90604059ccda1fcc1445a Dem Senate candidate calls to 'shut the White House down,' impeach 2 Supreme Court justices te 2026-04-22T17:31:48.326Z Dem Senate candidate calls to 'shut the White House down,' impeach 2 Supreme Court justices Graham Platner, the front-runner for the Maine Senate Democratic primary, said he would push to subpoena a wide swath of White House officials and to impeach Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito during a recent interview with NBC News. "I want to shut the White House down," he told NBC in an interview released Wednesday. "I want us to, for the next two years, be dragging every single person in the White House, every single person in all these agencies that have been conducting themselves in illegal and unconstitutional ways. They need to be dragged by subpoena in front of Senate committees over and over and over again." Among those he claimed were committing crimes or acting unconstitutionally were officials involved in deploying U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. cities and those involved in bombing campaigns in the Caribbean against alleged narcoterrorists, operations he referred to as "murder." He also said there is a "compelling case" to impeach both Thomas and Alito. DEMOCRATIC MAINE SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER CONFRONTED BY MS NOW HOST ABOUT TATTOO CONTROVERSY "The relationship between Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow is not hard to see as clearly corrupt, and Justice Thomas doesn’t even recuse himself from cases that impact Crow’s businesses," he said. "These are absolutely reasons for removal." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House, the Supreme Court and the Department of Homeland Security, which houses ICE, for comment. In 2024, Justice Thomas amended his 2019 financial disclosure after a ProPublica report revealed that he had received gifts in the form of travel and lodging from GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow. The report revealed that Crow had paid for lodging and transit on his private plane for trips to Bali, Indonesia and Sonoma County, California. Thomas claimed he originally omitted the meals and rides from reports because he believed they fell under the personal hospitality exemption. The exemption stems from Judicial Conference guidance which states that "personal hospitality" from a friend does not need to be reported if the friend did not have business before the Court. FAR-LEFT CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE CLASHES WITH TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN HEATED EXCHANGE "Harlan and Kathy Crow are among our dearest friends, and we have been friends for over twenty-five years," Thomas said in a statement at the time. "As friends do, we have joined them on a number of family trips during the more than quarter century we have known them. Early in my tenure at the Court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable," he wrote. The report also revealed that Thomas sold a trio of Savannah, Georgia, homes to Crow for $133,000 in 2014. Thomas said he did not list the sales because, after spending over $50,000 on renovations to one of the homes, the sale amounted to a financial loss. TEXAS DEMOCRATS CALLED OUT OVER 'EGREGIOUS CIRCULAR-FIRING SQUAD BEHAVIOR' IN SENATE PRIMARY RACE Platner did not specify in the interview what he believed Alito should be impeached for. In 2023, Alito defended himself from criticisms over a 2009 trip he took on a private jet paid for by billionaire Paul Singer. Alito did not disclose the trip or recuse himself from future business Singer had in front of the Supreme Court. Alito argued that the trip "would not cause a reasonable and unbiased person to doubt my ability to decide the matters in question impartially." Thomas is not the only Supreme Court Justice to amend his financial disclosures. In 2021, Justice Sonia Sotomayor updated her 2016 disclosure to include six trips to public universities paid for by the schools that she'd previously omitted. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also updated a decade's worth of disclosures during her nomination process. Omissions included her husband’s consulting income, her teacher's salary and a gift she incurred from giving a speech. Fox News Digital asked Platner's campaign if he would support impeaching other justices, including Sotomayor and Jackson, but did not immediately receive a response. JOURNALIST TURNED POTENTIAL HOUSE CANDIDATE SAYS FELLOW DEMOCRATS 'KEEP LOSING' BY FAILING WORKING CLASS Platner also echoed an increasingly popular view on the left that the Democrats should support an expansion of the Supreme Court, telling NBC that he's "definitely open to doing more, including to adding seats." While stating he supported the judicial impeachments, Platner added that the Democrats should not waste their time on impeaching Trump. "If we don’t have the votes in the Senate to convict, I don’t think we should waste our time with it," he told the outlet. He also said that he does not want to see Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., repeat his term as the Democrats' leader in the Senate. Schumer has publicly backed Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Platner's primary opponent. Platner floated four names to replace Schumer: Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii; and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. WHO IS HASAN PIKER? MEET THE FAR-LEFT STREAMER WHO IS STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY ONLINE AND DIVIDING DEMOCRATS Platner, a self-described progressive, is backed by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. He's a combat veteran who did three tours in Iraq as a Marine and a tour in Afghanistan with the Maine National Guard. He's currently leading in the polls against both his Democratic primary opponent Mills and the incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. But his campaign has not been entirely smooth sailing. He's had to confront numerous controversies in recent months, most notably perhaps the revelation that he once sported a large chest tattoo that resembled Nazi iconography. In October, Platner covered up a skull-and-crossbones tattoo on his chest that strongly resembled the Totenkopf symbol used by Hitler’s SS forces. Platner claimed he got the tattoo as a veteran while drunk in Croatia and didn't know it was akin to the Nazi symbol until media reports in 2024. He says he plans to remove it. Platner also fessed up to running an edgy Reddit account that reportedly disparaged Black people and police and praised a raid executed by Hamas terrorists. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e905f0059ccda1fcc14451 Pirro warns car theft ring used new tech to quickly access vehicles: 'Gone in 60 seconds' te 2026-04-22T17:31:28.647Z Pirro warns car theft ring used new tech to quickly access vehicles: 'Gone in 60 seconds' A high-tech car theft ring that can steal vehicles in under a minute — without keys, smashed windows or hot wiring — has been exposed in a sweeping federal indictment, exposing a sophisticated pipeline that moves stolen cars from U.S. streets to overseas black markets. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Wednesday announced a 15-count federal indictment targeting the ring, which she said uses an electronic device called an Autel to rewrite a vehicle’s internal computer, allowing them to program a blank key fob instead of using more traditional methods to steal cars. "They don't need keys, and they don't need hot wiring," Pirro said. "No smashed windows, no drama.... In under a minute, the car's brain is rewritten. The car is gone in 60 seconds." Pirro said the crews have acted in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Pennsylvania to steal a wide range of vehicles, from higher-end Corvettes and Camaros to one of America’s most popular vehicles, the Honda Civic. HACKER EXPLOITS AI CHATBOT IN CYBERCRIME SPREE Once stolen, the suspects allegedly disabled tracking systems, including GPS and Bluetooth, to avoid detection, and "cooled off" vehicles at locations where license plates were swapped — including a parking garage at a Maryland Marriott. They allegedly then loaded them onto transport carriers at ports in Savannah, Georgia, and Baltimore, Maryland. The stolen cars are hidden in containers labeled as furniture to avoid scrutiny, Pirro said. Investigators say the vehicles were then sent overseas, primarily to Africa, where they were sold on the black market for high profits. "This isn't joyriding," Pirro said. "These are high-end vehicles that are then loaded on transport carriers ... shipped across the ocean to Africa, where demand is sky high and profits are enormous." DESERT STREET RACING CIRCUS CRUSHED — COPS SWARM LATE-NIGHT TAKEOVER, SUSPECTS HAULED OFF AND RIDES SEIZED "Welcome to the new world of car theft," Pirro added. The indictment identifies more than 20 stolen vehicles worth nearly $1 million, but investigators believe the operation may be far larger — potentially tied to over 100 thefts in Washington, D.C., and more than 30 in Prince George’s County, Maryland, with a total value approaching $4 million. The five men charged so far include Jacob Hernandez, David Coby, Dustin Wetzel, Chance Clark and James Young. They face multiple federal charges, including conspiracy, possession and transport of stolen vehicles, as well as related offenses. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing and warned the public that modern car theft rings are increasingly using advanced technology to bypass traditional security measures. Metropolitan Police Department’s Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carrol said citizens can take steps to prevent this new kind of car theft, including keeping key fobs inside a faraday bag — a bag that prevents the electronic signal from emanating from the fob — and "old school things" like club manual devices to lock a steering wheel. "I know a lot of people will think those things are outdated, but they're not," Carrol said. "They're good devices that prevent vehicles from still being driven" even if someone uses an Autel device to access the car. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e905dc059ccda1fcc14448 Postal Service thrust into mail-in ballot fight as Trump order gets tied up in court te 2026-04-22T17:31:08.754Z Postal Service thrust into mail-in ballot fight as Trump order gets tied up in court EXCLUSIVE: A conservative legal group urged the U.S. Postal Service this week to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots, saying the USPS has an obligation to block possible "fraudulent ballots" ahead of this year's midterms. America First Legal laid out in a petition filed with the USPS and obtained by Fox News Digital that the postal service has the independent authority to impose restrictions on mail-in ballots, including by requiring barcode tracking on ballot envelopes and cross-checking ballot recipients against federally-approved voter registration lists. The petition comes as part of a broader push by the Trump administration to tighten election security rules over concerns about ineligible voters casting ballots. It aims to ramp up pressure on the postal service to use its regulatory authority to unilaterally advance those efforts as the president’s executive order faces multiple lawsuits brought by blue states and voting rights groups. TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER OVERHAULING MAIL-IN VOTING IN MAJOR ELECTION INTEGRITY PUSH "Federal law gives every interested individual the right to file a petition for rulemaking with federal agencies," America First Legal senior counsel James Rogers said in a statement. "Our petition gives the Postal Service the authority to implement these common-sense reforms, even in the face of this frivolous litigation against President Trump." AFL’s petition came after Trump issued an executive order last month directing the USPS to work with states on mail-ballot procedures tied to state-submitted voter eligibility lists, while separately calling on DHS and the Social Security Administration to help states verify citizenship data. The executive order, titled "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," also required the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to coordinate with states to create a master list of registered voters. The order has become the subject of intense litigation. SENATE GOP EYES BLAME GAME AS TRUMP-BACKED SAVE ACT HEADS FOR DEFEAT Voting rights groups immediately sued, calling it "an extraordinary and abusive assertion of executive power over the administration of federal elections" and arguing that the Constitution gives states, not the president, authority over federal election administration. While the White House has framed the executive order as an effort to bolster election integrity, other lawsuits, brought by a coalition of blue states led by California, Democratic lawmakers and national Democratic campaign committees, accused Trump of attempting to reduce mail-in voting. Voting by mail has become more prevalent since the COVID-19 pandemic, when states expanded voters' ability to cast ballots by mail because of what they said was a public health emergency. Trump called the policy changes an effort to "rig" the 2020 election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden. "President Trump has tried again and again to rewrite election rules for his own perceived partisan advantage. If only he could ban mail voting—a favorite scapegoat for his 2020 electoral defeat—and impose other voting restrictions, he has proclaimed, Republicans will 'never lose a race—for 50 years,'" one of the lawsuits, led by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, read. Trump and Republicans have zeroed in on noncitizen voting, which is illegal, and have long argued it is a widespread problem. In addition to his executive order, Trump has been urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act before the 2026 midterms to impose a physical identification requirement on people registering to vote, though the bill lacks the needed support from Democratic senators to advance. Fox News Digital reached out to the USPS press office for comment on AFL's petition. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e905b3059ccda1fcc14422 Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund te 2026-04-22T17:30:27.185Z Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at the intersection of healthcare and AI. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e903bd059ccda1fcc143bc Marie Osmond shares brother Alan’s final words to her before his death at 76 te 2026-04-22T17:22:05.671Z Marie Osmond shares brother Alan’s final words to her before his death at 76 Marie Osmond is honoring her late brother, Alan Osmond, with a deeply personal tribute following his death at age 76. The singer and television personality shared a social media post following Alan’s death, opening with the emotional weight of trying to capture a lifetime of memories. "Writing about your sibling's passing is not something easily done. The years and years of memories I have of my big brother Alan could never be written in a few words—it would take volumes—but I shall try," she began. ALAN OSMOND, ELDEST MEMBER OF THE OSMOND BROTHERS, DEAD AT 76 Her heartfelt tribute was accompanied by several photos of Alan and the Osmond family. "As his only sister, I know I had a different relationship with him than he had with his brothers, and I must say I loved that! He was always very protective of me (not so sure I love that one) but he was always there if I needed him!" Marie’s tribute highlighted not only Alan’s role as a brother but also his immense influence on the family’s musical legacy. "Alan had so many incredible talents, from singing to performing to playing multiple instruments. He wrote hit records and albums, one of my favorites being the album ‘The Plan.’ He produced TV shows, large events, and music videos, including my video, ‘No Stopping Your Heart.’" She also recalled a particularly meaningful moment when she reunited the original Osmond Brothers for one final performance. "So when I decided to honor the original four Osmond Brothers and fly them [to] Hawaii to perform together one last time, Alan tearfully said, ‘So you're producing me now.’ He hugged me and said, ‘Thank you, I get to be on stage one last time with my brothers’. The determination he manifested to stand up out of his wheelchair and be next to his brothers was simply unbelievable!!!" Marie continued to describe him as a natural leader from a young age. MARIE OSMOND SAYS BROTHER WAYNE'S DEATH HAS LEFT A ‘GIANT HOLE’ IN HER HEART "Alan became our leader at age 12. How daunting that must have felt to have that immense responsibility, to lead at such a young age. But he never complained. He told me many times, ‘It felt like a mission… a long one, but I loved doing it’. And he did it for us and for all of you! But what I admired the most about my brother is his devotion and love for God and family! Those were his priorities… Always!" Her message also touched on faith and what she described as spiritual reassurance following his passing. "In a quiet moment, I had the most unique feeling come over me. I felt my Mom. It was like she said to my heart, ‘Honey, do you remember how excited you were for the birth of your child? Well, that's how excited I am for the rebirth of my child here.’ What a joyous reunion and rebirth that took place on the other side. I know he's happy." She concluded by sharing the final words her brother said to her. DONNY OSMOND LOOKS BACK AT HIS 'LONELY' TEEN IDOL YEARS: 'THIS BUSINESS CAN EAT YOU UP' "The last thing he said to me was, ‘I can’t wait to see brother Wayne, so we can be missionary companions together and start preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who never had the opportunity to hear his message of peace and hope in this life.’ That’s my brother Alan!! I love you so very much and will miss you dearly." Alan died Monday evening at his home in Orem, Utah, surrounded by his wife and all eight of their sons, according to Fox 13. No official cause of death has been released. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987. Although Alan stepped away from performing, he remained closely connected to the family’s work. Other members of the Osmond family also paid tribute. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Donny Osmond shared a black-and-white photo from their childhood, writing, "This is one of the earliest pictures I have of my brother Alan and me. Even back then, you can see that he had his arm around me, watching over me. That’s who he was. My protector. My guide. The one who quietly carried so much responsibility so the rest of us could shine." Merrill Osmond revealed in part that he had a final heart-to-heart conversation with Alan just days before his passing. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Two days before my brother, Alan, passed, I was blessed to sit quietly with him. We talked as brothers do, heart to heart," he wrote on Facebook. Despite declining health, Merrill said his brother’s spirit remained intact. "He was struggling, but when I shared a joke or two, he found the strength to chuckle… and then he smiled." Alan is survived by his wife, Suzanne, eight sons, 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, as well as siblings Virl, Tom, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Jimmy and Marie. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Olive Osmond, and his brother Wayne. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e903a9059ccda1fcc143b3 Fernando Mendoza's first pitch at Marlins game draws harsh reviews te 2026-04-22T17:21:45.989Z Fernando Mendoza's first pitch at Marlins game draws harsh reviews Baseball is a tough sport. I feel like I'm not breaking any news here by saying that, but it's always a wild reminder to see elite athletes in other sports try and fail to look competent on a baseball diamond. Watching NBA players who can dribble a ball like it's on a string and jump four feet into the air take hacks at batting practice tells you all you need to know about how brutal the sport of baseball is. One thing that should translate from one sport to another is throwing, and this year's NFL Draft features plenty of good throwers, no more so than Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. LSU ACE PITCHER KADE ANDERSON CELEBRATES COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WIN AS MLB DRAFT APPROACHES Mendoza was at the Marlins game Tuesday night, not just as a fan but to throw out the ceremonial first pitch as well. You would think something like tossing a ball would come as second nature to the South Florida native, but the video of him firing one across home plate had many scratching their heads. Juuuuust a bit high! RAIDERS CLINCH FIRST OVERALL PICK IN 2026 NFL DRAFT AFTER GIANTS BEAT COWBOYS Okay, Mendoza is a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and has a national championship ring to his name (he's also about to be several million dollars richer), so I don't think he's worried what some clown on the internet thinks of his first pitch at a Marlins game no one went to. But, man! That pitch wouldn't have been called a strike on Victor Wembanyama. It's clear from his motion and delivery he was trying to throw it like a football, which makes sense, but are you trying to tell me Mendoza has never tossed a baseball in his life? INDIANA FOOTBALL STAR FERNANDO MENDOZA EXPLAINS WHY DATING TOOK BACK SEAT DURING CFP TITLE RUN Call me a hater all you want, but I'm not the only one who is a little concerned about Mendoza's first pitch. Don't quit your day job, Fernando. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! While it would be funny for scouts and GMs to use this to ding Mendoza and potentially drop him out of the top spot, I don't see that happening. And, if we look at that purely from a football throw, it's not bad. Great form, delivers it high where only the receiver can catch it. Yep, I'm sold. Mendoza to the Raiders confirmed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90396059ccda1fcc143aa UCLA student council condemns campus event with former Israeli hostage te 2026-04-22T17:21:26.202Z UCLA student council condemns campus event with former Israeli hostage University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) leadership was scolded last week by its Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) over its sponsorship of an event with a former Israeli hostage. On April 14, an event titled "505 Days in Captivity: Omer Shem Tov's Testimony of Resilience" featuring former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov took place at UCLA. The event was organized by Hillel at UCLA and was co-sponsored by the UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Shem Tov was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, as Hamas terrorists attacked Israel. He was released from captivity in February 2025, and began advocating for the hostages who remained in the terrorists' hands. The USAC held a meeting on the same day as the event with Shem Tov, during which the letter was apparently discussed, according to documents on the group's website show. It is unclear when the letter was sent to the UCLA administration, UCLA Hillel, the UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and other stakeholders. HARVARD PRESIDENT CALLS STUDENTS ‘IGNORANT’ ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT In the letter, the USAC objected to "the selective platforming of narratives that obscure the broader reality of ongoing state violence," before going on to accuse Israel of carrying out a "genocide in Gaza" as well as an "illegal military campaign into Lebanon." The USAC also affirmed its "unwavering solidarity with Palestinian students." "Institutional sponsorship of this event reflects a troubling disregard for Palestinian life and contributes to a campus climate in which Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students are further marginalized, silenced, and harmed. Universities must not be complicit in the production or amplification of one-sided narratives that erase systems of oppression and occupation," the letter read. Talia Davood, a student who helped lead the event and who serves as the USAC General Representative, criticized the move and told Fox News Digital that the condemnation was passed while she was absent. Davood described it as "distasteful and deeply disheartening," especially because it coincided with Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. She argued that targeting Shem Tov for sharing his experience "reflects a troubling willingness to dismiss Jewish trauma when it is inconvenient." Shem Tov, in a statement to Fox News Digital, said that the backlash reflected a broader unwillingness to hear perspectives that challenge existing narratives. "If you are willing to silence a survivor of 505 days in captivity to protect a preconceived narrative, it’s worth pausing," he said. "When a worldview requires you to override your own values, something is misaligned. The hope is that it’s the worldview that changes — because the values are worth keeping." LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF QUIETLY FUNDING RACE-BASED PROGRAMMING FOR BLACK STUDENTS ONLY UCLA Hillel Executive Director Daniel Gold forcefully rejected the condemnation and accused student leaders of opposing "dialogue" and "truth." "Members of UCLA student government have once again shown they are anti-dialogue, anti-learning, anti-truth, anti-student, and anti-Jewish in condemning our beautiful event last week with Omer Shem Tov," Gold added. "Omer’s story rang loudly and proudly on campus last week, as the world was observing Yom Hashoah — when we remind ourselves and our allies to never forget the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. How appropriate, then, that Omer was here to help remind UCLA of humanity in times of darkness." A UCLA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the university stood by the organizers of the event, adding that the message of the gathering was "one of resilience and respect for human rights and dignity." The spokesperson also said that the university would be reviewing the "process by which the letter was issued." "The condemnation of such a peaceful event to share a story of resilience in the face of extreme suffering is antithetical to the values of our Bruin community," the spokesperson said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE In February, the Trump administration sued the University of California system, alleging that UCLA created a hostile antisemitic environment for Jewish and Israeli employees. The DOJ claimed that UCLA violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin. "Based on our investigation, UCLA administrators allegedly allowed virulent antisemitism to flourish on campus, harming students and staff alike," then-Attorney General Pamela Bondi said at the time. "Today’s lawsuit underscores that this Department of Justice stands strong against hate and anti-Semitism in all its vile forms." Prior to the Trump administration lawsuit, UCLA reached a settlement with Jewish students and faculty who sued the school over its handling of anti-Israel protests, including a "Jew Exclusion Zone." The university agreed to pay $6 million in the settlement. Fox News Digital reached out to the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies for comment but did not immediately receive a response.  Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90382059ccda1fcc143a1 Democrat Rep David Scott dead at 80 te 2026-04-22T17:21:06.414Z Democrat Rep David Scott dead at 80 U.S. Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., has died, Fox News learned Wednesday. He was aged 80. Multiple sources confirmed Scott's death to Fox News. The cause of death was not disclosed. Scott, a longtime lawmaker, has represented Georgia’s 13th district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003. He previously served as a state senator for Georgia’s 36th district from 1983 to 2003 and as a state representative for the 37th district from 1975 to 1983. This is a developing story check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9036e059ccda1fcc14398 Powerful illegal streaming ringleader jailed, fined millions over global operation te 2026-04-22T17:20:46.682Z Powerful illegal streaming ringleader jailed, fined millions over global operation A Rolex-wearing, sports car-driving illegal streaming ringleader has been fined millions and sentenced to 23 months in prison following an eight-year investigation into his operation. The man nicknamed "Dash, the Iranian," operated primarily out of Spain and provided thousands of pirated sports and entertainment sites to two million people from domains including RapidIPTV and IPTVStack. According to The Athletic, the investigation into "Dash" and the operation spanned from 2015 to 2020, during which the illegal streaming service was estimated to have earned over $17 million in revenue. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The illegal streaming business’s technical branch was partly based in Iran and operated by capturing legitimate streams of events, decoding them and then sharing them across complex networks and servers located in 10 countries. The real kicker of the situation is that the company was set up as a franchise, which would then allow resellers to run the services and turn a profit. The ringleader was ultimately fined $10.2 million during his sentencing in Spain’s Criminal Chamber of the National Court. ‘Dash,’ plus four other defendants, opened financial accounts to launder profits through real estate projects and cryptocurrency transactions involving over 1,000 bitcoin. All five defendants involved accepted their charges in exchange for reduced sentences. The illegal streaming services tapped into Premier League and Champions League matches, which many legal streams can only be found behind paywalls in many areas around the world, and it’s fair to say they earned ‘Dash’ and his affiliates quite a bit of cash. According to the report, the initial raid of "Dash’s" $2 million residence in Barcelona took place in June 2020. Four Rolex watches, two AMG Mercedes cars, laptops and stacks of cash found underneath mattresses were retrieved. Those who partook in the illegal streaming services to watch events are officially out of luck. On the other side of that coin, the president of Spain’s La Liga, Javier Tebas, is ecstatic about the illegal business being shut down. TOP NFL DRAFT PICK ZACHARIAH BRANCH ARRESTED IN GEORGIA ON TWO MISDEMEANOR CHARGES "A scourge that threatens the survival of an industry that is fundamental to the European economy," Tebas described the piracy operation. "Must be fought forcefully at every level, especially against the organisations and mafias behind it." The modern-day mafia: a crew focused on bootlegging soccer telecasts from around the globe. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9014f059ccda1fcc1431a Dale Earnhardt Jr threatens to leave NASCAR over disgusting electric car rumor te 2026-04-22T17:11:43.364Z Dale Earnhardt Jr threatens to leave NASCAR over disgusting electric car rumor Well, NASCAR has committed the cardinal sin: They've pissed off Dale Earnhardt Jr. You simply can't do that. There are a lot of folks you can anger in the world of racing, and get away with. Dale Jr. ain't one of them. You need him on your good side. Even a decade after his retirement, he's the leading voice in the sport. That's not hyperbolic, either. He's got the biggest racing podcast on the planet. He's extremely active on social media. Fans still, overwhelmingly, turn to Junior for all things racing. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! That, by the way, is a major indictment on the current Cup drivers, but that's a story for another time. Anyway, all the fuss right now in the racing world is centered around a rumor involving NASCAR fans' worst nightmare ... electric cars. That's right. E-cars! Just the thought of it makes folks feel queasy. Fans can take a lot, but even getting a whiff of an electric car in NASCAR sends them running for the hills. John Probst, NASCAR’s executive vice president and chief racing development officer, floated that possibility this week, telling Sports Business Journal that NASCAR could one day implement a crossover utility vehicle EV into the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. Nope. Don't love that. At all. Sure, it's all shop-talk right now, but that's how these things start. Before you know it, the fellas are out there racing in cars we can't hear and don't recognize, and pit crews are replaced with charging stations. We can't have that, and NASCAR's O'Reilly Series really can't have it. In a year where viewership is down pretty much across the board, the O'Reilly Series on the CW has been surging. Fans love it, and a lot of it has to do with A) the racing, and B) the car. Switching to an electric car, which has long been in development in the NASCAR R&D shop, would be a disaster. And if you don't believe me, fine. But at least listen to Dale Jr. "I think making a switch to anything unlike we have would be a massive, massive mistake," he said on this week's "Dale Jr. Download." "Any kind of change like that, as dramatic as that would be, would destroy the series. I would not be interested in that. I don't think JR Motorsports would be interested in that." NASCAR DRIVERS TAKEN BACK BY WILD FAN RECEPTION AT NEW YORK'S FANATICS FEST Yikes. Tell us how you really feel, Dale! That last part is the part that will get NASCAR's attention, by the way. Like I said at the jump, if Dale Jr. isn't on board with something, it's a pretty good harbinger of things to come. If you want to know how fans will react to something, check out how they respond to something Junior says. NASCAR can't afford to lose JR Motorsports in the O'Reilly Series. They can't afford to piss off Dale Jr. They really can't afford to lose the viewership the series is suddenly bringing in. Going electric may be the way of the world, but that doesn't mean it's one size fits all. Hopefully, NASCAR listens to its most important voice. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e9013b059ccda1fcc14311 GOP fractures over Virginia redistricting map handing Democrats 10–1 edge te 2026-04-22T17:11:23.824Z GOP fractures over Virginia redistricting map handing Democrats 10–1 edge Republicans are divided over Virginia’s new redistricting map, which creates a 10-1 Democratic advantage, with party leaders calling it an ‘egregious power grab’ while others blame GOP messaging for their loss. Virginia's new map, which gives Democrats the opportunity to pick up four additional seats, passed on slim margins, with 51.5% of votes cast in favor and 48.5% against the ballot measure. Republicans have argued that the close results show the new map is not an accurate reflection of Virginia voters. "Virginia Democrats can’t redraw reality," National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson, R-N.C., said. "This close margin reinforces that Virginia is a purple state that shouldn’t be represented by a severe partisan gerrymander. That’s exactly why the courts, who have already ruled twice to block this egregious power grab, should uphold Virginia law." DEMOCRATS' CHAIR VOWS TO FIGHT 'TOOTH AND NAIL' TO STOP TRUMP, REPUBLICANS, IN REDISTRICTING BATTLE The nonprofit group Virginians for Fair Maps, which is chaired by former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, echoed Hudson's call to take the fight to the courts. "Virginians deserve fair maps and respect for the rule of law, but as voters, they have a right clearly articulated by the Supreme Court in Coleman v. Pross, to vote on constitutional amendments before them at the ballot box only if faced there by a fair process," the co-chairs wrote. "Virginians disenfranchised by today's vote will have their day in court." SOROS-LINKED DARK MONEY NETWORK FUELS VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING PUSH BACKED BY NATIONAL DEMOCRATS Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., is one of four House Republicans now at a greater risk of losing their re-election following the new map's passage. She claimed that under the new map "conservative voices and values have been eliminated." "But the fight is far from over," Kiggans wrote in a statement. "My mission remains to hold leaders accountable, to serve the people who elected me, and to once again win the vote in Virginia's Second Congressional District this November." House Majority Leader Mike Johnson, R-La., said the Republicans will fight against the Democrats. TRUMP, REPUBLICANS RACE TO REDRAW TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP AS DEMOCRATS THREATEN LEGAL WAR "If Democrats are successful in the 2026 midterms, we know this is only the beginning. They will throw open our borders, let crime run rampant in our streets, project weakness on the world stage, make life more expensive for every family, and flood our elections with non-citizens to try and hold on to power forever," Johnson wrote on X. "Republicans have responded in state after state, and we will finish this fight — and in November, we will WIN the midterms." But other Republican Party members, who have fallen out favor with President Donald Trump, have suggested that Republicans losing in Virginia is their own fault. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who is retiring from Congress, said the map passed because Republicans haven't been able to deliver on their promised agenda to voters. "It’s the absolute failures of Republicans to pass the agenda that the American people voted for in 2024 and it’s the complete and total campaign betrayals by President Trump of him going to war with [sic] Iran and fighting the release of the Epstein files and protecting the elite pedophiles," Greene wrote on X. "There’s no amount of money that can be spent to lie to voters and get them to come back and vote for a Republican [sic] right now. If Trump and Republicans had delivered what they promised, this would be different." Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele was quick to point out the hypocrisy over the upset over Democrats in Virginia passing a new map, while voters in Texas didn't get a say when Republicans did the same thing. "Let the whining from my Party begin about the fact the voters in Virginia, unlike Texas (which started all of this gerrymandering mess) actually had a say in whether or not they wanted their congressional maps redrawn," Steele wrote on X. "In Texas, the Republican legislature just did it and not one Republican complained." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e90111059ccda1fcc142e3 Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement te 2026-04-22T17:10:41.801Z Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e900fc059ccda1fcc142ce Tucson celebrates Día de la Niñez this Saturday te 2026-04-22T17:10:20.647Z Tucson celebrates Día de la Niñez this Saturday Two Tucson city council offices are teaming up to host a free block party for families this Saturday, and they're expecting a bigger crowd than last year's 500 attendees. Ward 1 Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz and Ward 5 Councilmember Selina Barajas are hosting the free Día de la Niñez celebration April 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mission Manor Park, 6100 S. 12th Ave. Families from across Tucson are invited to join. For years, Ward 1 has hosted an annual Día de la Niñez event to celebrate the Mexican holiday El Día del Niño, or Children's Day, a tradition honoring children's importance in society. El Día del Niño has been celebrated in Mexico for more than a century. The holiday was established by President Álvaro Obregón and Education Minister José Vasconcelos following the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, with the goal of prioritizing children's well-being in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. It is traditionally observed in small ways, with schools marking the day with treats and modest community gatherings. Families can cool off during the fire department wet down at Saturday's Día de la Niñez celebration at Mission Manor Park. The popular feature returns this Saturday, April 25, at noon. Courtesy of Council Member Lane Santa Cruz. Ward 1's adaptation of the holiday aims to expand that tradition into a larger community celebration. "Día de la Niñez is especially meaningful to our team because it centers families and recognizes children as the future of our community," said Ward 1 Community Engagement and Small Business Coordinator Giselle Taylor. "The celebration is designed to create a welcoming, free space where families can gather, connect, and simply enjoy time together." Guests can expect free food and the option to purchase items from food trucks including Guero Canelo, Frozen Delights and Viri Viri Bomb Bomb, live performances, toy giveaways and a fire department wet down at noon to provide a break from the springtime heat. This event also represents a larger collaboration happening behind the scenes. "This year is particularly special, as we are partnering with Ward 5 Councilmember Selina Barajas' office for the first time," Taylor said. "This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to supporting families across Tucson and highlights the importance of cross-ward partnership in investing in youth and community well-being." The event will also bring attention to Mission Manor Park and the surrounding neighborhood. "More than 500 community members attended, and we anticipate even greater participation this year," Taylor said. "Everything offered at the event is completely free and made possible through community support and sponsorships." The annual Día de la Niñez celebration at Mission Manor Park is happening Saturday, honoring the Mexican holiday and its tradition of recognizing children's importance in the community. Courtesy of City of Tucson Housing & Community Development. Growing attendance reflects the elected officials' broader goal: making the celebration of children's contributions to the Tucson community a year-round value, not just a once-a-year event. The event has also attracted support from local businesses eager to be part of the celebration, including Cox Communications, the Sunnyside Foundation, SuVida Healthcare, the Tucson City Manager's Office and RECYCO, as well as in-kind donations from Carnitas La Yoca, Rollies Mexican Patio, Dolce Pastelo, American Eat Co. and La Estrella Bakery. Toy donations are also being accepted before the event at the Ward 5 office at 4300 S. Park Ave. Community members can email elma.alvarez@tucsonaz.gov for more information. The Tucson Police Department has also donated to the event. "Día de la Niñez is about honoring childhood, celebrating innocence and joy, and creating a meaningful day for families all powered by the community coming together," Taylor said. For more information about the event or to get involved, contact giselle.taylor@tucsonaz.gov. Macy Hernandez is a journalism and business administration major at the University of Arizona and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at macyhernandez@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8fea6059ccda1fcc14252 Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises te 2026-04-22T17:00:22.831Z Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: it is geared for IT and technical users. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8fcb7059ccda1fcc14223 Sex offender arrested after allegedly sending explicit texts to young girl in Yavapai County te 2026-04-22T16:52:07.794Z Sex offender arrested after allegedly sending explicit texts to young girl in Yavapai County A registered sex offender was arrested by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office for allegedly sending explicit texts to a minor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8fc8b059ccda1fcc141f3 Virginia vote hands Democrats redistricting edge, triggers GOP blame game ahead of House fight te 2026-04-22T16:51:23.450Z Virginia vote hands Democrats redistricting edge, triggers GOP blame game ahead of House fight Republicans are pointing fingers after their narrow loss in Virginia's high-stakes congressional redistricting referendum, which could give Democrats a significant boost in the battle for the House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections. Even though they were outraised and outspent by Democrats by a nearly three-to-one margin, Republicans came close to sinking the ballot initiative, which gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. Tuesday's passage of the referendum could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. The referendum, which follows President Donald Trump's push for rare but not unheard-of mid-decade redistricting in Republican-led states over the past year, still faces a challenge in the state Supreme Court. But if it survives the legal hurdles, Democrats could gain four additional left-leaning U.S. House seats ahead of the midterms as they try to win back control of the chamber from the GOP, which currently holds a razor-thin majority. "We didn’t get the help we needed to sink the referendum," a Virginia based Republican strategist who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely told Fox News Digital. "National Republicans could have and should have done more." DEMOCRATS NARROWLY WIN CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING SHOWDOWN IN VIRGINIA Another Virginia-based Republican consultant, who was also granted anonymity, said, "It is bit shocking that there wasn’t a little bit more money spent earlier because once you peel back the top layer of the ballot language and stop Trump, the 'yes' campaign had nothing." "If we had a bit more money to educate, I think we could have won more of the persuasion bucket. And then for sure, if we have very well-funded ballot chase program to go turnout low proposition voters in southwest Virginia, a combination of aggressive field, text, and mail, we might have won." While Trump headlined a tele-rally on the eve of the referendum election, some fingers were also pointed towards the president and his political team. "Victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan. So there’s going to be plenty of finger pointing and plenty of blame being assigned why this didn’t work out," another GOP strategist who also asked for anonymity to speak candidly. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The strategist emphasized that "ultimately, if you’re the White House, you started this redistricting fight last year and you better be sure that you’re giving all the people out there on your side the resources they need to finish the battle if this is going to be such a centerpiece of your historically narrow House majority." But a strategist with ties to the Republican team in Virginia that fought to sink the referendum disagreed, telling Fox News Digital "we got a lot of help from the Republican ecosystem… we received help from all corners." And the strategist shot down the idea that if Republicans had spent more money, it could have sunk the referendum. Referring to the team that pushed the referendum to victory, the strategist said "they’re just going to find more money. Democrats always do." And pointing to Trump, the strategist said "if the president had engaged right away, that would have made the entire debate about the president in a state that he lost in 2024....Our goal was to make this as much about Virginia as possible. Democrats tried to make it as much about the president as possible." Virginia was the battlefield in the high-stakes fight between Trump and the GOP versus Democrats over congressional redistricting. Aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House, when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterms, Trump a year ago first floated the idea of rare, but not unheard-of, mid-decade congressional redistricting. Texas and California were the first major showdowns over redistricting, with Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina, Indiana, and Utah also getting into the scrum. HEAD HERE FOR LIVE UPDATES ON THE CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BATTLE Now the spotlight turns to Florida. Matt Gorman, a veteran Republican strategist based in Virginia, told Fox News Digital that pointing fingers is absolutely useless. "The fact of the matter is we have to fight the next battle, and that’s in Florida." Two-term Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers in the GOP-dominated legislature are hoping to pick up an additional three to five right-leaning seats through a redistricting push during a special legislative session that kicks off next week. And with the Democrats' victory in Virginia, pressure is growing on DeSantis to deliver. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8fc77059ccda1fcc141ea WATCH: Chaos erupts as leftists interrupt conservative group's UCLA event featuring DHS lawyer te 2026-04-22T16:51:03.915Z WATCH: Chaos erupts as leftists interrupt conservative group's UCLA event featuring DHS lawyer A chaotic situation unfolded on Tuesday night in Los Angeles as far-left activists and students disrupted and chastised a Department of Homeland Security attorney who was speaking to law students at a conservative group's event at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The incident took place at a speech hosted by the Federalist Society's UCLA chapter, where James Percival, general counsel of the DHS, was speaking to law students. Over 150 protesters gathered outside the event chanting criticisms of the Trump administration, including "No ICE, No KKK, No Fascist U.S.A."  Inside the event, students booed Percival throughout his talk, and many held profane signs while he spoke. One sign read, "F--- you loser." The students also set off different sounds on their phones as part of the disruption, and at different points, yelled out the word "Nazi."  The event culminated in a question and answer session, for which most of the disruptors walked out in protest. INSIDE ANTIFA-LINKED GROUP'S PLAN TO 'STRUCTURALLY CHANGE' THE US AS MAY DAY UNREST APPROACHES "Yesterday, DHS General Counsel James Percival came to UCLA School of Law for a good-faith academic discussion and was met with personal attacks, repeated interruptions, and organized disruption that prevented him from speaking," UCLA FedSoc chapter president Matthew Weinberg told Fox News Digital.  "As President of the UCLA Law Federalist Society and the event organizer, I saw students who came to hear and question a senior federal official denied that opportunity. If this is what it looks like for conservative law students trying to host a speaker at an American law school in 2026, we are not staying silent about it." After the event was announced, left-wing campus groups circulated posts and online petitions containing rhetoric described as "threatening." One of those radical leftist groups was By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), which on its website calls for a "militant new civil rights and immigrant rights movement," posted a flyer on Instagram promoting a picketing event outside the law school.  "UCLA must not give representatives of ICE and the Trump Administration a base to organize Trump’s campaign of racist ethnic cleansing of the U.S. and the Middle East," the flyer said.  "Stop the fascist takeover of the American federal government! Stop the Trump police state!" the caption on the social media post said.  WATCHDOG EXPOSES TAXPAYER-FUNDED TEACHER PROGRAM FOR BANNING WHITE APPLICANTS: 'LIKELY ILLEGAL' The UCLE Latine Law Students Association also stoked hysteria around the event.  "Many students at UCLA and UCLA Law have been impacted by ICE’s practice of stalking, kidnapping, and profiling individuals whom they suspect to be in the United States without authorization, primarily based on ethnicity," the group said, later adding that inviting Percival to speak "utterly disregards the safety of our undocumented students and minimizes the great harm and trauma that has been inflicted on our communities over the decades." "By giving Mr. Percival a platform, The Federalist Society and UCLA Law are legitimizing and normalizing racially discriminatory policies that are actively harming both UCLA students and our broader community," the group said.  Video of the incident quickly made waves on social media after it was posted by recent UCLA law school graduate Yitzy Frankel and even got the attention of a top Justice Department official. "Oh, @UCLA," DOJ assistant attorney general for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon posted on X. "… Adding To The List …. And it’s the wrong list." "Some little punks tried this when I went to speak at UVA Law FedSoc, but school security cooperated with me in shutting down disruption during Q&A," Dhillon added in another post. "Conservative campus speakers must sadly now expect this nonsense, and prepare accordingly." "When you don’t discipline this kind of behavior you get more of it," Manhattan Institute's Ilya Shapiro posted on X. "This isn’t hard." "So much for the ‘diversity of thought' that the university says it ‘values,’" Judicial Network President Carrie Severino posted on X.  "That tolerance doesn’t extend to conservative legal arguments. It’s hard to imagine these students will be committed to the rule of law and upholding judicial independence." Fox News Digital reached out to UCLA for comment. The incident highlights an ongoing trend of far-left students and activists disrupting conservative events and harassing conservative students on college campuses. "FIRE’s 2026 college free speech survey shows that 91% of students now self-censor at least some of the time in conversations with classmates," Fox News contributor William J. Bennett wrote in a recent Fox News op-ed discussing how conservatives don't feel comfortable expressing themselves on college campuses. "Israel and Palestine are the most feared topics for open dissent, just ahead of abortion and transgender rights. At two prominent universities, 88% of students now pretend to be more progressive than they really are." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8fc4e059ccda1fcc141bc AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work te 2026-04-22T16:50:22.441Z AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8fa20059ccda1fcc14165 Fetterman says Democrats have forgotten Iran is 'the real enemy' as war powers deadline approaches te 2026-04-22T16:41:04.875Z Fetterman says Democrats have forgotten Iran is 'the real enemy' as war powers deadline approaches Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman blasted his own party on Tuesday, accusing Democrats and the American media of undermining U.S. efforts to topple the Iranian regime. "Iran must be so excited by the American media and the Democratic Party," Fetterman said on "Hannity." "It’s like, as long as we can hang on... more and more people continue to vote against the Trump administration." Fetterman's remarks come as Democrats ramp up a pressure campaign to check the president's authority and bring the Trump administration's action against the Mideast adversary to a close. LEAKS TO MEDIA ABOUT FETTERMAN ARE A COORDINATED SMEAR CAMPAIGN, HILL COLLEAGUES SAY The Pennsylvania Democrat has repeatedly broken with his party on Israel and the Iran war, arguing that Washington must remain focused on preventing the regime from acquiring a nuclear weapon. "I'm the only Democrat effectively left in Congress to support Epic Fury," Fetterman said. "It's almost as if we've forgotten, on the Democratic side, that the real enemy, the real threat, the real danger is Iran and its proxies too." FETTERMAN RECEIVES NO SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION FROM PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE DEMOCRATS: REPORT He noted the approaching 60-day deadline to terminate unauthorized military action under the War Powers Resolution. "Why can we be this close and allow them to acquire a nuclear bomb?" he asked. "That's my real concern, and I don't ever want to be on the wrong side of history to say, 'I'm going to walk away from it...' I've supported it [the operation] the entire time, and I don't know where the votes are going to be. If it takes two or three on the Republican side, I don't know, but I'm going to say where my vote is, because I'm firmly on the side of Israel, I'm firmly on this side of [opposing Iran]." He proceeded to criticize members of the left for neglecting to mention eight Iranian women allegedly slated to be executed at the hands of the regime "People on the left aren't talking about that. Why aren't they protesting that Iran's about to hang women in Iran? They are the evil regime..." he said. "We are at a very important inflection point in the Middle East," he continued. "That's why I'm going to continue to support this, because Iran can't ever acquire a nuclear bomb. That's not a radical idea for the Democratic Party... Until you're... [willing] to even do anything about it, then those are empty words. We should be firmly on this side to hold Iran fully accountable." President Trump recently implored Iran to release the women ahead of additional talks in Pakistan. Iranian officials have denied that the women are facing the death penalty, however. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f9f4059ccda1fcc1412a Tucson drug arrests up 67% under Safe City Initiative te 2026-04-22T16:40:20.845Z Tucson drug arrests up 67% under Safe City Initiative Tucson is arresting more people for drug offenses than it did a year ago, but city officials say the goal isn't incarceration, it's getting people into treatment. The city reported a 67% increase in felony and misdemeanor drug arrests in the first quarter of 2026, totaling 806, as part of its Safe City Initiative, an umbrella effort addressing public safety, homelessness and substance use that officials say is designed to connect people to services, not fill jail cells. But several local mutual aid organizations are pushing back on the initiative, offering a sharply different view of the program's results. Community Care Tucson, Alma 520 and Gatoraid argue that the initiative amounts to an agenda of mass arrest and criminalization of poverty, noting in a joint Instagram post that since October it has resulted in hundreds of arrests and thousands of charges but only a few dozen shelter placements. The city's own data from March lends some weight to that claim. Fifteen Safe City deployments resulted in 360 contacts, 328 arrests and 1,097 charges, clearing 15 encampments. Those same deployments produced 29 shelter placements, 26 detox assessments and 15 medically assisted treatments. The groups say residents do not trust the city's offers of services when they are delivered alongside the threat of arrest, and that decades of research shows sweeps and arrests worsen homelessness rather than reduce it. They also drew a direct line between the initiative and a 2025 Trump administration executive order on homelessness, accusing the mayor and council of carrying out that agenda locally. Safe City data from March show 328 arrests, 1,097 charges and 29 shelter placements. Tucson Police Chief Monica Prieto said during the April 7 city council meeting that TPD issued guidance to officers in January to improve how they collect information about an arrestee's behavior and criminal history, with the goal of better equipping prosecutors to pursue cases down the line. "There are some individuals that have been arrested repeatedly for the same type of nuisance and drug-related offenses over very short periods of time. Often they are in the same places as well that they are arrested," Prieto said. "It's important to identify those top repeat offenders whose behaviors are not changing, and utilizing focused deterrent strategies to ensure there is accountability." Prieto said enforcement alone is not enough, pointing to the need for deflection from the criminal justice system and service-based interventions. The city is working with community service providers and county administrators on those efforts, including three Clear Path deployments so far this year. The transportation department has a stake in the Safe City effort too. Tucson's Department of Transportation and Mobility has formalized regular coordination meetings with TPD, SunTran and contracted security to develop shared data-reporting standards that better track where incidents are occurring. The department also requested $350,000 to fund TPD special deployments, which launched March 9. In the program's first three weeks, 228 officer hours yielded 69 arrests, 129 warnings and nine referrals to services. The transportation department is seeking an additional $150,000 for environmental improvements to bus stops with the aim of discouraging some of the "problematic events" taking place. These enhancements include adding lighting or removing obstructions. The passage of Propositions 418 and 419 will generate roughly $2.5 million per year for traffic safety for the duration of the plan. Future goals include real-time monitoring capabilities through the Community Safety and Response Center and expanded contracted security. Tucson's Housing and Community Development department spent the month collecting feedback from the Safe City task force and related nonprofits, using it to draft a new policy document. The document defines two new concepts: a "safe outdoor space," which uses tents or encampments to connect unhoused individuals with services, and a "safe parking spot," a similar approach for unhoused families living in a car or RV. "We're really trying to balance different needs here. We want to ensure the clients who are unhoused have a level of safety, we want to also make sure that these sites are good neighbors and we also want to try to make it easier for nonprofits and faith-based organizations to create these spaces as well," said Anne Chanecka, director of Tucson's Housing and Community Development department. Tucson Mayor Regina Romero expressed excitement with the Safe City plan, saying she has seen positive impacts and received good feedback from local neighborhoods and businesses. "Since the beginning of the Safe City initiative, I've been very clear that incarceration is not the goal, that treatment is, and connecting people to the treatments and resources that they need, and that's what I saw firsthand," Romero said. Mutual aid groups are encouraging residents to register for upcoming public feedback sessions on the Safe City Initiative. Ian Stash is a journalism major at the University of Arizona and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact him at istash@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f7b9059ccda1fcc140d6 Expect Suns to come out strong in Game 2, but don't expect much from Dillon Brooks te 2026-04-22T16:30:49.263Z Expect Suns to come out strong in Game 2, but don't expect much from Dillon Brooks In some series, you know the winner is predetermined. Sure, injuries could change things, or maybe there is some sort of superhuman game that a guy has to at least give the other team a bit of hope. For the most part, though, you know who will win most playoff series. I'm not saying there won't ever be an upset. The Rockets have their backs against the wall, for example, even though they are facing a hobbling Lakers team. However, in the Suns vs. Thunder series, we know the Thunder are going to win, but are we betting on another blowout in Game 2? AUSTIN REAVES NEARING RETURN FOR LAKERS AS LUKA DONCIC REMAINS OUT INDEFINITELY WITH HAMSTRING STRAIN: REPORT The Suns made it to the postseason in a season that most thought they would likely be on the outside looking in. Coming into the season, the expectations were significantly lower after they traded away Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal was no longer on the team. The days of pairing superstars with Devin Booker in a championship quest were over. Instead, they built a well-rounded, balanced team with a lot of good role players. This seems to be where Booker excels the most. It isn't that Booker struggled with Durant or any of his other teammates, but the depth they've enjoyed this year really wasn't there in the past few seasons. The Suns rode that depth to a 45-37 record. Phoenix lost its first home Play-In game to the Trail Blazers, but made the Golden State Warriors dynasty perhaps come to a close with Steve Kerr potentially walking away. In Game 1 against the Thunder, the Suns looked very overmatched, losing by 35. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Beating a team by 35 points is pretty much just what the Thunder do. Now, they don't win all of their games by a ton, but when the Thunder are locked in, they are going to score a lot and not let you score much at all. They have a team full of defenders. Chet Holmgren can protect the rim if needed (as can Isaiah Hartenstein). Jalen Williams is great on the wing, Lou Dort takes on the tougher challenge most nights, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is adept at getting steals. That doesn't mention guys like Alex Caruso, who is one of the best defenders in the league coming in as their sixth man. The Thunder are unique because most teams don't play defense. Not only does Oklahoma City play defense, but they work together on offense. Sure, Gilgeous-Alexander loves to drive and play isolation basketball, but the team also averaged 28 assists per game this season, first in the league. There are two things to watch in Game 2. The first is to see how the Suns come out. When you lose a game by 35, you usually have a better effort in the second game. The first quarter is a good look for the Suns, and getting 5.5 points is a ton for one quarter. I'll take that. Before you rush to the window for the full game, though, be cautious. Last season, the Thunder won Game 1 of the first round by 51, then beat the Grizzlies again by 19 the next game. That would cover the spread tonight. The second thing is villain Dillon Brooks running his mouth again. He said he wants to put Gilgeous-Alexander in isolation. The Thunder are a team that really seems to embrace playing together and rooting for each other. I expect them to do everything they can to lock down Brooks. Give me under 17.5 points for Brooks. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f5ca059ccda1fcc14081 Arizona lottery ticket worth over $540,000 after Tuesday's drawing te 2026-04-22T16:22:34.159Z Arizona lottery ticket worth over $540,000 after Tuesday's drawing The lucky ticket was purchased at a Walmart in San Tan Valley. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f59c059ccda1fcc14053 Ilhan Omar calls reporter 'stupid,' refuses to explain financial discrepancies in vulgar outburst te 2026-04-22T16:21:48.589Z Ilhan Omar calls reporter 'stupid,' refuses to explain financial discrepancies in vulgar outburst Rep. lhan Omar, D-Minn., directed a profane outburst at a "stupid" reporter on Tuesday, refusing to discuss discrepancies about her financial disclosure and declaring she wouldn’t discuss "jack s---."  Omar's finances continued to grab national attention on Friday, when Congressional disclosures reviewed by the Wall Street Journal indicated that Omar’s wealth is somewhere between $18,000 and $95,000 — a far cry from previous reports that had put her wealth between $6 and $30 million. The reporter approached Omar in the halls of Congress and asked, "The last time I spoke to you, you said that I was stupid for asking about your financial disclosure, but there are some discrepancies on there. Would you like to explain them? How did you make such a big mistake?" 'SQUAD' REP AYANNA PRESSLEY'S EX-CON HUSBAND SLAPS PHONE OUT OF MAN'S HANDS AS HE TRIES TO ASK HER A QUESTION Omar shot back, "I still do think you’re stupid for asking me anything." Allison Steinberg, of the right-wing outlet LindellTV, pushed for Omar to answer to the "American people" who want to know how she made "such a big mistake." "I have explained to the American people… I have given them the explanation," Omar said.  Steinberg asked if she could reiterate her explanation, but Omar snapped, "I don’t want to tell you jacks---. How about that."  Omar then sarcastically told Steinberg to have a nice day.  Omar brushed past questions about the discrepancies from another reporter on Monday, ignoring him while chatting and laughing with another woman.  OMAR DUCKS QUESTIONS AS SCRUTINY GROWS OVER FILINGS THAT SLASHED HER REPORTED WEALTH BY MILLIONS Omar's office previously said the new numbers would end suspicion that Omar may have used her position on Capitol Hill to monetarily benefit her and her husband. "The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire," Omar spokesperson Jacklyn Rogers told the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Rogers noted that the filing was corrected "as soon as the discrepancy was identified." While the new figures undercut concerns about the size of her wealth and where it came from, they also bring new questions of their own, including how they had been so far off the mark in the first place. Omar came under fire last year when disclosure reporting revealed she and her husband accumulated up to $30 million in wealth, drawing calls from President Donald Trump for lawmakers to investigate her husband’s business ties. TRUMP SAYS MEDIA FOCUSES TOO MUCH ON MINNESOTA ICE COVERAGE, NOT ENOUGH ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS Omar’s wealth jump had been tied to two businesses: Rose Lake Capital and ESTCRU LLC. In 2024, evaluations of Rose Lake, a business firm co-founded by her husband, reached between $5 million and $25 million. Just one year before, in 2023, she reported that the same company’s value was between $1 and $1,000. Similarly, ESTCRU LLC, a winery registered in Santa Rosa, California, first appeared on Omar’s disclosure reports in 2020 and had a value of just $15,000 to $50,000 in 2023. In 2024, that evaluation exploded to between $1 million and $5 million. Reports of Omar’s wealth drew scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee, which demanded to see more of the companies’ business records earlier this year.  Fox News Digital’s Leo Briceno and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f588059ccda1fcc1404a LPGA's major championship greenside plunge pool is preposterous in every way te 2026-04-22T16:21:28.810Z LPGA's major championship greenside plunge pool is preposterous in every way The Chevron Championship, the first major on the LPGA schedule, has had a longstanding tradition of the winner jumping into a body of water nicknamed Poppie’s Pond next to the 18th green. This year’s event, which will take place in Houston this week, will be contested at a new venue, and while the tradition will continue, everything involved with it is absolutely preposterous. Memorial Park will play host to The Chevron for the first time after the major was held each of the last three years at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands. When the golf event was originally moved to Carlton Woods in 2023, a lake located between the ninth and 18th holes was dredged, cleaned out, and netting was even installed to keep animals, including alligators, out of it so the winner could jump in after securing victory. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Cleaning out a lake and protecting it from deadly animals taking it over all for a player to quickly jump in and out of it feels like a lot...because it is. This now brings us to Memorial Park, and an entirely new project the LPGA decided to take on for The Chevron winner’s quick dip into yet another makeshift version of Poppie’s Pond. The 18th hole at Memorial Park does not include a water feature, so after the PGA Tour’s Texas Children’s Houston Open wrapped up on the same golf course at the end of March, Chevron organizers began digging, literally. The result they landed on was digging a plunge pool just right of the 18th green that is 15 feet by 10 feet and 4 ½ feet deep. A photo shared less than two weeks ago not only exemplifies the quirkiness of the pool, but also shows that the man-made body of water is very much in play for players who may lose their approach shots right of the green. Now that the scene has been set, we can address the most ridiculous fact about the pool: If a player does hit their golf ball into the water, they will not be penalized and will be granted free relief. Golfweek's Beth Ann Nichols reported that the pool is considered to be a temporary immovable obstruction (TIO), which is governed by a Local Rule. Typically, TIO includes grandstands, tents, a temporary bathroom, or a scoreboard, but for Chevron week, it includes a body of water. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER UNCHARACTERISTICALLY UPSET OVER PGA CHAMPIONSHIP RULES DECISION Categorizing the plunge pool as TIO for something like a charity scramble or regular public play would be one thing, but to do so in a major championship with a purse of $9 million seems fundamentally wrong and also insane. Amy Alcott, a three-time winner of The Chevron, spontaneously jumped into a pond near the 18th green when she won the event in 1988 at Mission Hills Country Club. So, we've gone from a spontaneous, great celebration to digging out a tiny pool at a new venue that doesn't bear any consequences if a player hits a shot into it. Make it make sense. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f575059ccda1fcc14041 Iran seizes ships in Hormuz as US talks falter after ceasefire extension te 2026-04-22T16:21:09.130Z Iran seizes ships in Hormuz as US talks falter after ceasefire extension Iran seized two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz hours after President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire, as confrontations at sea continued under the truce. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the vessels, identified as the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas, were operating without proper authorization and had tampered with navigation systems, accusations that could not be independently verified. The ships had earlier reported coming under fire near the strait, underscoring the increasingly volatile conditions in one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. Both ships are managed by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The Guard attacked a third ship, identified as the Euphoria, which had become "stranded" on the Iranian coast, Iranian media reported. In a turn of events Tuesday, Trump announced he would extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran. For how long is unclear, but a White House official told Fox News it would be several days.  IRAN FIRES LIVE MISSILES INTO STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS TRUMP ENVOYS ARRIVE FOR NUCLEAR TALKS Despite heavy U.S. strikes that officials say severely degraded Iran’s conventional navy, Tehran maintains maritime capability through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ fleet of fast-attack boats used for harassment and boarding operations in the narrow strait. "We should think in the thousands," Farzin Nadimi, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told Fox News Digital. "If you include very small boats up to more capable fast-attack craft, the total could reach 3,000 to 4,000 vessels." Those forces have been used to harass commercial ships, force them to stop, and take them into custody. Iranian state media said similar tactics were used when Revolutionary Guard units attacked multiple vessels before escorting at least two into Iranian waters. The continued attacks highlight a gap between battlefield claims and reality. In a Truth Social post April 13, Trump said, "Iran’s Navy is obliterated. It is laying at the bottom of the sea," adding that U.S. forces did not need to target Iran’s "little fast-attack boats" because they were not a threat. TRUMP WATCHES STRIKE ON IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS IN YEMEN IN NEW WHITE HOUSE PICS AS LARGE-SCALE OP CONTINUES But those smaller vessels, long a cornerstone of Iran’s asymmetric strategy, are now central to its ability to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The seizures mark the latest escalation in a widening maritime standoff between Iran and Washington.  Both sides have targeted commercial and cargo vessels as part of a broader pressure campaign tied to stalled negotiations. U.S. forces have also moved to seize at least one Iranian-linked vessel in the region, with each side accusing the other of violating the terms of a fragile ceasefire. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery for global oil shipments, with roughly 20% of the world’s supply passing through it. Traffic has slowed dramatically as ships reroute or avoid the area amid gunfire, seizures and conflicting directives from both militaries. In a series of Truth Social posts Tuesday night, Trump claimed Iran privately wants the Strait of Hormuz reopened despite public threats to close it. "Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open so they can make $500 Million Dollars a day (which is, therefore, what they are losing if it is closed!)," he wrote. "But if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!" Trump said he agreed to extend the ceasefire at the request of Pakistani officials while waiting for Iran’s leadership to present a unified position in negotiations. "Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other," he added. Plans for renewed peace talks remain in limbo, with Iran signaling it may not participate in a second round of negotiations while the U.S. maintains its naval blockade. The blockade remains a key sticking point driving the confrontation at sea. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the naval blockade an "act of war," accusing Washington of violating the ceasefire. "Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire. Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation," he wrote on X. The comments came after U.S. forces moved to seize Iran’s M/V Touska vessel on Monday, which Araghchi described as "an act of piracy." The seizures come as U.S.-Iran diplomacy appears increasingly uncertain, with a planned second round of talks in Islamabad thrown into doubt. Vice President JD Vance, who had been expected to lead the U.S. delegation, remained in Washington after Iran signaled it would not participate, scrapping plans for the delegation to travel to Pakistan. The abrupt shift followed a day of mixed signals from Trump, who said Tuesday morning he did not want to extend the ceasefire as its deadline approached, warning time for negotiations was running out. By the afternoon, however, he reversed course and announced he would extend the truce indefinitely to allow more time for diplomacy. The reversal has further clouded fragile negotiations. No date has been set for renewed talks, and Iranian officials continue to insist they will not engage while the U.S. maintains its naval blockade. The confrontation has increasingly shifted from the negotiating table to the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, where the risk of miscalculation is rising. Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f561059ccda1fcc14038 Chicago alderman says police are 'handcuffed' from stopping teen takeovers under Mayor Brandon Johnson te 2026-04-22T16:20:49.674Z Chicago alderman says police are 'handcuffed' from stopping teen takeovers under Mayor Brandon Johnson One Chicago alderman is sounding the alarm after a recent wave of teen takeovers taking place under Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson, saying that police are "handcuffed" from stopping them. Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez, a Democrat, told Fox News Digital that the city is in for a "very long, very brutal" summer of teen takeovers and street takeovers if the mayor doesn't get a grip on the situation. He said policies in Chicago prevent police from correctly handling the teen takeovers seen in recent months. "I do not believe that Mayor Brandon Johnson is doing enough to tamper down these activities," Lopez said. "What we have seen is Chicago has now become a destination location for illegal street takeovers like this where hundreds of youth are encouraged to descend on a location, and whether it's to do mob action, regardless of if he likes the term or not, illegal street takeovers with our vehicles or other activities that are criminal, people know to come here." "They know they can get away with it, and they know that oftentimes our police are handcuffed themselves from stopping and interceding at these events," he said. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Lopez said that Chicago police officers are not allowed to "fully engage" with those participating in teen takeovers and do what's needed to stop them. "We've never done what it takes to authorize our officers to fully engage with these individuals, to box them in, to corral them so that they can't escape, to arrest them, to impound their vehicles like the law requires us to do," Lopez said. "And we have never really pursued who is behind the promotions of these events on social media. We know that they are spread online through Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and others, but yet we do almost nothing to find who is at the root of those posts of these gatherings." SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Lopez's remarks come after no arrests were made at a South Side street takeover over the weekend, underscoring his complaints about a lack of accountability for organizers. Video taken from Chicago's Gresham neighborhood over the weekend shows a large group of people surrounding a totaled car on fire, according to ABC 7 News. One individual was seen throwing an object into the car, engulfed in flames, which exploded seconds later. SEND US A TIP HERE Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson last week avoided using the term "takeover" in a social media post, instead warning residents of a possible "teen trend" that was set to take place on the city's South Side. "Chicago, there are credible reports of a teen trend forming in Hyde Park later today," Johnson wrote on X. "Parents, be aware of where your children are going this evening. DO NOT allow your children to attend one of these gatherings; they are dangerous and can often turn violent." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "Together we can keep our youth and our communities safe," Johnson added. Video from a March 30 teen takeover showed a large crowd of people climbing on cars, crowding streets and sidewalks and dancing at intersections. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB During that teen takeover, three curfew violations were issued and one 16-year-old girl was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct. Jason Hale, a resident of Chicago's Hyde Park, told Fox 32 that his car was one of 30 vehicles damaged during a teen takeover in his area. "Yeah, it’s bad. The hood is messed up, terrible. A thousand worth of damage, dents everywhere, footprints everywhere," he said. Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson's office for comment. Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f3a7059ccda1fcc13fc0 Auburn coach triggers USF fans with comments about former school te 2026-04-22T16:13:27.853Z Auburn coach triggers USF fans with comments about former school Hating your former head coach is a rite of passage for a college football fan. Very few get to ride off into the sunset after accomplishing everything they set out to do, and even those coaches take a little time to get back into the good graces of some pockets of the fanbase. Take a guy like Clemson coach Dabo Swinney for example. He has two national championships to his name and owned the ACC for a decade, yet within the next year or two, he will likely be fired or forced to resign, and the fans will remember the 7-5 seasons long before they come to their senses and revere the guy as one of the best coaches of the 21st century. GEORGIA TECH COACH BRENT KEY DEFENDS STATE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL AMID WIDESPREAD CRITICISM All that is to say, when your coach leaves, be it through his own volition or as a result of poor performance, it's easy to have a sour taste in your mouth as a fan. Current Auburn coach (and former USF coach) Alex Golesh didn't do anything to change those feelings when, in an interview with USA Today, he made some interesting comments about the comparisons between his current and former employers. If you think that ruffled some feathers, you are absolutely right. Bulls fans were incensed that their former coach would dare speak ill of their program, as the fanbase had a full-blown meltdown all over social media. EX-NFL COACH JON GRUDEN RIPS STATE OF COLLEGE SPORTS Okay, look, I get it. He probably shouldn't have said those things, there is no need to take shots at your former program like that, and Golesh has a reputation for being kind of a prickly guy. With all that being said, he's not wrong. People can be mad at Golesh for saying something inflammatory, but saying he is wrong or calling him a liar ain't it either. The way college football is set up, a team like USF has virtually no shot at even coming close to winning a national championship. All of their players that are good enough to play at Power 4 schools will just end up being poached by the big boys. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Don't believe me? Look at the USF roster from last season. Half of those kids are on The Plains with Golesh, which kind of hurts his argument that he thinks he can win at Auburn while taking half his South Florida roster with him, but I digress. The days of Boise State and Cincinnati knocking on the door of the national championship are gone (though those teams probably weren't going to win it either). Unless USF finds a few billionaire boosters underneath the coach cushions and joins a P4 conference, Golesh is correct in his assessment of the situation, whether you like it or not. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f394059ccda1fcc13fb7 Hiker who set out in warm spring weather found dead after snowstorm in New Hampshire mountains te 2026-04-22T16:13:08.072Z Hiker who set out in warm spring weather found dead after snowstorm in New Hampshire mountains A Massachusetts hiker who set out in warm spring weather was found dead deep in New Hampshire’s White Mountains after a snowstorm dumped several inches of snow in the area, authorities said. Kent Wood, 61, of West Roxbury, was discovered Tuesday evening on a remote section of the Kinsman Pond Trail in Franconia Notch, about 5.5 miles from his vehicle, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game. Wood had driven to Franconia Notch on April 17 for a weekend camping and hiking trip, and set out on a hike the next morning in warm, clear weather, officials said. Family and friends last heard from him Saturday afternoon. When he failed to return or make contact for two days, officials said relatives reported him missing Tuesday morning, prompting a large-scale search. HIKER IDENTIFIED, POPULAR TRAIL CLOSED AFTER DEADLY FALL A UTAH'S ZION NATIONAL PARK Rescuers quickly learned Wood had packed for mild conditions, not the three to five inches of snow that fell in the area between Sunday and Monday. Search teams from Fish and Game, PEMI Valley Search and Rescue, and the Army National Guard launched a coordinated effort, focusing on the Lonesome Lake and Kinsman Pond areas. FAMILY'S SPRING BREAK HIKE TURNS INTO LIFE-OR-DEATH RESCUE AFTER PARENT FALLS 70 FEET OFF UTAH CLIFF Conservation officers located Wood’s body around 7:41 p.m. Tuesday. Crews carried him out overnight, reaching the trailhead shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Since Friday, six hikers from Massachusetts have been rescued in the White Mountains, Fish and Game said. Officials are reminding hikers that winter conditions still grip the mountains, with snow, freezing temperatures and rapidly changing weather. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f380059ccda1fcc13fae GOP lawmaker clashes with MS NOW host over war in Iran, accuses her of spewing leftist talking points te 2026-04-22T16:12:48.429Z GOP lawmaker clashes with MS NOW host over war in Iran, accuses her of spewing leftist talking points Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., clashed with MS NOW host Katy Tur on Tuesday over the war in Iran, as the lawmaker accused her of pushing leftist talking points. Tur asked Lawler about whether the Trump administration had a real strategy for the war, suggesting the president was "more desperate" than Iran. The GOP lawmaker brought up former President Barack Obama and the conflict in Libya. "We don’t need to go back to Barack Obama. We can stick– no, let’s stick with President Trump. No, we don’t," Tur said. "I want to live in the moment and I don’t want to do a 10-minute detour for President Obama." Lawler said, "Excuse me. It’s not a detour. It’s not a detour. It’s a relevant fact, OK? We were in a seven-month war in Libya that resulted in a civil war. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi fully endorsed it, fully embraced it, said everything was great, and the president was well within his authority." TRUMP'S THREAT TO END IRANIAN 'CIVILIZATION' SPARKS UPROAR ON CAPITOL HILL Tur asked how the example justified the current war in Iran. She said, "I’m talking about this president who promised no foreign wars." "I know you just want to spew out the talking points for the left here, but the fact is this: this was a just war that the president engaged in to stop this regime from possessing a nuclear weapon, and ultimately, you can say that over the past eight weeks — in your opinion, seemingly — nothing has been done, but the fact is their leadership is gone, the ayatollah is dead, the clerics are dead, the leadership of the IRGC is dead," Lawler responded. He continued, "The remnants are what we are dealing with right now. And yes, if you think they’re using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage is a problem, what do you think it would have been if they actually had a nuclear weapon? What do you think they would have done using a nuclear weapon to extort the rest of the world?" Lawler argued that Iran was actually engaged in negotiations about their enriched uranium and financing of terrorism. TRUMP ADMIN 'OBLITERATED' IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES WITH SLIMMED DOWN NSC TEAM, RUBIO JUGGLING MULTIPLE JOBS "All the members of the media who have said this is a problem, but because something was actually done now say, I can’t believe we did something, give me a break. The fact is that they needed to be dealt with, and somebody actually took action to go after a regime that has acted belligerently for 47 years, killing thousands of Americans," he said. Tur pressed Lawler on what he would consider to be a successful outcome. When Lawler cited the killing of the former ayatollah, Tur said the new ayatollah might be even more "hardline." After back-and-forth between the two, Lawler accused Tur of repeating a talking point. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Everybody wants success! Everybody, everybody — everyone wants a new regime, everyone wants democracy for Iran, absolutely. Everyone wants to be safer. Everyone is worried that it's going to become something much more dangerous," Tur said. President Donald Trump's extension of the ceasefire with Israel will last only for three to five days, a White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f36c059ccda1fcc13fa5 LGBTQ migrant 'wellness' program paused and grant returned after city says funds were never approved for it te 2026-04-22T16:12:28.975Z LGBTQ migrant 'wellness' program paused and grant returned after city says funds were never approved for it OUTnewcomers, an LGBTQ group in Boston, announced it returned city grant funding to the mayor’s office after its plans to offer LGBTQ migrants up to $500 in "wellness" perks, such as yoga classes and massages, clashed with local government's expectations for the funding. "OUTnewcomers will be ceasing all related programming and will return any funds received for this initiative," the group said in a Friday press release. The purpose and scope of the program, called "Belonging Matters," clashed with statements from city officials about their expectations for the grant, prompting questions about how Boston distributes and oversees grants to outside advocacy groups. "No funds have been distributed or directed for these purposes," a city spokesperson told Fox News Digital in response to inquiries about the program. BOSTON'S WU ORDERS RELEASE OF ICE SURVEILLANCE AND BODY CAM FOOTAGE, SAYS FED GOVERNMENT 'HIDES BEHIND MASKS' "This organization received a $7,500 grant through a city program to support mental health services. Those funds were not designated for and may not be used for the voucher program referenced," the spokesperson said. OUTnewcomers had been listed as one of 45 recipients of a larger $200,000 push to support LGBTQ communities in Boston. The $200,000 figure was approved by Wu last year as a part of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement (MOLA). According to Boston officials, OUTnewcomers was awarded a $7,500 mini-grant allocated from the 2026 budget. DEM CITY USES 'BAIT-AND-SWITCH' TACTIC TO APPROVE HOMELESS SHELTER, LOCALS ERUPT "These investments represent our continued dedication to uplifting LGBTQ+ Bostonians by putting resources directly into the hands of trusted community organizations," Wu said in a press release at the time. The mayor's office declined to answer questions about the funds' initial approval. The registration form for Belonging Matters offered applicants yoga, breathwork and meditation, gym memberships, creative arts, peer support, storytelling, nature-based wellness and hairstyling. If approved, the program promised applicants $250 to $500 in "wellness allowances" evaluated on a case-by-case basis. But the organization later described the program as offering vouchers of $50 or less, creating a discrepancy between how the initiative was initially presented and how it was later characterized. Even before returning the city’s grant funding, OUTnewcomers announced that it has paused Belonging Matters, citing "security concerns." DEMOCRAT PROVIDENCE MAYOR SLAMS MURAL PROJECT DEDICATED TO SLAIN IRYNA ZARUTSKA "This is an incredibly difficult decision," said Sal Khan, Founder of OUTnewcomers. "Our work has always been rooted in care, dignity, and community support. However, the severity of the threats we have received has made it impossible to continue this program safely. The safety of our team and community members must come first," OUTnewcomers wrote in a press release. Khan did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f359059ccda1fcc13f9c Inside the fight: NIL arms race fueling new push for College Football Playoff expansion te 2026-04-22T16:12:09.195Z Inside the fight: NIL arms race fueling new push for College Football Playoff expansion In a college athletics world dominated by debates over NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) and rising costs, discussion around expanding the College Football Playoff (CFP) is once again becoming a hot-button issue, like clockwork.   Since gathering in Miami during CFP National Championship weekend, key voices — both inside and outside the selection committee — have continued to weigh in on how many teams should be included in the next iteration of the playoff. At this point, the question is no longer if the College Football Playoff will expand, but when. And, couple that with athletic departments across the country trying to manage rising costs of putting together teams in a highly competitive space of NIL and roster payrolls, you start to realize why there are so many administrators looking for additional revenue. GEORGIA COACH KIRBY SMART PUSHES BACK ON TRANSFER PORTAL HYPE, STRESSES PRACTICE OVER PUBLICITY We are also witnessing a battle within the NIL landscape, as plaintiffs in the House v. NCAA settlement case have filed a motion in a Northern California courtroom to argue that multimedia rights partners should be allowed to provide deals without scrutiny from the CSC (College Sports Commission). NIL DEALs VS. NFL ROOKIE CONTRACTS: TRANSFER PORTAL HAS LED TO PRO DREAMS DELAYED SO CHECKS CAN BE CASHED This alone could essentially demolish an agreed-upon salary cap in college athletics, if a judge grants the plaintiffs injunctive relief. But, since there are multiple battles ongoing within college sports, it's only logical in this era that the fight over adding additional teams to the playoff continues this offseason. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM One thing remains clear: expansion is inevitable. This week, just outside of downtown Dallas, CFP leaders are convening again before conferences hold their annual spring meetings. The only remaining questions are how many teams will be added in the future and when the changes will be implemented. Why are we waiting until 2027 or 2028? That comes down to money, politics and scheduling. A major reason the playoff will not expand for the 2026 season stems from a disagreement between the SEC and Big Ten over the size of the field. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, backed by conference leadership, has advocated for a 24-team playoff. Meanwhile, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has pushed for a more conservative 16-team format.  With ESPN setting a deadline for a decision, the lack of consensus ultimately stalled expansion. For fans, jumping to the addition of 12 teams within a year of moving from a four-team playoff seemed like too big of a move in such a short time, with one argument centering on the idea there are not 24 teams talented enough to win a national title. Due to a prior agreement among CFP stakeholders, the SEC and Big Ten currently hold significant influence over the playoff’s future structure. Rightfully so, that dynamic has prompted conferences like the ACC and Big 12 to push for more access and representation in the postseason. FIRST 12-TEAM COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS ANNOUNCED; OREGON HOLDS TOP SPOT  From their perspective, a 24-team format would provide increased opportunities — and a larger share of the spotlight, along with revenue.  In that case, conferences like the Big 12, ACC and Group of Six aren’t wrong when it comes to exposure, especially with the amount of money that comes with a postseason spot. Though it would come with caveats, the optimism within some conferences is that college football could initially see an expansion to 16 teams, then 24 in the following years. Behind the scenes, financial pressure is becoming a central factor in the expansion debate. Athletic department budgets are rapidly increasing as schools attempt to remain competitive in the NIL era. Programs are spending tens of millions annually on rosters, creating an escalating arms race across conferences. "If we’re going to continue increasing our spending just to have a chance at making the playoff, it would feel a lot better to know there’s a greater opportunity for that investment to pay off," one Power Four athletic director told OutKick. "We can spend millions and ask donors for more, but we’re competing to build a product worth watching. If we’re effectively eliminated by November after three losses, that’s viewed externally as a failure — and we’re already operating at a short-term loss hoping for long-term returns. If we're spending $30 million on a roster, sitting at home as other teams compete in the playoff is not going to entice donors to give more. But, we all know the risks involved, just look at how the college basketball season played out. How much did Kentucky spend?" This financial reality is fueling support for a larger playoff field, particularly among conferences seeking more consistent postseason access. For conferences like the ACC and Big 12, expansion beyond 16 teams represents a critical opportunity. With increased spending becoming unavoidable, schools want a clearer path to the playoff. A 24-team model would provide more margin for error and more postseason berths — key factors for programs investing heavily in their football operations. Rightfully so, if schools are essentially being forced to spend the amount of money currently being added to their spreadsheets, they'd like more of a guarantee that additional spots would be available come December each season.  On the other hand, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has been pushing for a 16-team playoff if expansion were to happen, again. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Mind you, we've had only one season of a 12-team format, and that was met with resounding applause from college football fans, though there will always be detractors.  But when the SEC decided to shift to a nine-game conference schedule, there were plenty of coaches within the league that thought playoff expansion would come with it. Now, heading into the 2026 season, the SEC will play an additional conference game, along with a Power-Four opponent, but we are still sitting at 12 teams.  "The notion that one was dependent on the other is incorrect. We looked at a value-based decision," Greg Sankey told OutKick in March. "The ability to play more games, to have a more balanced and fair ration, which is what we were asked for by our membership completely.  "The expansion beyond four was introduced and acted upon after USC and UCLA moved and then everybody in the nation forgot they were mad at the SEC and decided to advance from four to twelve, if you remember that..I thought last year we'd go to 16. I thought we could seek the agreement on 14 or 16. We had to make a decision based on the best available information, and I think it'll be a great season." ESPN stands to benefit from additional games involving SEC programs, while FOX Sports CEO Eric Shanks has recently advocated for a 24-team format — aligning with Big Ten interests and the potential for expanded media rights opportunities. Obviously, the push is for Big Ten reasons, but there could come a time with expansion over 16 teams that FOX could find itself bidding on games in the future.  While NIL, eligibility rules, and legal challenges remain central offseason topics, the CFP expansion debate underscores a more critical issue: the rising cost of competing at the highest level. Programs are willing to invest heavily in their football teams — but they also want a more predictable return on that investment. At its core, the push for expansion is about access, opportunity, and financial sustainability. Unfortunately for boosters who enjoy bragging about their investments, only one team will win a national championship each year. So, the return on investment is a crapshoot in reality. But for programs left outside the playoff picture, the financial consequences of missing out are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f345059ccda1fcc13f93 Brewers-Tigers matchup features a sharp under 4.5 runs through five innings bet te 2026-04-22T16:11:49.547Z Brewers-Tigers matchup features a sharp under 4.5 runs through five innings bet With the NBA and NHL playoffs going on, it is easy to forget that the baseball season is here. I don't know about you, but I try to pay attention to everything as a sports bettor. You kind of have to if you're going to find angles. This is also a good time because there can be some soft lines due to the books focusing on other things, like the NFL Draft and the Playoffs. I think I've found a spot for us to take advantage of as the Milwaukee Brewers take on the Detroit Tigers in the second game of a three-game set. YANKEES' 120-YEAR TRADITION IN JEOPARDY AS PLAYERS PITCH IDEA OF ALTERNATE ROAD JERSEY: REPORT The Brewers come into this game with a winning record at 13-9. I don't know that we should consider that much of a surprise, given the fact that the team has basically been a winner for years now. Even when they lose big names or key players, the team finds a way to win. Actually, the most shocking thing about this season so far isn't that the Brewers have a winning record; it is that they are currently in 4th place of the division, as every team has a winning record in the National League Central. It won't stay that way, but it is kind of cool to see. Probably not if you're a Brewers fan, or a fan of any of the NL Central teams for that matter. Today they send out Chad Patrick to the hill to try and keep their winning ways. Patrick has been awesome so far, throwing to a 0.95 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP in 19 innings. The biggest concern, if you're a Brewers fan, is that Patrick has been inconsistent with the number of innings pitched. He has gone 4.1, 5, 3, and 6.2. The most pitches he has thrown this season is 86. I assume they are just being cautious with him, but I'm not quite sure. He hasn't faced the Tigers' hitters before, so he might have a small edge going into this game. However, teams actually hit him better the first time through the order than the second or third. There really isn't a ton of data to support the theory either way, though. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Coming into the year, the American League Central was pretty much a three-horse race, with most people gravitating to the Tigers winning the division. They had an epic collapse last year to the Guardians, but still beat Cleveland in the playoffs, and fell just short against the Mariners. Detroit decided to go out and get Framber Valdez to bolster their rotation, but the bigger issue, at least to me, was their hitting. I assume they decided they were just going to try to pick someone up during the season. Perhaps they don't really need it. The team is hitting .246 overall with 104 runs scored for the year. That averages out to 4.33 runs per game, which is a solid amount. It hasn't put them as a winning team, though, as they are just 12-12 coming into this game. The Tigers have been great in Detroit with an 8-2 mark. Tonight, they put Casey Mize on the rubber. Mize has been strong for the Tigers with a 1-1 record, a 2.78 ERA, and a 1.19 WHIP. Although it is just one start, his lone home outing was solid, going 5.2 innings and allowing just one earned run. Brewers hitters haven't found Mize hard to hit. Overall, they are 7-for-24 against him, but none of those hits have gone for extra bases. As often as possible, I try to cut the MLB games shorter. I usually find the most success when I focus on starting pitching and try to predict what will happen from there. In this game, I love the under 4.5 runs through five innings. You have two strong hurlers on the mound, and one of them has the advantage of the opponent never facing him. I also like, not nearly as much, the Brewers to win the first five innings. They've had success against Mize, but don't seem to cash in on it. Give me the under 4.5 through five innings. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f331059ccda1fcc13f8a Magic continue to be disrespected by sportsbooks te 2026-04-22T16:11:29.743Z Magic continue to be disrespected by sportsbooks April and May are without a doubt some of the best times of the year for sports. With the NFL, we get some good playoff games, but those are usually only two days a week. October baseball has a magic feeling, but I personally feel like the three Wild Card teams have taken away from a bit of that. With the NHL and NBA, we have almost nightly action for a few weeks, and the games are typically great. Tonight, we have two NBA games, and the first one is between the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons in Game 2. AUSTIN REAVES NEARING RETURN FOR LAKERS AS LUKA DONCIC REMAINS OUT INDEFINITELY WITH HAMSTRING STRAIN: REPORT The Magic enter this one having already taken away home-court advantage from the first-seeded Pistons. I was not one of the people who thought Orlando would get swept, but I did believe the Pistons would be able to advance without too much trouble. In Game 1, the Magic never really struggled. Keep in mind, this team lost to the 76ers in a road Play-In Game, then had to go home and beat a pesky Hornets team. The Hornets' game turned out laughable as they destroyed them. Beating the Pistons in Detroit was a bit of a shock, but to me, the bigger surprise is that they outscored Detroit in three of the four quarters. Paolo Banchero was fantastic in the game as usual, scoring 23 points and hauling in a team-high nine rebounds. All five starters scored 16 or more points. That's the key to the Magic's success - team contributions, and a dominant Banchero. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Pistons have probably seen that everyone thinks that the sky is falling for them. That's not quite the case. A lot of teams lose Game 1 and come back to win the series. It usually is a bit of a wake-up call. However, the bigger issue is that the Pistons shouldn't need a wake-up call. They have won nothing and are still growing as a team. They should've been hungry and looked to take the series lead immediately. Cade Cunningham was his usual brilliant self, scoring 39 points. However, just one other player on his team reached double digits in scoring. A lot of talking heads blamed this game on Jalen Duren. He only had eight points in 33 minutes. You do expect at least a double-double out of him if the Pistons want to battle. Game 2 is often about adjustments. You'll see the zig-zag theory quite a bit, but that's not always the case. For the Magic, you don't really think you need to make adjustments. They shot almost 50% from the floor, but they only hit about 30% of threes. Their defense held the Pistons to just 101 points and 40% shooting. This game will be more about controlling the glass and getting the team involved for Detroit. The problem is that this is not a great matchup for the Pistons. Suggs is a capable defender (even if Cade scored almost 40 on him). Wendell Carter Jr. is a decent defender on Duren. Desmond Bane and Franz Wagner are just better players than what the Pistons have. Give me the Magic +8.5 here. I do think Detroit wins, but the points offered are disrespectful to the Magic. I also like Duren to get a double-double, but at -188 isn't worth playing. For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f309059ccda1fcc13f70 Bessent Backs Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E. te 2026-04-22T16:10:49.583Z Bessent Backs Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E. The Treasury secretary said that currency swap line would benefit both the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8f2ed059ccda1fcc13f47 Influencers de Tucson crean comunidad en Instagram te 2026-04-22T16:10:21.575Z Influencers de Tucson crean comunidad en Instagram Leer en inglés Cuando la pandemia vació los comedores de Tucson, llenó los feeds de Instagram, y los creadores locales intervinieron como salvavidas inesperados. Lo que comenzó como publicaciones casuales de comida durante el confinamiento se ha convertido en una escena de influencia impulsada por la comunidad, donde creadores como @Tucsonlocalista y  @hannahjeansplate usan sus plataformas para destacar pequeñas empresas, guiar a los locales a joyas ocultas y convertir las redes sociales en una carta de amor digital a la ciudad. En 2020, Megan Monge, tucsonense de toda la vida, vio la necesidad de crear contenido centrado en pequeños negocios. Para apoyarlos, comenzó a crear videos de sus restaurantes, publicando sus pedidos, forjando relaciones con los propietarios y compartiendo sus experiencias con sus aproximadamente 3000 seguidores. “Los dueños de negocios me decían: ‘Megan, muchísimas gracias, porque gracias a ti hemos podido superar el COVID,” dijo Monge. “Me hizo sentir bien. Sentí que mi trabajo es necesario, que este tipo de creación de contenido es realmente necesario en la comunidad.” En ese momento no tenía idea de que su cuenta de Instagram se convertiría en un centro donde locales y visitantes encontrarían lugares para comer y cosas para hacer. Monge, conocida como @Tucsonlocalista en Instagram, se centra específicamente en Tucson y comparte restaurantes, actividades y eventos locales. Recientemente, ha empezado a compartir más sobre su vida personal, incluyendo publicaciones sobre su perro y su proceso de pérdida de peso. Aunque inicialmente se centró en los restaurantes, notó que la gente se interesaba en ella como persona y le preguntaban dónde se hacía las uñas y el cabello. El número de seguidores de Monge ha aumentado a poco menos de 35.000, lo que la sitúa en la categoría de micro influencer: creadores con entre 10.000 y 50.000 seguidores. Los micro influencers suelen centrarse en un nicho específico y suelen ser percibidos como más auténticos. Según un artículo de Forbes, los consumidores pueden desconfiar cuando los influencers parecen priorizar acuerdos con marcas únicamente por motivos económicos. Cuenta de Instagram de Megan Monge, @tucsonlocalista. Monge describe su cuenta como “muy tucsoniano,” una guía para los tucsonenses que ya viven aquí y quieren descubrir nuevos restaurantes y cosas para hacer. “Verán muchos pequeños negocios de Tucson, cosas que hacer en Tucson. Ya saben, mis restaurantes favoritos. Y eso realmente refleja quién soy,” dijo Monge. “Soy muy extrovertida. Me gusta probar cosas nuevas. Así que creo que es un Instagram divertido para encontrar algo nuevo que hacer.” Si bien micro influencers como Monge han creado audiencias considerables, representan solo una capa del ecosistema creativo de Tucson. A una escala más pequeña y personal, otro grupo de creadores de contenido está moldeando la comunidad en línea de la ciudad de forma igualmente significativa. Los nanoinfluencers suelen tener entre 1000 y 10.000 seguidores y suelen compartir contenido basado en la vida cotidiana. Hannah Jean Hildreth, quien gestiona la cuenta de Instagram @hannahjeansplate, es una creadora residente en Tucson que se mudó a la ciudad en 2019 para trabajar en educación superior. Tras mudarse con frecuencia y llegar sin conocer a nadie, esperaba crear un sentido de pertenencia. A Hildreth siempre le ha encantado la comida. Viviendo en Hawái y rodeada de una vibrante escena gastronómica, desarrolló una auténtica pasión por fotografiar y filmar sus comidas, lo que le valió la reputación de ser la amiga que siempre tiene fotos y videos de los lugares donde todos comieron. Al principio, rara vez compartía su contenido públicamente; ocasionalmente publicaba en una cuenta privada donde solo sus familiares y amigos interactuaban con sus publicaciones. Dentro de su círculo cercano, rápidamente se convirtió en la persona de referencia para obtener recomendaciones de restaurantes. Pero en 2020, Hildreth, como Monge, se unió a la ola de creadores de contenido. “Creo que (la pandemia) fue la tormenta perfecta para que yo también empezara a publicar,” dijo Hildreth. “Al principio me sentí rara. Antes me daba mucha vergüenza ajena, pero ahora me da igual porque la gente ve lo que quiere en internet y si les da vergüenza ajena o no, eso es cosa suya.” Cuenta de Instagram de Hannah Hildreth, @hannahjeansplate. El contenido de Hildreth se centra en lugares locales para comer y explorar. Recientemente, tras adoptar una dieta sin gluten, cambió su cuenta, @hannahjeansplate, para destacar restaurantes sin gluten en Tucson. El cambio fue impulsado por algo más que un cambio en la dieta personal: vino acompañado de un creciente sentido de responsabilidad hacia su audiencia. “Voy a compartir mi reseña de Yelp. Casi me siento obligado a compartirla porque hay muchos lugares que no tienen una reseña que indique si son sin gluten,” dijo Hildreth. Para Hildreth, este trabajo se vincula con su propósito más amplio de ayudar a los demás. A menudo llama directamente a los restaurantes para preguntar sobre opciones sin gluten y luego escribe reseñas o crea videos para mostrar lo que hay disponible para personas con restricciones alimentarias. A medida que su presencia en la comunidad gastronómica y creativa de Tucson crecía, Hildreth empezó a conectar con otras personas que compartían su enfoque en la creación de contenido. Conoció a Monge en un evento de Yelp, donde ambas conectaron gracias a valores e intereses compartidos. “Es bueno tener a alguien que entienda la creación de contenido,” dijo Hildreth. “Pero también necesitas a alguien con quien te sientas cómodo y que tenga una mentalidad de crecimiento que logre animar los éxitos de los demás y no competir.” En 2025, Monge consiguió una asociación con un resort en Puerto Peñasco, México, y pudo traer a un huésped: Hildreth. “Como nos llevamos tan bien, no se trata solo de crear contenido, sino de nosotras mismas. Ser amigas, hablar sobre qué libro estamos leyendo, adónde queremos ir de compras de segunda mano, qué hacen nuestros perros o nuestras familias,” dijo Hildreth. Megan Monge y Hannah Hildreth se toman una selfie durante su viaje a Puerto Peñasco, México, como parte del acuerdo de marca de Monge con un resort. Un estudio de Adobe de 2022 sobre el futuro de la creatividad en la economía de los creadores descubrió que, para la mayoría de los creadores, la creación de contenido sigue siendo un pasatiempo o un trabajo secundario. Tanto Monge como Hildreth trabajan a tiempo completo y consideran sus plataformas de redes sociales como un trabajo extra. Ambas han firmado acuerdos con Fry's Grocery Store y han monetizado parte de su contenido mediante una combinación de intercambio de productos, servicios y colaboraciones remuneradas. “Poder monetizar y conseguir acuerdos con marcas me ha ayudado mucho a pagar mis cuentas,” dijo Monge. “Realmente me ha cambiado la vida porque he podido invertir en otros aspectos de mi vida.” Más allá de la monetización, Monge y Hildreth siguen comprometidos con su misión original: apoyar a la comunidad destacando lugares locales para comer y cosas para hacer en Tucson. “Simplemente estoy compartiendo mi amor y pasión por el lugar donde vivo,” dijo Monge. Para ambas creadoras, ese compromiso tiene sus raíces en un afecto compartido por la ciudad, que expresan de maneras diferentes pero complementarias. "Sólo espero que la gente pueda conectarse con estos lugares y encuentre un amor más profundo por Tucson,” dijo Hildreth. Diana Ramos es exalumna de la Universidad de Arizona y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Contáctala en diana@tucsonspotlight.org. Esta nota fue traducida por los pasantes de la preparatoria San Miguel y editada 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/69e8eea5059ccda1fcc13e39 Bob Odenkirk says heart attack wiped his memory for a week, daughter stepped in to help te 2026-04-22T15:52:05.970Z Bob Odenkirk says heart attack wiped his memory for a week, daughter stepped in to help Bob Odenkirk says his daughter helped him remember after his heart attack in 2021 left him with no memory for a week. The "Breaking Bad" actor told Michael Rosenbaum on his "Inside of You" podcast that the heart attack he suffered while filming "Better Call Saul" was all the more "dangerous" because he was "far away" from the set during Covid protocols and "all the people who would hear someone screaming were across the floor of a giant studio." He said everyone initially thought his castmates Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian were laughing. Odenkirk explained that he was walking over to an exercise bike and told Seehorn, "'I don’t feel so good,' and then I turned gray and worse things happened." MICHAEL J. FOX DOESN'T WANT A 'DRAMATIC' DEATH AFTER BATTLING PARKINSON'S FOR 35 YEARS He said his family was with him the next day when he went into surgery and every day in the hospital after, but he has no memory of anything until a week later.   "My daughter made this dry-erase board that said what happened to me so that I would wake up and see this dry-erase board that: heart, you know, attack and then to the hospital and who's visited me and who's in town and what day it is because I never had a memory that whole week." Every day that week he said he was asking: "'Where are we? Why are you guys at the hospital?'" SHARON STONE'S PHILOSOPHY TO STAY POSITIVE AFTER NEAR-FATAL BRAIN BLEED, FINANCIAL STRUGGLES Odenkirk said there’s a funny video that was shot by his wife, Naomi, in the hospital that was included in his upcoming documentary "Bob & David Climb Machu Picchu" where his kids ask him after his surgery if he knows why he’s there. "And I'm like ‘Cause I heard you guys are here,’" he revealed. "It's really funny. It's really, it’s crazy what your brain does. ‘How did you get here?’ ‘I drove here.’ You know, like your brain makes up a story about what is going on that suits you." He said he kept telling his family the same thing for a week. TEDDI MELLENCAMP TEARS UP OVER LOSING TIME WITH HER KIDS AS SHE BATTLES STAGE 4 CANCER Joking that he got "ripped off," Odenkirk said that he didn’t see a white light or get to have his life flash before his eyes. "And I've talked to people who've had that, by the way," he said. "Those experiences are incredible." Odenkirk added that "remembering how it felt to come out of that moment to realize the life that I have, the wonderful things that I have in my world, and how wonderful the world can be — really kind of is, and I can reconnect with that just by telling that story, and so that's a great thing and maybe it helped — maybe — with the whole awareness of limited time." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER He admitted it’s hard to counteract that feeling of "’I’m going to live forever. What movies do I want to make in 30 years?’" LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "‘Hey man,’" he said he tells himself, "‘you are not making any movies in 30 years. You're not making them in 10 years. You're going to be cooked and done. And so, what do you want to do? And how much time do you have left? And how are you going to use it?'" The "Better Call Saul" star said it’s hard to look in the mirror and go: "‘I'm 63, you know, my dad lived to 56, you know, I mean, what are you doing with your time? How are you going to use it? How are you going to do the most with it?’" He clarified he wasn’t talking about work.   "Work is great, and work is really great if you get to do what we do, but also, you got to try to get some dimension in yourself and in your life." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ee92059ccda1fcc13e30 DAVID MARCUS: Prada bag power grab as elites hijack Old Dominion te 2026-04-22T15:51:46.286Z DAVID MARCUS: Prada bag power grab as elites hijack Old Dominion Some 163 years ago this June, the people of what is now West Virginia had had enough of the Old Dominion and the wealthy planters who thought the nation’s rules did not apply to them. As a result, today, West Virginia Republican voters have a strong voice in Congress, while those in the mother state just had theirs stripped away. Let’s be completely clear. After Tuesday’s narrow electoral victory for the anti-American redistricting designed to give Virginia, a state that is 45% Republican, a 10-1 advantage in its House of Representatives delegation, Democrats are capable of anything, no matter how immoral or duplicitous. And it's not just the politicians this time. It was Democratic voters, mostly in the wealthy, elite northern counties, who cynically chose to disenfranchise their poorer neighbors to the south. Just as elite Virginians from places like Fairfax and Richmond went to war in 1860 to defy Republicans and maintain what they viewed as the moral necessity of slavery, this week, their heirs, those same Virginia Democrats, dropped their own nuke on democracy. VIRGINIA DEMS FLIP ON GERRYMANDERING, BLAME TRUMP FOR REDISTRICTING REVERSAL Today, the issue is not slavery, although, let’s be honest, the illegal immigrant nannies in Loudoun County come at a discount price. But rather, Democrats would have us believe that President Donald Trump is such a threat to America that rules must be broken to stop him. Funny, they said exactly the same thing about Abraham Lincoln. Democrats in the Mother of States knew damn well just how outrageous this new redistricting is. It's why they never showed the new map in an ad, or ever mentioned the new 10-1 D to R ratio, and insisted that this radical act of so-called fairness is only temporary. DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST SAYS PARTY LACKS 'MORAL AUTHORITY' ON TEXAS REDISTRICTING FIGHT The temporary argument was particularly disgusting, as if stealing people’s votes once in a while is fine. Perhaps Virginia should change its motto from "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Ever such to tyrants) to "Tyrannidem Aliquando" (Tyranny Sometimes). Democrats have argued that they are simply trying to keep up with the redistricting in Texas, but Texas didn’t give the GOP 90% of its House seats. It didn’t set up a situation where one wealthy city like Fairfax has an Octopus grip on poorer, rural voters. Basically, the people in Virginia who get dirt under their fingernails at work were told by screeching, rich, White ladies with Prada bags that they have no say in Congress anymore. In grand old Virginia fashion, the elites will rule, the peasants will serve. GLENN YOUNGKIN ACCUSES GOV SPANBERGER OF 'ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL' GERRYMANDERING IN VIRGINIA MAP FIGHT Professional Republicans, and the politicians who pay them, need this to be a wake-up call. As I reported last week from Southern Virginia, the state and national GOP weren’t just outspent and outworked, they barely seemed to try. GOP insiders tell me that a handful of political consulting firms handle almost all GOP campaigns, including this flaccid effort to stop the gerrymandering. But these lovable losers, the same ones who warned us about Trump, who actually wins, get paid whatever the results. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who thinks he is a pastor, not a politician, insists that we still cannot blow up the filibuster to pass the Save America Act and protect our elections, because if he does, then Democrats may eventually do it, too. INSIDE JAY JONES AND THE DEMOCRATS’ LATE SURGE TO UPSET WINS ACROSS VIRGINIA, FROM THE SUBURBS TO THE SHORE With all due respect to Thune, the Democrats just disenfranchised almost every Republican in Virginia. They aren’t going to respect the filibuster. To continue to suggest they will is simple-minded madness at this point. It is time for Republicans to think bigger, to realize the enormity of the fight they are in. Proposals to add lefty Arlington and Alexandria to Washington, D.C., should absolutely be on the table. Further, plans by Republican West Virginia state Sen. Chris Rose to offer about 30 border counties in Virginia the chance to join the Mountain State should be vigorously pursued. People like to make jokes about my adopted home state of West Virginia, and yeah, we might be poorer and less educated than other states, but we damn well don’t let wealthy elites steal the very rights that gave our home its bloody birth. Those men back in 1863 chose wisely when they created West "By God" Virginia, and it is because of them that I woke up Wednesday morning with my voting rights intact. That is more than I can say for my neighbors in the Old Dominion, who have returned to rule by the rich and powerful. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ee7e059ccda1fcc13e27 NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year te 2026-04-22T15:51:26.382Z NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year A NASA nuclear scientist died after a fiery crash in a rural Alabama town last year, which at the time caused suspicion among family members. Joshua LeBlanc, 29, died in a fiery crash in his Tesla on July 22, 2025. The crash happened in Huntsville, Alabama where his Tesla was found burned beyond recognition at about 2:45 in the afternoon, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency told Fox News Digital. The vehicle collided with a guardrail, then several trees, before the vehicle burst into flames. At 4:32 a.m. on the same day, LeBlanc's family reported him missing, according to KLFY. He uncharacteristically failed to show up to his job as an aerospace technologies electrical engineer at NASA, where he worked on nuclear propulsion projects. MYSTERY CLOUDS DEATHS, DISAPPEARANCES OF SCIENTISTS WITH UFO RESEARCH TIES: TIMELINE His body was also burned beyond recognition, and police confirmed his identity three days later after his body was transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. At the time, his family told KLFY that they feared he had been abducted and that he had left his phone and wallet in his home at the time of the disappearance. Police tracked LeBlanc down using the data from his Tesla Sentry Mode, and found that his vehicle sat at the airport in Huntsville for four hours on the morning of his death. His family said his trip west was not part of his plan for the day, and that uncharacteristically, he was not communicating with them. A LinkedIn page for LeBlanc says he worked at NASA for about five-and-a-half years, and that he was a team lead for NASA’s Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Maturation. NASA SNP technology "would enable faster and more robust transportation for crew and cargo missions to Mars and science missions to the outer solar system," according to the government agency's website. WHO WAS NUNO LOUREIRO? MIT PROFESSOR GUNNED DOWN IN APARTMENT NEAR UNIVERSITY LeBlanc was later a team lead on NASA's Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operation (DRACO), a nuclear thermal propulsion engine. At least 12 other people, the vast majority involved in nuclear science and space research, have died or gone missing since 2022, some under mysterious circumstances. Monica Reza, 60; Melissa Casias, 53; Anthony Chavez, 79; Steven Garcia, 48; and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, were all reported missing throughout 2023 to 2026, with each of their disappearances considered suspicious. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Michael David Hicks, 59; Frank Maiwald, 61; Nuno Loureiro, 47; Jason Thomas, 45; Amy Eskridge, 34; and Carl Grillmair, 47, all died between 2022 and 2026.  Hicks, Maiwald and Reza were all connected to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The deaths and disappearances have not been officially connected in any way, but they have caught the attention of the White House. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER "I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next week and a half," Trump told reporters last week. "I just left a meeting on that subject." In a statement to Fox News Digital, the FBI confirmed the agency is working alongside other federal authorities in the investigation into the 11 missing and deceased scientists. SEND US A TIP HERE "The FBI is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists," the agency said. "We are working with the Department of Energy, Department of War, and with our state and local law enforcement partners to find answers." The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which investigated LeBlanc's death, shared a press release from July of last year reiterating details of the crash. Fox News' Julia Bonavita contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ee6a059ccda1fcc13e1e Newsom turns Virginia redistricting victory into warning shot for Trump administration te 2026-04-22T15:51:06.578Z Newsom turns Virginia redistricting victory into warning shot for Trump administration California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared victory for Democrats on Tuesday after Virginia voters approved a redistricting referendum that could reshape the House battlefield ahead of the 2026 midterms, warning the Trump administration that Democrats aim to drive a stake through its power by reclaiming Congress. "We are winning all across the United States and state houses in courthouses and now in the court of public opinion," said Newsom in a video posted to X. "But what is at stake is putting a stake in the heart of the Trump administration by taking back the House of Representatives and taking it back to the United States Senate." The ballot measure, passed on Tuesday, grants the Democratic-controlled Virginia legislature temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election, replacing the state’s current bipartisan commission — a shift that could bolster Democrats’ position in the fight for House control ahead of the 2026 midterms and broader national power. SCHWARZENEGGER PUSHING BACK BACK AGAINST NEWSOM REDISTRICTING BID IN CALIFORNIA Newsom has been positioning himself as a leader of the Democratic Party as his national profile builds ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run. "MAGA dare I say they’re losing at their own game. They’re on the defense and they’re scared," the California governor added.  High-profile Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, touted the referendum results as a midterm boost and celebrated on social media. TRUMP, ABBOTT VS. NEWSOM: MAD DASH TO REDO CONGRESSIONAL MAPS IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS "Donald Trump and Republicans have tried to rig the 2026 midterms," Kamala Harris wrote in a post on X. "Today in Virginia, voters sent them a clear message: The power is with the people," she continued. Obama congratulated Virginia after voters approved a redistricting referendum, saying residents of the commonwealth showed what it looks like to "stand up for our democracy" and "fight back." "Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet," Obama wrote on X. "Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back." FOX NEWS VOTER POLL: CALIFORNIA VOTERS OK CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLAN "Donald Trump wants to stay in power at all costs. And his biggest obstacle is the midterm elections," wrote possible presidential hopeful Gov. J.B. Pritzker on X. "House Democrats have crushed Donald Trump’s national gerrymandering scheme," wrote Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries on X. "Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time." The referendum could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. Democrats could add four additional left-leaning U.S. House seats ahead of the midterms as the party looks to reclaim control of the chamber from the GOP’s slim majority. Democrats have long treated redistricting as a strategic power fight, pouring resources into map battles, litigation and organizations like the National Democratic Redistricting Committee in an effort to shape congressional lines and the House battlefield before the Trump era.  The Supreme Court of Virginia allowed the referendum to move forward after a lower court struck it down. But legal challenges to the referendum, filed in part by the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the state GOP, remain unresolved and are still before Virginia's highest court. WITH TEXAS DEMS BACK, TRUMP URGES LEGISLATURE: ‘PASS THIS MAP, ASAP’ Republicans are fighting back with former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin calling on the Supreme Court to weigh in. Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II said there will be three challenges to the amendment process itself. Cuccinelli argued that the referendum's first passage was invalid, that an election must intervene between the first and second passage of the measure, and that insufficient time elapsed between final passage and the vote on Tuesday. Fox News Digital reached out to the Office of Gavin Newsom and the Republican National Committee for comment. Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion, Paul Steinhauser, Jasmine Baehr, and Charles Creitz contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ee40059ccda1fcc13df1 Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory te 2026-04-22T15:50:24.396Z Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory The company's all-important mass-market EV is just about ready to start heading to customers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ec4a059ccda1fcc13d8b Garret Anderson's cause of death revealed as acute necrotizing pancreatitis: report te 2026-04-22T15:42:02.629Z Garret Anderson's cause of death revealed as acute necrotizing pancreatitis: report Former MLB outfielder Garret Anderson died of "acute necrotizing pancreatitis," local reports citing the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office said. The Los Angeles Angels announced the former star outfielder died late last week at the age of 53. "Acute necrotizing pancreatitis" is a condition in which part of the pancreas dies, according to Cedars-Sinai. The California Post reported his death was ruled natural. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A three-time All-Star, Anderson is in the conversation for the greatest Angel in franchise history, nearing the top of the leaderboard in many stats. "Garret will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Angels fans for his professionalism, class, and loyalty throughout his career and beyond," the team said in a social media post. "We extend our heartfelt condolences to the entire Anderson family." A call was made for "medical aid" to Anderson's home in the early afternoon of April 16 after Anderson suffered a medical emergency. The Angels announced his death the next day. MAMDANI TAKES 'CURSE OF THE MAMBINO' ON THE CHIN AS METS' 11-GAME SKID SETS FRANCHISE RECORD Anderson made his MLB debut with the California Angels in 1994 before becoming a true threat in the early 2000s. From 2002 to 2005, Anderson was named to all three of his All-Star Games, leading the majors with 56 doubles in 2002 and the American League in that same category with 49 the following season. He is the franchise leader in hits, RBIs, doubles, and games played. His .296 average with the team is also the third-highest behind Vladimir Guerrero and Rod Carew, and he is second in runs with 1,024, behind only Mike Trout. Perhaps the biggest hit of his career was his three-run double in Game 7 of that World Series, which made the score 4-1 Angels in the bottom of the third inning. That score would be the final. Anderson was twice named a Silver Slugger and was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2016. 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/69e8ec37059ccda1fcc13d82 ESPN reporter unloads on the nasty part of the NFL Draft te 2026-04-22T15:41:43.045Z ESPN reporter unloads on the nasty part of the NFL Draft Happy NFL Draft Eve to all who celebrate! And, by the way, that's all of you, because the NFL is king and even something as silly as a draft brings in more eyeballs than most other live sporting events. Say what you want about Roger Goodell, but the guy knows how to market his product. Fair is fair. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Anyway, the NFL Draft is always one of the biggest nights on the calendar, believe it or not. I remember when it used to be a two-day event on Saturday and Sunday only. Remember those days? When it would start at noon and run for eight straight hours? Amazing. It got too big a few years ago, and, naturally, the first round got moved to the prime time slot on Thursday night. It's on 14 different channels now, with 14 different broadcasts. Again, it's a monster event. And ESPN's Peter Schrager, a veteran in the NFL reporter world, has a plea for anyone watching tomorrow night: Stay off your phones! "Would you watch a reality show if, three minutes before the end of the show, they tell you who is being eliminated?" Amen, Peter. Preach! No, I wouldn't. Neither would you. The NFL Draft is one giant reality show. It's why we watch everything like hawks. The facial expressions. The green room. The WAGs. All of it. It's a content machine. But Schrager — again, a veteran reporter — didn't stop there. He later divulged just how easy it is for insiders to get access to the pick ahead of time. Apparently, it's not as impressive as you'd think. "The NFL requires that name to be sent to them, and the entire league gets that name three minutes before the pick is made," he said. "Anyone who's got a credential has one source in the league, and that one source, whether it be from the 32 teams, or the league office, or an agent, they have access to the picks 90 seconds before they're announced. NFL DRAFT EMOTIONAL REACTIONS: ROOKIES REALIZING THEIR DREAM CAME TRUE PULLS AT FANS' HEARTSTRINGS "There is no valor in spoiling an NFL draft pick." Bingo! If you happen to have some actual scoop — like the pick 10 minutes ahead of time — go for it. That's fine. That's fair. If you have sources that deep in the business, you deserve to break it. But if you're getting the same info everyone else is getting, and just tweeting out the same exact thing everyone else is tweeting ... come on. What's the point? To spoil it for everyone watching? Seems silly. Sure, there's also the argument that we (the viewer) could just put the phone down and watch. It's rare nowadays, outside of Augusta for a week out of the year. But, we could also just put the phones down and not be spoiled, either. As far as I know, nobody is forcing you to scroll social media for three hours with the NFL Draft on in the background. If they are, blink twice! Regardless, it's interesting to see how insiders get their info. Sure, there's a Russini joke somewhere in there, but I ain't making it! Happy NFL Draft Day Eve. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ec0e059ccda1fcc13d69 Supreme Court Rejects Oil Company Argument in Fight Over Great Lakes Pipeline te 2026-04-22T15:41:02.740Z Supreme Court Rejects Oil Company Argument in Fight Over Great Lakes Pipeline The justices sided with Michigan officials, who have raised environmental alarms and pushed to decommission an aging section of the pipeline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ebfa059ccda1fcc13d51 Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator, fund te 2026-04-22T15:40:42.083Z Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator, fund Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at the intersection of healthcare and AI. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ebe6059ccda1fcc13d45 Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records te 2026-04-22T15:40:22.207Z Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total number of customers affected. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e74b059ccda1fcc13c6c Soros-backed DA's lax illegal immigration policies led to 'preventable' bus stop stabbing murder: complaint te 2026-04-22T15:20:43.070Z Soros-backed DA's lax illegal immigration policies led to 'preventable' bus stop stabbing murder: complaint Soros-backed Democratic prosecutor Steve Descano has been hit with a formal federal complaint alleging that his lenient policies led to the "preventable" murder of a woman who was stabbed to death by an illegal alien in Virginia’s most populous county. This comes as Descano, Fairfax County’s commonwealth attorney, faces mounting criticism and pressure over his handling of a spate of illegal immigrant crime in the area. Descano rose to power with heavy financial backing from the Soros family’s Justice and Public Safety PAC. Three of the four murders actively being investigated by authorities in Fairfax County were committed by illegal aliens, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The debate mirrors broader national scrutiny of how sanctuary leaders handle migrant crime in their jurisdictions. Victims Rights Reform Council (VRRC), an advocacy group for victims of violent crimes, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Descano this week on behalf of Cheryl Minter. Minter’s 41-year-old daughter, Stephanie Minter, was fatally stabbed at a bus stop earlier this year, allegedly by Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old illegal alien from Sierra Leone. Jalloh is now being held without bond and charged with second-degree murder. In a Tuesday statement, Minter remarked that her daughter "should be alive today," saying, "She was taken because the system chose to release a violent offender again and again." HOUSE PANEL SUMMONS SOROS-BACKED FAIRFAX PROSECUTOR OVER RELEASES TIED TO VIOLENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CASES This particular killing has caused significant national outrage, as Jalloh entered the country illegally under the Obama administration in 2020 and has had a final deportation order since 2020. He has a lengthy criminal history, including more than 30 arrests for charges of rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft and other offenses. In 2023, he was convicted of malicious wounding and sentenced to seven years in prison, with five years suspended. He only ended up serving about seven months in prison, according to local outlet WUSA9. Minter asserted that "had I murdered someone, I would be doing life in jail." She suggested that "it seems that citizens are doing a lot more time and receive a lot more punishment for the same crimes than the illegals are." VRRC is requesting that the Trump Department of Justice conduct a federal pattern-or-practice investigation into policies and practices it alleges resulted in the "preventable murder" of Minter’s daughter. In its complaint, VRRC alleges that systemic failures in Descano’s office include discriminatory prosecutorial practices, including policies that consider and seek to mitigate immigration consequences in criminal cases. It also alleges that Descano’s office shows deliberate indifference to public safety by "repeatedly releasing a known violent offender despite clear warnings and a broader pattern of leniency toward repeat and violent offenders." Additionally, it alleges that Descano’s office has "potential outside influence on prosecutorial policy." Descano's entry into political office was propelled by a massive $627,653 donation from the Soros family's Justice and Public Safety PAC, which made up roughly 70 percent of his 2019 campaign budget.  SPANBERGER FACES ‘BAIT-AND-SWITCH’ BACKLASH IN FINAL HOURS BEFORE REDISTRICTING REFERENDUM In a statement shared with Fox News Digital, Jennifer Harrison, executive director of VRRC, explained the group is "demanding accountability for a system that failed Stephanie and too many others." "When known violent offenders are repeatedly released despite clear warnings, and policies yield unequal outcomes, the federal government must act," she went on. "Equal justice means protecting innocent people — not prioritizing ideology over safety," In response, Descano’s office shared a statement from the commonwealth attorney who said, "I can't speak to any individual lawsuit, but I can tell you that the idea that we favor one group over another is completely wrong." Descano said that the idea his office favors certain groups "has been fed by, in my opinion, purposeful misreporting and people taking things out of context for political gain." "I can tell you that my job and our office's job is to keep us safe," he added. Descano delivered these remarks outside the Fairfax County Courthouse on Tuesday, following the sentencing of 18-year-old illegal immigrant Israel Flores Ortiz to 360 days of incarceration for assault by groping of several teenage girls. Descano said after the press conference that his office is "happy" with the sentence. Flores Ortiz is expected to serve about 135 days of his 360-day sentence. SPANBERGER RECEIVES DHS PLEA TO HOLD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT REPEAT OFFENDER NOW CHARGED IN ATTEMPTED RAPE Meanwhile, Sean Kennedy, president of Virginians for Safe Communities, remarked that the DOJ "should heed Cheryl Minter’s warning," because "Descano’s discriminatory policies are deadly." "Stephanie Minter would be alive today if Fairfax’s top prosecutor treated everyone equally and obeyed the law," alleged Kennedy in a statement to Fox News Digital. "DOJ must act now before another parent buries a child because Descano decided to protect an illegal alien instead of the public," said Kennedy. The DOJ did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e582059ccda1fcc13c19 Dead body found inside burning West Valley home te 2026-04-22T15:13:06.981Z Dead body found inside burning West Valley home One person was found deceased Wednesday morning at the scene of a house fire. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e51a059ccda1fcc13bed Researcher believes Noah's Ark found in Turkey after new underground scans te 2026-04-22T15:11:22.528Z Researcher believes Noah's Ark found in Turkey after new underground scans Researchers working in Turkey say fresh scan data uncovered what appear to be tunnels inside a long-debated landform, bolstering their case that the site may be a manmade object that they believe to be Noah’s Ark. Noah's Ark Scans researcher Andrew Jones told "Fox & Friends First" on Wednesday that he believes the peculiar formation near Mount Ararat is the real deal. "I do believe that this is the real, decayed, buried remains of Noah's Ark, the famous ship. And we're doing our best to convince the skeptics and show the world this site," he said. Jones said his team's latest work has revealed tunnels in the landform suggestive of a manmade structure. MYSTERY SOLVED? RESEARCHER CHALLENGES LONG-HELD THEORY OF WHAT SANK SHACKLETON'S ENDURANCE IN ANTARCTIC ICE "Our new research has shown that there are tunnels about four meters down and about two meters high, going down the center of the boat and on the inside edge of the hull shape," he said. "We really believe that this layout, showing tunnels and also possible support beams and walls, would suggest that it's a manmade object and not just a natural formation." Many geologists disagree, saying the remote site just a mile from the Iranian border is nothing more than a hill. But Jones said the Bible states the Ark landed in the area, that the dimensions of the site also match the biblical description and that the soil inside the formation showed remarkable results in testing. FORBIDDEN PASSAGE? SECRET MEDIEVAL TUNNEL FOUND BENEATH ANCIENT PAGAN GRAVES, ARCHAEOLOGISTS SAY "We have the ship shape, and we're in the right location, and now we're also seeing that the soil inside is different from right outside the formation. So we have three times more organic matter found inside versus right outside. So it's a distinct object and not just part of the mountainside." To Jones, this suggests the remains of ancient biological or manmade substances. The next phase, he said, would be sending a robot into the tunnels to film and collect samples, rather than beginning excavation.  The research must proceed with caution because, according to the Noah's Ark Scans website, "archaeology is a destructive science." "Once you dig a hole and remove material, you can’t put it back. Having the best data as to where to excavate is key, and that is where geophysical scans and core drilling come into play. ... Excavations would follow after this is done." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e4f2059ccda1fcc13bd5 C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines te 2026-04-22T15:10:42.282Z C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines The report found that the shots cut the likelihood of hospitalizations, but the agency’s acting head said it gave an inaccurate picture of the vaccines’ effectiveness. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e4dd059ccda1fcc13bb9 Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI  te 2026-04-22T15:10:21.603Z Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI  Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive eSports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn't easy. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e2d9059ccda1fcc13b63 Virginia Democrats ripped by Washington Post for 'power grab' gerrymandering effort te 2026-04-22T15:01:45.051Z Virginia Democrats ripped by Washington Post for 'power grab' gerrymandering effort The Washington Post editorial board accused Democrats of a gerrymandering "power grab" in Virginia with a scathing opinion on Tuesday.  Democrats scored a major victory Tuesday when Virginia voters narrowly passed a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections, according to the Associated Press.  The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. DEMOCRATS WIN VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING FIGHT, THREATENING REPUBLICAN HOUSE MAJORITY The Washington Post published a piece headlined, "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss," that suggested the "redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats." "For months, Democrats crafted the illusion that their plan to redistrict Virginia was about restoring ‘fairness.’ In a special election on Tuesday, most voters assented to that deception as a referendum to rewrite the state Constitution narrowly passed," the editorial board wrote.  The piece explained that under a redrawn map, Democrats expect to control 10 of the 11 congressional seats next year. But in 2024, "almost 48 percent of Virginians voted for GOP candidates to represent them in Congress," and the House delegation currently has six Democrats and five Republicans. Kamala Harris continued the Democratic presidential winning streak there in 2024, but she defeated President Donald Trump by less than 6 percentage points, making the state more purple than deep-blue. The board also took a shot at former President Barack Obama, who cheered the Democratic efforts to redo the map. "Democratic leaders have long fancied themselves as champions of democracy and fair elections. But many of these politicians, including former president Barack Obama, made a more cynical calculation in Virginia," the Post's board wrote.  DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB "For them, disenfranchising Republican voters is the only way to counterbalance the desperate attempts by Republicans in other states to save their congressional majority," it continued. "They’re right that the GOP started this fight by trying to pick up five House seats in Texas through gerrymandering, but they can spare us the false sanctimony about democratic norms going forward." The Post believes both parties contributed to "this mess," and GOP redistricting in Texas and North Carolina "prompted California to pass a ballot referendum in November aimed at giving Democrats five more seats." "The parties should have called it even after that, but the escalation continued. Meanwhile, Democrats have been racking up big gains in off-year elections, including Virginia’s in November," the editorial board wrote, noting that many Democrats "cast the referendum in partisan terms." Among them is Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who the Post suggested is looking to rework the map because he disagreed with "the people’s verdicts" when it comes to Republican candidates who Virginia voters kept in office.   BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH VIRGINIA AS COURT OKS HIGH-STAKES REDISTRICTING VOTE "The news will embolden Republicans in Florida to forge ahead with their own gerrymandering during a special session next week, continuing the race to the bottom," the editorial board wrote.  "The redistricting referendum also ended the honeymoon for Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D). Mailers highlighted her past support for the 2020 ballot measure that she has now convinced voters to overturn. Looking partisan undercut her standing with moderate Republicans and independents," the board added. "None of this was necessary." Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e2c5059ccda1fcc13b5a Pro wrestling stars Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley talk possibility of WWE using TNA’s gimmick matches te 2026-04-22T15:01:25.136Z Pro wrestling stars Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley talk possibility of WWE using TNA’s gimmick matches Total Nonstop Action (TNA) brought pro wrestling fans a bevy of unique and interesting gimmick matches over the years. Two that come to mind were the Ultimate X and King of the Mountain matches. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Ultimate X match would have high-wire ropes above the ring with pillars on the sides. In order for a wrestler to win the match, they would have to climb the pillar, make their way across the rope and grab the prize that hung in the middle. The match would often feature the X-Division’s highflyers and provided some heart-stopping moments. The King of the Mountain match was essentially a reverse ladder match that included a penalty box for those who were pinned – which is also featured in the Iron Survivor Challenge that takes place during WWE NXT events. Each wrestler begins as ineligible to win and the only way to be eligible is to score a pinfall or a submission. The only way to win the match is to hang the title belt on the top, retrieving it from the official to do so. Jeff Jarrett won the match three times in TNA. The men’s match hasn’t been seen since 2016. A women’s match took place in 2022 for the Knockouts World Championship. WWE STAR DANHAUSEN REFLECTS ON FIRST MONTHS WITH COMPANY, GIVES UPDATE ON DANHAUSENETTES WWE’s partnership with TNA could provide that opportunity for WWE to incorporate the match types into their own plans. Fox News Digital asked former TNA stars – current WWE wrestlers – Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley if they would like to see that happen one day. "I guess the door is open with WWE and TNA working together," Sabin said. "So, I guess it’s always possible." Shelley said a King of the Mountain match could be a "good idea." "Man, I’ve never thought about King of the Mountain," he said. "I think that’s a good idea. I love King of the Mountain." Sabin added, however, he wouldn’t want to be a part of anymore Ultimate X matches. "Myself, I would like to take my name of the hat for Ultimate X matches because I lost count of how many I’ve done – north of 20. So, I’ve done plenty of those," he told Fox News Digital. "Had my fill of those matches." WWE has already produced some interesting matches of their own in recent years, including the aforementioned Iron Survivor Challenge and the Underground Match, which is its own take on the BloodSport style matches. It’s unclear if WWE would ever use TNA’s gimmick matches, but, like Sabin said, the door is open give the partnership between both companies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e2b1059ccda1fcc13b51 Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent te 2026-04-22T15:01:05.372Z Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit brought by a U.S. Army veteran injured in a Taliban suicide bombing to proceed, vacating a lower court ruling that had dismissed it.  Winston Tyler Hencely, a former U.S. Army specialist, suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries when a Taliban operative working for a military contractor blew up a suicide vest at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in 2016. The majority opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, rejected a broad "battlefield preemption" theory that would have blocked state-law claims tied to combat activities. Thomas — joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson — wrote that military contractors are not automatically shielded from liability when their conduct was not authorized by the military — even in war zones. "We vacate the judgment of the Fourth Circuit and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion," Wednesday's decision says. "In 2016, a Taliban operative working for respondent Fluor Corporation, a military contractor, carried out a suicide-bomb attack at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. After then-Army Specialist Winston T. Hencely confronted him, the bomber detonated his suicide vest," the opinion explains. "As a result of the injuries he received, Hencely is now permanently disabled."  "In an effort to recover damages for his injuries, Hencely sued Fluor, bringing state-law tort claims for negligently retaining and supervising the attacker. According to Hencely and the United States military, Fluor’s conduct was not authorized by the military and even violated instructions the military had given it as a condition of operating on the base," the opinion notes. Justice Samuel Alito, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh dissented. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e29d059ccda1fcc13b48 Anthropic's moral compass architect suggested AI overcorrection could address historical injustices te 2026-04-22T15:00:45.600Z Anthropic's moral compass architect suggested AI overcorrection could address historical injustices One of Anthropic’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) philosophy architects argued that intentional discrimination could be a way to combat stigmas on topics of race and gender. In a 2023 paper authored alongside a number of other AI researchers, Amanda Askell, a philosopher hired by Anthropic to develop their AI’s moral compass, argued companies might benefit from a kind of overcorrection toward stereotypes. But, the paper explained, that would require human input on how to modify its answers. "Larger models can over-correct, especially as the amount of [human input] training increases. This may be desirable in certain contexts, such as those in which decisions attempt to correct for historical injustices against marginalized groups, if doing so is in accordance with local laws," Askell wrote. PALANTIR'S SHYAM SANKAR: AMERICANS ARE 'BEING LIED TO' ABOUT AI JOB DISPLACEMENT FEARS The comment referred to an experiment on how Anthropic’s models dealt with the race of students. "In the discrimination experiment, the 175B parameter model discriminates against Black versus White students by 3% in the Q condition and discriminates in favor of Black students by 7% in the Q+IF+CoT condition," the paper notes, referring to one AI trained without human corrections and a second one trained with the help of input. Askell was joined by four other authors: Deep Ganguli, Nicholas Schiefer, Thomas Kiao and Kamilė Lukošiūtė. The paper’s contents have surfaced as AI companies increasingly wrestle with the ethics their models are trained on — the presuppositions and moral determinations that inform its outputs. It also highlights the challenges engineers face in training models on human content while simultaneously trying to leave behind certain human behaviors. The question of ethics has forced Anthropic in particular into the spotlight in recent weeks. The company made headlines earlier this year for clashing with the Department of War over restrictions that prevent its technology from being deployed to conduct lethal operations. HUGH GRANT MOVIE SLAMS AI; DIRECTOR WARNS 'IT MIGHT KILL US ALL' It also comes as Anthropic decided to withhold its latest model, Mythos, citing fears that the model proved too effective at finding cyber vulnerabilities that could wreak havoc in the hands of hackers. Amid questions of AI application, Anthropic has marketed its flagship AI, Claude, as the "ethical" AI choice. "Our central aim is for Claude to be a good, wise and virtuous agent, exhibiting skill, judgment(sic), nuance and sensitivity in handling real-world decision-making," Claude’s constitution reads. STANFORD PROF ACCUSED OF USING AI TO FAKE TESTIMONY IN MINNESOTA CASE AGAINST CONSERVATIVE YOUTUBER To get a better sense of what that means in practice, companies like Anthropic have turned to researchers like Askell. On her website, Askell described her role as refining the way an AI thinks. "I’m a philosopher working on finetuning and AI alignment at Anthropic. My team trains models to be more honest and to have good character traits and works on developing new finetuning techniques so that our interventions can scale to more capable models," Askell wrote. PENTAGON’S AI BATTLE WILL HELP DECIDE WHO CONTROLS OUR MOST POWERFUL MILITARY TECH She previously held a similar position at OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, focusing on AI safety. The 2023 paper, written two years after she joined Anthropic, noted that encountering discrimination in AI models shouldn’t come as a surprise. "In some ways, our findings are unsurprising. Language models are trained on text generated by humans, and this text presumably includes many examples of humans exhibiting harmful stereotypes and discrimination," the paper reads. But it noted that AIs seem to be able to adjust their outputs even without clarification of what discrimination means. "Our results are surprising in that they show we can steer models to avoid bias and discrimination by requesting an unbiased or non-discriminatory response in natural language." Askell and Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e09b059ccda1fcc13af0 Adopt a pet te 2026-04-22T14:52:11.606Z Adopt a pet These animals are available for adoption through the Bullhead City Animal Resource Center (BARC). It is located at 2270 Trane Road in Bullhead City. BARC's hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e06b059ccda1fcc13aa8 Yankees' 120-year tradition in jeopardy as players pitch idea of alternate road jersey: report te 2026-04-22T14:51:23.575Z Yankees' 120-year tradition in jeopardy as players pitch idea of alternate road jersey: report For over 120 years, the New York Yankees have been traditionalists, as they remain the only team in Major League Baseball without an official alternate jersey. However, that could all change. According to The Athletic, Yankees players have pitched to team higher-ups about the idea of wearing a new jersey. The players, the outlet noted, want the jersey on the road, leaving the home pinstripes unchanged. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Bronx Bombers wear navy blue tops during spring training that read "New York" during spring road games, which is likely what they would wear on the road if a change were to be made. The home pinstripes have become more common in home spring training contests in recent years, compared to the same blue top with the interlocking NY. That look is normally used with player "shirseys," and it also is a replica that is sold online. The Yankees have taken part in wearing different jerseys in the past, including Players' Weekend from 2017 through 2019, a nod to the 1912 team while playing in Boston on the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park's opening, and jerseys commemorating the Black Yankees in 1996. The Yankees also wore replicas of their 1921 road uniforms for the first Field of Dreams game in 2021. However, none of those jerseys were ever officially put into the rotation. MAMDANI TAKES 'CURSE OF THE MAMBINO' ON THE CHIN AMID METS' LOSING STREAK The Yankees also remain the only team to have no last names on the back of their jerseys, home or away. They are also only one of two teams, including the Athletics, without a City Connect jersey. The Athletics, currently in Sacramento after their lease in Oakland expired following the 2024 season, are set to begin play in Las Vegas in 2028. Owner Hal Steinbrenner, whom The Athletic noted likely has the final call, has been apt to change in recent years. The Yankees added an advertisement patch on their jerseys in 2023, and beginning last year, "well-groomed" facial hair below the lip was reintroduced after a 50-year ban by Steinbrenner's father, George. For the foreseeable future, though, the Yankees will be wearing their road grays. Those tops will be back in Fenway Park on Wednesday during the second game of a nine-game road trip for the 14-9 Yankees. 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/69e8e043059ccda1fcc13a92 With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress te 2026-04-22T14:50:43.538Z With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8e02f059ccda1fcc13a89 Supreme Court Finds Soldier Injured in Suicide Bombing Can Sue te 2026-04-22T14:50:23.889Z Supreme Court Finds Soldier Injured in Suicide Bombing Can Sue An American soldier was injured in a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The justices cleared the way for the soldier to proceed with a lawsuit against a military contractor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8de29059ccda1fcc13a2e In Medicaid fraud crackdown, feds now looking to audit all 50 states te 2026-04-22T14:41:45.740Z In Medicaid fraud crackdown, feds now looking to audit all 50 states Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in December. Oz said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs. The Trump administration has pledged to root out what it calls rampant fraud in state Medicaid programs. But thus far, it has focused almost exclusively on Democratic-led states, even though fraud involving government benefits isn’t any more prevalent in Democratic-led states than in Republican-led ones, according to federal data. Oz said Tuesday that the administration will expand its Medicaid anti-fraud effort to all 50 states. “We’re asking the states to own that problem… red and blue, all of them,” Oz said during a health care summit hosted by Politico. “If you don’t take it seriously, it indicates to us that we might have to take the audits… more aggressively,” he added. In announcing earlier this month that Vice President JD Vance would lead the administration’s anti-fraud effort, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that Vance would focus on fraud “‘EVERYWHERE,’ but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, like those in California, Illinois, Minnesota (Somalia beware!), Maine, New York, and many others, have had a ‘free for all’ in the unprecedented theft of Taxpayer Money.” During the interview with Politico, Oz said that his agency had already halted payments to about 450 hospices and home health care centers in Los Angeles. Oz also referred to the decision to hold back $259.5 million in federal Medicaid payments to Minnesota, noting that the state will have an opportunity “to go back and prove to us that they actually have the backup to some of the bills they’ve sent us.” Andy Schneider, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, said he was pleased that Oz “did not use this forum to announce more deferrals against Minnesota or other states.” “Perhaps he’s beginning to understand that withholding federal funds from states does not actually do anything to reduce fraud against Medicaid. Time will tell,” Schneider said. Laith Quasem, a Seattle-based attorney at the Chapman Law Group who represents Medicaid and Medicare providers and suppliers in fraud cases, said many of his clients have been swept up in the California crackdown and have either had their payments suspended or been removed from the government programs. “I truly believe CMS is really abusing its discretion right now, and they’re revoking and suspending, but asking questions later,” Quasem said. “Some of it may certainly be well-founded. Under any administration there are always program integrity concerns,” he said. “But it’s not OK during a crackdown to just put providers out of business without a credible allegation of fraud.” “Let’s say you’re a hospice, right? What do you do if you’re not getting paid? You’re not going to be able to keep the doors open,” he said. “What do you do with your patients?” Stateline reporter Shalina Chatlani can be reached at schatlani@stateline.org This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8de13059ccda1fcc13a0f Denise Richards calls late ex-boyfriend Patrick Muldoon her 'best friend' in emotional tribute te 2026-04-22T14:41:23.654Z Denise Richards calls late ex-boyfriend Patrick Muldoon her 'best friend' in emotional tribute Denise Richards is breaking her silence on the death of her ex-boyfriend, Patrick Muldoon. In an emotional Instagram post, the 55-year-old actress paid tribute to her ex-boyfriend-turned-close friend of many years, writing that she is "deeply heartbroken & devastated" and finds it hard to put her feelings into words. "You were my best friend & my family. We met in our first acting class, I was 19 never had an acting job and you were 21 a student at USC doing a recurring role on who’s the boss," she wrote. "And here we are. 36 years later. My whole adult life & I don’t know it without you." Muldoon and Richards dated for nearly five years in the 1990s and remained close friends after breaking up. The two later worked together on the 1997 movie, "Starship Troopers." PATRICK MULDOON, 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES' AND 'MELROSE PLACE' STAR, DEAD AT 57 AFTER SUDDEN HEART ATTACK Looking back on their friendship, Richards wrote, "the friendship, love, support, respect & loyalty we had was unconditional and rare." "You lit up every room you walked into. You are larger than life & Everyone was drawn to you," she shared. "So talented & most underrated actor. And most humble. Everything you did was infectious. Your laugh, your kindness, your wit, your strength, your loyalty, your passion, and your zest for life. We’ve been each other’s rock." Richards went on to call Muldoon her "voice of reason & pillar of strength," saying he had had her "back and protected me more than anyone." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Especially during this last year of pain & heartache. And now I need you more than ever, for this pain and heartache losing you," she wrote. "Schweetbabe we’ve had those conversations.. We thought we’d live forever or at least into our 90’s. Schweetbabe I will be looking for those signs. I need to know you’re still here with me. I love you so much & miss you dearly schweetbabe." Her post included a video slideshow featuring photos and videos of her and the "Days of Our Lives" actor together through the years. Many stars sent Richards their well-wishes, including "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond, who wrote, "Your friendship was so perfect, pure, and sweet. So sorry, Denise." Richards' daughters also sent their love, with Sammi writing, "such a beautiful video & message. love you so much" and Lola adding, "This is so beautiful mom, I am so so sorry. I love you so much, you guys are endgame forever." Lola also shared her own tribute to the late actor on her Instagram, posting a photo of him and her mom inside a car, writing in part, "when i think of my mom i think of you," and that "life will never feel the same" without him. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I will really miss hearing my mom laugh on the phone with you. your voice always brightened my day and i’m gonna miss hearing it but i know my mom will more, but we will never stop talking about you," she wrote. "Thank you for being the best friend to her. thank you for being the one to make her laugh and forget about all she’s going through. that was a gift you had." The "Days of Our Lives" star's manager confirmed the news to Variety. According to Deadline, Muldoon died on Sunday following a sudden heart attack. He was 57. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ddff059ccda1fcc13a06 Starbucks unveils 'Devil Wears Prada 2' secret menu as fans slam new chai as 'pathetic' te 2026-04-22T14:41:03.884Z Starbucks unveils 'Devil Wears Prada 2' secret menu as fans slam new chai as 'pathetic' Starbucks is facing backlash from fans after unveiling new "secret menu" drinks tied to "The Devil Wears Prada 2," with critics zeroing in on the chain's revamped chai latte. The coffee chain on Monday announced four new drinks inspired by the sequel to the 2006 film, featuring character-themed customizations. The drinks include a lineup of character-inspired customizations, including one called Miranda's Signature Order, a no-foam, extra-shot, extra-hot Caffè Latte with nonfat milk, and Andy's Cappuccino, made with oat milk, caramel and cinnamon. STARBUCKS BARISTA SHARES LONG ORDER MADE BY A CUSTOMER, TWITTER EXPLODES The lineup also includes Nigel's Go-to Doppio, an espresso con panna with mocha sauce, as well as Emily's Fave Iced Chai, an iced chai latte with almond milk and sugar-free caramel. The drink options are available in the app ahead of "The Devil Wears Prada 2" film release — which opens in theaters on May 1. "The beverages will be available for a limited time in participating Starbucks coffeehouses around the world," the company noted. It was the iced chai that drew the ire of Starbucks fans on Instagram. People flooded the brand's comments field, urging the company to bring back their old chai latte. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "No way the current chai is anyone's favorite," one user wrote. "Please bring back the original chai," another wrote. Yet another said, "Emily is not drinking this pathetic excuse for a chai." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Another chai fan wrote a lengthy comment, saying Starbucks "ruined" a longtime birthday tradition by changing the recipe. "My 50th birthday is next week, and I was hoping to enjoy my usual chai that I've been drinking for my birthday for almost 30 years at the same time as enjoying this movie I've been anxiously awaiting, but Starbucks had to ruin the chai by completely changing it," she said. "It's gross. I drank one every other day for so many years and got so many people drinking chai. They all hate it too, by the way," she added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES Starbucks changed its chai recipe in March — introducing a revamped chai latte designed to give customers more control over sweetness and flavor. "The standard recipe adds that sweetness back with the addition of classic syrup, but customers can now tailor the level of sweetness to their preference by adjusting the number of pumps," the company said in a statement at the time. "Or they can adjust the flavor by swapping classic syrup for a flavored one. Vanilla, for example, will dial up the spicy notes. The beverage is also delicious unsweetened." Fox News Digital reached out to Starbucks for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ddec059ccda1fcc139fd Trump envoy to Turkey doubles down after backlash, pushes ‘peace through strength’ policy te 2026-04-22T14:40:44.231Z Trump envoy to Turkey doubles down after backlash, pushes ‘peace through strength’ policy EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack is pushing back after backlash over remarks seen as equating Israel with Hezbollah, insisting his comments reflect "realism" and not a change in U.S. policy. Barrack appeared to equate America’s closest ally in the Middle East with a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, suggested Turkey should soon regain access to the F-35 program despite its purchase of Russia’s S-400 system, and argued that only "powerful leadership regimes" have succeeded in the region. In exclusive written answers to Fox News Digital’s questions, Barrack rejected accusations that he was softening the administration’s stance toward Hezbollah or Iran, and argued that President Donald Trump’s "peace through strength" approach requires a more pragmatic reading of the Middle East. WALTZ HAILS ‘NIGHT-AND-DAY’ MIDDLE EAST SHIFT AS TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN RESHAPES REGION Fox News Digital: During your remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum Friday, you described the Israel–Hezbollah ceasefire as a "time out" and said that "everybody has been equally untrustworthy." How do you reconcile that characterization with the U.S. designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization?  Does your statement that the goal is "not killing Hezbollah" reflect any shift from the previous "maximum pressure" approach toward a strategy of containment or political inclusion? U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack: Let me be very clear about my remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17. When I described the Israel–Hezbollah ceasefire as a ‘time out’ and said that ‘everybody has been equally untrustworthy,’ I was simply stating the obvious reality on the ground. This is realism, not criticism of any side.  The November 2024 ceasefire and the recent April 2026 ceasefire have repeatedly proven fragile because all parties — Israel, Hezbollah and their backers — have tested the limits in the past. Historical patterns of violations, rearmament and proxy escalation confirm that mutual mistrust is the core challenge. That mutual mistrust is exactly why this administration brokered the ceasefire in the first place: to stop the senseless killing, create breathing room and build a monitored, enforceable path forward that strengthens Lebanese sovereignty and Israeli security. This characterization in no way softens our ironclad position: Hezbollah is a designated terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of Americans and countless acts of destabilization.  We have never trusted them. We acknowledge that within Lebanon itself, the Hezbollah political party is differentiated from Hezbollah the terrorist group, which holds parliamentary seats within the Lebanese government. Political trust in that regard will have to be earned. My point was straightforward: durable peace requires confronting that mistrust head-on, not pretending it does not exist. This approach fully supports President Trump’s policy of maximum pressure on Iran and its proxies while delivering real results: positioning us to degrade Hezbollah’s terrorist capabilities through a combination of enforcement, Lebanese state authority and the renewal of an economy that can provide a new era of hope to Lebanese communities in both the north and south. On the goal not being ‘killing Hezbollah,’ I stand by every word. After decades in the region, you cannot eliminate an embedded militia solely by kinetic means when a sovereign state like Iran continues to arm and fund it. Pure ‘mowing the lawn’ has never worked. To the contrary, it often fuels recruitment and prolongs conflict. Our objective has always been to degrade Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure to the point where diplomacy and a sovereign Lebanese government can take over under Lebanon’s confessional system, reflecting Christian, Sunni and Shiite interests. This is not a shift toward containment or political inclusion of a terrorist group. It is the same ‘maximum pressure plus smart diplomacy’ playbook this administration has used successfully against ISIS and other threats. We continue to back Israel’s right to defend itself decisively, as Secretary Rubio explicitly affirmed in the current ceasefire terms, while also pushing for an end to the idiocy of endless war. Stopping the bleeding first, then enforcing the win. That is exactly what President Trump and Secretary Rubio achieved with this ceasefire. No policy changes whatsoever. Just clear, effective execution. TRUMP’S GAMBLE IN NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH SYRIA IN THE FACE OF IRAN: ‘HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD’ Fox News Digital: You described the dispute over Turkey’s participation in the F-35 program as "insane" and suggested the Russian S-400 issue could be resolved within months. What specific safeguards regarding possession and operability are under consideration to satisfy Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act and address concerns that the Russian S-400 system could compromise sensitive F-35 technology? How do you respond to members of Congress who have threatened to oppose F-16 upgrades or any future F-35 transfer to Turkey until your comments regarding Hezbollah and Israel are clarified? (For example, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who responded directly to Barrack’s April 2026 remarks by saying Turkey would not receive either F-35s or F-16s. Scott wrote that Turkey "funds Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, hates Israel, and loves Russia and Iran," adding: "Good luck buying F-35s, F-16s, and other American-made defense platforms.) Barrack: Calling the prolonged impasse "insane" is blunt common sense. It highlights exactly why the administration is right to pursue a resolution: NATO unity against Russia and China is a core U.S. national security interest. Turkey remains a vital ally, hosting critical U.S. assets, contributing to NATO missions and countering shared threats. Sanctions and exclusion from the F-35 program, triggered by the S-400 purchase, have strained ties unnecessarily while Russia benefits from the wedge. The S-400 issue can and should be resolved within months through surgical diplomacy from Secretary Rubio, grounded in the strong personal relationship between President Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Let me be explicit: any resolution will fully satisfy Section 1245 of the NDAA. That means verifiable cessation of possession and operability of the Russian S-400 system, with formal certifications from the secretaries of Defense and State confirming there is no risk of compromise to sensitive F-35 technology. There will be no shortcuts on American security standards. What I am signaling is that real breakthroughs are imminent: restoring Turkey’s role in the F-35 ecosystem, strengthening NATO interoperability, boosting U.S. industry and denying Russia leverage. This is classic Trump deal-making: enforce the law, protect our technology and rebuild alliances that advance American strength. In every one of these statements, I am speaking directly in support of this administration’s foreign policy. We believe in peace through strength, candid assessment of realities and delivering results that protect U.S. interests without dragging America into endless conflicts. These comments reflect that approach: maximum leverage against terrorists, pragmatic engagement with key partners like Turkey and a clear-eyed path to greater stability in a volatile region." Another point of contention was Barrack’s repeated argument that strong centralized rule, rather than Western-style democracy, has been the most successful model in the Middle East. Reiterating comments he had made previously, Barrack said at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17: "The only thing that’s worked, the only thing, are these powerful leadership regimes: either benevolent monarchies, the kind of monarchical republic. IRAN'S COLLAPSE OR SURVIVAL HINGES ON ONE CHOICE INSIDE THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD Turkey was removed from the American F-35 program in 2019 after purchasing Russia’s S-400 air defense system, which U.S. officials warned could allow Moscow to gather intelligence on the stealth fighter.  Under Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Turkey cannot rejoin the program unless the president certifies to Congress that Ankara no longer possesses or operates the S-400 and that the system poses no risk to the F-35. Fox News Digital: You said that "powerful leadership regimes" are the only structures that have worked in the Middle East.  Does that statement reflect a broader shift away from longstanding U.S. support for democratic governance and human rights in the region? Barrack: When I said that ‘powerful leadership regimes,’ whether benevolent monarchies or the kind of monarchical republics seen elsewhere in the region, are the only structures that have actually worked in the Middle East, I was speaking from decades of hard-earned observation, not ideology. Look at the track record. Countries that tried to adopt Western-style democracy quickly after the Arab Spring largely failed, often descending into chaos, civil war or new forms of authoritarianism. Meanwhile, stable, results-oriented leadership in places like the Gulf monarchies has delivered security, economic growth, modernization and real improvements in people’s lives. Israel, which one can rightly point to as a vibrant democracy in the region, stands as a notable outlier that has thrived under extremely strong, bold leadership capable of delivering security and prosperity under extraordinary challenges, even as some critics describe it as a "flawed democracy." Turkey, operating as a presidential republic with regular multiparty elections, also demonstrates how strong, centralized leadership under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has delivered stability, economic dynamism and assertive regional influence, though critics have described it as a hybrid regime with strong authoritarian tendencies. This is not a change in U.S. policy away from supporting democratic governance and human rights. It is a realistic assessment of what produces stability so that human rights and prosperity can take root. President Trump’s approach has always been peace through strength: deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be. We support effective governance that prevents chaos, counters terrorism and creates conditions for long-term progress. That includes backing strong, accountable leaders who deliver for their people, whether in monarchies that have modernized successfully or in evolving systems that prioritize security and opportunity over imported models that have repeatedly collapsed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8db7e059ccda1fcc13959 OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses te 2026-04-22T14:30:22.217Z OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses Infosys said the integration will be used to help its clients modernize software development, automate workflows and deploy AI systems, initially focusing software engineering, legacy modernization, and DevOps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8da1e059ccda1fcc13925 School board seats open for Nov. ballot te 2026-04-22T14:24:30.991Z School board seats open for Nov. ballot Yavapai County voters will decide 61 different seats on local school boards on the Tuesday, Nov. 3, General Election. The Yavapai County Education Service Agency, which runs the election, is currently accepting statements of interest from potential candidates. “People should run for their local scho Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d9e2059ccda1fcc13915 Daytime lane restrictions on US 89 in Cameron scheduled on April 22 and 23 te 2026-04-22T14:23:30.575Z Daytime lane restrictions on US 89 in Cameron scheduled on April 22 and 23 Restrictions will be lifted each day after work hours. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d9ce059ccda1fcc1390c Flagstaff City Council moves forward with discussion on prohibiting source of income discrimination for housing te 2026-04-22T14:23:10.521Z Flagstaff City Council moves forward with discussion on prohibiting source of income discrimination for housing Petition asks Council to consider making an amendment to the city's civil rights ordinance passed in 2013. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d9ba059ccda1fcc13903 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area opening up for spring and summer seasons te 2026-04-22T14:22:50.597Z Glen Canyon National Recreation Area opening up for spring and summer seasons Additional facilities are available. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d9a6059ccda1fcc138fa With ICE opening a new office in Flagstaff, residents worry about tactics, tourism and terror te 2026-04-22T14:22:30.666Z With ICE opening a new office in Flagstaff, residents worry about tactics, tourism and terror Some worry about the presence of ICE while others welcome it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d98f059ccda1fcc138d3 Voice for kids: 11-year-old Israeli boy uses social media to battle antisemitism te 2026-04-22T14:22:07.857Z Voice for kids: 11-year-old Israeli boy uses social media to battle antisemitism Ben Carasso, an 11-year-old Israeli boy, is pushing back against antisemitism. At a time when more kids are being targeted for their religion, he has taken to social media to offer his peers a way to respond with facts and hope. Carasso has already lived through multiple conflicts and wars, experiences that have shaped both his perspective and his voice. Seeking to represent Israeli children, his advocacy began shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. What started as a response quickly became a mission. He began posting on social media after a close friend’s father went missing following the Nova music festival attack and was later confirmed killed. "I’m speaking about it so the whole world understands what kind of childhood we have," Carasso said. EXCLUSIVE: 'REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY': SAMARITAN'S PURSE STEPS INTO ISRAEL'S WAR ZONES WITH NEEDED RELIEF Carasso speaks directly to audiences in both English and Hebrew, reaching hundreds of thousands across social media. His message is clear. He aims to give a voice to children who often feel unheard, and to show that even at a young age, speaking up matters. Born in Israel and a third-generation descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Carasso’s advocacy is shaped by both history and experience. He grew up during periods of ongoing conflict, where rocket attacks and air raid sirens are part of daily life. His posts reflect those realities, from running to shelters to supporting friends whose family members are serving on the front lines. His advocacy has also placed him directly in the line of hostility. After being featured in an article about Israeli children, Carasso became the target of a wave of antisemitic abuse online. Hundreds of comments appeared across social media, many directed at him personally, including Holocaust imagery telling the 11-year-old to "go back to Auschwitz like his grandfather," while others repeated antisemitic tropes and used dehumanizing imagery. JEWISH COMMUNITIES ON HIGH ALERT AS PASSOVER BEGINS AMID RISING SECURITY THREATS NATIONWIDE Antisemitism is rising globally and is increasingly visible for children. Carasso says he won’t be silenced. "My duty is to continue spreading the truth everywhere," he said. In an environment where misinformation spreads quickly, Carasso takes his responsibilities seriously. "In today’s world, there’s so much misleading information online," he said. "Just because you see a photo or a post doesn’t mean it’s true. We all have a responsibility, kids and adults, to check the facts before sharing anything." In recent months, Carasso traveled to Australia, where he met with Jewish children to better understand how antisemitism is affecting their lives. Among them was Summer Britvan, the sister of 10-year-old Matilda Britvan, who was killed during the Chanukah massacre at Bondi Beach. "I met with Summer, and she opened up so much about her sister, how much she misses her, and how strong she is," Carasso said. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER Those conversations, he said, are part of a broader effort to give children a voice and a way to heal, something experts say is important. For Carasso, one of the most important gaps in social media is the absence of children’s voices. "The side of the children is not talked about," he said. "There are children whose parents were murdered or injured. Their lives are not the same anymore." He says his message remains focused on strength, courage and the responsibility to speak. "Be yourself. Be authentic," Carasso said. "Believe in yourself when you do advocacy. I started at the age of eight. I believe others can do it even better." His efforts have not gone unnoticed. Carasso has received the Resilience Award from the Jewish Agency for Israel and was selected as Israel’s youngest torchbearer at the country’s Independence Day ceremony. His advice to other kids his age, "If you believe in something, speak up and don’t be afraid." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d97c059ccda1fcc138ca Sydney Sweeney and Livvy Dunne form alliance as lingerie war with Victoria's Secret officially heats up te 2026-04-22T14:21:48.016Z Sydney Sweeney and Livvy Dunne form alliance as lingerie war with Victoria's Secret officially heats up What we saw Tuesday on social media was reminiscent of Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage forming the Mega Powers in late 1987. Gen X men will never forget that handshake and what it meant for wrestling, for society. Now fast-forward to 2026. On its Instagram account, Sydney Sweeney’s lingerie brand, Syrn, posted Livvy Dunne not only wearing the brand, but doing so in a SYRN photoshoot. This is like A-Rod signing with the Yankees. This is about as big of a free agent signing as they come as the lingerie wars of 2026 have officially heated up. Remember, it was just back in January when I wrote about how SYRN has a real shot of destroying Victoria’s Secret as that legacy brand continues to dig itself out of its woke reputation.  Enter the Dunne-Sweeney Mega Powers tag team. What do red-blooded men think about this news? "PLEASE LORD LET LIVVY AND SYDNEY COLLAB THE PEOPLE NEED IT," a red-blood wrote on Instagram Tuesday.  Why does this make business sense for Sweeney? Did Jordan defeat the Pistons and the Celtics before Scottie Pippen came along? No. If Sweeney’s going to bury Victoria’s Secret into a grave, there needs to be collaborations. There needs to be a clear signal to women out there that there’s a new lingerie brand on the scene and it’s where Millennials and Gen Z need to be shopping.  And for the red-blooded American men out there, this is a clear bat signal as to what you should be buying for your girlfriends/wife for those special occasions. There’s a clear line in the sand: Are you Team Woke or Team Sydney Sweeney?  "This will heal the country!" another red blood wrote on IG.  It will indeed. Sweeney saved American Eagle. Now she’s out to save the lingerie industry by defeating a brand that trots out transgenders to model its products. Which side of history are you on? Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps 📘 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 If you are looking for the Screencaps archive pre-4/20, it can be found HERE. Guys, it's starting to get real for Mrs. Screencaps. Here in NW Ohio, you don't dare plant anything in the ground until Mother's Day which means tensions are rising as Mrs. Screencaps goes up and down the basement stairs and into her operation. There's also a grow op in our laundry room. Geraniums 42 Impatiens 33 Dahlia 16 Coleus 41 Snap dragons 26 Petunias 15 Begonias 12 Vinca 31 Echinacea 13 Salpiglossis 3 Zinnia 18 How much would all of this cost if we were to buy it at Home Depot? It just happens that Google Gemini can calculate that. Gemini estimates we're looking at about $828.84 (after tax) based on current prices and "deals" Home Depot is running. Mrs. Screencaps estimates the list above is about $50 in seeds. – Kasey tells me: I live in Pace, Florida...I became addicted to drugs and alcohol at an early age.(8ish drinking and smoking cigarettes). I have had several legal issues including a high-speed chase with the police..I lost my mother while I was in jail the last time in 2018..I couldn't go to the funeral...I still used until Thanksgiving 2019, then Jesus Christ saw fit to heal me. Now, thanks to the little church I attend I'm able to share what God did for me..the pastor and the good Lord allows me to host a sobriety meeting. Kinsey: Love to hear this story of redemption. I'll give Kasey credit. I asked for new readers to share something about their lives and then Kasey comes out firing. One step at a time, Kasey. Keep stacking good days. Stay connected to good people. Stay involved in your community. Continue to be an asset. – Steve G. is another new reader: I'm 80 years old, have registered as Democrat , Republican, Independent, & Peace& Freedom.... I've supported every President elected to office regardless of "Party". I support the office ofPresident of the United States of America. I'm a military veteran, fiscally conservative, but socially liberal- I support the greatest democracy in the world. However, I have always questioned one thing: How do Democrats get to label their party as "progressive"? What 'progressive' policies do they support? Better yet, what do they actually support? Fraud- Waste-Corruption? Open borders? Iran? Socialist-Communist "leaders"? A weak United States? Capitulation diplomacy? – Dusty T. checks in: I sincerely appreciate you shining a light on Sal Stewart. I miss these kinds of players, and am getting severe Judge/Ohtani fatigue. Being an AZ resident/Diamondbacks fan, we are so blessed to have Corbin Carroll, who plays the same as Stewart and is on an absolute tear this season. But just like Stewart, because he plays in AZ, there isn't much coverage of him, which is a shame.  Bring back sacrifice bunts, stolen bases, line drives in the gap, and the unwritten rules! Kinsey: For those who didn't watch, Stewart had another monster game last night and is providing protection for Elly De La Cruz, who hit two bombs last night. Folks, I told you last week that the Reds at +380 to win the Central was meaty. That number is now down to +330. – Greg E. couldn't believe this one: Don't know if you saw this (or if I'm the only one to have thought you'd be interested), but it looks like WKRP will officially be a call sign in Cincy radio sometime soon. Stay tuned Cincinnati: WKRP is coming to town for real, North Carolina station's director says Kinsey: Here's the money quote from that link: "I cannot, by contract, tell you when. I cannot tell you who. But I can tell you, direct to the camera, WKRP, after 48 years, is coming to Cincinnati," D.P. McIntire, who runs the media nonprofit that is auctioning the famous call letters, told The Associated Press. "Book it! It’s done!" Now I need to figure out what those call letters were worth at auction and, if you own the call letters, can you promote them on shirts, hats, etc. You Boomers go nuts over that show and have tons of money to burn. Depending on how much the call letters went for at auction, this might be one of the best business deals of the year. – Kevin in Toboso, Ohio writes: Am I the only one who really doesnt want to hear parents complain about the cost of their AAU, Travel baseball team, etc.? You are the parent, be one and say no. Your kid might be mad but he/she will get over it if they have been raised right. Take them fishing or camping or just for a hike somewhere. Cheaper and i bet they'll make better memories.  The child worship has to stop. As my pops once told me, "You'll never get everything you want, but your mom and I will make sure you have everything you need."  Please stop complaining about the costs and just quit doing it. Your kids will survive. – Pilot Jason in NE Indiana says: Thanks for all the work in producing the Greatest Daily Column in America (TM) I've written before, but let me re-introduce myself...I'm a retired Air Force pilot and current pilot at a major Air Line (you know it since you frequent DTW). I'm the guy who wrote last year to tell the story of commemorating the D-Day airdrop in Normandy. A fellow Midwesterner born and raised, I appreciate the IYKYK jokes you supply every day and the kinship with all the other "fly-overs" Screencaps provides. Thank you for sounding the alarm bells about AAU sports and the death of rec leagues. When I was in high school, I played in 3 baseball leagues one summer and my family was out a total of $200 and very little travel. Unfortunately, my 7th grade daughter (#3 of 4 girls in the family) has been brought into the AAU basketball orbit, but we did it with our eyes wide open and saw a scam for a scam. Her middle school coach started his own team with her teammates this year and is actually focusing on fundamentals, teamwork, and having fun in response to a bad experience they all had last season. They don't expect to win much this summer, but the bigger goal is to improve for next school season. While the cost is more than I'd like, it is about 1/3 of the horror stories you hear. I saw some truly atrocious "influencer" behavior last year and would not have let my daughter play again this summer if her school coach hadn't taken action. Since my schedule is all over the place, I can't join TNML, but you have inspired me to up my stripe game when I am able to mow.  Keep up the good work, and keep the pilot instagram high on the algo. – Tom B. in Alexandria, VA checks in: Joe, great column as always. I have read the recent emails and watched the video that was recommended. All I have to say is people need to know more about state 529 plans. They are better than youth sports for your child’s education. – Robert shares: In regards to the green grass loving, turf cultivating, blade curating specialists frequenting screencaps, I want to recommend a little guy on YouTube with big energy: He's the cut-the-grass, trick-out-the-mower, and have fun man of the people readers have been looking for: MowerMike.  Try this one on for starters, in which he upgrades the mower with machete style blades, crashes a drone, and penetrates deeply into the mesquite jungle beyond his yard in pursuit of seeing how much work a big boy zero turn can do:  The repair videos are good too, saved me hundreds of dollars with fuel pumps and PTO changes at home instead of going to a shop.  ########################## That is it this morning with the sun shining in and 80 degrees on the horizon. The birds are chirping. Mowers will be running today. Spring is in the air. We're all alive and breathing. Let's go have a productive, positive, fun day of life. Who's in? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d968059ccda1fcc138c1 Are people who park on streets facing the wrong way the worst people on Earth? te 2026-04-22T14:21:28.303Z Are people who park on streets facing the wrong way the worst people on Earth? It's Wednesday, which means it's time to open the window and air out all those pent-up grievances from the past week in another edition of The Gripe Report. By this point, over two years into the storied history of The Gripe Report, we all know that I am a guy who can complain about a lot of things. It's a gift and a curse, frankly. But sometimes, some things get to me that are so minor, so petty, and potentially so ridiculous to get bent out of shape over, I wonder if I'm the only one losing sleep over the fact that someone is parked facing the wrong way outside my house. I probably am, but we're still going to go ahead and talk about that, and some other, very petty gripes. My neighborhood might be one of the most "suburban" neighborhoods you can possibly imagine. The only thing that might make it look a bit different from what you're picturing is that all of the houses are crammed way too close together on small lots. As is the Florida way. Fortunately, the neighborhood is pretty nice, and there’s not too much about it that drives me nuts, but one thing that makes my eye start twitching when I see it is when people park on the street with their driver's-side tires against the curb. GREG GUTFELD: JAGUAR REBRAND HAS EVERYONE TALKING WHEN THEY AREN'T ACTUALLY PUKING And no, these are not one-way streets; they are two-way streets, there are just more lazy idiots than I’d care to accept. This is not legal, and it bothers me, not because it takes up more space — obviously it doesn’t — but it is one of the ultimate signs of laziness and entitlement. If you can’t be bothered to pop a nice, quick, tight, dignified U-turn or simply park on the other side of the street, then I’m sorry, I’m just not a fan of yours. MARK NORMAND SAYS LATE NIGHT IS 'DYING' — HOW THE STAND-UP COMIC KEEPS UP IN A CHANGING COMEDY SCENE It’s a litmus test I use just like how I judge people who don’t return shopping carts. If I see that, I slap the offender with an instant "DOUCHE" tag, and I steer clear. Speaking of which… Buckle up, this is about to be the most "Old Man Yells At Cloud" we’ve ever gotten in The Gripe Report, and that’s saying a lot. I know that haircut trends come and go, but I can’t stand that broccoli top/alpaca haircut that every male moron under 25 seems to have.  Sure, every generation has its stupid haircut, but the problem I see is people not growing out of it. I feel like in generations past, people would have "kid" haircuts and grow out of them so that by their mid-20s, you had a grown-up cut. Not anymore. People now have kids' haircuts into their mid twenties, and that’s just embarrassing for everyone. For them and for society at large. I’ll just be honest: when I see someone with an alpaca haircut over the age of 18, I simply do not take you seriously. I’ll be pleasant, but anything you’ve got to say will go in one ear and out the other, because if you’re going to have a kid's haircut, your words have as much value to me as an eight-year-old explaining to me why his favorite Hot Wheels car is his favorite Hot Wheels car. 10 THINGS TO STOP PAYING FOR TO SAVE MONEY NOW Actually, less weight. Hot Wheels are cool, so I'd probably pay more attention to that. At the very least, get a comb, because I swear, no one under 25 owns one. It’s straight up bizarre. Every dude 25 or under seems to have weird, matted bedhead, and that’s their look? Again, sorry, I just don’t take you seriously if you look like you just got up from a nap. The only person who ever got away with a look like that in my book was Boris Johnson, and that was because I just assumed he was so busy running the UK that he had no time to comb his hair. So, unless you’re running the UK, go get a comb and an adult haircut. Not to brag, but I’ve got a few TVs in my house. I know, that makes me sound like a Rockefeller, but you won’t envy the next part: not one of those TVs came with a remote that has a number pad on it. When the f–k did we become okay with this as a society? These are smart TVs, and I know streaming is to blame, but we also have cable. 11 EASY WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY IN 2025 Only our cable streams through the TV, meaning that the cable company can cheap out and not send us another remote with numbers. So, when I want to change the channel, I have to go to the guide and then scroll through hundreds of channels (sorry, slipped into Rockefeller mode again) to get where I want to go. "Matt, you are incredibly smart, funny, and handsome, and also you play guitar well, but don’t you realize that you can just go buy another remote that has numbers and use that?" NEW GMAIL TOOL MAKES IT EASY TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM EMAILS IN BULK Here’s where I break from the Rockefellers: I shouldn’t have to do that. The remote that comes with the TV should do everything. All we need is 10 extra buttons, one for each digit and the oft forgotten 0, and we're golden. I think we’ll close out this week with a message from John U, who checked in with a handful of gas station gripes: I find that I get pretty annoyed at gas stations – especially the non-chain type. From credit card units being taped over telling you to go inside, to no lock-stop on the pump so that you have to keep manually pumping the gas, to extremely slow flow rates (especially when dealing with the previous issue), to windshield wiper boxes that haven’t seen liquid in years, to paper towel dispensers that are always empty, there is plenty to get annoyed about. And that is just on the exterior of these types of gas stations. Inside, you have bathroom sanitation issues, lines of people buying scratch-off lottery tickets, poorly lit aisles, and so on. … If I had a dollar for every time I pulled up to a pump, got out, and went to stick my card in the reader only to realize it was out of order, I wouldn't have that much money, but in the Year of our Lord 2026, that should be netting me exactly $0.00 from that. Same with the little locking mechanism on the pump. That seems like a two-second fix, and yet it's a bridge too far for some gas stations. Not putting the water in the little plastic tub thing with the squeegee is where they lose all sympathy from me. TAX SEASON SCAMS SURGE AS FILING CONFUSION GROWS The card reader requires a little technical know-how to fix, and there's a chance fixing that pump will require a special part, but filling a plastic tub with water? That's the easiest task you'd have while working at a gas station. Plus, it's not even like each driver uses a whole plastic reservoir to clean their windshield. Unless it's surface-of-the-sun hot and arid like in Death Valley or Phoenix in the summer, maybe you have to haul a bucket out there every couple of days? Then, when we venture inside, gas stations aside from your upper-echelon kind-of-a-gas-station/kind-of-a-restaurant-or-attraction places like Buc-ee's, Sheetz, or Wawa are just depressing. 2025 IN REVIEW: A TUMULTUOUS YEAR FOR PARAMOUNT AND CBS NEWS They opened a new 7/Eleven near me, and I went inside because, for some reason, I thought it'd be fun. I was mistaken. Unless you call walking back outside after looking at day-old roller dogs and walking on floors sticky with spilled Slurpee fun, in which case, you might need to get out more. ... That's it for this week's edition of The Gripe Report. Be sure to join us next week, and in the meantime, send in your pettiest gripes!: matthew.reigle@outkick.com Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d954059ccda1fcc138b8 Mark Cuban shoots down presidential bid as he teams up with Trump admin to cut healthcare costs te 2026-04-22T14:21:08.745Z Mark Cuban shoots down presidential bid as he teams up with Trump admin to cut healthcare costs Billionaire investor Mark Cuban shot down a presidential run Wednesday while detailing his broader efforts to team up with the Trump administration to lower drug costs for all Americans. "It's not going to happen," he said of a presidential bid on "Fox & Friends." "My dream has not been to be president, but my dream, and truly, as an entrepreneur, I think I can have an impact and really change the economics of healthcare in this country. I think that's something that can have as big an impact as any political position." During his live morning walk with Fox News' Steve Doocy in Pittsburgh, Cuban elaborated on how he plans to use those aspirations in conjunction with TrumpRx, the Trump administration's effort to connect U.S. consumers with lower-cost drugs, to bring about positive change in the healthcare industry. 5 STEPS THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MUST TAKE TO MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN "We're working really close with TrumpRx," he shared. Cuban owns the direct-to-consumer prescription platform CostPlusDrugs.com, which cuts out middlemen like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that can contribute to higher drug costs in the marketplace. He emphasized that the nonpartisan appreciation for cheap medications means Republicans, Democrats and independents like himself can all get on board with the joint effort to bring down costs. "We're going to be integrating our list of medications there. We're looking to bring manufacturing from overseas for generics to Dallas, so there's so many things we're doing with the administration that I think will really accelerate [cost reduction]," he added. Cuban said the mission is simple — to make all aspects of maintaining good health inexpensive, starting with medications and then going "across the board" to all healthcare. Cuban also shared how his platform is revolutionizing the drug business as is, explaining that the medications' dramatically lower costs compared to market rates stem from a basic manufacturing cost, a 15% markup to keep the business running, a $5 pharmacy labor fee and a roughly $5 shipping cost. "You can save a lot of money, particularly if you have cancer, multiple sclerosis, [or] kidney disease," he said. "There's a lot of really expensive drugs out there that, because we only mark it up 15%, we can save people hundreds if not thousands of dollars per month and we've really changed people's lives, and that's important to me at this time." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d92c059ccda1fcc138a2 With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress te 2026-04-22T14:20:28.452Z With Midterms Coming Up, G.O.P. Is Bogged Down in Congress Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d71f059ccda1fcc13836 Reality star Dr. Pimple Popper ignored stroke warning signs and urges fans not to make her mistake te 2026-04-22T14:11:43.827Z Reality star Dr. Pimple Popper ignored stroke warning signs and urges fans not to make her mistake Dr. Sandra Lee said she ignored subtle warning signs as stress and fatigue – until she suffered a stroke and realized how critical those early hours can be. The "Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out" star admitted she found a "good excuse" to explain away the minor symptoms she was experiencing, including dizziness and anxiety. Lee explained she was "feeling certain ways" while taping the latest season of her reality TV show. "...I don't know if it was in my mind or what, or if it's like if you have issues, sometimes you think it's like anxiety. I've never had anxiety in my life, but you know the show and taping, it does make me – it's a highly stressful environment, or highly stressful situation I put myself into," Lee told Fox News Digital. The reality TV star said she attributed some of the symptoms to feeling "like you drank too much coffee." Lee admitted that while some patients quickly seek medical attention, she fell into the group that waits it out, telling herself, "Oh, maybe it’ll be better tomorrow." DREW BARRYMORE’S ‘BAD MAMMOGRAM’ LED TO CANCER SCARE AND EMERGENCY BIOPSY Now, she’s urging others not to delay. Lee stressed that timing can be very critical when symptoms first appear. "If you have symptoms of something that may be a stroke, it is actually really important to be evaluated within the first hour, ideally or within the first four to five hours, because there are certain treatments that you can get at that time if you do indeed have what we call an ischemic stroke or loss of blood flow to a part of your brain," she explained. According to Lee, there are medications that can help but would need to be administered within a specific time frame. WATCH: REALITY STAR DR SANDRA LEE WARNS STROKE SYMPTOMS DEMAND ACTION IN CRITICAL EARLY WINDOW REALITY STAR DR. PIMPLE POPPER SUFFERED A STROKE WHILE FILMING HER SHOW, SAYS PART OF HER BRAIN ‘DIED’ She also outlined the warning signs that should prompt immediate action, drawing from her own experience. "If you have weakness, if you hold out your hands and one kind of drifts downwards, or you have slurred speech, or you feel like there's a drooping on one side of your face, or you're having trouble with your vision, all things like that in general, you may really want to seek out to be evaluated and to be evaluated quickly," she told Fox News Digital. "When I went to the ER, they immediately put into effect stroke protocol. So I had a wheelchair behind me within like a minute of me talking." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "So there is certainly a system, just like with a heart attack really, they put you through very quickly," Lee added. "You go to the front of the line. It's like a fast pass." Lee admitted her hesitation to seek care was tied in part to how she views getting older. She pointed to the pressure to look young – from filters to cosmetic procedures – as part of what kept her from prioritizing her health. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I think part of my issue is really, I'm at this age where you're sort of in the middle. You're starting to get old, but you don't wanna feel old," she explained. "And with this whole life now with filters and with people getting surgery to look young and procedures, you sort of feel like, 'Oh, I don't want to go to the doctor and check my blood pressure and cholesterol because that means I'm old, right?' So I really think that this helped me to go, 'OK, I need to evaluate. I need to have things checked out." The dermatologist recently revealed she initially brushed off her alarming symptoms as a simple hot flash. "It happened while I was filming the show," Lee recalled in an interview with People magazine. "I had what I thought was a hot flash. I got super sweaty and didn’t feel like myself." After being diagnosed with an ischemic stroke, which occurs when blood vessels supplying blood to the brain are blocked and is the most common type of stroke, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — Lee quickly entered a two-month recovery period. She underwent physical and occupational therapy for "very basic things," including balance and movement. She paused filming and focused on her health as she worried about her hands — a core ability needed for her job. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d70c059ccda1fcc1382d Myrtle Beach man with lengthy arrest record charged with stabbing two people in popular beach destination te 2026-04-22T14:11:24.392Z Myrtle Beach man with lengthy arrest record charged with stabbing two people in popular beach destination A recent stabbing has rattled the popular beach town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police said. Officers responded about 8:33 a.m. Sunday to 1004 S. Ocean Blvd. after a reported stabbing, according to the Myrtle Beach Police Department. Two people were hurt in the attack. One was taken to a hospital for treatment, while the other was treated at the scene. FOLLOW US ON X In a Tuesday update, police announced that Jeffrey Alonzo Keitt, 68, of Myrtle Beach, was charged with two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Keitt was booked in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center. According to booking records reviewed by Fox News Digital, Keitt has a lengthy arrest record, with at least four bookings into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center since June 2025. The previous charges span from allegedly trespassing, assault on a police officer while resisting arrest or serving process, first-degree assault and battery, loitering, and unlawful entry onto posted land. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Investigators said an adult male victim told police that a verbal altercation involving a woman and Keitt escalated when the suspect alleged pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the leg. One victim was transported to a hospital, and EMS evaluated the second victim on the scene. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The investigation remains active. Police are asking anyone with additional information to contact the department. GOT A TIP? Fox News Digital has reached out to the Myrtle Beach Police Department for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d6e4059ccda1fcc13818 California Candidates to Appear in First Major Debate After Swalwell te 2026-04-22T14:10:44.111Z California Candidates to Appear in First Major Debate After Swalwell Six candidates for governor will face off Wednesday night in a race that has been upended by Eric Swalwell’s sudden departure. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d6ce059ccda1fcc137fc UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people’s phones te 2026-04-22T14:10:22.836Z UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people’s phones The U.K.'s cybersecurity chief warned that U.K. businesses and critical infrastructure are underestimating the threat from spyware attacks and other cyberthreats, with more governments having access to the powerful surveillance technology than ever. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d4a1059ccda1fcc1379b Iran reportedly fires on three ships in Strait of Hormuz te 2026-04-22T14:01:05.648Z Iran reportedly fires on three ships in Strait of Hormuz Iran reportedly opened fire upon three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre noted that a container ship was fired upon by an IRGC gunboat near Oman Wednesday, causing "heavy damage to the bridge." "No fires or environmental impact reported. All Crew reported safe," the notice said. Another UKMTO warning said "an outbound cargo ship" west of Iran reported "having been fired upon and is now stopped in the water." The notice said the crew was safe and accounted for. "There is no reported damage to the vessel," it added. IRAN FIRES ON 2 SHIPS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AFTER TRUMP EXTENDS CEASEFIRE Iranian media said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was bringing two ships to Iran after seizing them in the Strait of Hormuz, according to The Associated Press. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) Command claimed in an X post that the two vessels, the MSC-FRANCESCA and EPAMINODES, "had endangered maritime security by operating without the necessary permits and tampering with navigation systems." It said the vessels "were seized by the IRGC Navy and escorted to Iran's coast," according to a translation. "Disruption of order and safety in the Strait of Hormuz is our red line," the command wrote. It also claimed the MSC-FRANCESCA is "linked to the Zionist regime." IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SIDELINES PRESIDENT AS MILITARY GRIP EXPANDS Iranian media also reported that the IRGC attacked a third ship, identified as the Euphoria, according to the AP. The development comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that the United States was extending a ceasefire. "Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal," the president wrote on Truth Social.. ISRAEL UNVEILS GAME-CHANGING ARTILLERY AGAINST IRAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH AMID FRAGILE CEASEFIRE "I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other," he added. The Associated Press contributed to this report Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d48d059ccda1fcc13792 ‘Illegals first’: Senate Republicans blast Schumer’s gambit to force vote on protecting Haitian migrants te 2026-04-22T14:00:45.817Z ‘Illegals first’: Senate Republicans blast Schumer’s gambit to force vote on protecting Haitian migrants Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to extend protections for Haitian migrants, and Republicans say it’s a perfect example of him putting the interests of illegal immigrants over Americans.  Schumer fast-tracked a House-passed bill that would extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Haitian migrants for three years earlier this week onto the Senate schedule. Whether it actually makes it to the floor is ultimately up to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. The top Senate Democrat’s desire to pass the legislation in the Senate comes at an inflection point for both the protected status of Haitian migrants and a funding battle started, in part, over immigration operations in the country.  HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEFY TRUMP TO SHIELD HAITIANS FROM DEPORTATION Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., who led negotiations for Senate Republicans to try to strike a compromise deal to end the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, told Fox News Digital, "I'm so glad that he is prioritizing people who are not American consistently." "What about the countless Americans that have died at the hands of illegal aliens? I mean, the fact that you're literally trying to defund the organization that is tasked with keeping our streets safe, our borders secure, keeping Americans — allowing Americans to go home to their families at night," Britt said. "It's just totally, his priorities are completely and totally off." While Schumer is trying to extend the protected status of Haitian migrants, DHS is still shut down over disagreements on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding. SENATE TAKES FIRST STEP TO FUND ICE, BORDER PATROL IN BID TO CUT DEMS OUT OF THE FUNDING PROCESS The legislation made it through the House last week after 10 Republicans bucked President Donald Trump and joined Democrats to shield more than 350,000 Haitian nationals from deportation. The TPS program allows foreign nationals whose home countries face humanitarian crises or dangerous conditions to temporarily live and work in the United States without fear of deportation, but it does not provide a pathway to citizenship. Schumer noted on the Senate floor earlier this week that Haitian migrants became a political flash point during Trump’s campaign, in which he claimed that a community of Haitians in Ohio were eating pets.  SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS GOP AIMS TO SPEND LESS "Despite ongoing violence, gang violence, civil instability, terrible medical infrastructure, and poor food access in Haiti," Schumer said, "Trump directed Kristi Noem to strip Haitian immigrants of their TPS, their Temporary Protected Status, disregarding the process Congress set into law." Trump tried to revoke the program for Haiti and argued that because conditions have improved in the country, granting Haitians legal protections runs counter to American interests. But his administration’s effort is currently snarled in the courts.  And if it were to make it to a vote, Republicans plan to swiftly kill it. When asked whether the bill stood a chance in the upper chamber, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, flashed a zero sign by connecting his index finger and thumb.  "Zero point zero," Moreno told Fox News Digital.  "Schumer is all illegals first, it’s crazy." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8d247059ccda1fcc1319b Sheriff leading Nancy Guthrie probe admits quitting past police job to dodge discipline te 2026-04-22T13:51:03.945Z Sheriff leading Nancy Guthrie probe admits quitting past police job to dodge discipline The lawyer for Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is helming the months-long search for missing Nancy Guthrie, has responded to a list of concerns from local leaders about the top cop's leadership. Nanos acknowledged through his attorney that he resigned from the El Paso Police Department in 1982 to avoid a three-day suspension for insubordination, while defending apparent inconsistencies in his sworn deposition testimony about his disciplinary history. On April 7, the Pima County Board of Supervisors demanded the sheriff answer questions after allegations of perjury emerged following his deposition in a First Amendment lawsuit brought against him by the president of the Pima County Deputies Association, Sgt. Aaron Cross. Nanos stated under oath that he had never been suspended as a result of disciplinary action while working as a law enforcement officer. POSSIBLE TATTOO SEEN IN NANCY GUTHRIE VIDEO MAY HELP ID SUBJECT, FORMER PROFILER SAYS According to an April 21 letter from his lawyer, James Cool, he misunderstood the question. Nanos has never been suspended from the Pima County Sheriff's Department in a career that began in 1984. Cool acknowledged that he was suspended repeatedly in his prior role at the El Paso Police Department in Texas, a job he resigned from in 1982 to avoid further disciplinary action. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "It is 100% correct that Sheriff Nanos was never suspended during his four decades of decorated and faithful service with the Pima County Sheriff's Department ('PCSD')," Cool wrote in a 12-page letter to the board. "However, Sheriff Nanos was suspended more than forty years ago while employed by El Paso Police Department. In the context of his live deposition, Sheriff Nanos did not understand the question related to discipline with a different agency not governed by the Arizona Peace Officer's Bill of Rights." Nanos' lawyers accused Cross and former PCSD Lt. Heather Lappin, Nanos' most recent election challenger, of "sustained findings of misconduct." SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER "Chock full of lies," Cross said of Cool's letter. "But did you notice it wasn't a sworn statement, as required?" The board voted on April 7 to have Nanos answer questions "under oath." SEND US A TIP HERE County board members have questioned whether Nanos used his position to interfere with the election and wrongfully targeted Lappin for investigation during the campaign. Attached to the letter, Cool included a copy of a March 11 note from the Justice Department informing County Administrator Jan Lesher that the former U.S. Attorney for Arizona under the Biden administration found "no federal predicate" for a criminal investigation into the election allegations. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "We have no further response to provide beyond what was already communicated in December 2024," current U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Timothy Courchaine wrote. Cool defended Nanos' handling of the sheriff's department budget, argued that the sheriff should not have to answer all of the board's questions in a public setting, and downplayed concerns of retaliation against Cross and Lappin. Both of them have pending lawsuits. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Cool also included a copy of Nanos' 1984 resume, in which lists his hobbies as "boxing, fishing, pool, crosswords and physical exercise." After leaving the El Paso Police Department, Nanos worked briefly in sales and then as a security guard before joining the PCSD in 1984 as a corrections officer. Guthrie is believed to have been abducted from her home in the Catalina Foothills, north of Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1. A masked intruder appears on doorbell camera video. Her back door was found propped open the following morning. Her whereabouts remain unknown. She is the mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, who has put $1 million toward the combined reward for finding her. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8cfc5059ccda1fcc130f0 Amazon Music partners with Bandsintowns for concert listings te 2026-04-22T13:40:21.737Z Amazon Music partners with Bandsintowns for concert listings Users will be able to see live events of an artist on their Amazon Music profile Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8cd97059ccda1fcc1308b Dave Mason, co-founder of legendary British rock band Traffic, dead at 79 te 2026-04-22T13:31:03.611Z Dave Mason, co-founder of legendary British rock band Traffic, dead at 79 Dave Mason, co-founder of the British rock band Traffic, has died. He was 79. "It is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dave Mason," a statement on the musician's official Instagram read. "On Sunday, April 19, after cooking an amazing dinner with his beloved wife Winifred, he sat down to take a nap with sweet Star (the maltese) at his feet." "He passed away peacefully, in his favorite chair, surrounded by the beautiful Carson Valley that he loved so much. A storybook ending. On his own terms. Which is how he lived his life right up until the end. He leaves a lasting imprint on the soundtrack of our lives and the hearts he has lifted. His legacy will be cherished forever." PATRICK MULDOON, 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES' AND 'MELROSE PLACE' STAR, DEAD AT 57 AFTER SUDDEN HEART ATTACK In a statement to Deadline, the rock legend's representative said, "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dave Mason." "On Sunday, April 19, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, celebrated songwriter, musician, singer, and author, passed away peacefully at his home in Gardnerville, NV." HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO DIED IN 2026 "Dave Mason lived a remarkable life devoted to the music and the people he loved," the spokesperson added. The cause of his death is unknown. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Fans quickly flocked to social media to share their condolences. "I am so sad to hear about his passing. He was a GOAT - amazing song writer, guitarist and performer. He will be sorely missed. My sincere condolences to Winifred. May his memory be a blessing," one user wrote on Instagram. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "From a long, long time fan, roadie, and believer in his messages… thank you, Mr. Dave Mason for sharing your talents, gifts, and soul energies with us all. Rest in purity," another added. In 2024, Mason canceled his "Traffic Jam Tour" due to "a serious heart condition," according to Deadline. A year later, the guitarist announced his retirement, citing "ongoing health challenges." Mason is survived by his wife, Winifred Wilson, and daughter Danielle, as well as several nieces and nephews. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8cd6f059ccda1fcc13077 F.A.A. Investigates Near Miss Between Passenger Jets at J.F.K. Airport te 2026-04-22T13:30:23.706Z F.A.A. Investigates Near Miss Between Passenger Jets at J.F.K. Airport An American Airlines regional jet flew close to an Air Canada regional jet after aborting its landing. It was the second such incident in recent days at a major U.S. airport. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8cb19059ccda1fcc12fd8 Hellertoon: Happy Earth Day te 2026-04-22T13:20:25.181Z Hellertoon: Happy Earth Day Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c94b059ccda1fcc12f8c Viral mask ban at amusement park abruptly reversed after fierce backlash online te 2026-04-22T13:12:43.070Z Viral mask ban at amusement park abruptly reversed after fierce backlash online A popular amusement park seemingly reversed a mask ban after a policy generated outrage online among some who said they're "COVID-educated." Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, known for its chocolate-themed attractions and family-friendly rides, drew anger recently after a sign about face coverings circulated on social media. The confusion began after an X user posted a picture of a sign at the Hershey park that said, "Guests under the age of 21 may not wear masks or face coverings." OFFICIALS URGE AMERICANS NOT TO TRAVEL TO ISLAND SPOT AMID KIDNAPPINGS, 6-FIGURE RANSOM DEMANDS A Hersheypark spokesperson told Fox News Digital this week, "There is no policy in place impacting a guest’s ability to wear a face mask at Hersheypark." The spokesperson added, "A recent operational update intended to enhance park security led to some confusion, and we made the decision to suspend that update shortly after implementation, pending further review." In the social media post, the X user said, "@Hersheypark has a new policy banning all masks for people under the age of 21." The X user added, "So if you're COVID-informed and/or immune-compromised, you may want to find another amusement park for your family vacation." The sign appeared to reference security concerns involving younger guests, though it is unclear what specific incident prompted the policy.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Still, the response from some mask supporters was heated. "Absolutely despicable. How are people trying to protect themselves able to do so?" one person said. "Masking is a fundamental human right," another wrote. "My young kids and I have a God-given right to be scientific and safe in our masks, wherever we go." Others expressed little concern about the sign. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "It is private property. They can have any rules they want," one X user wrote. Another said, "Have people lost common sense? This is clearly talking about ski masks … that have been a huge problem with teens in these parks. It’s not about COVID masks. … Come on, people." "Guests may continue to choose to wear a face covering during their visit. We remain focused on providing a safe, comfortable and inclusive experience for all," the Hersheypark spokesperson also said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES In response to the backlash, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts (HE&R) also announced a "secure digital photo comparison process," to ensure guest safety, according to a release obtained by ABC 27. The plan means visitors will have their picture taken when they exit to avoid reentry. "We regularly review our policies and procedures to ensure they align with industry practices and guest expectations," HE&R said, per ABC 27. "As part of that ongoing process, and following opening weekend, we implemented targeted updates to support a safe, family-friendly environment at Hersheypark." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c937059ccda1fcc12f83 Desert street racing circus crushed — cops swarm late-night takeover, suspects hauled off and rides seized te 2026-04-22T13:12:23.244Z Desert street racing circus crushed — cops swarm late-night takeover, suspects hauled off and rides seized A desert street racing circus came to a screeching halt this past weekend as police in Tucson, Arizona, swarmed a late-night takeover, rounding up drivers and spectators and hauling off tricked-out cars in a sweeping crackdown on the growing nationwide trend. The Tucson Police Department, working alongside the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, launched a coordinated deployment after identifying a large gathering. Officers moved in on the scene, which they said was packed with participants and dozens of onlookers, shutting it down before it could escalate further. The operation ended with the arrests of 17 adults and seven juveniles, as well as seven vehicles towed. Police did not mince words about the danger. NYPD INVESTIGATING 'RECKLESS' DRAG RACING STREET TAKEOVER IN QUEENS "Street racing and street takeovers are dangerous and unpredictable," TPD said, warning these events "can draw large crowds, sometimes involving individuals who are armed or under the influence, and situations can escalate in seconds." "That creates serious risks for everyone in the area," the department added. "Recent fatal crashes in our community are a tragic reminder of the real and lasting consequences tied to this behavior," police said. DC CURFEW ENDS AS TEEN TAKEOVER FEARS CLOCK IN – CITY BRACES FOR CHAOS AMID SPRING BREAK MAYHEM Investigators said they are aggressively tracking down cars tied to these events, often easy to spot due to "noticeable decals, paint schemes, modifications, and damage." Those vehicles, officials said, can be impounded as evidence as cases are built against drivers and organizers. Officials made it clear that just showing up can carry consequences. GOT A TIP? "Participating in illegal street racing or reckless driving can lead to arrest," the department said. "If you’re thinking about going to one of these events, DON’T. Even spectating can lead to citations or arrest." Police said the enforcement push is part of a broader strategy focused on enforcement, surveillance, and coordination to curb a trend that’s been plaguing cities nationwide. WATCH: More cars hauled away after desert street takeover crackdown FOLLOW US ON X "TPD, along with our regional partners, will continue proactive enforcement efforts to stop these gatherings before they grow into something more dangerous," the statement said. Authorities are urging anyone with information about illegal street racing to report it anonymously to 88-CRIME or call 911, adding, "Together, we can make Tucson’s streets safer." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The crackdown in Tucson comes as similar chaos is playing out across the country. In New York City over the weekend, police launched an investigation into a massive street takeover in Queens that drew more than 100 vehicles in the early morning hours, with drivers spinning in circles and crowds flooding the intersection. When officers moved in, dozens of cars fled and several individuals allegedly jumped onto the hood of a police vehicle, cracking the windshield before taking off. No arrests have been made so far as investigators work to identify suspects. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Just days earlier, mobs of young street racers swarmed a Georgia intersection in the middle of the night, wreaking havoc and disturbing neighbors. WATCH: Street 'takeover' spirals into chaos as racers swarm roads Atlanta police were dispatched to the intersection of James Jackson Parkway and Bolton Road around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, April 12, over reports of street racers "driving recklessly, blocking the roadway from citizen motorists, laying drag and performing illegal drifting maneuvers, also known as ‘donuts,’" authorities said in a statement.  From coast to coast, law enforcement agencies are grappling with the same volatile mix of social media-fueled gatherings, reckless driving and swelling crowds — a trend officials warn can turn dangerous in seconds. Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Landon Mion contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c923059ccda1fcc12f7a New York City lost residents across all income levels last year, study finds te 2026-04-22T13:12:03.310Z New York City lost residents across all income levels last year, study finds New York City lost more residents than those that moved in last year, according to a new study from the Citizens’ Budget Commission released Monday. The Citizens Budget Commission reported that the city’s overall population declined in 2025. The study explained further that the decline in population is due to the 70% drop in New Yorkers moving to other areas and international migration. According to the study, "Across all income levels, more people moved out of New York City than moved in last year."  SOUTH CAROLINA POPULATION SOARS, LEADS NATION IN DOMESTIC MIGRATION Last year, New York City lost 114,000 more residents to other U.S. cities than it gained. Although it’s an increase from 2024, it still did not surpass the pandemic-era exodus. The study also found that in 2024, New York City lost more low- and middle-income residents than it did high-income residents. More New Yorkers with incomes in the bottom 40% moved out between 2023 and 2024. New York City is often criticized for its high cost of living. Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to tackle affordability with a government-run grocery store and rent freezes.  SAN FRANCISCO STILL HASNT RECOVERED SINCE PANDEMIC EXODUS: REPORT Fox News Digital previously reported on residents claiming Mamdani is backtracking on campaign promises to lower housing costs, pointing to a proposed property tax hike, rising water bills and higher electricity costs as signs that life is only getting more expensive. Mamdani's office did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The city's losses came after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul lamented the flight of wealthy tax-paying residents to red states like Florida and Texas. . NYC MAYOR MAMDANI CALLS THREAT OF RICH PEOPLE LEAVING NYC OVER TAXES 'IMAGINED' San Francisco's population experienced a similar decline, in which it had not recovered since pandemic levels. "San Francisco metro area’s population failed to grow again in 2025, despite a swelling boom in AI," The San Francisco Chronicle reported in March. "Unlike in almost every other major metro in the country, that’s left the region’s total population well below its 2020 level, according to newly released U.S. census estimates." The city has been plagued by skyrocketing costs of living for the past several years. Former residents have explained that they found a better quality and cost of living outside the Bay Area, where homelessness and housing prices have skyrocketed.   The issue led residents to moderate Daniel Lurie in 2024, defeating incumbent Democrat London Breed in a shift away from lenient policies on crime, drugs and homelessness that critics say contributed to the city’s decline. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c90f059ccda1fcc12f71 DR MARC SIEGEL: What Dr. Oz says about Trump’s diet may surprise his harshest critics te 2026-04-22T13:11:43.904Z DR MARC SIEGEL: What Dr. Oz says about Trump’s diet may surprise his harshest critics I have known cardiologist Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for many years. I’ve interviewed him multiple times on my show, "Doctor Radio Reports" on SiriusXM, and have also spent time around the dinner table with him and his family. Many in the cardiac and cardiac surgery fields in New York have told me that he is one of the best heart surgeons in history. I have always found him to be highly analytical and to possess a good sense of humor. Dr. Oz spends a lot of time with President Donald Trump these days as they travel to and attend events together. He told me recently on my show that he is struck by how clever and funny the president is and how he doesn’t actually have a bad diet.  Here are five things that struck me about the president’s diet following our recent conversation. On Diet Coke Last week, the news mediamedia excoriated President Trump for supposedly saying that Diet Coke kills cancer cells. It is no secret that the president drinks a lot of diet soda, but it is less well known what he thinks about its properties. MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN: 6 FOODS AND DRINK WITH POWERFUL MEDICAL BENEFITS Here’s what Dr. Oz said to me in an interview for my show, "Doctor Radio Reports," on SiriusXM. "We sometimes travel together, and so I was joking with his son about something his son knows very well, which is that his father is very clever. He will deal with your chastising him or disagreeing with him in a humorous way. I was giving him a little bit of grief for drinking diet soda, and he said, ‘What are you talking about? This stuff will kill grass. That’s why I think it probably kills cancer cells.’ It was a joke. Obviously, no one is going to argue that diet soda has that impact. It’s humorous that people don’t have a sense of humor. Nothing about that comment is dangerous or harmful. I think most folks took it in the right spirit." On Trump’s Sense of Humor Clearly, not everyone took the president’s "kills grass" comment in the right spirit, and many in the news media used it as yet another platform to attack Trump. But Dr. Oz’s comment to me — that it’s humorous that people don’t have a sense of humor — is also noteworthy, because humor is good for your health, even if diet soda isn’t (I don’t think it can kill grass, but it definitely isn’t healthy). YOUNG GIRL FAINTS DURING TRUMP'S REMARKS AT DR. OZ WHITE HOUSE SWEARING IN CEREMONY Humor, on the other hand, is very healthy because it decreases stress and stress hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine), which strain the heart, and can improve mood. Humor also releases feel-good hormones, including oxytocin, which improves bonding and lowers blood pressure. https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/healthy-aging/the-health-benefits-of-humor/ On Trump’s Cognitive Ability Dr. Oz told me he is impressed with the president’s focus on the job at hand and his drive to accomplish things. Oz said, "The president is remarkably strong in his ability to get things done. He calls at all hours, he’s focused on this job. It’s wanting to do this job well that keeps him so energized." In fact, highly skilled, cognitively demanding jobs with high decision-making authority are associated with a lower risk of dementia. The president often comments about how well he performs on repeated cognitive tests, and he appears articulate and engaged, which doesn’t keep the media from speculating excessively. On Trump’s Diet and Fast Food Dr. Oz made the point that President Trump’s diet is much better than people may think while he’s at the White House and Mar-a-Lago, but that on the road — and, of course, he travels frequently — he has fewer options, so he turns to fast food because he knows it has to meet a certain standard and will be well-prepared. Dr. Oz said to me during the interview, "Sometimes he eats junky food. He says this to me, and others have heard this as well, [that] when he’s on the road his main goal is to not get sick from a meal that’s not well-prepared. Going to the larger chain fast-food joints allows him to buy food that’s very standardized, very safe, and allows him to keep going at full speed. When he eats on his own, back at Mar-a-Lago or the White House, he eats plenty of healthy foods that he has access to and that he generally consumes. I don’t think it’s fair to say that he has a ‘bad diet.’ But he’s on the road a lot, and sometimes when you are on the road you can’t pick the meals you want to have — you have to eat what you can get." There is some truth to what Dr. Oz is saying here. Overall, foodborne illness is more prevalent in restaurants than in fast-food chains. And a study released in 2017 by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that chain restaurants committed an average of around six violations per inspection, compared to an average of nine for non-chain locations. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Of course, this approach ignores the MAHA movement’s focus on ultra-processed foods as a likely cause of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and certain kinds of cancer. On Trump’s Exercise and Sleep Dr. Oz didn’t get into this directly during our interview on SiriusXM, but "calling at all hours" likely means the president is not getting enough sleep. Less than seven hours of sleep per night has been linked to poorer health, and it is unlikely that the president sleeps nearly that much.  And though he is a great golfer, and golf is an excellent form of relaxation and exercise, he could probably get even more of his necessary exercise if he played without the golf cart. On the other hand, President Trump’s blood pressure has repeatedly been shown to be normal, and his cholesterol is well managed with medication.  According to his physicians, his physicals have all been completely normal, which is especially impressive for a 79-year-old. While some might not wish the president well, Dr. Oz’s insights paint a reassuring picture. But please, go easy on the aspirin, Mr. President. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DR. MARC SIEGEL Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c8fc059ccda1fcc12f68 WATCH: Sen Warren unloads on Trump’s Fed nominee Kevin Warsh in explosive hearing showdown te 2026-04-22T13:11:24.473Z WATCH: Sen Warren unloads on Trump’s Fed nominee Kevin Warsh in explosive hearing showdown Sparks flew on Capitol Hill as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh of being a potential "sock puppet" for President Donald Trump. Warsh, tapped by Trump in January to lead the Federal Reserve, faced a two-and-a-half-hour confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. If confirmed, he would take the helm of the world’s most powerful central bank, shaping interest rates, borrowing costs and the financial outlook for millions of American households for the next four years. WHO IS KEVIN WARSH, TRUMP'S PICK TO SUCCEED JEROME POWELL AS FED CHAIR? In her opening remarks, Warren sharply criticized Warsh’s record and questioned his independence, arguing he is "uniquely ill-suited for the job as Fed chair" and warning he could give Trump influence over the central bank. She accused Warsh of enabling Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis, which fell during his tenure as a Federal Reserve governor when he served from 2006 to 2011. "In our meeting last week, we discussed the 2008 financial crash, where 8 million people lost their jobs, 10 million people lost their homes and millions more lost their life savings," Warren said. "Giant banks, however, got hundreds of billions of dollars in bailouts… and he said to me that he has no regrets about anything he did." She added that Warsh "worked tirelessly to arrange multibillion-dollar bailouts" for Wall Street CEOs, with nothing for American families. The hearing grew more tense as Warren pivoted to ethics concerns, pressing Warsh over his undisclosed financial holdings and questioning him over links to business dealings connected to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The two spoke over each other and raised their voices in a heated exchange on Capitol Hill. WARSH'S $226 MILLION FORTUNE UNDER SCRUTINY AS FED NOMINEE FACES SENATE CONFIRMATION Sen. Elizabeth Warren: The Fed has been plagued by deeply disturbing ethics scandals in recent years. It’s critical that the next chair have no financial conflicts — none. You have more than $100 million in investments that you have refused to disclose. So let me ask: do the Juggernaut Fund or THSDFS LLC invest in companies affiliated with President Trump or his family, companies tied to money laundering, Chinese-controlled firms, or financing vehicles linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Kevin Warsh: Senator, I’ve worked closely with the Office of Government Ethics and agreed to divest all of my financial assets. Warren: Could you answer my question, please? You have more than $100 million in undisclosed assets. Are any of those investments tied to the entities I just mentioned? It’s a yes-or-no question. Warsh: I have worked tirelessly with ethics officials and agreed to sell all of my assets before taking the oath of office. Warren: Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles linked to Jeffrey Epstein? You just won’t say? Warsh: What I’m telling you is those assets will be sold if I’m confirmed. Warren: Will you disclose how you plan to divest these assets? The public might question your motives if, for example, someone who profits from predicting Fed policy cuts you a $100 million check as you take office. Warsh: I’ve reached a full agreement with the Office of Government Ethics and will divest those assets before taking the oath. Warren: I’m asking a very straightforward question. Will you disclose how you divest those assets? Warsh: As I’ve said, I’ve worked with ethics officials. Warren: I’ll take that as a no. In a separate exchange, Warren invoked Trump’s past statements about the Fed and challenged Warsh to prove his independence in real time. She insisted that Warsh answer whether he believes Trump won the 2020 presidential election and if he would name policies of the president with which he disagrees. The hopeful future Fed chair dodged the question and said he would remain apolitical, if confirmed. THE ONE LINE IN WARSH’S TESTIMONY SIGNALING A BREAK FROM THE FED’S STATUS QUO Warren: Donald Trump has made clear he does not want an independent Fed. He has said, "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be Fed chairman." He’s also said interest rates will drop "when Kevin gets in." Let's check out your independence and your courage. We'll start easy. Mr. Warsh, did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Warsh: Senator, we should keep politics out of the Federal Reserve. Warren: I’m asking a factual question. Warsh: This body certified the election. Warren: That’s not what I asked. Did Donald Trump lose in 2020? Warsh: The Fed should stay out of politics. Warren: In our meeting, you said you’re a "tough guy" who can stand up to President Trump. So name one aspect of his economic agenda you disagree with. Warsh: That’s not something I’m prepared to do. The Fed should stay in its lane. Warren: Just one place where you disagree. Warsh: I do have one disagreement — he said I looked like I was out of central casting. I think I’d look older and grayer. Warren: That’s adorable. But we need a Fed chair who is independent. If you can’t answer these questions, you don’t have the courage or the independence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c8d3059ccda1fcc12f42 Snap Map’s new ‘Place Loyalty’ badges will show the spots you visit most often te 2026-04-22T13:10:43.035Z Snap Map’s new ‘Place Loyalty’ badges will show the spots you visit most often If you’re in the top 25% of users who visit a certain place, you’ll see your ranking on the Snap Map and can choose to share it with others. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c8bf059ccda1fcc12f39 AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter. te 2026-04-22T13:10:23.299Z AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter. 10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c683059ccda1fcc12ed9 DC Metro work vehicle collides with train, injuring 11 and snarling morning commute te 2026-04-22T13:00:51.152Z DC Metro work vehicle collides with train, injuring 11 and snarling morning commute A pre-dawn collision between a work vehicle and a stationary train injured 11 people in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday, snarling rush-hour travel and triggering widespread delays. The collision happened shortly after midnight and caused major disruptions on the busy Silver Line, said Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), also known as Metro. The 11 injured passengers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the agency said. Metro officials said Silver Line service is limited between Ashburn and Clarendon, with riders heading toward New Carrollton or Downtown Largo asked to transfer to the Orange Line. AMTRAK RIDERS TRAPPED FOR NEARLY 24 HOURS WITH OVERFLOWING BATHROOMS AMID RAGING WILDFIRES Trains are also single-tracking between McPherson Square and Smithsonian, causing delays in both directions. Metro Center reopened around 5:15 a.m., but service delays continued through the morning. AMTRAK APOLOGIZES AFTER HEAT WAVE TRAPPED PASSENGERS WITHOUT AC OR POWER FOR OVER AN HOUR Officials are still investigating what caused the crash. The train system in the nation’s capital, which serves 98 stations and has 128 miles of track, carries approximately 115,000 to 125,000 passengers during the morning commute, according to recent Metro data. In early 2026, train ridership averaged about 480,000 daily trips, according to the data. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c45e059ccda1fcc12e61 Austin Reaves nearing return for Lakers as Luka Doncic remains out indefinitely with hamstring strain: report te 2026-04-22T12:51:42.299Z Austin Reaves nearing return for Lakers as Luka Doncic remains out indefinitely with hamstring strain: report In early April, with just five games remaining in the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that star guard Luka Doncic would be sidelined at least until the NBA playoffs. Doncic’s setback was a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, a MRI confirmed. The reigning NBA scoring champion sustained the injury during an April 2 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers also entered the playoffs without another key member of their backcourt, Austin Reaves. The shorthanded Lakers upset the Houston Rockets in the opening game of their first-round Western Conference series Saturday. Ahead of Game 2 on Tuesday, the Lakers reportedly received a clearer update on the health of at least one of their injured stars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Reaves, who was diagnosed with an oblique strain, appears to be progressing toward a return later in the first-round series if it extends to six or seven games. If the Lakers advance sooner, he could be on track to return for the Western Conference semifinals. According to ESPN, Reaves recently returned to the practice court for 1-on-1 drills. The 27-year-old will still need to progress to 2-on-3 and then 5-on-5 work before he can be cleared for playoff action, but he appears significantly further along than Doncic, who remains out indefinitely. Doncic is unlikely to play in the first round, regardless of the series length. ESPN footage, showed him on the practice court on Tuesday, though the six-time All-Star was not doing high-intensity work. 2025-26 NBA PLAYOFF ODDS: SPREADS, LINES FOR FIRST-ROUND SERIES The Rockets, despite being widely favored in the opening round playoffs series, also contended with key injuries. Kevin Durant missed Game 1 with a knee contusion. He was cleared to play in Game 2 on Tuesday night. LeBron James scored 19 points, while Luke Kennard led Los Angeles with 27 in Saturday’s win. 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/69e8c44a059ccda1fcc12e58 Keith Kellogg urges US to 'finish the job' against Iran by seizing islands, strangling economy te 2026-04-22T12:51:22.560Z Keith Kellogg urges US to 'finish the job' against Iran by seizing islands, strangling economy Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg (Ret.) is urging the U.S. to "finish the job" against Iran, calling for the seizure of strategic islands, crippling its energy sector and arming insurgents inside the country after a fragile ceasefire was extended in a bid to keep negotiations alive. "Let’s not negotiate anymore. Let’s just walk away. Let’s finish the job," Kellogg said Tuesday on "Hannity." Kellogg, who previously served as a special envoy for Ukraine and Russia under the Trump administration, argued that Iran’s damaged leadership and economic collapse present an opportunity to intensify pressure rather than pursue diplomacy. He highlighted Iran’s "fractured" command structure as a point of weakness, arguing that the U.S. should compound pressure through economic and military means to force the regime to "buckle." ROBERT MAGINNIS: WHY ISLAMABAD TALKS WERE ALWAYS DOOMED TO FAIL "As I say, let's create more problems for them and try to figure this out," Kellogg said. "That's why I keep going back to take something like Kharg Island or seize the islands in the Strait of Hormuz with ... the ARGs that you've got there, and you've got elements of the 82nd [Airborne]. They can take Kharg Island." ISRAEL UNVEILS GAME-CHANGING ARTILLERY AGAINST IRAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH AMID FRAGILE CEASEFIRE "All of a sudden, now you're creating and compounding the problem for them [Iran] to try to solve, and I don't think they can solve it because they don't have the leadership left that can figure this out." Kellogg's remarks come as the U.S. extends the ceasefire with Iran after failing to secure a quick agreement, with intermediaries seeking more time for talks. Kellogg, however, dismissed the value of continuing negotiations, arguing that sustained pressure is key to bringing the conflict to an eventual close. "We're done. The president gave them ample opportunity," he said. "It was very gracious, an attempt to talk the way through it. Now let's just finish it out, and I think we can finish it out. We can strangle them economically. We're doing that with a blockade. Let's compound the problem." Kellogg said the U.S. should escalate pressure by targeting Iran’s fuel industry rather than infrastructure that primarily affects civilians, to further weaken the regime’s ability to sustain itself. He argued that arming civilians in Iran is a "good idea," but noted that any such effort should involve U.S. special operations forces providing weapons, training and support to help build an organized guerrilla campaign. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c436059ccda1fcc12e4f Valerie Bertinelli says she’s ‘really scared’ of dating, issues warning on 'vulnerability' te 2026-04-22T12:51:02.986Z Valerie Bertinelli says she’s ‘really scared’ of dating, issues warning on 'vulnerability' Valerie Bertinelli says she’s "really scared of dating right now." The "One Day at a Time" alum told fans at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival on Saturday that she believes vulnerability can be a "superpower," but you have to be careful. "I mean, it's still scary to be vulnerable with people, and I have yet to put some things into action in personal relationships, intimate relationships, you know, because I'm really scared of dating right now," the 65-year-old, who turns 66 on Thursday, told fans and interviewer Jenn Harris. She continued, "I've had, you know, two — I'm just scared." "So being vulnerable with someone is a superpower, because it can connect you to people, and it can connect you and make a relationship much more powerful," she added. "But you do have to be careful with your superpower. You have to be careful of who you share your vulnerability with." VALERIE BERTINELLI SAYS SHE WAS 'LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED' SEVERE POST-SURGERY INFECTION Bertinelli said that by sharing her feelings in her new memoir, "Getting Naked," "I'm able to give myself the power to just get to know it and be comfortable with it." Bertinelli acknowledged that opening up also exposed her to negative comments on social media. MARTHA STEWART DOCUMENTARY: TOP 5 BOMBSHELLS, FROM ‘BIGOT’ FATHER'S SLAP TO AFFAIR WITH 'ATTRACTIVE IRISHMAN' "There's not a ton of them, but they're there," she said. "I guess how do you protect yourself from that without kind of shutting down the very part of you that makes you you? I think a lot of that has to do with, ‘You can't make me believe anything about myself that I don't already believe.’ And that's why I had to change my beliefs of what I believe about myself, that I'm not a bad person." After divorcing her first husband, Eddie Van Halen, in 2007, she married businessman Tom Vitale in 2010. After the end of their 10-year marriage, Bertinelli began to refer to Vitale as "the narcissist," saying that he emotionally abused her, calling her "fat and lazy." She also called being officially divorced from Vitale the "second best day of my life." DEMI MOORE SAYS FAME PUT HER 'THROUGH THE WRINGER' Bertinelli began dating writer Mike Goodnough in 2024 and said she was in love, but by year’s end, the relationship had fizzled. A year ago, Goodnough claimed Bertinelli was "playing a one-woman tennis match thinking there is someone on the other side of the net" after their breakup, accusing her of falsely making his social media posts about herself and "lashes out angrily" at him. He also accused her of "hostile, dishonest, and uncalled for backhanded swipes." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Valerie is in a war with her ghosts. I’m just the guy who catches the bullets. And that isn’t new," he added. After their breakup, Bertinelli said in an Instagram post she had been "irreversibly changed by him for the better" and said that she had "fumbled the last true good man I met." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS While they were dating, she told USA Today, "He was not on my radar. I was going to die with my six cats and my dog and be incredibly happy doing it. So this came out of left field, and I'm grateful it did. He's very special." Bertinelli told Fox News Digital at the panel that she realized for the first time through writing her memoir, "I didn't give myself enough credit for the strength I already had inside me. And that I'm — that I don't have to listen to people be negative to me." The star said that she was "surprised that I was able to learn that. Finally! That I don't have to listen to people be horrible to me. I don't have to tolerate intolerable behavior." She added to Fox News Digital that when she wrote her 2022 book "Enough Already" she thought she had learned that lesson, "but I still put up with intolerable behavior after that." "It wasn't until I really dug down and got to the root of my shame and the dark side that I made friends with it," she said. "Then I thought, ‘Now I'm done. Now I can just say, f--- you. That's it, I'm done. I'm out,’ you know?" Bertinelli also mentioned Van Halen at the panel while talking about grief, telling the crowd, "I will always miss Ed." The rock star died in 2020. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c423059ccda1fcc12e46 MLB fan makes death-defying foul ball catch during Padres-Rockies game te 2026-04-22T12:50:43.418Z MLB fan makes death-defying foul ball catch during Padres-Rockies game Major League Baseball's catch of the year may not come from a player, but a fan. The catch occurred in the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night in a game between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Jackson Merrill was at the plate, facing off against Rockies pitcher Juan Mejia. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Merrill hit a ball foul down the first-base side. The ball caromed off the siding of the second deck and bounced back toward the lower bowl. A baseball fan watched the ball come him and decided to make a death-defying decision to leap backward and catch it. The man went head over heels to make the fantastic grab, falling a few rows. He was helped up and appeared to be OK, making the decision to put his life at risk for a baseball all worth it. PADRES' MASON MILLER'S PATH TO CY YOUNG REQUIRES UNPRECEDENTED DOMINANCE FROM A CLOSER The Padres were leading 1-0 at the time and won by the same score. Padres third baseman Manny Machado drove in the only run in the game with a bases-loaded walk that drove in Jake Cronenworth. It’s the first time Colorado has been shut out. But they’ve only managed to score four runs over their last 18 innings despite putting 13 on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 18 innings prior to their opening game in this home series against the Padres. San Diego starter Randy Vasquez struck out five and only allowed three hits. Jason Adam and Adrian Morejon closed the game out for the Padres. The Padres are now 16-7 on the year. The Rockies are 9-15. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8c1d1059ccda1fcc12dca Florida death row inmate uses last words to maintain innocence before execution te 2026-04-22T12:40:49.498Z Florida death row inmate uses last words to maintain innocence before execution Chadwick Scott Willacy, convicted of first degree murder for setting his elderly neighbor on fire after she allegedly caught him burglarizing her home, maintained his innocence right before being executed by the State of Florida on Tuesday. "To the victim’s family, I hope this brings you peace. If it does, that’s good," Willacy said, according to The Associated Press. "But this is not right." The state pronounced the 58-year-old dead at 6:15 p.m. after administering him a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison. Willacy was convicted in 1991 for the 1990 murder of 56-year-old Marlys Sather, according to court documents. BRYAN KOHBERGER CASE: IDAHO MAKES KEY MOVE ON FIRING SQUAD EXECUTIONS On Sept. 5, 1990, Sather had returned from work to find Willacy, her next-door-neighbor, burglarizing her Palm Bay home. Willacy then bludgeoned her head, tied her hands and feet with wire and duct tape and "choked and strangled her with a cord with a force so intense that a portion of her skull was dislodged," according to court documents. He then took her ATM card and her car to withdraw money from her bank account. When he returned, he disabled her smoke detectors, covered her in gasoline and set her on fire with matches, placing a fan at her feet to provide more oxygen for the fire, according to court documents. An autopsy report determined Sathey's cause of death to be smoke inhalation, indicating she was still alive when she was set on fire. FLORIDA TO EXECUTE ARMY VETERAN WHO WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING GIRLFRIEND, 3 YOUNG CHILDREN "We have waited 36.5 years for justice for our mother," Sather's family wrote, according to the Independent Florida Alligator. "The pain has been unbearable without her with us every day." The family also indicated her death occurred just weeks after she lost her husband to cancer. Willacy maintained his innocence, saying he would never kill his friend, the AP reported. He did, however, express remorse to his family and told his "brothers on the row" to stay strong, per the AP. He was injected with the three-drug mix of an anesthetic, a paralytic and potassium acetate, which stops the heart. The combination is the standard in Florida lethal injections. During an investigation into Sather's murder, law enforcement officers found Willacy's fingerprints on the fan at Sathey's feet and on a gas can taken from her garage. Witnesses also reported seeing a man matching Willacy's description near Sather's house and driving her vehicle on the day of the murder. Willacy's girlfriend, told police she found a woman's check register in Willacy's trash. When police recognized the check register as belonging to Sather, they arrested Willacy. At Willacy's house, police found some of Sather's property, clothes with blood matching Sather's blood type. BRYAN KOHBERGER CAN FACE DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED IN IDAHO COLLEGE SLAYINGS Willacy was convicted of first-degree murder, burglary, robbery and arson and sentenced to death in 1991 after a 9-3 jury vote recommending the death penalty. In 1994, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing, citing the trial judge's failure to give defense attorneys a chance to rehabilitate a potential juror who indicated she couldn't recommend the death penalty, according to the AP. In 1995, Willacy was again sentenced to death after a new jury recommended the death penalty in an 11-1 vote. "Our mother, Marlys Mae Sather should be remembered as a beautiful and loving daughter, wife, mother of 3, grandmother of 5, great grandmother of 5, aunt, cousin and friend," the Sather family's statement read. "She was a new widow trying to take one day at a time," it said. "We miss her so much every day." Willacy's execution was the fifth in Florida this year, following a record-breaking 2025 in which the state executed 19 death row inmates. The execution was the ninth in the U.S. this year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8bf75059ccda1fcc12d49 Kyle Busch drops bombshell about NASCAR during '23 season: 'Cheating without cheating' te 2026-04-22T12:30:45.279Z Kyle Busch drops bombshell about NASCAR during '23 season: 'Cheating without cheating' Kyle Busch has been everywhere this week, and it's not because he's once again a NASCAR Cup Series winner. Quite the opposite, in fact! The two-time Cup Series champ is in the news again because of his inability to win. That's right. The guy who has won over 60 Cup races, and holds the record for most wins across all three series (233), can't buy a win lately. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! For those who missed it, Busch and former JGR teammate Denny Hamlin had beef last weekend after Hamlin essentially called Busch a scrub on his podcast. I'm paraphrasing, of course, but he called him out for not having won a Cup race in three years, which was fair. Busch then went on Sean Hannity's new podcast and ... didn't hold back. He hit on everything. Drivers he hated. Drivers he liked. How he wanted to "beat guys into the ground." You know, the normal stuff you'd expect from Rowdy. But he didn't stop there. Busch also talked about his last Cup win, which came in 2023. He won three times that season — his first with RCR — and then things got weird. "After the third race that we won at Gateway, we got our hands smacked for some of the stuff that we were doing to the race car that NASCAR didn't like and said 'don't bring that back,'" Busch told Hannity. "It wasn't anything, like, against the rules. It was just, you always exploit the gray area. So we exploited a gray area and we found something and we had an advantage." The entire interview is worth the watch, but that specific part begins at the 1:07:44 mark for those who want to watch it. This doesn't look great on paper for NASCAR. Let's just call it like it is. Not the best look when your future Hall of Fame driver is saying, essentially, that the fellas who make the rules stepped in after you won three races and told you to quit doing certain things to your car. NASCAR STAR WILLIAM BYRON DISHES ON TRUMP'S VISIT TO DAYTONA 500 But, as Busch notes, it's what NASCAR has been doing for 70 years now. He's not the first driver to receive a slap on the wrist, and he won't be the last. It's "cheating without cheating," Busch added. "We exploited a gray area and we found something, and we had an advantage," he continued. How? Busch didn't exactly say (smart man!), but he did give fans a glimpse into how teams try to get an advantage. Shockingly, it's all about making the car faster. Stunning, I know. "You want more downforce," Busch said. "You want to make it lighter. So, you go and you try to figure out ways of making more downforce than everybody else. Getting your car lower to the ground, lower CG, making it go around the corners faster." Again, it's how NASCAR teams have operated for decades now. Since the days of Big Bill France, really. It's the game within the game. The problem fans are going to have with this, and I don't blame them, is NASCAR stepping in after Kyle Busch won three races at the start of 2023, and basically telling them to stop whatever it is they were doing — even if it wasn't against the rules. That seems unfair. To me, at least. It's also going to make people bring this conversation back to the present day of NASCAR, where Tyler Reddick has won five of the first nine races this season. He's quite literally putting up prime Dale Earnhardt numbers. I've got news for you — Tyler Reddick ain't prime Dale Earnhardt. People will start asking questions. Fans will get suspicious. Frankly, they already are. And this little bombshell from Kyle Busch won't help. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8bb27059ccda1fcc12c52 Worker at swanky country club accused of using AI to create explicit photos of teen: police te 2026-04-22T12:12:23.118Z Worker at swanky country club accused of using AI to create explicit photos of teen: police A Florida man is behind bars after authorities allege he used artificial intelligence to generate an explicit photo of a teen coworker while working at a swanky country club.  Thomas Christopher Ball, 49, is facing three felony charges, including sending harmful material to a minor, unlawful use of a two-way communications device and altered sexual depictions of an identifiable person, in Boca Raton, according to court records obtained by Fox News Digital.  Authorities allege Ball and the 17-year-old victim worked together at Boca West Country Club when he followed her on social media and began sending inappropriate messages, a probable cause affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital revealed. HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES INVOLVING TEEN SHE WAS MEANT TO HELP At one point, Ball allegedly offered to pay the underage victim $200 in exchange for her address so he could perform oral sex on her, according to court documents.  The victim subsequently distanced herself from Ball, causing him to question why she "no longer acknowledged him or spoke to him," authorities said. GOT A TIP? Police allege the confrontation led Ball to send an AI-generated explicit photo of the victim using a screenshot from a TikTok video she had posted. He allegedly threatened to expose more fake images if she continued to ignore him.  FOLLOW US ON X The victim then reminded Ball that she is a minor, to which Ball allegedly replied that he knew and sent additional messages "stating he loved her, would do anything for her, wanted to take her to a spa and spoil her, and would give her $1,000 because of how much he loved her," according to court documents. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Days later, a friend of Ball called 911 to alert authorities that Ball "came to her house to get a firearm to shoot the girl who made him lose his job," authorities said.  Ball was arrested Friday and remains in custody at the Palm Beach County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 17. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS "Oftentimes, the images that are created are fake, but the harm that comes of it is definitely real," Nicole Bishop, division director with Palm Beach County Victims Services, told WPTV. "Victims who experience this particular kind of crime can go through a range of things. They can almost have symptoms of PTSD, losing sleep over the situation." "I think as the use of AI expands, we will have to look at seeing how our laws will be enhanced," Bishop reportedly added. Florida law now criminalizes creating, possessing or requesting altered, nonconsensual sexual images.  Ball’s attorney and Boca West Country Club did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8bb13059ccda1fcc12c49 High-alcohol, ready-to-drink cocktails spark overconsumption concerns for Gen Z drinkers te 2026-04-22T12:12:03.547Z High-alcohol, ready-to-drink cocktails spark overconsumption concerns for Gen Z drinkers A wave of sweet, high-alcohol canned cocktails is gaining traction among young drinkers, raising concerns among some experts. BuzzBallz, a brand of pre-mixed, ready-to-drink alcoholic cocktails created in 2009, has gained renewed attention online in recent years, especially among young adults. Sold in small, neon-colored round containers, most BuzzBallz drinks are about 200 milliliters of 15% alcohol-by-volume (ABV), containing nearly two standard alcoholic drinks in a single container. 'EGG COFFEE' DRINK GOING VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS DOCTOR WARNS OF HIDDEN HEALTH RISK One viral TikTok video shows a man approaching young adults and asking them to chug a BuzzBallz Biggie in public for $100. The supersized version contains 1.75 liters of 15% ABV alcohol. The video, which garnered more than 750,000 likes, drew thousands of comments from stunned viewers. "I'd do this for free," one person wrote. "My problem is, I would do this for far less money," another said. The sweetness and drinkability of BuzzBallz products play a "significant role" in their popularity, said Cesar Wurm, a Georgia-based hospitality executive and author of "The Powers of Addiction: Finding Freedom in Acceptance and Recovery." Wurm told Fox News Digital that higher alcohol content can be masked by flavor — making it harder for people to gauge how much they're drinking. BARS TURN TO 'TINY' COCKTAILS AS AMERICANS TRIM DRINKING, SPENDING AMID RISING PRICES "For a younger or less experienced consumer, that disconnect between taste and potency can increase risk," he said. There is also a behavioral component, Wurm said, as members of Gen Z tend to "value experiences, social connection and immediacy." Ready-to-drink beverages "fit seamlessly into that with no preparation required, easy to share and highly 'social media friendly,'" he added. The bright packaging can also "create a perception that the product is more casual or harmless than it actually is," Wurm said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "From a risk perspective, the combination of high alcohol content, ease of consumption and appealing design can accelerate overconsumption, especially in unstructured environments," he noted. "The concern is less about the format itself and more about how accessible and unintimidating it makes higher-alcohol products." Wurm, who has been sober for more than a decade, emphasized the importance of "awareness, education and transparency around what's actually being consumed." He added that Gen Z is "one of the most mindful generations when it comes to health and wellness." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "We’re seeing a parallel rise in moderation, sobriety-curious behavior and non-alcoholic alternatives, which suggests this is not a one-directional trend, but rather a more complex relationship with alcohol overall," he said. Ravi Sawhney, a design expert and founder of RKS Design, said the drinks are "designed experiences." "When something looks fun and harmless, we unconsciously assign it less risk, even when the opposite is true," Sawhney, who is based in California, told Fox News Digital. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "For Gen Z, who are highly attuned to visual culture and identity signaling, these drinks can feel more like an extension of lifestyle than a substance with consequences. That disconnect between how it feels and what it actually does is where the real risk lies." A BuzzBallz spokesperson told Fox News Digital the company's products are "intended strictly for individuals of legal drinking age." "We love that the brand is highly social and associated with fun, but we are also very intentional about our role in promoting responsible consumption," the spokesperson said. "We fully support and promote responsible drinking practices and do not encourage illegal, excessive or irresponsible consumption in any way." The spokesperson added that BuzzBallz's marketing is "focused on the social occasion, not the act of consumption itself." "By doing so, we ensure BuzzBallz is always portrayed as a fun, colorful, portable accessory made for adult social moments like a beach day, a concert or a party," the spokesperson added. The company is based in Carrollton, Texas. In 2024, it was acquired by Sazerac Company, a major global spirits company. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8baea059ccda1fcc12c25 Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal te 2026-04-22T12:11:22.591Z Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia's latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8bad6059ccda1fcc12c1c Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI te 2026-04-22T12:11:02.510Z Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI Generative AI is being infused into Google's popular feature within Maps. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8bac2059ccda1fcc12c13 Duolingo is now giving free users access to advanced learning content te 2026-04-22T12:10:42.227Z Duolingo is now giving free users access to advanced learning content Duolingo is opening up its advanced language learning content offering to free users, allowing them to acquire skills that were previously reserved to paid subscribers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8baae059ccda1fcc12c0a The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 te 2026-04-22T12:10:22.575Z The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8b86d059ccda1fcc12ba7 Man accused of killing DHS employee, two others in Atlanta-area shooting spree dies in jail te 2026-04-22T12:00:45.047Z Man accused of killing DHS employee, two others in Atlanta-area shooting spree dies in jail The man accused of carrying out a deadly string of seemingly random shootings in the Atlanta suburbs, including the killing of a Department of Homeland Security employee walking her dog, has died in jail before authorities could determine a motive. Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was discovered unresponsive in his cell at approximately 6:48 p.m. at the DeKalb County Jail. Officials attempted lifesaving measures, but he was pronounced dead about a half hour later, the sheriff’s office said. "There is no indication of criminal activity or foul play," a statement from the sheriff’s office said, adding that the medical examiner’s office will determine an official cause of death. The sheriff’s office said it is conducting an internal review of the death, in accordance with agency policy. Adon Abel had been charged in connection with last week’s shootings, which killed Prianna Weathers, 31, and Lauren Bullis, 40, a DHS auditor. Prosecutors were also pursuing an additional murder charge after Tony Mathews, 49, who was wounded in the attack, died Sunday. NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING SUSPECT SHOUTED 'ALLAHU AKBAR,' WAS STRUCK BY RETURN FIRE AND SUBDUED BY WITNESS: FEDS Investigators have not identified a motive and said it remains unclear whether the suspect knew any of the victims. Police believe at least one of the attacks may have been random. Roommates told The Associated Press that shortly before the shootings, Adon Abel argued over the air conditioning at their shared home and stormed out. The timeline of the terror began at approximately 12:50 a.m. April 13, when DeKalb County Police discovered Weathers shot multiple times in the Decatur area. US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS ARREST MURDER SUSPECT TRYING TO FLEE TO EL SALVADOR The violence then shifted to Brookhaven, where Mathews was ambushed and shot several times outside a business center. The spree reached a horrific conclusion around 6:50 a.m. in Panthersville, a community south of Decatur, where Bullis was found both shot and stabbed. Witnesses, police said, reported seeing a man standing over her before he fled the scene. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed Wednesday that Bullis was "brutally shot and stabbed to death," identifying the suspect as Adon Abel, who was naturalized in 2022 and had a record that included convictions for sexual battery, assault and battery against a police officer. Adon Abel, originally from the United Kingdom, became a U.S. citizen in 2022 while serving in the Navy in San Diego. The case has raised new questions about the federal government’s vetting process after DHS recently acknowledged significant screening gaps under former President Joe Biden. Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Peter Pinedo, along with The Associated Press, contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8b614059ccda1fcc12b11 NHL coach narrowly avoids disaster as glass shatters behind bench te 2026-04-22T11:50:44.513Z NHL coach narrowly avoids disaster as glass shatters behind bench Los Angeles Kings head coach D.J. Smith narrowly avoid disaster in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. Raucous Avalanche fans banging on the glass behind Smith caused the pane to shatter after Colorado goaltender Scott Wedgewood made a stop on Quinton Byfield. Some pieces of glass rained down on Smith. He covered his head and brush the glass off his suit before running down the tunnel to get checked out. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Smith was OK and he returned to the game. "Whoever the guy (was) just kept pushing and pushing and pushing," he called. "I looked back because it hit me a bunch of times, then it broke." The incident delayed the game for about 15 minutes. The score was even at zero when the glass broke. Colorado eventually picked up the 2-1 win in overtime thanks to Nicolas Roy’s game-winner. The Avalanche had a 2-0 series lead. Avalanche star Gabriel Landeskog said he was "loud" when Wedgewood made the save and admitted that the "fans got a little too excited." JOSH ALLEN ANNIHILATES A BEER TO FIRE UP THE SABRES CROWD "There's nothing you can do to control it. There's nothing you can do about it, so you just deal with it," he said of the delay. "I think maybe the only thing was that there were so many bodies on the ice that it (wore) the ice out a little bit for the rest (of the period). "I thought the ice crew did a good job and they did their best to fix it as fast as possible. Doesn't happen every day." Colorado head coach Jared Bednar said the delay was a first for him. "That’s a different one," Bednar said. "But, I mean, stuff happens. Fans get excited. Our guys were excited, competing hard. There was a bunch of melees on the ice today. It felt like playoff hockey." Game 3 is set for Thursday night in Los Angeles. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8b165059ccda1fcc12a01 Reese Witherspoon doubles down on AI comments, adds 'no one is paying me' to say them te 2026-04-22T11:30:45.050Z Reese Witherspoon doubles down on AI comments, adds 'no one is paying me' to say them Actress Reese Witherspoon doubled down on her comments encouraging women to learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) after receiving backlash for her original Instagram post. The "Morning Show" and "Legally Blonde" actress grabbed attention last week for an Instagram video and post calling on people to learn how to use AI in their daily lives before it was too late. "The AI revolution has begun, and I need to learn as much as I possibly can about AI and share it with all of you. Also, FYI: the jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men on average. We don’t want to be left behind. So … do you want to learn with me?" Witherspoon posted. FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP: AI COULD IMPROVE TEACHING AND HELP DELIVER A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION TO OUR CHILDREN Witherspoon faced backlash from commenters suspecting the actress of being paid by AI companies to support the technology. In a new Instagram Story post on Monday, she stood by her post after it "got people talking." "To be clear, no one is paying me to talk about this. I’m just a curious human. My kids are learning about AI tools, I know a lot of founders who are vibe coding, and I hear about people using AI in EVERY sector of business," the post read. Witherspoon clarified that she was aware of the "valid" economic and environmental concerns over AI and AI data centers. ACTOR GEORGE CLOONEY CLAIMS THE RISE OF AI TECHNOLOGY IS DANGEROUS, SAYS 'GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE' "I don’t believe computers should replace humanity. I’m planning on learning as much as possible so that I’m educated about this technological revolution. If you want to learn with me, great, let’s do this! If you don’t, that’s okay too," Witherspoon wrote. In another Instagram Story, Witherspoon remarked that Instagram itself also uses AI in several ways, such as by detecting fake accounts and flagging harmful content. "Which is why it's worth understanding...it's everywhere," she wrote. BEN AFFLECK DOWNPLAYS AI FEARS IN FILM INDUSTRY, SAYS 'LAWS ALREADY EXIST' TO PROTECT ARTISTS' LIKENESS Fox News Digital reached out to Witherspoon's representatives for comment. After Witherspoon's original video, fellow actress Sandra Bullock made similar comments encouraging people to "lean into" AI to become more accustomed to the technology. "We have to observe it. We have to understand it. We have to lean into it. We have to use it in a really constructive and creative way, make it our friend rather than — I mean, we have to be incredibly cautious and aware of it because there are people who will use it for evil and not good. But I do feel that there’s a place for it… It’s here. We have to just be friends in some dark way," Bullock said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8af0c059ccda1fcc12974 Pro wrestling star hits jackpot before Las Vegas flight home te 2026-04-22T11:20:44.879Z Pro wrestling star hits jackpot before Las Vegas flight home Everyone has done it before. You either win a few extra dollars at the casino, or you’re trying to make up for your losses, and you walk into the terminal at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, waiting for your plane, and you see the lights of the last few dozen slot machines waiting to be used. MLW STAR MATT RIDDLE ON RECENT PRO WRESTLING DEPARTURES: 'WHEN ONE DOOR SHUTS, ANOTHER OPENS' This reporter tried his hand recently to add to his take after a Las Vegas trip, but failed miserably. (Still, took home some money). Japanese pro wrestling star Saree had better luck. Saree posted on her X account on Monday that she won $6,347 on the Buffalo Triple Power game before she went back home after a full week of wrestling during WrestleMania week. "Beginner’s luck," she wrote. "I was so surprised!!!" TOKYO JOSHI PROVIDES FRESH LOOK AT WOMEN’S WRESTLING AS CHAMPIONS STAY ON TOP Saree appeared to be wagering $2.40 a spin before hitting the big bonus. There didn’t appear to be a better way to cap off the week. The 30-year-old Tokyo native is a former IWGP women’s champion who performs in Sukeban and runs the freelance show, Sareee-ISM. She also appeared in WWE NXT under the ring name Sarray before leaving the company, reportedly due to issues with her creative direction. Nevertheless, Sarray is one of the best Japanese wrestlers on the circuit to date. There’s no better feeling than giving the slot machine a whirl and leaving Las Vegas with a little more cash in your pocket than you had going in. At least she appeared to make her flight back home. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8ad03059ccda1fcc128fb Ships reportedly attacked in key oil route after Trump extends ceasefire and more top headlines te 2026-04-22T11:12:03.249Z Ships reportedly attacked in key oil route after Trump extends ceasefire and more top headlines 1. Ships reportedly attacked in key oil route after Trump extends ceasefire 2. Virginia vote hands Democrats redistricting power, sparks ‘power grab’ outcry from GOP 3. US military launches first-ever autonomous warfare command to deploy unmanned systems across Latin America   FATAL MALFUNCTION — Theme park worker dies after reportedly being stuck in gondola mechanism for 5 hours. Continue reading … SAFETY QUESTIONS — Two passenger jets trigger collision warnings on approach into busy airport. Continue reading … NEIGHBORHOOD HORROR — Activist tied to Oprah, Biden stabbed in ambush, mom slain; suspect nabbed. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8acef059ccda1fcc128f2 Michele Tafoya blames George Floyd riots as 'turning point' for Minnesota downfall under Tim Walz te 2026-04-22T11:11:43.421Z Michele Tafoya blames George Floyd riots as 'turning point' for Minnesota downfall under Tim Walz Senate candidate Michele Tafoya says Minnesota isn’t the "paradise" it used to be, arguing Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the riots following George Floyd's death made residents embarrassed of their home state. "When the George Floyd riots happened, which was really a turning point in Minnesota, [Walz] didn't do anything for days," Tafoya said on the "Planet Tyrus" podcast. "If people remember, the governor was nowhere." Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter, is currently running for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota. She characterized Walz's behavior during the 2020 unrest following George Floyd's death as part of a pattern of "incompetence" that she claims led the state into decline. BLAGOJEVICH TELLS WALZ IF HE DIDN'T 'DO IT', GO DOWN FIGHTING: ‘MAKES ME THINK HIS HANDS ARE UNCLEAN' Floyd’s death ignited a nationwide reckoning as multiple cities saw protests, with some devolving into violence and looting. In Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, rioters set fire to the city's Third Police Precinct. NAME OF WALZ'S NEW 3-WORD PAC DRAWS IMMEDIATE ONLINE MOCKERY Tafoya argued Walz "let the police station burn down" and "kept police officers from doing their jobs and protecting people here in Minnesota." At the time, Walz was criticized for what some saw as hesitation to send in the National Guard to calm the situation. However, the governor has consistently defended the state’s response. WALZ DECISION TO EXIT GOVERNOR RACE INTENSIFIES CALLS FROM GOP LAWMAKERS FOR HIS RESIGNATION: 'EASY WAY OUT' "I’m proud of Minnesota’s response; I’m proud of Minnesota’s first responders who were out there, from firefighters to police to the National Guard, to citizens that were out there," Walz said during a previous gubernatorial debate, as reported by the Associated Press. But Tafoya disagrees, arguing that the handling of the riots tarnished the reputation of the state. She said many Minnesotans no longer feel pride in their state. "They're kind of embarrassed to say where they're from. And that's really sad, because honestly, we used to brag about being Minnesotans," she said. Tafoya also criticized Walz over the fraud scandal that has rocked the state in recent months, involving an estimated billions in estimated lost taxpayer funds. She accused the governor of allowing the theft to happen under his watch, saying he has "overseen the complete destruction of a once great state." Walz addressed the fraud allegations during a March House Oversight Committee hearing. He told lawmakers, "I’m going to prosecute every single person that’s involved in fraud, but we can’t do it alone." He then argued that the federal government’s focus on Minnesota was part of "political retribution at an unparalleled scale." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8acdb059ccda1fcc128e9 Grieving mom hospitalized with rare ‘broken heart syndrome’ after veteran son’s suicide te 2026-04-22T11:11:23.707Z Grieving mom hospitalized with rare ‘broken heart syndrome’ after veteran son’s suicide A distraught mother who thought she was having a heart attack was instead hospitalized with broken heart syndrome — otherwise known as takotsubo syndrome (TTS) — less than a year after her veteran son tragically took his own life. Dawn Turner, 57, of the U.K., lost her son in August of last year.  Just last month, the mom of three awoke with "unbearable" chest pains, she said — and called an ambulance, worried she was going into cardiac arrest. But when she arrived at the hospital, doctors told her she was suffering from the effects of grief caused by a broken heart, as news agency SWNS reported.  SIMPLE DINNER TABLE HABIT LINKED TO POOR DIET AND HIGHER HEALTH RISKS IN ADULTS OVER 60 TTS is a temporary, reversible heart condition often triggered by extreme emotional or physical stress, such as grief, fear or severe illness, according to experts. Symptoms usually mimic a heart attack, with sudden and severe chest pain and shortness of breath the most common — and it primarily affects women over the age of 50. Turner, of Eckington in Worcester, said, "I was [sitting] downstairs earlier that night and thought I had a bit of indigestion. I went to bed and just couldn’t get comfortable — I was breaking out in a sweat and had heart palpitations. "Then, around midnight, I had pain down my arm and in my jaw. I was still putting it down to indigestion ... My partner Paul asked me if I was all right, and I said, ‘I think I'm having a heart attack.'" HIDDEN CAUSE OF VETERANS' STRUGGLES DRIVES RENEWED URGENCY IN VA MESSAGING She said she couldn't catch her breath — "and my heart felt as though it was missing a beat and then [started] thudding again. For those moments, I truly believed I was having a heart attack." She said her partner called emergency services, and an ambulance arrived within five minutes. "They came in and linked me up to an ECG. They said, ‘Your heart is all over the place — there’s an extra beat, and it’s all over the place,’" she said, as SWNS reported.  Turner was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. In emergency care, Turner was also given blood tests. She added, "They came back and said I didn’t have the enzymes produced from a heart attack in my blood. But they said there [was] something going on." After undergoing more tests and seeing a cardiologist, Turner was told she had takotsubo syndrome. WOMAN BEATS DEADLY BRAIN CANCER WITH EXPERIMENTAL STEM CELL THERAPY: 'TRULY AMAZING' "I told [the doctor] that my heart feels broken. I told her about [my son] Rob, and she said it’s exactly that. She said it’s a real thing, and that I'd been under so much stress. The body can only take so much, and the grief and the stress can be quite physical." Turner's son committed suicide in August 2025 after struggling to get help with his mental health. He spent 10 years in the Royal Horse Artillery after joining in 2006, when he worked as an artilleryman. He did two tours of duty in Afghanistan, she said, and returned to civilian life in 2016 before suffering several worsening health conditions. Turner, who is also the CEO of a veterans charity called Stepway, "When he left the army, he got married, and they settled down in London. He walked straight into a job as a delivery driver. But then his health took a downward spiral, and he started having digestive troubles." YOUR HEART MAY BE OLDER THAN YOU THINK — AND THE NUMBER COULD PREDICT DISEASE RISK He was eventually told he had PTSD — but those symptoms may be similar to those of mild traumatic brain injury, Turner said. "He was deaf in one ear from using the guns," she said. "He realized he was putting so much pressure on his marriage, so he moved back up with me. He started to build himself up — then COVID hit." Turner said there were unfortunate delays as her son tried to get access to various services and facilities. "When people lose loved ones, you’re obviously distraught, but you eventually find closure," she said, per SWNS. "I found peace when I lost my sister in 2015. But with Rob, I can't find closure because there’s no justice there." Turner is now on the mend and hopes to be fully recovered in a couple of weeks, SWNS reported.  "Until that moment, I had never really understood that a person could become so overwhelmed by stress and grief that it physically affects the heart," she shared. "Broken heart syndrome can look and feel like a heart attack. It was a warning sign for me, and for anyone. It can change the shape of one of your heart chambers … it can cause some serious damage." She added, "The cardiologist told me that thankfully, my heart itself is healthy and there was no damage, but that it will take around two weeks to a month for my heart to reboot itself." Turner was told she needed to rest, seek counseling and make lifestyle changes to reduce stress. "Things have settled down, and I’m taking things easy — I’m pacing myself now, and I feel a lot better. Paul said, 'Maybe the extra beat is for Rob. You are carrying on living for him.'" CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Turner said, "That broke me and healed me a little bit all at once." Fox News Digital previously reported that broken heart syndrome, which causes the heart to temporarily weaken, has been linked to the brain’s reaction to stress, as studies have found.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES In an article published in the European Heart Journal in March 2019, Swiss researchers said they found that the syndrome is linked to the way the brain communicates with the heart. Caused by intense emotional events, TTS is a rare, temporary condition that weakens the left ventricle and disrupts its normal pumping function. The syndrome causes the heart's main pumping chamber to change shape and get larger. The heart muscle becomes weaker, and its pumping action loses strength.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Symptoms include sudden, intense chest pain, pressure or heaviness in the chest, along with shortness of breath.  It is treated with beta blockers and blood-thinning medicine to reduce risks of clots and other flareups. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8acc8059ccda1fcc128e0 Jewish student says campus antisemitism and London arson attacks show Britain is failing its Jewish community te 2026-04-22T11:11:04.281Z Jewish student says campus antisemitism and London arson attacks show Britain is failing its Jewish community Being a Jewish student in Britain today means living a kind of double life. I go to lectures. I take exams. I navigate seminar rooms and library queues like any other student. But unlike most of my peers, I do all of this while calculating: am I in danger because my Star of David or Kippah (Skull cap) is visible? Will speaking up in this discussion make me a target? Is today the day they'll be a demonstration outside? Going to university is supposed to be a student’s main job. Right now, for many British Jewish students, it feels like a side gig — squeezed in around the exhausting, full-time business of simply being Jewish on campus. My great-grandmother was Lily Ebert. She arrived at Auschwitz at just 20 years old. In a single day, her mother, her younger sister, her youngest brother and over one hundred members of her extended family were murdered — gassed and cremated, their ashes scattered with no grave, no place to mourn. That was July 1944. THIS PASSOVER, NO MORE WAITING: A CALL FOR STRENGTH, UNITY AND THE UNAPOLOGETIC DEFENSE OF JEWISH LIFE She survived. She came to Britain to rebuild her life, and she did more than survive; she thrived. She built a large and loving family: ten grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and even a great-great-grandchild in her final year. She believed Britain would be a safe haven. A place where her family could live openly and proudly as Jews. A country that has learned the lessons of history. For decades, she traveled across the U.K. speaking in schools, and in her later years she used social media to warn young people that the Holocaust did not begin with violence. It began with words. With small actions. With a shifting atmosphere. In her final months before she passed away in October 2024, my great-grandmother was horrified. Horrified to see the country she had trusted — after the greatest crime in history, beginning to fail at its most basic duty. She was right to be horrified. And this week, her warnings feel more urgent than ever. WESTERN LEADERS MUST CONFRONT ISLAMIST-INSPIRED ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE BEFORE IT TARGETS EVERYONE British counterterrorism police are now investigating a wave of arson attacks against Jewish sites across London — four in as many days — probing whether Iranian proxies are responsible. Two synagogues and a Jewish charity were torched. And an Iran-linked group threatening to fly drones carrying hazardous substances at the Israeli embassy.  This all coming only a few weeks after ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set alight in Golders Green —  one of the most Jewish areas in the U.K. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has warned that "a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the U.K. is gathering momentum." Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed surprise and called the attacks "abhorrent." But how can he possibly claim surprise? If you tolerate chants of "Globalize the Intifada," don't be surprised when the Intifada is globalized. And throwing money at the problem simply is not a solution. You cannot pay your way out of an Intifada. And we cannot continue to besiege ourselves with security – living behind ever thicker doors and higher fences with barbed wire. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER This violence doesn't begin with arson. It begins with ideology — and until Britain starts tackling the ideology, no amount of policing or security will stop the flames. That means banning Iran's IRGC, who may well be behind this very campaign of attacks. And it means confronting the Muslim Brotherhood, who are radicalizing young people across this country — on campuses, in mosques, in community centers — and may well be recruiting the people lighting these fires. And it starts closer to home too, on campuses like mine, where week after week, masked demonstrators flood university spaces, chanting slogans that go far beyond political protest into something far darker. Jewish students are singled out in lectures, booed, shouted down, accused of being "baby killers" simply for being Jewish. Many now tuck away their Star of David necklaces and think twice before speaking up in seminars. A Jewish professor had his lecture stormed by masked protesters who screamed abuse, branded him a "war criminal," and — according to witnesses — threatened to behead him. His only crime was being Jewish and refusing to be intimidated. And it is not just coming from the students. Too often, academics themselves are part of the problem. On my own campus, the medieval blood libel — the conspiracy that Jews use non-Jewish blood in their rituals — was repeated to students as fact, at one of supposedly the best universities in the U.K. Beyond campus: an NHS doctor posts "gas the Jews" online and faces no meaningful consequences. Jewish artists are quietly dropped from programs. Jewish events are canceled without explanation. Protests where chants cross into open hatred are allowed to continue unchecked by police. Individually, each moment can be explained away. Together, they reveal a slow and steady normalization of dangerous Jew-hatred. In the past year alone, the U.K. recorded the highest number of violent antisemitic assaults per capita anywhere outside of Israel — roughly one for every 2,500 Jews. Jewish schools have warned students not to wear visible symbols on their commute. Jewish teenagers have been assaulted on public transport. Every Jewish institution now sits behind security barriers, guards and locked doors. We are a community under siege. My great-grandmother spent her life warning that these things begin not with violence, but with silence. With small capitulations. With institutions that hedge, qualify and reach for the language of "context" and "balance" — as if balance is possible when a minority is being targeted. Britain has a choice. It can honor the lessons it claims to have learned. Or it can allow that silence to continue — and discover, too late, where silence leads. My great-grandmother, Lily Ebert, survived Auschwitz. She did not survive to see Britain become the country she fled. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8acb4059ccda1fcc128d7 Why the Middle East agrees with President Trump more than America realizes te 2026-04-22T11:10:44.544Z Why the Middle East agrees with President Trump more than America realizes Americans are debating whether this war was worth it. Thirteen soldiers have come home in caskets. Hundreds more carry wounds. No one takes that lightly. Least of all someone like me — who chose this country and wears its flag by choice, not by birth. I was born on the Iranian border and raised in the shadow of its wars. I have seen firsthand what these policies do to the people of this region. I still travel across the Middle East — I was in Erbil, Riyadh and Dubai just recently. I know what people say when the cameras are off. It is not anger at America. It is relief. But here is what the critics are missing. For millions of people across the Middle East, this war did not start on February 28. It started decades ago. What changed is that a president decided to stop managing the problem and start confronting it. The people of the region noticed. I promise you — they noticed. What most Americans never hear is what those people actually want. Not war. Not jihad. Not martyrdom. Across the Gulf, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, 140 million people are under the age of 30. They want what any young American wants: a job, a stable country and a future that is not hostage to someone else’s ideology. New leaders in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kurdistan and Syria are building toward exactly that. When I sit with young professionals in Erbil or Riyadh or Dubai, they talk about startups. They talk about AI. They talk about opportunity. MIKE PENCE: TRUMP AND OUR INCREDIBLE MILITARY ARE ENDING 47 YEARS OF IRANIAN TERROR And this is not theory. Look at what happens when stability takes root. The UAE was empty desert 50 years ago. Today it is a global center of commerce where millions of people — including Americans — live, invest and build. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq, encircled by hostile forces, built one of the most open societies in the Middle East. It became the largest safe haven for persecuted Christians in the region. And despite a severe economic embargo by Iran-backed forces, Kurdistan built a stable, multi-billion-dollar economy that houses nearly all U.S. forces in Iraq. People move there because it works. These places are not exceptions. They are previews of what the entire region can become. What stops it, every time, is the same force. Iran-backed armed groups in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen — all taking orders from Tehran, all blocking the future the rest of the region is trying to build. For 45 years, one capital has exported instability to every corner of this region — not because Iranians want it, but because a small circle of men in power profit from it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION The numbers tell the story. Since February 28, Iran has struck every country in the region that chose partnership with the West — and not one of them fired a shot at Iran. The UAE has absorbed more than 2,800 missiles and drones. Thirteen people were killed. Over 200 were wounded. Kurdistan has been hit more than 700 times. Fourteen dead — including a husband and wife killed at midnight, two daughters left behind. Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar — all struck. None of them threatened Iran. Their only offense is that they chose a different future. These forces have not only been destroying the Middle East. They have been killing Americans for decades. Every president before this one chose to look away. They minimized the threat. They told Americans it was under control. They left it for the next generation. But ignoring the Middle East always comes with a price. Obama pulled back from Iraq. ISIS filled the vacuum. His nuclear deal sent billions to Tehran and its proxy terror groups in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Biden called it strategic patience. That patience gave us October 7. The problem never went away. It always got worse. This president made a different choice. I grew up in this. I did not study it in a seminar. I know what a missile sounds like when it hits a neighborhood school. I know what families look like when they pack a car at 3 in the morning and drive toward the one city that is still standing. The fear across this region is not that America acted. It is that the world will lose interest before anything changes. The Middle East is not a burden. It is a region of extraordinary talent, ambition and wealth held back by a violent few who have never been weaker than they are right now.  The people of this region have been asking the world to listen for decades. Perhaps now, it will. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8a5e7059ccda1fcc1276b Olivia Troye is latest anti-Trump media darling to run for office in 2026 midterms te 2026-04-22T10:41:43.382Z Olivia Troye is latest anti-Trump media darling to run for office in 2026 midterms Another liberal media darling is throwing their hat in the ring in the 2026 midterms. Olivia Troye made headlines in August 2020 when she resigned as the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor to then-Vice President Mike Pence, citing President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID pandemic among other complaints. Troye's departure from the White House was welcomed with praise and cemented herself as a fixture in establishment media circles. Since leaving government in 2020 she made at least 92 appearances on CNN and a whopping 248 on MS NOW/MSNBC, according to data by the conservative watchdog group Media Research Center. She landed a prominent speaker slot at the 2024 DNC Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris. FORMER PENCE ADVISER WILL VOTE FOR BIDEN, SAYS TRUMP BOTCHED CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE Last week, she announced she was running for Congress in Virginia's 7th district as a Democrat. Notably, despite her reputation among the #NeverTrump ilk, Troye was a Democrat before serving in the Trump administration, revealing in her campaign launch video that she had voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 but decided to continue working in the federal government, saying "serving your country isn't supposed to be partisan." Troye's entry into politics is the latest of multiple anti-Trump figures who've embraced Democratic politics so much so that they're putting themselves on the ballot. GEORGE CONWAY LOOKS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT IN CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO Before the Trump era, George Conway was a highly-respected conservative attorney in Washington, D.C. But during the first Trump term, Conway began gaining notoriety for his posts on Twitter (now called X) slamming Trump while his then-wife Kellyanne Conway was serving as White House counselor. In 2019, he co-founded the scandal-plagued anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project (he left in 2020) and later became a contributing writer for The Atlantic and The Washington Post. Like Troye, Conway also increasingly made numerous appearances on CNN and MS NOW. Conway is now running for Congress in a crowded Democratic primary in New York's 12th district, hoping to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler. Among Conway's top rivals is Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy. FORMER LAWMAKER TAKES SHOT AT MSNBC HOSTS FOR MEETING WITH TRUMP AT MAR-A-LAGO: ‘YOU CAN’T DO THAT' Another 2026 hopeful who had quite the political turnaround is David Jolly. Jolly previously served as a Republican congressman from Florida. But during the 2016 election cycle, Jolly lost his standing within his party when he became a vocal critic of Trump's ascent to the White House. After leaving Congress in 2017 following his election defeat, Jolly left the Republican Party and landed a gig as an MSNBC (now called MS Now) contributor. Jolly is now running as a Democrat for governor in Floria. One of the biggest breakout media stars during Trump's first term was Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a former Army officer who served on Trump's National Security Council. He emerged as the whistleblower and key witness in the president's first impeachment over the Ukraine scandal. Vindman sounded the alarm on Trump's now-infamous July 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing the president of pressuring Zelenskyy to target Trump's likely 2020 opponent, former President Joe Biden, while temporarily putting a pause on military aid. Vindman went on a media tour in 2021 to promote his book, giving interviews to ABC, CBS, MSNBC among others. The USSR-born veteran also became a prominent figure providing commentary in the media's coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war. He is now running for Senate in Florida as a Democrat, eying to unseat Republican incumbent Ashley Moody. He hopes to join his twin brother, Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., in Congress. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8a5d3059ccda1fcc12761 Former Yale coaches speak out against athletic director to student newspaper te 2026-04-22T10:41:23.607Z Former Yale coaches speak out against athletic director to student newspaper Disgruntlement continues to leak out of the Yale athletic department. Yale University's student newspaper, The Yale Daily News, reported that eight former university coaches and athletic staff members "backed" the complaints shared in a letter from former Yale hockey coach Keith Allain to President Maurine McInnis. The letter, which was first reported by Fox News Digital on March 23, alleged Yale athletic director Vicky Chun fostered a "toxic environment." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Vicky Chun is the absolute worst leader I have ever been around in my life. She is dishonest, self centered and inaccessible. Vicky’s singular talent is self promotion and has created a toxic environment within the department where she is insulated by a cadre of administrators whose main task seems to be silencing any dissent," Allain's letter read. The Yale Daily News reported that eight of 12 anonymous former coaches and staffers interviewed agreed with Allain that Chun has created a "culture of fear." McInnis told the student newspaper that "many people" have sent letters about Chun as the university considers whether to renew her contract. The status of Chun's contract renewal has become a topic of uncertainty after a Fox News Digital investigative series into Yale's athletic department under her leadership. Yale has not responded to Fox News Digital's inquiry on the status of Chun's contract renewal. Fox News Digital's investigative series also found that, under Chun's leadership, former Yale strength and conditioning coach Thomas Newman's lawyers alleged that he was unknowingly recorded and was "ultimately forced out;" a woman's track and field athlete left her program due to an alleged "toxic culture;" and that two of Yale's top athletic officials bought a house together a year before one of them was hired by the university, and a former employee was allegedly pushed to retire to open a job for one of those officials. Yale's Executive Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer of Athletics Ann-Marie Guglieri and Deputy Director of Athletics Mary Berdo, who are the second and third top-ranked positions in the athletic department under Athletic Director Victoria Chun, purchased a house together in Milford, Connecticut, in June 2018, the deed shows. Berdo was then hired by the university in April 2019. FORMER WYOMING VOLLEYBALL STAR REVEALS HOW THE SJSU TRANS SCANDAL PERMANENTLY RUINED FRIENDSHIPS ON HER TEAM Two former employees of the Yale athletics department have alleged that Guglieri and Berdo are in a romantic relationship. Additional former employees have alleged a former administrator was pressured to accept a voluntary retirement package, which then created an opening for Berdo. Two former employees said the athletics department could not increase its headcount to hire Berdo at the same time it hired Guglieri. But Fox News Digital learned that a former athletics department administrator reluctantly accepted a voluntary retirement package, and then Berdo was hired shortly thereafter.  The former senior associate athletic director was allegedly given "no choice" but to accept the voluntary retirement package in the fall of 2018, creating a vacancy in the department’s front office prior to Berdo’s hiring, according to a former Yale Athletics employee with firsthand knowledge of the situation. "A senior associate athletic director was called in October of 2018 and was pressured to accept a retirement package, and this person had no choice but to take this retirement package and give 90-day notice, and just after the 90-day notice, Mary Berdo was hired," the former employee said. Allain told Fox News Digital that the former employee’s recollection of the pressured retirement and eventual hiring of Berdo is consistent with what he had been told by individuals within the athletics department. While Yale declined to comment "on individual personnel matters," a spokesman for the university president’s office told Fox News Digital: "We can confirm that Yale has a robust set of personnel and disclosure policies that it followed." MOM OF EX-YALE SWIMMERS ALLEGES ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 'TERRORIZED' WOMEN, 'EMASCULATED' MEN: 'LIKE NORTH KOREA' Chun, a former volleyball player and later head coach for Colgate University, took over as Yale athletic director in 2018 after serving in the same position at Colgate from 2012-18. In an interview earlier in March with the Yale Alumni Association, Chun admitted to making a mistake that made her cry in her first year as Yale AD. "I was talking to the football alums, you know, there's this great helmet that I had at my previous institution. And I thought if Colgate can afford it, we definitely can afford it. So I announced, we are getting these coolest, custom-made Riddell helmets. So then my deputy comes to me and says ‘What are you thinking? Do you know how much these helmets cost?' And I said, ‘Yeah, we had them at Colgate.’ She goes, ‘Yeah, like six or seven of them,’" Chun said in the interview. "And I did cry. Because I thought, ‘Wow, this is going to be the shortest-lived athletic director,’ and, you know, here I am!" Fox News Digital has reached out to Yale for further comment but has not received a response.  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/69e8a5bf059ccda1fcc12758 Mike Vrabel addressed Dianna Russini saga with Patriots players differently than he did with reporters te 2026-04-22T10:41:03.955Z Mike Vrabel addressed Dianna Russini saga with Patriots players differently than he did with reporters Before Mike Vrabel made his first public statement about the Dianna Russini saga in front of some reporters on Tuesday, he addressed it privately with club ownership earlier and with his players on Monday. And the message was predictably different. His discussion with reporters – both at a podium and later as they huddled around when he sat in a chair – did not include any explanation of what actually happened or didn't between him and the NFL reporter for The Athletic. It also didn't include any apology to, well, anyone. Vrabel’s talk with players was more candid. He addressed the issue in the first team meeting of the offseason conditioning program "from the jump," one player who was present texted OutKick. And Vrabel indeed did apologize to them – or at least it felt that way to this player – for the unwanted attention the issue has brought on the team at a time he wants all the attention on the players working to get better and the ones about to be selected in the NFL Draft this week. "He mentioned how we all on a journey together," the player said, "and sometimes we fail but we got to be prepared to keep going together no matter what. We knew what he was talking about." FORMER TITANS STARS SAY TEAM MADE MAJOR MISTAKE LETTING MIKE VRABEL GO: 'STATE OF TENNESSEE IS KICKING ITSELF' A former Patriots player who said he heard from people in the meeting said his understanding is that Vrabel "showed accountability." But how exactly that was articulated remains vague. No, Vrabel apparently did not share any salacious details or deny worst thoughts about the Page Six article that became a national story two weeks ago. That story included the married coach sunbathing with the married Russini at a pool, spending time together in a hot tub, then holding hands and embracing on the roof of a private bungalow days before the NFL annual meeting in Arizona. It might be argued that Vrabel doesn’t owe anyone outside his family any details. Not even his locker room of players. What they have to know is he feels he let them down by possibly making their jobs harder and he’s sorry for that. Vrabel admitted to reporters he met with Patriots principal owner, chairman and CEO Robert Kraft and his son and team president Jonathan Kraft about the Russini story. While he had previously said he’d had "difficult conversations with people I care about," and included "the organization" as part of that, he said his talk with the Krafts was not necessarily difficult. Vrabel, by the way, declined to address Russini losing her job when she resigned from The Athletic. The hope for the Patriots is that this subject will fade into memory sooner than later. That may happen unless players start to add more details about the meeting or give opinions about the story. There’s also the possibility Russini re-emerges and discusses the matter, or The Athletic unveils the findings of an investigation it publicly announced as underway. Even if that happens, it is at this point unlikely Vrabel will address the matter any further. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8a5ac059ccda1fcc1274f Mets’ losing streak moves to 12 games after painful collapse vs Twins te 2026-04-22T10:40:44.185Z Mets’ losing streak moves to 12 games after painful collapse vs Twins The light at the end of the New York Mets’ clubhouse tunnel appeared bright after Francisco Lindor hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning, and starter Nolan McLean was mowing down Minnesota Twins batters, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning. The Mets’ losing streak, sitting at 11 games as their returned home on Tuesday, the longest it’s been for the franchise since 2004, was on the way to ending at Citi Field. Until it wasn’t. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM McLean’s no-hitter ended when Matt Wallner singled to lead off the sixth inning, but the young starter who was featured in Team USA’s World Baseball Classic rotation was able to get the next two batters out. But his Team USA teammate, center fielder Byron Buxton, gave all Mets fans a "here we go again" moment when he hammered a two-run homer to left field to cut New York’s lead to just one run. McLean came out to the mound for the top of the seventh inning instead of manager Carlos Mendoza going to the bullpen, and Luke Keaschall tied the game after singling home Kody Clemens, who doubled to right field just an at-bat prior. It was a 3-3 ball game, and just like that, the Mets’ losing streak was getting close to extension. The wheels fell off in the top of the ninth inning, as reliever Devin Williams, who has struggled in his previous two outings, ensured the losing streak continued. MAMDANI TAKES 'CURSE OF THE MAMBINO' ON THE CHIN AS METS' 11-GAME SKID SETS FRANCHISE RECORD Williams walked Josh Bell and Ryan Jeffers to begin the inning, and Kody Clemens’ sacrifice bunt ended with the bases loaded after the Mets were unable to secure an out. Then, Keaschall came through with yet another clutch single, scoring James Outman with the eventual game-winning run. Williams’ lack of control cost him once more following the Twins’ first lead of the night, walking Wallner to allow a free run to trot home from third base. It could’ve been even worse if not for Austin Warren coming into the game and striking out all three Twins he faced to stop the bleeding. But, with a two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mets couldn’t muster their own come-from-behind magic. Luis Torrens struck out, Francisco Alvarez lined out to right field, and Tyrone Taylor struck out swinging. In fact, the Mets didn’t have a hit in the final five innings of the loss. Now, for the first time since 2002, the Mets, owners of the highest payroll in MLB at around $334 million, have lost 12 straight games. Some fans entered the stadium wearing paper bags on their heads with drawn tears flowing from their eye cutouts. There may have been a moment where they were close to taking them off, but this is simply the way things are going for the Mets at the moment. "They're not going to be happy, that's not a secret," Mendoza said before Tuesday’s loss, per ESPN. "Our fan base, they're going to let you know when you're not playing well." This is a Mets team with playoff expectations, but their losing streak has them with a 7-16 record – tied for the worst in MLB with the Kansas City Royals. New York will try it all again tomorrow in Flushing, Queens, with Clay Holmes getting the start for the Mets. And perhaps the latest sliver of hope for fans is that Juan Soto, their superstar outfielder, is expected to return to the lineup after dealing with a calf strain. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89ecb059ccda1fcc125e1 King Charles’ ‘high-stakes’ US visit tests historic alliance, could shape his reign: experts te 2026-04-22T10:11:23.212Z King Charles’ ‘high-stakes’ US visit tests historic alliance, could shape his reign: experts King Charles is preparing to cross the Atlantic for what insiders are calling a "high-stakes" visit to the United States — one that could define his reign as monarch. On March 31, Buckingham Palace announced that the king and Queen Camilla would travel to the U.S. in late April to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence. The ceremonial event has received calls to be called off due to President Donald Trump’s criticism of the British government for failing to support military operations involving Iran, The Associated Press reported. The visit will also mark the second time that a British monarch has addressed Congress. The first was the king’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who delivered a speech at the Capitol during a state visit to the U.S. in 1991. KING CHARLES TO VISIT US IN LANDMARK TRIP MARKING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY "The question is, that special relationship that Elizabeth helped forge [between the two nations], does it survive?" Susan Page, author of "The Queen and Her Presidents," told Fox News Digital. "This is an open question, and the hope is King Charles can do something to preserve it." "Queen Elizabeth’s commitment to the United States came from the beginning," said Page. "From her father, from her first prime minister, Winston Churchill, who told her to stay close to the Americans. And that is a lesson that King Charles has also learned." "There is no relationship more important to Great Britain than its relationship with the United States," she shared. "And that’s been through times of great alliance, as in World War II, and times of great division, as we see now. I think that is part of his mother’s legacy that King Charles very much reflects." WATCH: KING CHARLES’ DC VISIT TESTS 'SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP': AUTHOR The monarch’s visit follows Trump’s state visit to the U.K. in September. It was a glittering occasion seen as part of Britain’s effort to nurture the special relationship between the two countries. Page noted that all eyes will be on the 77-year-old monarch and whether Charles can bring a sense of warmth and steady diplomacy during a period of turbulence. It’s a similar challenge that his late mother faced early in her reign — and overcame. "We’re going to be so interested to see King Charles come to Washington," Page explained. "He’s been here, of course, many times. This is the first time as king. And I’m struck by some of the parallels with the first time Elizabeth came to Washington as queen." "That was a point just after the Suez Crisis had really torn the United States and Great Britain, really dividing them," said Page.  "President Eisenhower was quite angry about what Britain had done in Suez. And here this young queen came, her first visit to Washington as head of state. And she was tasked with trying to smooth those troubled waters, which she did. So we look at Charles and his first state visit to Washington as king, and it’s another fraught time." "There’s this enormous division between the United States and the United Kingdom and NATO," Page pointed out. "It’s also a time when Jeffrey Epstein has put new pressures on the future of the monarchy." In October, the king stripped his disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, of his princely titles after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with the late sex offender. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, we see great difficulties, treacherous waters for King Charles to navigate," said Page. "And the hope, I think, by Great Britain and by many in America, is that he’ll navigate them in a way that makes things more stable and less divided between the United States and the United Kingdom." British royals expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital that this is a defining moment for Charles to assert his leadership and cement his legacy. "Given the current dire condition of the ‘special relationship,’ this is a most high-stakes trip," said Fordwich. "Should all go well, the king could go down in history as rectifying the current crisis by enhancing continuity. It’s imperative that he connects culturally, avoids any controversy, while reinforcing a shared purpose and history." "King Charles has the opportunity to overcome the current tensions, to be the unifying figure, making him more than relevant, even beyond a stabilizing symbol, but more to be mission-critical," Fordwich shared. "He could, single-handedly, put back on track the transatlantic bond." "There’s immense pressure on the king regarding his legacy," Fordwich warned. "Should the trip not be deemed a success, he’ll be undermining not only how he goes down in history, but the duration of the special relationship that is at stake. "If he is received well and makes appropriate remarks when he addresses Congress, he could further the transatlantic bond, endearing himself to Americans by rising above party politics and current disputes." Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital that Charles is up for the challenge. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "This is a high-stakes tour, but it will be choreographed to the last detail," he said. "These occasions invariably are, and events such as a dinner at the White House and an address to Congress are unlikely to contain embarrassing moments.  "We also know the president has an affection for the royal family, as his mother was a keen monarchist. He is the only president to have had two state visits to Britain. It would, undoubtedly, mean a lot to him to host the king and queen on the 250th anniversary of America’s independence from Britain." "The king will have a private meeting with the president, and this is likely to be cordial," said Fitzwilliams. "King Charles is also extremely experienced diplomatically. The personal royal touch is likely to be highly successful. This is Britain’s soft power on display. A four-day state visit will be physically demanding, but it’s extremely good news that the king, who is still fighting cancer, is up for it." "The king and President Trump have a warm relationship, furthered by the letter-writing that then-Prince Charles had with Trump when he was out of office after 2020," Fordwich noted. Charles and Camilla’s U.S. trip will include stops in Washington, D.C., New York City and Virginia, People magazine reported. While in D.C., the king and queen will participate in several events, including a private tea with Trump and first lady Melania Trump, as well as a formal ceremony at the White House and a ceremonial military review. In New York City, the royals will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks later this year, the outlet reported. They will meet with first responders and the families of the victims. In Virginia, the king and queen will attend a block party to celebrate America’s birthday. Charles will also visit a national park, while Camilla explores a farm to highlight the work of America’s horse racing industry. After their U.S. tour wraps up, the royals will travel to Bermuda. It will be Charles’ first trip as monarch to an overseas British territory, the outlet reported. During her reign, the late queen embarked on four state visits to the U.S.: in 1957, 1976, 1991 and 2007. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89eb7059ccda1fcc125d8 Schlossberg unveils plan to crack down on 'new frontier' of AI putting the 'squeeze' on consumers: 'Harbinger' te 2026-04-22T10:11:03.755Z Schlossberg unveils plan to crack down on 'new frontier' of AI putting the 'squeeze' on consumers: 'Harbinger' FIRST ON FOX: NEW YORK, N.Y. — As thousands of New York City residents prepare to hit the road to leave town for Memorial Day and summer travel, Democratic House candidate Jack Schlossberg is calling for an investigation into the way rental car companies, and potentially other industries, are using artificial intelligence. Schlossberg, the only grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to look into reports that Hertz began using AI last year to scan cars for rental damages, prompting warnings that consumers could end up being overcharged. "AI is being used in consumer-facing financial products, and Hertz is using AI to scan for microscopic damage on cars, invisible to the human eye, to charge people with fees for damage that they might not even be aware of, they have no opportunity to dispute, and the FTC should act here to investigate whether or not this constitutes an unfair trade practice," Schlossberg told Fox News Digital outside a midtown Manhattan Hertz location.  Schlossberg’s concerns stem in part from a report from The Drive where a Hertz customer at location using the technology said he was notified minutes after dropping off his car that a 1-inch scuff on the driver’s side rear wheel resulted in a $440 charge that included $250 for the repair, $125 for processing, and a $65 administrative fee. FROM CAMELOT TO ‘OUTSIDER’: JFK’S GRANDSON SHAKES UP NYC HOUSE RACE TAKING AIM AT GATEKEEPING DEM 'MACHINE' The report claims the situation for the customer got even worse when he tried to dispute the charges, and the company’s chatbot did not offer a way to reach a live representative, instead routing the issue for review at a later time. Hertz has been partnering with Israel-based Uveye to deploy AI scanning technology at airport locations over the past year and uses cameras and machine learning algorithms to scan returned cars in hopes of improving the "frequency, accuracy, and efficiency" of the process and phase out the need for manual inspections, Car & Driver reported. Schlossberg is calling on the FTC to take four actions, adding that if elected to Congress in NY-12 he would move to enshrine them into federal law: conduct a full investigation into Hertz’s use of AI-driven damage detection, determine whether the practice constitutes an unfair or deceptive act under federal law, establish clear guidelines for the use of AI in consumer-facing financial decisions, and ensure that consumers have a transparent, fair, and accessible process to dispute charges. 'GODFATHER OF AI' WARNS MACHINES COULD SOON OUTTHINK HUMANS, CALLS FOR 'MATERNAL INSTINCTS' TO BE BUILT IN "I think that this is a harbinger of what's to come," Schlossberg said. "This is the new frontier of corporate fine print because AI is being used in ways we couldn't imagine to price gouge, price fix, jack up prices on consumers without their consent, and basically just squeeze every nickel and dime out of consumers that they possibly can. And sometimes this can be unfair." "We have elected officials in New York City who quietly work for the AI industry — meanwhile, like in the case of Hertz, consumers are being taken for a ride," Schlossberg’s campaign said in a Wednesday press release first obtained by Fox News Digital, adding that "innovation must not come at the expense of the consumer." A Hertz spokesperson pushed back on Schlossberg's concerns in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, "Digital vehicle inspections bring precision and transparency to a historically manual and inconsistent process while also enhancing the safety, quality, and reliability of our fleet. They protect customers from being charged for damage that didn’t occur during their rental while enabling faster, fairer resolution when it does." The company added, "Since launching over one year ago, we’ve been listening, learning, and improving based on customer feedback — increasing communication, enhancing awareness at digital inspection locations, and strengthening our support channels. We’re committed to building upon the progress we’ve made to continue providing our customers with a more consistent rental experience and safer fleet."  A company spokesperson also told Fox News Digital that customers are not charged for damages invisible to the human eye and are provided comprehensive reports that include before-and-after photos that can easily be discussed with a Customer Care team via email, phone or chat. Schlossberg told Fox News Digital that his announcement in mid-April is intended to "get ahead of the peak season booking" as New Yorkers plan their Memorial Day weekend trips and should be aware of the potential pitfalls of renting a car within the landscape of emerging AI technology.  The FTC declined to comment. Schlossberg is running as a Democrat in a crowded primary on June 23 to represent New York's 12th Congressional District in Congress, where the winner is widely believed to be in the driver's seat to win the general election in one of the most heavily Democratic districts in the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89ea4059ccda1fcc125cf Revolutionary War artifacts unearthed at site of infamous colonial American heist: 'Very surprised' te 2026-04-22T10:10:44.333Z Revolutionary War artifacts unearthed at site of infamous colonial American heist: 'Very surprised' In this year of America's 250th anniversary, archaeologists and college students recently discovered artifacts dating back to the American Revolution — including one infamous 18th-century robbery. The dig took place in Newtown, Pennsylvania, some 30 miles northeast of Philadelphia, as local outlet WFMZ reported. Students from Bucks County Community College worked alongside employees from the Mercer Museum during the excavation. Though it seems an unassuming plot of land in suburban Pennsylvania, the site was once home to colonial-era town buildings, including the county prison and courthouse. DISCOVERY AT MONTICELLO REVEALS CONSTRUCTION SECRETS THOMAS JEFFERSON LEFT OUT OF MAPS AND LETTERS The excavation, which took place from March 23 to March 28, focused on the area where the treasury building once stood. Images show archaeologists and volunteers working around the open excavation pit, as well as various small 18th-century artifacts that were uncovered, including coins. The dig took place on land steeped in Revolutionary War history, according to Clint Flack, an exhibit specialist at Bucks County Historical Society. Flack, who was involved in the excavation, told Fox News Digital the most significant finds included three British gunflints from the Revolutionary War era, which were used to spark gunpowder in muskets. LEGENDARY CAPTAIN WHO INSPIRED 'THE THREE MUSKETEERS' MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND UNDER CHURCH ALTAR The historian said they also found a small set of keys — either used for furniture or a padlock — as well as a Dutch copper coin called a duit and a New York penny from 1737. Excavators also found a large amount of porcelain, pottery and glass that had been beneath the soil for over 200 years. The team was "very surprised," said Flack, to find the treasury's foundation hidden just below the surface as well, which he described as being in good condition. The foundation was a key find, as the building was the setting of an infamous robbery by the Doan Gang, a group of Quaker Loyalists who stole thousands in colonial currency in 1781. The robbery happened just three days after the British surrendered at Yorktown, Flack related. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER The gang, many of whom were part of the Doan family, robbed the Bucks County treasury of a large sum — 1,200 silver Spanish dollars and 400 silver French crowns, as well as other cash. "The robbery began at the home of county treasurer, John Hart, where the gang seized a bundle of cash that had not yet been deposited in the treasury as well as the keys to the treasury," Flack said. The historian added that some of the outlaws held Hart hostage, while the other half of the gang robbed the treasury, just half a mile away. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "The gang unlocked the door to the treasury, but had to break open a locked desk by prying the drawers open with knives," he added. The desk is currently on display at the Mercer Museum. Though the Doan Gang robbery remains a notable chapter, Flack said it's only one small part of the property's "incredible" history. He said the treasury was used to store gunpowder in the early days of the American Revolution — and Continental Army soldiers were camped throughout Bucks County. "Some of the Hessian [mercenaries] taken prisoner at the Battle of Trenton were imprisoned in the jail next to the treasury," Flack noted.  TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Multiple members of the Doan gang were imprisoned in the jail next to the treasury." 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Valentine Elementary School, located in the small northwest Arizona community of Valentine, and Window Rock High School, situated on the Navajo Reservation, earned the prestigious national honor. The schools were selected for demonstrating exceptional progress in boosting their students’ academic performance. “I am very proud of the work these students and educators have done to earn this honor. Each year, the Arizona Department of Education recognizes schools that demonstrate exceptional achievement and success in the Distinguished Schools program,” stated Superintendent Horne. “In addition to the students, congratulations must go to all the district leaders, teachers, administrators, and staff for this remarkable accomplishment. 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You can send him news tips using this link. The post Horne Announces Two Arizona Schools Named National Title I Distinguished Schools first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89575059ccda1fcc1239f Arizona Democrats Vote Against Memorials Urging Terrorist Designations For Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR te 2026-04-22T09:31:33.196Z Arizona Democrats Vote Against Memorials Urging Terrorist Designations For Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR By Matthew Holloway | Arizona Senate Democrats voted Monday against two Republican-backed memorials urging the federal government to designate both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as terrorist organizations. House Concurrent Memorial 2001, sponsored by Rep. John Gillette (R-LD30), urges the president and Congress to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization and asks Arizona law enforcement agencies to identify and monitor organizations linked to the group operating within the state. The measure passed the Senate on a 17-12 vote, with one senator not voting. Sen. Catherine Miranda (D-LD11) was listed as not voting on the measure. House Concurrent Memorial 2002, also sponsored by Gillette, urges the president and Congress to designate CAIR as a terrorist organization and to pass H.R. 4097, known as the “Designate CAIR as a Terrorist Organization Act.” The measure also passed the Senate in a similar 17-12 vote, with Miranda not voting. 🚨JUST IN: Senate Democrats voted NO on designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Republicans voted YES to back President Trump and urge Congress to label this radical Islamist network — ideological founder of Hamas — a foreign terrorist group and stop its… pic.twitter.com/tzZ26Dwu9T — AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) April 20, 2026 In a statement posted to X, the Arizona Senate Republican Caucus wrote, “Republicans voted YES to back President Trump and urge Congress to label this radical Islamist network — ideological founder of Hamas — a foreign terrorist group and stop its support for jihad and infiltration. Calling this ‘racist’ is a pathetic Democrat lie. It’s a political terror network, not a race or peaceful Muslims. The Trump administration already designated multiple Brotherhood branches for material support to Hamas. Why are Democrats shielding a group that threatens Arizona families and U.S. security?” HCM 2001 states that the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has “a long-documented history of promoting Islamist extremism” and argues that it has inspired or spawned terrorist organizations, including Hamas and al-Qaeda. The memorial also cites Hamas’ charter, which describes Hamas as “one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine.” It further urges the Arizona Attorney General and law enforcement agencies to “identify, monitor and report any Muslim Brotherhood-linked organizations operating within Arizona, including financial, educational and advocacy groups.” The memorial references evidence introduced during the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial, including internal Muslim Brotherhood documents describing what prosecutors called a “civilization-jihadist process” intended to undermine Western society from within. It also references CAIR, describing the organization as “widely considered a front group for the Muslim Brotherhood by counterterrorism experts.” HCM 2002 argues that CAIR should be reviewed for terrorist designation based on alleged ties to Hamas and the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing case. The memorial notes that CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation prosecution and adds that the FBI suspended outreach with the organization after evidence presented in the case established a relationship between CAIR and Hamas. The memorial also cites terrorism-related convictions involving several former CAIR officials or affiliates, and the decision by the United Arab Emirates to designate CAIR as a terrorist organization in 2014. CAIR Arizona and allied organizations opposed HCM 2002 earlier this year, arguing that the memorial relied on allegations that have not resulted in criminal charges or a federal terrorist designation. The coalition stated that CAIR has never been charged or convicted of terrorism-related crimes and argued that the memorial could contribute to discrimination against Muslim communities. Both memorials now move forward as formal requests from the Arizona Legislature to federal officials, including the president, Congress, the U.S. Attorney General, and the U.S. Secretary of State. 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 Arizona Democrats Vote Against Memorials Urging Terrorist Designations For Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89560059ccda1fcc12396 Arizona Democratic Party Nearing $1 Million In Debt te 2026-04-22T09:31:12.346Z Arizona Democratic Party Nearing $1 Million In Debt By Staff Reporter | The Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) is heading into the second quarter of this pivotal election year with a negative cash balance exceeding $720,000. Their latest campaign finance report, filed last week, reflected total-to-date expenditures that nearly tripled their income: over $2.8 million compared to $1 million.  For this first period, ADP’s expenditures did fall below their income: about $67,500 compared to $151,500.  ADP experienced much stronger fundraising in the first quarter of 2022, the last midterm election year. The party’s reported income was over $370,000 and expenditures were $146,000 in that first quarter. A stark difference was evident between ADP’s campaign finances for the last two off-years as well. The party’s campaign finance report data for all of 2025 reflected income just below $857,000, but expenditures totaling over $2.7 million. In the first quarter of 2025, the party raised only about $210,000 and spent nearly $360,000. Comparatively, by the end of 2023, ADP had $1.5 million more in income than expenditures. In the first quarter of 2023, ADP raised nearly $1 million and expended about $227,000. Some among ADP leadership did warn last summer that the party would go broke by the end of the year. The party has dealt with publicized infighting for about a year. Unlike other transfers listed, shared expenses with the Navajo County Democratic Committee (NCDC) were categorized as an “unlimited transfer” routing arrangement for ADP funds.  NCDC has a surplus of nearly $1.6 million. Since the beginning of last year, NCDC has sent over $61,000 to ADP.  In that same time period ADP sent back over $107,000 to NCDC, or $46,000 more than NCDC has sent. Their cycle to date reported a cash flow between the two totaling nearly $150,000.  Navajo County accounted for ADP’s second-largest expenditure last year.  AZ Free News contacted ADP about the state of their finances and their fiscal arrangement with NCDC. ADP didn’t respond to our inquiry. Apart from NCDC, ADP’s number-one expenditure last year by far was $1.7 million last August to the Copper State Values PAC, established and run by Gov. Katie Hobbs’ campaign manager Nicole DeMont and treasurer Dacey Montoya. Since DeMont set up the PAC in December 2024, its primary function has appeared to be a funding arm for the Hobbs reelection campaign.  The PAC sent back $94,500 a few months later, last December.  Discounting the $49,000 received from NCDC last year, ADP’s biggest sources of income were: United Food and Comm Workers (UFCW) Union Local 99, the largest private-sector union in the state: $100,000 Estate of the late Janet Delesanti: $49,000 Arizona Public Service: $30,000 Elevance Health Inc (formerly Anthem), an Ohio-based insurance company: $25,000 Donalyn Mikles, former attorney for the defunct Arizona Summit Law School and director of the California-based Kling Family Foundation: $20,000 Moms Fed Up, a D.C.-based political activist organization: $20,000 William (Bill) Roe, former chair of the Arizona Democratic Party: $15,000 Pam H. Grissom, founder and longtime (not current) board member for Arizona List: $15,000 AFSCME People, AFSCME’s D.C.-based political action arm: $15,000 The following donated about $10,000 each: University of Phoenix, PMI US Corporate Services, Nextera Energy Resources, Arizona Education Association Fund for Public Education, Arizona State Association of Electrical Workers, and Daniel T. Ling. None of the Democrats’ other legislative districts or county parties in the state have reported a negative cash balance, with the exceptions of Santa Cruz County Central Democratic Committee and La Paz County Democratic Central Committee. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Arizona Democratic Party Nearing $1 Million In Debt first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89144059ccda1fcc1227f The truth behind the gender wage gap myth isn’t what you’ve been told te 2026-04-22T09:13:40.592Z The truth behind the gender wage gap myth isn’t what you’ve been told Certain myths in the public sphere persist, no matter how many times they have been debunked. One of the most enduring in modern life is the myth of the so-called wage gap.   Recent "sky is falling" headlines warn, "Gender pay gap widens to 81 cents: Difference between men and women increases for second year in a row."  Sound the alarm! THE AI REVOLUTION THREATENS OFFICE JOBS, BUT REVIVES DEMAND FOR SKILLED TRADES The truth is, we women are doing just fine, thank you very much. Better than fine, in fact. By most measures, it’s our boys and men who are struggling.  Boys receive two-thirds of the "D"s and "F"s in our schools, but less than 40% of the "A"s. The oft-cited female gap in math and science is 3 points, while the male gap in literacy is 10 points. According to the (liberal) Brookings Institution, "Girls outperform boys in reading by 40% of a grade level in every state." On our recent national writing exam, only 18% of eighth-grade boys were considered proficient writers. According to the Pew Research Center, 44% of college students ages 18-24 are men, and that percentage is dropping. Women now constitute the majority of students in grad school (58%), law school (56%), and med school (55%). Boys are lagging behind girls in most developmental, behavioral, academic, and social markers in all industrialized countries. A 2015 report from the World Health Organization concluded, "In most of the world, girls and women are doing better than boys and men in both physical and mental health indicators."  But this is about the wage gap. What happens when women join the workforce?  To the extent that the gap exists, it can be largely attributed to deliberate and meaningful choices made by women in the work force that prioritize home and family over career: less willingness to relocate, less willingness to work more than 40 hours/week, preference for less demanding jobs that will enable them to spend time with their family when they come home at the end of the work day. Broad wage gap statistics are often misleading because they fail to account for these preferences. When these variables are considered, the supposed gender pay gap narrows substantially. Research by the American Association of University Women finds that the gap shrinks to just a few cents on the dollar. A U.S. Department of Labor review of dozens of peer‑reviewed studies reached a similar conclusion, finding that most of the commonly cited wage disparity can be explained by choices made by individual workers. Much of the debate over wages and gender overlooks a basic but uncomfortable reality: men and women often make different choices long before they ever receive a paycheck. Those differences appear as early as college, where students cluster into fields with vastly different earning potential. Men are disproportionately represented in higher‑paying majors like engineering, computer science, and certain sciences, while women dominate lower‑paying fields such as education, counseling, and social work. Even within the same profession, earnings often diverge based on specialization, hours worked, and willingness to relocate. These are not mysterious forces or hidden acts of discrimination; they are the predictable consequences of individual preferences and life priorities. That observation becomes even more apparent when work is weighed against family life. A young woman I know recently turned down a very prestigious role in the administration to be home with her baby. Her story is not at all uncommon. Many young women don’t want to be "Boss Babes," they would rather nurse their babes.  Some would prefer to leave the workforce completely for a time. Statistically, women still want to be wives and mothers, but policy choices made over the last half century have made it increasingly difficult to support and sustain a family on a single income. Thankfully, women are offered more choices and opportunities today than ever before in history. Remote work, job-sharing, part-time opportunities, entrepreneurial endeavors give much desired flexibility. Big corporations offering abortion benefits but not flexibility have rightly earned their disdain. So, if they must or want to work, they often choose to pass up prestigious or demanding career opportunities to spend time with their children while they are young. There are those on the left who will say this in itself is proof of internalized sexism, but despite the left’s best efforts at social engineering, basic human nature and biology will not be denied. Children do best when raised by two parents, a mother and a father, but when they are little, babies need their mamas.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION British politician Ernest Benn once said that politics is "the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." Few debates illustrate that better than the modern fixation on the wage gap.  When advocates insist that the solution lies in "strengthening childcare and reproductive health supports" while pushing more women into full‑time work, what they are really proposing is not fairness, but compliance. Another attempt to override personal choices in the name of progress, prioritizing workforce participation over families, and children raised by institutions rather than by loving parents in a nurturing environment. But here’s the thing about a job. Work is transactional. A job does not care if you fall ill. It won’t sit beside you and hold your hand in the hospital. It won’t grieve for you when you are gone. Families do. Yet modern political discussions about pay disparities often diagnose the wrong problem and prescribe the wrong remedies, framing every difference in outcome as evidence of injustice. Until our policy conversations acknowledge that truth, we will continue to mistake differences in outcome for injustice and sacrifice the things that matter most while congratulating ourselves for doing so. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89130059ccda1fcc12276 ‘Stop this insanity’: Angel mom rips Newsom, Dems for bill to use taxpayer dollars for illegals’ defense te 2026-04-22T09:13:20.863Z ‘Stop this insanity’: Angel mom rips Newsom, Dems for bill to use taxpayer dollars for illegals’ defense California Angel Mom Agnes Gibboney, who lost her son in an illegal alien-involved shooting, is blasting Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Democrats over a proposed bill that would use taxpayer dollars to fund legal defense for immigrants facing deportation. She urged voters to "stop this insanity." State lawmakers are considering a proposal that would expand access to taxpayer-funded legal representation for immigrants facing deportation proceedings. The measure would build on existing state programs by creating a framework to provide attorneys to adults in immigration court, regardless of legal status, with priority given to those in detention. This comes as California, and other sanctuary states across the country, are facing increasing pressure and scrutiny from the Trump administration for allegedly prioritizing illegal aliens over citizens. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Gibboney, whose son, Ronald, was shot and killed by an illegal alien, ripped into Newsom and California Democrats over the bill. She claimed that it is further proof that they care for illegal immigrants more than citizens. "My son was murdered," she said. "Not one politician has ever contacted me. Not one politician said, ‘I'm so sorry that this previously deported criminal illegal alien shot and killed your son.’ Not one of them." NEWSOM ADMINISTRATION ALLEGEDLY KNEW OF $2B CALIFORNIA BUDGET ERROR FOR MONTHS: REPORT Gibboney said that since losing her son in 2002, she sent Newsom "many, many emails," and "never once did I get a response, not even from his office, much less from Newsom."  Newsom has not signaled whether he would sign the bill into law. He previously signed legislation that created and expanded a state-funded legal aid program to ensure legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings. Ronald da Silva, 29, the son of a law enforcement official, was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant gang member while standing in his driveway. Gibboney asserted that "Newsom doesn't care about citizens of this country, about legal immigrants like myself. He cares about free votes from illegal aliens." Regarding the legal defense bill, Gibboney said she is "outraged." "California is about three to 400 billion, with a ‘B,’ dollars in debt. How is that possible? How much more can you milk us citizens?" she railed. Meanwhile, for citizens, she said, "everything has gotten worse" under Newsom. ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE GETTING TAXPAYER-FUNDED BOOB JOBS AND SEX CHANGE OPS IN NEWSOM'S CALIFORNIA, WATCHDOG SAYS "We have the highest tax in the entire country, we have the highest cost of living, the most homeless," she said, adding, "We are number one on everything, and nothing number one in good things, it's always on the bad things." "We taxpayers keep paying more and more each year for taxes just so our government, actually Gavin Newsom, can hand it out and squander our tax dollars and give it to illegal aliens." The bill, introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Mia Bonta in February, advanced out of two Assembly policy committees and is currently under review in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. In addition to Gibboney, the bill has garnered significant outrage, including from The American Border Story, a group that advocates on behalf of the families of victims of migrant crime. Earlier this month, the group condemned the measure as "a grave affront to Angel Families across the country who have suffered immeasurable loss at the hands of foreign criminals." The group asserted that the bill "actively incentivizes illegal immigration and directly undermines the progress achieved by the Trump administration since the President’s second inauguration." At the same time, the bill has been lauded by some, such as Abraham Bedoy, manager of California policy and government affairs for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Bedoy said in a March statement that "increasing immigrant legal defense is critical to address the mass deportations, unprecedented numbers of people held in detention, and indiscriminate arrests devastating families, communities, and our economy across our state."  He called the measure "another important step in our state’s strong trajectory towards universal legal representation." DOJ SUES NEWSOM OVER CALIFORNIA MEASURE GIVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COLLEGE TUITION BENEFITS While the bill does not explicitly outline all its exclusions, existing California policy suggests some immigrants with certain criminal histories could be excluded or deprioritized under any expanded program. California has already moved to limit state-funded legal aid in certain immigration cases, particularly for individuals with serious or violent felony convictions. Bonta, who represents the Oakland area, framed her bill as ensuring "every Californian’s right to a fair hearing." In a March statement, Bonta's office said the bill "builds on" her earlier bill to expand access to counsel for unaccompanied minors and other young immigrants in removal proceedings. That bill was signed into law by Newsom last year. "Every person deserves their day in court, with a lawyer by their side. In California, thousands of our neighbors are being swept into one of the most complex legal systems in the country, often in a second language, without an attorney or a fair shot," she said in a March statement. She decried the Trump administration’s "mass deportation machine," saying it is "accelerating that injustice." "[The bill] represents California’s chance to stand up for our values: a commitment to due process, dignity, and the principle that justice shouldn’t depend on what you can afford," said Bonta. Gibboney, however, said California should "use that money appropriately." "Use it for our education, which is failing … Use it for the veterans for better healthcare and for the seniors for better healthcare," she suggested. She urged Newsom to "recall his oath of office is to serve us, the public, we the people, not those that broke into our country and came here illegally." "Ronald was my firstborn and only son. He was 29 years old, a father of two. They were eight and 10," she shared. "The media usually doesn't talk about that kind of family separations, six feet of dirt in a coffin. But they talk about the ones that are deported to their country, where they can go back and visit and be reunited. I can never be reunited with my son." While expressing she is grateful that Newsom is term-limited, Gibboney urged California voters to vote to "stop this insanity," saying, "Yesterday it was my son that was shot by a previously deported criminal illegal alien. Tomorrow it could be your child." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8911d059ccda1fcc1226d Trump’s Operation Epic Fury humiliated the experts and redrew the Middle East te 2026-04-22T09:13:01.272Z Trump’s Operation Epic Fury humiliated the experts and redrew the Middle East When Operation Epic Fury began almost two months ago, Washington’s class of self-proclaimed foreign policy experts began warning that it would lead to several unintended and alarmingly negative secondary consequences. The general consensus seemed to be that, from President Trump on down, the administration was not doing the long-term planning to prevent these bad outcomes, notably countries in the region shifting away from the U.S. to China, a broadening war led by Iran’s proxies, and devastating spikes in energy prices. Even more shockingly, according to these experts, the president had not consulted with NATO allies before the action, depriving America of their critical support. While Epic Fury is certainly not over and outcomes remain uncertain, we now have enough perspective to determine whether these dire prognostications have come to pass. The experts’ scorecard to date is not good. First and foremost, China has not been anywhere near the conflict, either in terms of projecting power into the region to protect its own vital energy imports from the Gulf or in terms of bolstering its regional influence. On the contrary, angered by Iran’s ill-advised attacks on its neighbors, America’s partners in the Middle East have drawn closer together — and moved toward the U.S., not to mention Israel. The PRC has already lost Venezuela as a petro-vassal nation this year; now it faces the loss of Iran as well. LIZ PEEK: TRUMP IS PUTTING AMERICA FIRST BY BACKING IRAN INTO A CORNER The much-vaunted "ring of fire" around Israel, coordinated by Iran’s terrorist proxies such as the Houthis, Hamas, the Shiite militias in Iraq, and Hezbollah, has failed to materialize. The first three parties have been largely quiet to date, and the Jewish state has gone on the offensive against Hezbollah while engaging in historic diplomacy with Lebanon to come to a ceasefire, with the prospects of a normalization deal on the horizon. Iran and its proxies are very much on the outside looking in on this process, which makes them ever more irrelevant. And then there are energy prices. While Iran’s threats to constrict global energy supplies through its claimed control of the Strait of Hormuz have caused prices to rise, predictions of $200-a-barrel oil have not been realized. Certainly, prices for products such as gasoline and jet fuel are uncomfortably high, but so far, an overall energy crisis has been averted. One reason has been the successful regional pivot to pipelines bypassing the strait, notably by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Another is burgeoning U.S. production of oil and natural gas, both of which hit record highs during Epic Fury. While this increased production has not entirely offset the restriction of exports from the Gulf, it has absorbed some of the shock to the U.S. economy that this would have caused historically. In particular, American production of natural gas has acted as a critical buffer as prices have remained stable while supply was restricted and prices soared in Europe and Asia. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Finally, the withholding of support from what Donald Rumsfeld would have called "old Europe" has not been material — primarily because it has been revealed that those countries do not have much to provide. After the original fit of pique with which Brussels, Paris, London and Madrid greeted Epic Fury, they have resorted to strongly worded statements and performative Zoom calls to demonstrate their solidarity, followed by pledges to secure Hormuz, on which they are highly dependent, after the real fighting has concluded. Their impotence is embarrassing, but at least it has been exposed, which can lead to the difficult but necessary discussions about the commitment of Europe’s largest economies to their own defense. In better news, European members of NATO have not proven monolithic. "New Europe" countries such as the Baltics and Scandinavian countries, as well as Poland and Romania, have been supportive of the United States, possibly because they understand that while The New York Times was technically mistaken when it referred to the alliance as the "North American Treaty Organization," it was substantively correct that without America, NATO would not exist. Those countries seem much more concerned about protecting their security and economic ties with the U.S. than with posturing about capabilities that no longer endure. As President Trump offers the Iranian regime a diplomatic ultimatum to accept an end to its nuclear program and to remove its highly enriched uranium or face military escalation, the situation remains fluid and tense, but the fact remains that many of the dire predictions experts made at the beginning of the war have not come to pass. It remains to be seen how many other cherished assumptions will be shattered in the aftermath of Epic Fury, but one thing seems certain: President Trump has fundamentally reshaped the Middle East — and its future. Experts should take note. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM VICTORIA COATES Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89109059ccda1fcc12264 EARTH DAY: Three big signs the climate movement is running out of gas te 2026-04-22T09:12:41.675Z EARTH DAY: Three big signs the climate movement is running out of gas Former White House chief of staff (and potential 2028 presidential hopeful) Rahm Emanuel is associated with the phrase: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." His point was parlaying voters’ short-term anxiety into long-term political gain. Yet with a gallon of gasoline averaging more than four dollars in early April, the normal deafening chorus from the environmental movement has fallen to a dull murmur – even in the lead-up to Earth Day, their holiest of high holidays. With the world gripped by an energy crisis, the relative quiet from climate groups is an acknowledgement that their beliefs are no solution. Consider California Governor Gavin Newsom. Last July, he declared that his state’s, "economic growth comes not in spite of clean energy but because of it." Now, he is including his administration’s role to "responsibly increase oil production" in a press release.  TRUMP'S UN SPEECH REVEALS INCONVENIENT TRUTH OF MASSIVE GREEN ENERGY COSTS Here are three examples of shifting climate politics, and their implications for the future. EV Demand Remains Low During the Biden Administration, the push to force consumers into electric vehicles was everywhere. At the federal level, $7,500 tax credits were handed out. California implemented mandates requiring 100% of new cars and light trucks sold qualify as "zero-emission" by 2035.  In June 2022, as gas prices soared, then-Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) announced "it didn’t matter how high" gas cost because she drove an EV. How times (and the numbers) have changed. In 2024, the Big Three automakers in Stabenow’s home state lost a combined $52 billion dollars on EVs – higher than their entire combined net profits. Remember when then-President Joe Biden traveled to Michigan for a photo op with Ford’s new F-150 Lightning all electric truck? Facing flagging demand, Ford ceased production of the Lightning last year, noting, "the American consumer is speaking clearly." Indeed, they are. A recent Wall Street Journal story described "mostly empty and losing money" EV production plants throughout the Rust Belt as part of "America’s messy breakup with electric vehicles." Even if consumer interest in EVs ticks upward as some analysts expect, the reaction from the politicians is the true tell. Communist Cuba Bailed Out By Russian Oil The conflict in Iran has overshadowed the sad plight of the people of Cuba. Amid more than six decades of misery under a communist regime, the lights have literally gone out since January’s removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Cut off from the cheap oil from their socialist sympathizing neighbor, Cuba has plunged into a humanitarian crisis. The New York Times documented patients suffering or dying in hospitals without power, and ambulances parked because drivers can’t find gas. Cuba relies on oil and gas for more than 90 percent of its electricity, compared to just two percent from renewables. The situation got so dire that President Trump – often maligned by his critics for so-called lack of empathy – allowed a Russian oil tanker to reach Havana, noting, "they have to survive." BIDEN WANTED TO DRIVE RELIABLE ENERGY 'INTO A DITCH,' SAYS TRUMP ENERGY SECRETARY Just as there are no atheists in fox holes, there are precious few environmentalists when basic humanitarian necessities are lacking. American Energy Dominance Has Softened The Blow While current elevated gas prices are painful, countries more energy dependent than the United States feel the squeeze. In March, the Philippines shifted to four-day workweeks. Slovenia became the first European Union country to ration fuel. Thousands of gas stations across Australia, which important 90% of its fuel from the Middle East, ran out of fuel. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION It’s a different story here at home, where U.S. crude oil imports from the Persian Gulf have fallen to the lowest level in 40 years amid increasing domestic production. Meanwhile, prices in the U.S. for natural gas, responsible for nearly half (43%) of our nation’s electricity, have remained relatively flat, while spiking roughly 70% in Europe and Asia. President Trump deserves great credit for his renewed focus to American Energy Dominance. This Earth Day, the climate movement will once again make their chicken little cries, but the uproar is a far cry from recent years past. There are far fewer hyperbolic claims that "the world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change," as U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared in 2019.  International affairs lay bare the inextricable link between energy and national security, a lesson most reasonable Americans inherently understand. The climate movement knows that even in this critical moment, their brand of politics has been defeated by common sense. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e890e1059ccda1fcc12256 A Capitol Police Officer, Bogus Accusations and a Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory te 2026-04-22T09:12:01.969Z A Capitol Police Officer, Bogus Accusations and a Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory Shauni Kerkhoff was wrongfully implicated in the notorious Capitol Hill pipe-bomb case. Can she ever fully move on? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e890ce059ccda1fcc1224d In Virginia Redistricting Win, Democrats Play Hardball to Thwart Trump te 2026-04-22T09:11:42.328Z In Virginia Redistricting Win, Democrats Play Hardball to Thwart Trump “We cannot bring a stick to a knife fight”: Democrats are increasingly open to extreme measures, including gerrymandering, when the stakes are high. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e890ba059ccda1fcc12244 A $440,000 Breast Reduction: How Doctors Cashed In on the No Surprises Act and Arbitration te 2026-04-22T09:11:22.860Z A $440,000 Breast Reduction: How Doctors Cashed In on the No Surprises Act and Arbitration A law meant to end surprise medical billing accidentally created a multibillion-dollar industry that is making doctors richer. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e890a6059ccda1fcc1223b Abbott Uses Trump-Style Tactics, Threatens Houston, Dallas and Austin Over ICE Policy te 2026-04-22T09:11:02.988Z Abbott Uses Trump-Style Tactics, Threatens Houston, Dallas and Austin Over ICE Policy Gov. Greg Abbott gave the leaders of Houston, Dallas and Austin until Wednesday to amend their policies to his liking, or return over $150 million in police funding. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e89093059ccda1fcc12232 California Is Rife With Hospice Fraud. But Whose Fault Is It? te 2026-04-22T09:10:43.260Z California Is Rife With Hospice Fraud. But Whose Fault Is It? The Trump administration and Democratic state leaders are blaming each other for what everyone agrees is a big problem. The president has targeted California and Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8907f059ccda1fcc12229 College Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed Cancels Speech te 2026-04-22T09:10:23.435Z College Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed Cancels Speech Utah Valley University was thrilled that Sharon McMahon, a best-selling author, would speak at its graduation. And then her old posts resurfaced. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e88e3e059ccda1fcc121ba House Democrats demand Kash Patel take alcohol test under penalty of perjury after Atlantic report te 2026-04-22T09:00:46.322Z House Democrats demand Kash Patel take alcohol test under penalty of perjury after Atlantic report House Democrats are launching an investigation into FBI Director Kash Patel following a bombshell story from The Atlantic alleging he had "alarmed colleagues" with excessive drinking and erratic behavior.  Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and House Judiciary Democrats are demanding that Patel complete a 10-question test identifying "hazardous drinking behaviors" under the penalty of perjury. "These glimpses of your relationship to alcohol would be alarming to see in an FBI agent; for us to see them in the FBI Director himself is shocking and indicative of a public emergency," the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Patel late Tuesday evening.  Patel has vigorously denied the allegations in The Atlantic story and said Tuesday he has "never been intoxicated on the job." LEFT-WING GROUP CHASES PROOF OF KASH PATEL'S ALLEGED 'EXCESSIVE DRINKING' AS DEMS EYE FBI DIRECTOR'S OUSTER "I can say unequivocally that I never listen to the fake news mafia, and as when they get louder, it just means I’m doing my job," he added, during a joint press conference with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Raskin also sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Chairman Jim Jordan, demanding that the top Republican require Patel to testify under oath in person if he does not provide the requested information. The missive is likely to fall on deaf ears, with a spokesperson for the committee Republicans slamming the letter as "unserious" in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Crime is down to record-low levels. Criminals are behind bars, and America is safer thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Director Patel," the spokesperson said. "This is just another unserious effort from anonymous sources and partisan actors to attack the President and his Administration."  Democrats’ probe comes after Patel on Monday sued the outlet and Sarah Fitzpatrick, the story’s author, for $250 million in a defamation lawsuit alleging "actual malice."  KASH PATEL CALLS ‘BULLS**T’ ON SWALWELL IN HEATED EXCHANGE OVER EPSTEIN FILES The story, relying completely on anonymous sourcing, cited several officials detailing an alleged "emotional outburst" Patel had after being logged out of his computer. The outlet also reported officials alleging several instances of the FBI director engaging in copious drinking that led to difficulties waking him up. "Defendants are of course free to criticize the leadership of the FBI, but they crossed the legal line by publishing an article replete with false and obviously fabricated allegations designed to destroy Director Patel’s reputation and drive him from office," the lawsuit states.  The Atlantic released a statement defending its reporting and argued Patel’s lawsuit is "meritless." Trump administration officials have publicly defended Patel following the viral story. Blanche told reporters Tuesday that he had "a lot of concerns" with the report’s anonymous sourcing, but said he had not read it. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Atlantic that "Director Patel remains a critical player on the administration’s law and order team." Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e87926059ccda1fcc11a1c 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Yes — the downtown arch project is still in progress te 2026-04-22T07:30:46.551Z 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Yes — the downtown arch project is still in progress Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e87473059ccda1fcc11915 Why Kash Patel broadcast his alleged drinking issues to the world, despite denials, by suing the Atlantic te 2026-04-22T07:10:43.688Z Why Kash Patel broadcast his alleged drinking issues to the world, despite denials, by suing the Atlantic Kash Patel’s lawsuit against the Atlantic has already backfired, big time. Had the FBI director just put out a statement denouncing the magazine’s piece on him, the controversy would have vanished in two days. But by filing the $250-million suit against what he calls a "defamatory hit piece," he turned it into a top story on cable news, especially MS NOW, with constant coverage all day Monday, most of it unfavorable. In other words, Patel shined a white-hot spotlight on accusations of excessive drinking and disappearances to a vastly larger audience than would have heard about them.   FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL FILES $250 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ATLANTIC OVER 'DEFAMATORY HIT PIECE' "We will vigorously defend the Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit," a magazine spokeswoman said. While Patel is free to sue anyone he wants, there are two main reasons this is a seriously bad idea. As a public figure, he would have to prove that the Atlantic acted with malice – that is, either knowingly publishing something false, or showing reckless disregard for whether or not it’s true. The Atlantic is a liberal magazine, but has serious reporting chops. KASH PATEL DOUBLES DOWN ON LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ATLANTIC, SLAMS OUTLET AS ‘FAKE NEWS MAFIA’ Beyond that, Patel would open himself up to discovery, meaning the defendants could have access to all kinds of emails, texts and documents, some of which surely be unflattering. He could be deposed under oath. He would have the same rights. The malice question for public figures has been the legal standard since a 1964 Supreme Court ruling. Now I suppose this conservative court could overturn that. But I don’t think this lawsuit will even make it to trial. The Atlantic reporter, Sarah Fitzpatrick, pointed to "more than two dozen people I interviewed about Patel’s conduct, including current and former FBI officials, staff at law-enforcement and intelligence agencies, hospitality-industry workers, members of Congress, political operatives, lobbyists, and former advisers," all on an anonymous basis. Patel’s suit says that despite his denials, he was given just two hours to respond to the magazine’s list of questions. He provided a statement, which the article included, and the denials were repeated by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said "Director Patel remains a critical player on the administration’s law and order team." In the article, Patel is described as having a "freak-out" when he couldn’t sign on to the internal computer system, telling staff members he had been fired. It turned out to be a glitch. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL VOWS TO TAKE THE ATLANTIC TO COURT OVER 'DEFAMATORY' REPORT Among the allegations in the Fitzpatrick piece: "Several officials told me that Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication…Early in his tenure, meetings and briefings had to be rescheduled for later in the day as a result of his alcohol-fueled nights, six current and former officials and others familiar with Patel’s schedule told me. "On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials."  The Atlantic described Patel’s drinking as "no secret. While on official travel to Italy in February, he was filmed chugging beer with the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team following their gold-medal victory. The incident prompted the president—who does not drink and whose brother died following a long struggle with alcoholism—to call the FBI director to convey his unhappiness, according to two officials familiar with the call."  What’s more, the piece says, "Patel has led a purge of people who he believes are anti-Trump ‘conspirators’ or ‘enemies’ within the FBI. This has included firing people, opening internal investigations, and pressuring agents to quit when they pushed back—or were perceived to have pushed back—against Patel’s demands or questioned their legality." Patel, a onetime congressional aide, is a lawyer and ontime public defender who held various posts during Trump’s first term, and in 2022 became a director of the Trump Media & Technology Group. In his lawsuit, the FBI chief said the article is "replete with false and obviously fabricated allegations designed to destroy Director Patel’s reputation and drive him from office…Director Patel does not drink to excess." HOW DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO COURT THE ATLANTIC – AND WHY THE LIBERAL MAGAZINE LANDED AN INTERVIEW Under Editor Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic won its first Pulitzer Prize and three straight National Magazine Awards for general excellence. Adweek named him Editor of the Year and last year he won the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. It was Goldberg, you’ll recall, who was accidentally copied on a Signal chat in which War Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified war information. But he cooperated with the administration on what could fairly be published. Although Trump attacked Goldberg last year as a "sleazebag," he later invited him and two reporters to an Oval Office interview. The president, who was trying to get a favorable cover story, had posted that he was meeting with Goldberg "of all people." "It was "my way of explaining to people that you’re up here, because most people would say, ‘Why are you doing that?’ I’m doing that because there is a certain respect," he told Goldberg. The president, of course, has sued numerous news organizations, winning settlements of at least $16 million apiece from CBS and ABC. In that vein, Patel’s lawsuit may not necessarily be about winning. The FBI director may simply be going to court as a way of forcing the magazine to hire lawyers and as part of the Trump campaign to intimidate the media and perhaps soften or sink highly critical stories. (And yet the president talks to journalists virtually every day, increasingly takes their calls, and is going to his first White House Correspondents Dinner.)  SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE'S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST, A RIFF ON THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIES The Atlantic is owned by a company founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs’ widow, who is the lead investor and chair of the magazine. She has spent about $5 billion, roughly half her inherited fortune, on such matters as environmental and social justice causes. Deep pockets don’t seem to be a problem. Kash Patel has broadcast serious questions about his conduct, even as he denies them, by going the lawsuit route. All he’s accomplished so far is putting the allegations on a huge national stage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8721d059ccda1fcc1189e Minnesota allows ‘happy hour’ in nursing homes under new law easing alcohol restrictions te 2026-04-22T07:00:45.671Z Minnesota allows ‘happy hour’ in nursing homes under new law easing alcohol restrictions Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Tuesday allowing nursing home residents to drink alcohol, clearing the way for "happy hour" in senior living facilities. Previously, Minnesota law barred facilities from organizing events that included alcohol without a liquor license. The new "Grandparents’ Happy Hour" law allows nursing homes and assisted living facilities to serve alcohol without one. The measure also updates the state’s liquor laws, allowing some cities to issue licenses and easing rules for certain businesses, including nursing homes and University of Minnesota facilities. Walz announced the bill in a post on X, encouraging seniors to enjoy a drink. STATE OFFICIALS AND DAYCARE MANAGER PUSH BACK ON VIRAL VIDEO FRAUD ALLEGATIONS IN MINNESOTA "Living in a nursing home shouldn’t mean giving up everyday freedoms," Walz wrote in a post on X. "I just signed a bill allowing seniors living in nursing homes to consume alcohol - so that everyone can enjoy happy hour!" The law requires staff serving alcohol to be at least 18 years old, and facilities are responsible for ensuring residents do not overindulge. The bill drew attention during the legislative session, largely due to Anita LeBrun, an 88-year-old resident of an assisted living facility whose support went viral. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO WALZ, FREY OVER ALLEGED IMPEDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT "My friends and I love happy hour, just like many of you do, I am sure," LeBrun said before the House Commerce, Finance and Policy Committee last month.  "Over a shared drink, we get to reminisce about parts of our lives, military service, raising a family, the loss of a friend, and celebrating the golden phase of our lives too," she said. LeBrun also told a state Senate committee that living in an assisted facility "doesn’t mean that we should have fewer freedoms than anyone else." BIDEN-ERA HEALTH OFFICIALS QUIETLY URGED LIMITING ADULT ALCOHOL INTAKE AS TRUMP TAKES REINS FOR NEW GUIDANCE She later appeared on "Fox & Friends," describing social gatherings with snacks and music where residents previously had to bring their own alcohol due to restrictions. While policies vary, senior living communities in many states allow residents to drink or host informal social hours. Minnesota’s rules stood out because they limited how facilities could organize and serve alcohol in communal settings. "Living in a nursing home or assisted living facility should not mean giving up everyday freedoms," Walz said in a statement. "This bipartisan bill increases independence and safety under clear regulations, while ensuring residents are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve—including the ability to get together for happy hour." As the bill was considered, industry advocates said it would preserve small routines that support quality of life. "Ultimately, the ‘free the happy hour’ bill is about restoring a fundamental expectation — that moving into a senior living community does not mean giving up one’s autonomy," LeadingAge Minnesota, an industry group that represents senior living providers, said in a statement last month. Fox News Digital's Deirdre Bardolf contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e868d4059ccda1fcc116d5 Sedona to spend $320K on manhole repairs te 2026-04-22T06:21:08.337Z Sedona to spend $320K on manhole repairs Sedona City Council unanimously approved the rehabilitation of 49 manholes throughout the city during its Tuesday, April 14, meeting, awarding AMKA Services LLC a $320,865.36 contract. The Wastewater Department has been doing its annual sewer video evaluations of the city’s nearly 30-year-old sewer Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e853a1059ccda1fcc1122c Watchdog sues DOJ to block national voter database te 2026-04-22T04:50:41.454Z Watchdog sues DOJ to block national voter database Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8538c059ccda1fcc1121b Tucson City Council at odds on how to move forward with fare-free transit te 2026-04-22T04:50:20.787Z Tucson City Council at odds on how to move forward with fare-free transit Tucson City Council discussion Tuesday of fare-free transit grew tense, with Mayor Regina Romero saying the former head of the Regional Transportation Authority milked Tucson taxpayers and one council member accusing another of being “disingenuous.” The varying views on transit fees ensued after Tucson City Manager Tim Thomure recommended that the city maintain fare-free transit, saying it’s the most feasible option until at least 2028.  In a memo discussed at the study session, Thomure provided a list of cost-saving measures and new revenue totaling about $10.1 million annually that would help the city keep fare-free transit.  The mayor and council voted to direct the city manager and officials to renegotiate the funding agreements with the RTA, seeking a more fair system for how county cities contribute, which would help maintain fare-free transit for Tucsonans. Transit in Tucson has been fare-free since March 2020. Initially a temporary COVID-19 response, city leaders have since pushed to maintain fare-free transit for six years as they continue to find ways to fund the system. Tucson is among a small and growing number of cities nationwide offering free public transit. In Arizona, Sierra Vista is offering a fare-free program. U.S. cities experimenting with zero fares include Richmond, Virginia, Corvallis, Oregon and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tucson transit officials reviewed an analysis of reinstating fares. The system would cost an estimated $1.1 million in the first year of returning to fares, with a continued estimated cost of $818,000 annually. In 2028, the aging fareboxes also would have to be replaced — a one-time cost of about $6 million, according to the memo. The city could seek federal and grant funds to aid in the expense. If fares were reinstated at 2018 levels, this option would bring in the most money, producing an estimated $9.4 million in revenue in one year, projections in the memo stated. The mayor balked, saying neither she nor any of the council members are advocating for the return of 2018 fares. Not all council members agreed that transit should remain fare-free. Council member Nikki Lee said the city is subsidizing transit using about 9% of the general fund. She argued that continuing to keep transit fare-free is not sustainable.  “We’re continuing to direct tens of millions of dollars of our general fund into transit, which directly impacts our ability to invest in more services,” Lee said. “So looking through uncertainty on the data side, the underlying financial challenge is still very real, and we have to move this forward toward a balanced, sustainable model.” Gina Renfroe and Vanessa Gallego protest for free Sun Tran rides in front of City Hall on April 9. Renfroe entirely depends on the bus for transportation. Photo by Noor Haghighi. Also affecting the estimated revenue if fares were to be reinstated is an increase in low-income riders who would qualify for reduced fees.  “In 2025, approximately 71% of riders earned salaries low enough to qualify for the proposed free low-income fare,” the memo stated. Transit officials are estimating a reduction in ridership if the city starts charging for transit again.  The cost savings and new revenue for the system, includes about $1.4 million in “minor service changes across the Sun Tran system” and eliminating Sun Tran Route 22, which goes from the Ronstadt Transit Center in downtown to the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, around the El Rio Golf Course and back to the downtown transit station. The Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Board of Directors voted in February to move the Tucson Campus to Oro Valley.  The analysis highlighted about $8.75 million in new revenue, including $2 million annually from Visit Tucson’s contribution, about $5 million from a recent public utility tax increase and increases to the local hotel tax.  Also helping fund transit costs is the expected funding from the RTA Next plan, which voters approved in a special election last month. The RTA Next plan extended a half-cent sales tax to fund regional road and transit projects for the next 20 years.  The transportation plan includes funding for streetcar operation costs, expanded bus service areas and hours and $51,000 in funding for transit safety and security.  Romero said Tucson taxpayers have been carrying a “financial burden” for other jurisdictions outside of city limits. “It’s about time that we address the imbalances that the past executive director of the RTA has put on us. It’s very unfair, charging those credits to the city of Tucson, and not charging it to Oro Valley, Sahuarita, Pima County or Marana, really has been costing the city more than $2 million dollars a year,” Romero said. “So we really need to go back to the table, to work with Mr. (Michael) Ortega, the new executive director at the RTA, to redo the intergovernmental agreements that we have with them.” Arizona Luminaria reached out to RTA officials after business hours. The memo pointed out inequities in the city’s contribution to the RTA, arguing that Tucson pays more compared to other cities in the metro area. A policy that requires cities to cover revenue losses from fare-free services of Sun Shuttle and Dial-a-Ride has not been applied consistently across every city included in the RTA, Andy Bemis, deputy director of Transportation and Mobility told the council. “The city of Tucson should no longer provide fare revenue credits to the RTA if the RTA is not collecting them from other PAG/RTA member jurisdictions,” according to the memo.  The city is expected to cover an estimated $2.7 million in fare revenue credits in fiscal year 2026. Sun Shuttle is a fixed-route service for people in Marana, Oro Valley and Catalina, Green Valley and Sahuarita, Tucson Estates, the San Xavier District, Rita Ranch and Ajo. Students pack a streetcar at a stop on University Boulevard on May 5. The streetcar will stay free to ride but the city wants the University of Arizona to help pay for it. Credit: Michael McKisson The mayor also said it’s important that they continue working with the Safe City Task Force to improve safety along transit routes. As part of its transit safety plan, the city is working to add safety ambassadors, people who would help connect riders to services and resources.  Council member Lane Santa Cruz emphasized that returning to fares will not address safety issues. Bringing more riders to buses would actually reduce crime along bus routes, she said, citing Philadelphia’s and Minneapolis’ drop in serious crime as ridership increased. “More riders means more eyes, more community presence, safer systems,” Santa Cruz said. “Fare-free is a safety strategy. A fare box is not.” Lee said the city should go back to the community to see whether they want to move forward with fare-free transit.  “We need to hear broadly with as many Tucsonans as possible,” Lee said. “Not just anecdotal feedback. But real, structured input from across the community.” She pointed to gaining feedback from local stakeholders, including fare-free transit advocates, the Teamsters, users of the transit system, the business community, city employees and public safety officials.  Attempting to replace Santa Cruz’s motion to direct city staff to renegotiate agreements with RTA, Lee moved to direct city officials to work on intergovernmental agreements with RTA, as well as to “conduct robust community engagement” for 90 days.  “I think this is disingenuous coming from a council member who has consistently said that they’re against fare-free transit, that they wouldn’t vote for a budget that continued to have fare-free,” Santa Cruz said of Lee’s position.  Romero said she believes there should be a strategic and longer than 90-day discussion with the community. She also warned against hosting too general of meetings, where people might correlate drug-use and crime with fare-free transit without evidence.  Lee’s motion failed 3-4.  That made way for the council to vote on Santa Cruz’s original motion, which passed unanimously.  Council member Miranda Schubert said constantly returning to the discussion of whether to keep transit fare-free creates uncertainty for residents and holds city representatives back from planning solutions and strategies for how to fund a fare-free transit system long-term.  “I think it’s a waste of time to continue to threaten to reinstate fares when we know that 71% of the users of the system qualify as low income,” Schubert said.  Schubert said she would like fare-free transit to be properly marketed as a service to all Tucsonans.  “Universal access to transit, in fact, is an assurance and a certainty that we can provide in a time of extreme uncertainty,” Schubert said. “This should be the function of local government.” The post Tucson City Council at odds on how to move forward with fare-free transit appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8517c059ccda1fcc111ff Police actively searching for missing endangered senior te 2026-04-22T04:41:32.436Z Police actively searching for missing endangered senior BULLHEAD CITY — Police are actively looking for 81-year-old Tommy Norris, who reportedly walked away from his residence about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e85168059ccda1fcc111f6 Tommy Kay Norris.jpeg te 2026-04-22T04:41:12.629Z Tommy Kay Norris.jpeg Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e84c9b059ccda1fcc110cf ICE detains illegal immigrant accused of sexually assaulting minor after hospital parking lot birth te 2026-04-22T04:20:43.668Z ICE detains illegal immigrant accused of sexually assaulting minor after hospital parking lot birth Federal immigration officials issued a detainer for a Mexican national accused of sexually assaulting a minor in South Carolina after the victim was found giving birth in a hospital parking lot. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer for Luis Armando Argueta Montejo, who is accused of having sexual intercourse with a female minor believed to be between the ages of 11 and 14. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Montejo was arrested days after the minor was found giving birth in the parking lot of Oconee Memorial Hospital in South Carolina. Evidence collected by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office indicated that Montejo had sexual intercourse with the victim, according to DHS. MIGRANT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN PILE UP IN BOSTON AREA AS MAYOR SLAMS BONDI OVER ‘SANCTUARY’ WARNING The 43-year-old was charged with incest and three counts of criminal sexual conduct with a child, DHS said. "This sicko should NEVER have been in our country to prey on children in the first place," Acting Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. "He now faces charges for incest and multiple child sex crimes." Montejo told ICE he first entered the U.S. in 2006 and does not have a prior criminal record, according to officials. PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED BRAZILIAN WOMAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES AGAINST MASSACHUSETTS CHILD ICE lodged a detainer on April 17 to ensure he is transferred to federal custody after local proceedings conclude. "Prior to these horrific crimes, this illegal alien lacked a criminal record in the U.S.," Bis said. "Under Secretary Mullin, ICE lodged an arrest detainer with South Carolina to ensure this monster is never loose in our communities again." Bis said the case underscores the need for coordination between federal and local authorities. "Thankfully, South Carolina cooperates with ICE law enforcement," Bis added. "This is why we need cooperation from state and local partners, so together we can keep criminals off our streets and make America safe again." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e84a43059ccda1fcc1104e US military launches first-ever autonomous warfare command to deploy unmanned systems across Latin America te 2026-04-22T04:10:43.607Z US military launches first-ever autonomous warfare command to deploy unmanned systems across Latin America The U.S. military is launching a new autonomous warfare command to deploy cutting-edge unmanned systems across Latin America, marking a first-of-its-kind move by a combatant command. U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) commander Gen. Francis Donovan said Tuesday he ordered the creation of the SOUTHCOM Autonomous Warfare Command to support national security priorities and regional efforts. "From the seafloor to space and across the cyber domain, we fully intend to leverage the clear superiority of the American defense ecosystem by deploying cutting-edge innovation and working ever closer with our enduring partners in the region to outmatch those who threaten our collective peace and security," Donovan said in a statement. According to SOUTHCOM, the new command will employ "autonomous, semi-autonomous, and unmanned platforms and systems to counter threats and challenges across domains, linking tactical missions to long-term strategic effects." US MARINE CORPS CREATES ATTACK DRONE TEAM AS ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA, CHINA HEATS UP SAWC will also work with U.S. allies in the region and advance missions including targeting narcoterrorist and cartel networks and responding to large-scale natural disasters. Donovan said the region is well-suited for innovation and collaboration with partners. "Our geographic area of responsibility has a wide range of conditions, varied terrain, and diverse operational environments that make it an ideal setting in which to innovate. It is also a region with very capable and committed security partners who lean forward, embrace technologies and are very eager to work collaboratively with us to support regional stability in new and effective ways," he said. US MILITARY BUILDUP IN CARIBBEAN SEES BOMBERS, MARINES AND WARSHIPS CONVERGE NEAR VENEZUELA SOUTHCOM is responsible for military operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, including counter-narcotics missions aimed at disrupting drug trafficking networks that threaten U.S. interests. The U.S. military has carried out dozens of strikes in recent months on suspected drug-smuggling vessels as part of a broader campaign to dismantle cartel-linked trafficking operations. In a written posture statement to Congress earlier this year, Donovan said he aimed to leverage emerging technologies, telling lawmakers he intended "to capitalize on next generation capabilities like unmanned platforms, AI integration, and commercial tools to better enable us and our partners to counter … threats together." In March, Donovan told an Armed Services Committee member he aimed to build cost-effective, modernized forces for SOUTHCOM’s mission, including autonomous systems and human-machine teaming, "to greatly increase lethality, all-domain awareness, and data sharing for U.S. and partner forces." SOUTHCOM said it will work with the military services and the War Department’s Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG) to identify capabilities needed for the new command to begin operations and integrate into its mission. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e84806059ccda1fcc10ffa Vietnam veteran, 76, describes surviving five days lost in Arizona wilderness te 2026-04-22T04:01:10.134Z Vietnam veteran, 76, describes surviving five days lost in Arizona wilderness A 76-year-old Vietnam veteran survived five days lost in the Arizona wilderness, facing dehydration and a rattlesnake encounter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e84593059ccda1fcc10f55 Lincoln Riley thinks USC's 'championship window' is open, despite lack of success heading into his fifth year te 2026-04-22T03:50:43.925Z Lincoln Riley thinks USC's 'championship window' is open, despite lack of success heading into his fifth year Remarkably, the 2026 college football season will be the fifth year for Lincoln Riley as head coach of the USC Trojans.  When Riley came over from Oklahoma, he brought an exceptional resume. Over five seasons in Norman, he put up a 55-10 record, coached two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks and won four consecutive Big 12 Conference titles.  He had three consecutive College Football Playoff appearances, though never advanced to the National Championship game. Thanks in large part to a heartbreaking loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2018 Rose Bowl. And therein lies the one thing missing from Riley’s list of accomplishments: a championship.  ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! While Oklahoma is a storied program in its own right, the move to USC brought with it championship-level expectations. Matching his high-octane offense with SC’s recruiting prowess and location in Southern California was supposed to get the Trojans back to the top of the college football world. Well, SC has not returned to the top of the college football world. Which is why it’s so surprising that Lincoln Riley is telling the media he expects the program to be entering a "championship window." In a new interview with On3’s Wilson Alexander, Riley said he believes that it’s been "a lot of work" to get there, but they’ve now gotten "this window opened."  "USC had to get really serious about being great in the sport again," he explained. "
I give the school administration, everybody, credit. They have." "Taking this over, you knew you had to go fight like hell just to try to get this window opened," Riley said. "And we’re at a point right now where there’s a lot to be excited about and a lot in front of us. It’s been a lot of work for a lot of people, a lot of commitment from a lot of people to get there, and it should be a lot of fun these next few years." "We came here to win championships," he continued. "
A lot of us have been fortunate enough to be a part of a lot of championships. We certainly didn’t come here for anything less. We’ve got to go buckle down and improve and really come together, but there’s the makings of a championship-level football team in that building right now." Riley’s critics would point to several examples of head coaches taking over programs and immediately turning them around. Curt Cignetti at Indiana, for example, went 16-0 and won a title in his second season. Kenny Dillingham took ASU to the playoff in his second year in Phoenix. Those situations, though, do have some differences with Riley’s time at SC. Indiana had significant financial backing to bring in a top transfer portal class, and Dillingham had the advantage of a "weaker" Big 12 Conference relative to the Big Ten or the Pac-12. SC fell behind quickly in the NIL era, only recently putting its financial muscle into recruiting and signing top classes.  Realistically, though, with a tough schedule, and the vaunted 2026 recruiting class needing time to develop, 2027 might be a better opportunity for SC to really compete for a title. But given the disappointing results in 2023 and 2024, Riley might need to win nine to 10 games to even get there. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e840cf059ccda1fcc10e4b Man Is Charged With Providing Gun to Louisiana Shooter te 2026-04-22T03:30:23.316Z Man Is Charged With Providing Gun to Louisiana Shooter Investigators said they were trying to determine how the man who carried out a shooting spree that left eight children dead in Shreveport, La., obtained a weapon despite a prior conviction. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e83e76059ccda1fcc10dd8 Virginia Passes Gerrymandered Map to Help Democrats in Midterms: 4 Takeaways te 2026-04-22T03:20:22.871Z Virginia Passes Gerrymandered Map to Help Democrats in Midterms: 4 Takeaways Virginia’s approval of an aggressive gerrymander could give Democrats up to four additional House seats as they seek to win back Congress. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e83c20059ccda1fcc10d45 Jiselle Nunez hits 3 homers with 11 RBIs as Pima softball sweeps Scottsdale te 2026-04-22T03:10:24.750Z Jiselle Nunez hits 3 homers with 11 RBIs as Pima softball sweeps Scottsdale Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e83a06059ccda1fcc10cdc Top California Dem running for office tied to Chinese school accused of US diploma scandal te 2026-04-22T03:01:26.462Z Top California Dem running for office tied to Chinese school accused of US diploma scandal California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, who is running for lieutenant governor, is facing blowback for promising jobs and internships to students at a China-based boarding school accused of committing diploma fraud in conjunction with a California school district, after the school’s founder poured tens-of-thousands of dollars into her campaigns. Pegasus California School, based in Qingdao, China, was the subject of a probe completed in February by California education officials in Riverside County, following concerns that the Val Verde Unified School District was illegally issuing diplomas to Pegasus' China-based students. It also identified other potential concerns related to Pegasus and California education officials working for the district and the California Department of Education, indicating there was evidence of them engaging in potential fraud, misappropriation of funds and other illegal fiscal practices. The audit concluded that investigators found "a pattern of favors, official acts, promises, and payments" leading to the California Department of Education's ultimate approval of a pilot program that allowed wealthy Chinese students to obtain a U.S. high school diploma overseas. Meanwhile, a post on the school's website shows Ma visiting in 2023, telling students, parents and teachers there that she would be able to help the enrollees at the school get jobs and internships back in the U.S. The same post on the school's website heralded Ma's visit as evidence of "the California government's recognition and attention to Pegasus," which became a sister-school to California's Val Verde Unified School District in 2016 and started its pilot program issuing California diplomas a year later. "Fiona chose Pegasus as the only school to visit in China, which shows the California government’s recognition and attention to Pegasus," Pegasus bragged in the now-archived post from its website. CHINESE EDUCATOR WITH SEVERAL CCP TIES COZIES UP TO TOP NEW YORK DEMOCRATS: 'OUR OLD FRIEND WHO LISTENS' It then included an excerpt from Ma: "I am honored to come to Qingdao Pegasus California School today to see many students perform and communicate with them. If they want to intern in California, they can come to me, I will provide some internship and employment opportunities." Steven Ma, who is unrelated to Fiona Ma but is Pegasus' founder, directly contributed over $13,200 to her campaigns for State Treasurer and Lt. Gov., according to California campaign finance records dating back to 2021. The Pegasus founder's college-admissions consulting firm, ThinkTank Learning Inc. also contributed $23,800 to Ma's campaigns since 2010, according to state campaign finance records. TRUMP ADMIN SENDS WARNING TO CALIFORNIA AS TRANS ATHLETE ADVANCES IN STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP Fox News Digital reached out to Ma multiple times for comment on her visit to the China-based school, and to the Val Verde school district itself to inquire whether it was aware of Ma's visit, but did not receive a response. Business Insider released a scathing report in 2021 calling out the Pegasus California School for its improper relationship with the Val Verde Unified School District, which Business Insider argues spurred the recently completed audit into Pegasus by California education officials. The China-based school, according to Business Insider, was charging up to $34,000 a year for students to enroll and, despite drawing on Val Verde resources, it functioned as a private boarding school. The school's own website describes itself as an "independent" international school that uses a "fee payment and registration" framework for students after gaining admission, similar to how private schools in the U.S. operate, according to a Fox News Digital review. A February 2018 Memorandum of Understanding between the China-based boarding school and Val Verde, reviewed by Fox News Digital, indicated that in return for receiving diplomas and teachers from the United States, ten students from the Val Verde school district would be afforded the opportunity to travel to China and attend Pegasus for 10 days at the cost of $300 a student. It also laid out an exchange program for students at Pegasus to visit schools' in California. While the audit does not appear to identify any clear direct repayment from Pegasus to Val Verde itself, it does highlight travel, consulting opportunities, scholarships and other perks, like "great publicity," that benefited officials and the district more than its own students. Meanwhile, Pegasus was allegedly telling its students and parents that it could guarantee them admission to one of the top 100 universities in the U.S., and if that didn't happen, they would get a complete tuition reimbursement. A 2019 Memorandum of Understanding, included in the California audit, showed the University of California – Riverside even made a commitment that students who met certain academic thresholds would "receive a UCR scholarship." Following the completion of the audit from Riverside County officials in February, announced publicly in March by Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin Gomez, the California Department of Education issued a cease-and-desist demanding Pegasus terminate official statements on its website claiming it was founded in 2016 with the department's "blessing and support." "California Business and Professions Code Section 17533.6 makes it unlawful for a non-governmental entity to use a state government name in a manner that could reasonably be interpreted or construed as implying connection, approval or endorsement by the state government," stated the March cease-and-desist. "The above statement on your website could reasonably be interpreted or construed to imply that the California Department of Education is connected to, approves or endorses Pegasus California School. You are on notice that the California Department of Education is not connected to, does not approve and does not endorse Pegasus California School." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e839f2059ccda1fcc10cd3 Drake seems to troll Bears star QB Caleb Williams with ‘Iceman’ album promo in Toronto te 2026-04-22T03:01:06.840Z Drake seems to troll Bears star QB Caleb Williams with ‘Iceman’ album promo in Toronto As rapper Drake rolls out the latest promotion for his upcoming "Iceman" album, it appears he’s also taking a jab at Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams in the process. The Canadian artist posted a photo on Monday of himself rocking a Green Bay Packers jacket in front of blocks of ice that were set up in downtown Toronto with the release date of his highly anticipated album hidden inside. The promotion led to fans trying to speed up the melting process of the heavy blocks. A streamer who goes by "Kishka" ended up finding the envelope, took it to Drake’s home in the area, and the May 15 release date was eventually revealed for all to see. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Packers even reposted the pictures of Drake, with a simple "Hi" in their caption while tagging the famous rapper. So, where does Caleb Williams come into play here? PACKERS GREAT CLAY MATTHEWS RESPECTS LIONS STAR AMON-RA ST BROWN ADDING JUICE TO RIVALRY: 'I LOVE IT' Well, as Williams helped lead the Bears to the playoffs, he claimed himself the "Iceman" after coming from behind for dramatic wins during a remarkable 2025 campaign. Then, Williams took it to another level, trying to trademark the nickname in March, though he received scrutiny not from Drake, but Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin. The four-time scoring champ and 12-time All-Star was called "Iceman" throughout his career. But now, Drake is claiming himself the "Iceman." And while it could just be a coincidence Drake was wearing the Packers bomber jacket, he is quite known for jabs at his "foes," whether straight-forward or through subtle things like his attire. Drake has been hinting at this new album for some time now, slowly releasing promos since last summer. Considering his love for sports, he made sure to play that up to build anticipation for the album. At Scotiabank Arena, the home of the Toronto Raptors, Drake had fake icicles placed on the two courtside seats that he usually sits in when he attends NBA games. They were spotted on April 12 — a 136-101 blowout win for the home team.   Meanwhile, Bears fans have learned to enjoy "Iceman" Williams, even if the games are rollercoasters at times. The 24-year-old threw for 3,942 yards with 27 touchdowns and just seven interceptions, while leading the team to the playoffs with an 11-6 record. The Bears eventually fell to the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round in an overtime thriller. It wasn’t Williams’ best game, throwing for two touchdowns, but three interceptions in the loss. But feelings around the Bears are that the No. 1 overall pick is the right guy to continue leading the franchise, especially when it comes to defeating divisional opponents like the Packers.   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/69e839cb059ccda1fcc10cc8 Immigration Agent Is Charged With Assaulting a Colorado Protester te 2026-04-22T03:00:27.222Z Immigration Agent Is Charged With Assaulting a Colorado Protester The officer faces a misdemeanor charge after an encounter in Colorado, becoming one of the few federal agents to be prosecuted by local officials during the immigration crackdown. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8353e059ccda1fcc10be1 Spurs star Victor Wembanyama enters concussion protocol, ruled out of Game 2 after fall against Trail Blazers te 2026-04-22T02:41:02.554Z Spurs star Victor Wembanyama enters concussion protocol, ruled out of Game 2 after fall against Trail Blazers San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama was ruled out of Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers after he was placed in concussion protocol. Wembanyama was out of sorts after hitting the court face first in the second quarter. The NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year this season was fouled by Blazers guard Jrue Holiday, and Wembanyama was unable to brace his fall, as his jaw hit the hardwood and play stopped midway through the quarter. After staying down on the court for some time, Wembanyama sat up in a seated position as coach Mitch Johnson called timeout to check on his big man. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Despite seeming dazed at first, Wembanyama was able to stand and ran into the tunnel to get further evaluation in the locker room. However, the Spurs announced that he wouldn’t return to the game due to protocol. The Spurs, who won Game 1 of the First Round series, are looking to further their advantage in the best-of-seven matchup with the Blazers. But doing so without Wembanyama, who led the team with 35 points in the Game 1 victory, isn’t ideal for the Spurs. SPURS REVEAL GREGG POPOVICH SUFFERED 'MILD STROKE,' EXPECTED TO MAKE FULL RECOVERY But it’s hard not to look ahead for the team and fan base alike. Being in concussion protocol means having to hit all checkpoints in recovery before making a return to the court. San Antonio is set to play in Portland for the first time in this series on Friday night, with a 10:30 p.m. tip-off for Game 3. Luckily for Wembanyama and the Spurs, that gives him some days to potentially check those boxes needed to play. This is the Spurs’ first trip to the playoffs since 2019, and Wembanyama, an MVP finalist, played a large role in helping the team achieve regular-season success, enough so to earn the No. 2 overall seed in the Western Conference with a 62-20 record. Wembanyama was also just named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, marking the first time anyone has been a unanimous winner as well as being the youngest to ever win the prestigious award. The 7-foot-4 Frenchman earned all 100 first-place votes, while Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren finished with 76 second-place votes. Detroit Pistons guard Ausar Thompson finished in third place when the ballots were tallied. Former Detroit Piston Ben Wallace came closest to a unanimous Defensive Player of the Year in 2001–02, falling just four votes short in a 120-person panel. Wembanyama averaged 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and a league-high 3.1 blocks this season. 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/69e8352b059ccda1fcc10bd8 Michael and Susan Dell surpass 1 billion in donations backing AI driven hospital project te 2026-04-22T02:40:43.089Z Michael and Susan Dell surpass 1 billion in donations backing AI driven hospital project Billionaire Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, have become the first donors to give more than $1 billion to the University of Texas at Austin, funding a massive new medical research campus and hospital system powered by artificial intelligence. The couple’s latest investment includes a $750 million gift to help build the UT Dell Medical Center, a planned "AI-native" hospital expected to open in 2030 as part of a more than 300-acre advanced research campus. University officials said the project will integrate research, clinical care and advanced computing to improve early disease detection, personalize treatment and expand access to care in the rapidly growing Austin region. The Dells’ support builds on decades of contributions to UT, including funding for its medical school, scholarships and research programs. EXCLUSIVE: REPUBLICANS IN KEY RED STATE LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO ELECT ‘TRUE’ CONSERVATIVES AHEAD OF TRUMP RETURN "By bringing together medicine, science and computing in one campus designed for the AI era, UT can create more opportunity, deliver better outcomes, and build a stronger future for communities across Texas and beyond," Michael Dell and Susan Dell said. The gift ranks among the largest in the history of higher education, alongside major contributions like Phil Knight’s $2 billion pledge to Oregon Health & Science University and Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University. The new UT Dell Medical Center will be developed in collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center, integrating cancer care into a system designed to connect prevention, diagnosis and treatment. AI IS RUNNING THE CLASSROOM AT THIS TEXAS SCHOOL, AND STUDENTS SAY 'IT'S AWESOME' "We will deliver better outcomes for patients by providing research-driven cancer care that is precise, compassionate and hope-filled," Peter WT Pisters, president of UT MD Anderson, said. Officials said the facility will be built from the ground up to incorporate AI, rather than retrofitting older infrastructure — an approach they say could transform how hospitals operate. Independent experts have cautioned that AI in health care can introduce risks if not carefully validated. A widely cited study published in the journal Science by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago found that a commonly used health care algorithm underestimated the needs of Black patients due to biased training data, highlighting broader concerns about equity in AI-driven systems. The project also includes funding for undergraduate scholarships, student housing and the Texas Advanced Computing Center, where officials are developing one of the nation’s most powerful academic supercomputers. TURNING POINT USA BACKS TRUMP ACCOUNTS PROGRAM WITH 'DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR MATCH' FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE NEWBORNS Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the investment will help position the state as a national leader in health care innovation. "Texas already dominates in technology, energy and business, and now we will further cement our leadership in health care innovation as well," Abbott said. The university said it plans to break ground on the medical center later this year and has launched a broader campaign to raise $10 billion over the next decade. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82e22059ccda1fcc10658 Tokyo theme park worker dies after being trapped inside ride mechanism during routine maintenance te 2026-04-22T02:10:42.968Z Tokyo theme park worker dies after being trapped inside ride mechanism during routine maintenance An employee conducting routine maintenance at a Tokyo theme park reportedly died after becoming trapped for an extended period inside the mechanism of an attraction ride. The incident occurred at Tokyo Dome City Attractions on the "Flying Balloon" ride on Tuesday, the company said. "During routine maintenance work on the ride, one of our employees became trapped within the ride's gondola mechanism," the company said. "Following rescue operations, the employee was transported to a hospital, where their death was subsequently confirmed." According to local media outlet NHK World Japan, the worker was identified by police as 24-year-old Kamimura Hina. It took roughly five hours for personnel to free her, but she was ultimately pronounced dead at a hospital. VIDEO CAPTURES HORRIFIC MOMENT CHAIRLIFT SNAPS AT RUSSIAN RESORT, SENDS TERRIFIED TOURISTS PLUMMETTING "Flying Balloon" is reportedly a 12-seat ride where passengers sit in a circle around a central pillar. The seats rotate and rise along the structure to a height of roughly 30 feet. During the operator’s monthly inspection, the seats were elevated, allowing Kamimura and five colleagues to access and inspect the ride’s mechanisms, according to the outlet. The victim is believed to have been working on a stepladder when the raised seats suddenly fell, trapping her against the central pillar. 10 INJURED AFTER CARS ON GIANT PENDULUM RIDE BREAK APART MIDAIR, HORRIFYING VIDEO SHOWS "We offer our deepest prayers for the repose of the deceased employee's soul, and we extend our profound condolences and apologies to their bereaved family," the companay said. "We also wish to offer our sincere apologies once again to all customers and stakeholders who have been inconvenienced and caused anxiety as a result of this accident. The corporation said it is conducting a full-scale investigation into the cause of the accident in coordination with relevant authorities, including police and the fire department. Operations at all the attractions of the amusement park were immediately suspended until further notice, "as we dedicate our full efforts to thoroughly investigating the cause of this incident and implementing measures to prevent its recurrence," they added. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82bcf059ccda1fcc105f0 Family thanks community following return of missing Havasu teen te 2026-04-22T02:00:47.949Z Family thanks community following return of missing Havasu teen Update as of 4:28 p.m.: On Tuesday, April 21, relatives stated that they located the missing 15-year-old Lake Havasu City resident, Mason Mackey-Russell. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e829c4059ccda1fcc1055c Acting AG Todd Blanche says SPLC fraud indictment is not politically motivated, calls conduct 'egregious' te 2026-04-22T01:52:04.700Z Acting AG Todd Blanche says SPLC fraud indictment is not politically motivated, calls conduct 'egregious' Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was not politically motivated during an appearance Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle." The Alabama-based civil rights group was federally indicted Tuesday on fraud charges and is accused of funneling millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. "That indictment is free for everybody to read, and if the takeaway is that that's political, I mean, I think the opposite is true," Blanche told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Blanche described the SPLC's alleged conduct as "extraordinarily egregious," saying the group paid $3 million to people associated with the United Klans of America and other extremist organizations from 2014 to 2023. SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER SAYS IT'S UNDER DOJ INVESTIGATION The group faces charges including wire fraud, false statements to a bank and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The SPLC, which uses civil litigation fighting White supremacy and dismantling extremist groups, performed in exact opposite to its mission, Blanche said. "The very entities that this group was raising money to go against are the very entities that they were taking the money in and paying to these entities and these individuals associated with those groups," the attorney general told Ingraham. Blanche claimed SPLC-funded informants helped initiate the deadly Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. DOJ DEMANDS 865K DETROIT BALLOTS, THREATENING POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION "What we allege in the indictment and what the grand jury found is that one of the individuals that they paid was one of the folks who helped organize that terrible event," the acting attorney general said. "They were part of it." Blanche also said the SPLC did not alert law enforcement about its funding of informants in the extremist organizations. The SPLC pushed back on the indictment, defending what its interim CEO Bryan Fair described as "prior use of paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely violent groups." "There's no information that we have that suggests that the money that they were paying to these informants and these members of these organizations, they then turned around and shared what they learned with law enforcement," Blanche said. In a video responding to the indictment, Fair said his civil rights group was "targeted" by the Trump administration and expressed outrage over the "false allegations" from the Justice Department. "The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice and ensure the promise of the Civil Rights movement becomes a reality for all," Fair said. Fair also said the organization "will vigorously defend ourselves, our staff and our work," according to The Associated Press. Blanche said the investigation remains ongoing and said if allegations are proven to be true, the case is "very troubling." "It shakes the heart of our democracy to understand what happened," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e829b0059ccda1fcc10553 Josh Allen annihilates a beer to fire up the Sabres crowd te 2026-04-22T01:51:44.960Z Josh Allen annihilates a beer to fire up the Sabres crowd We all knew things would get wild in Buffalo with the Sabres making their first postseason appearance since Barack Obama's first term, and they brought in the big guns for Game 2 against the Boston Bruins. Did anyone order up Josh Allen downing a brewski for the boys? Because that's what you're getting. The Sabres and their fans are riding high after coming into the playoffs as the top seed in the Atlantic Division. Then, in Game 1, they pulled off a come-from-behind over the Bruins. HOCKEY ANNOUNCER CONFRONTED BY RAUCOUS FAN, HIT WITH CHAIR DURING LIVE BROADCAST So, to get the second game started on the right foot, the team recruited the Buffalo Bills' signal caller to come out and fire everyone up by banging on a big, team-branded drum. But he had one more move up his sleeve: a frosty cold one. Now that's how you do it. PANTHERS CAPTAIN ALEKSANDER BARKOV TAKES STANLEY CUP ON 5 AM NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR, GM REVEALS Also, how about that "goathead" sweater? I'm honestly stunned they didn't wear those. Especially since we've seen two other teams — Dallas and Pittsburgh — bust out alternates for their first home games this postseason. Those sweaters have so much mojo, as shown by Allen just demolishing what looked to be a Corona. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! He showed some stellar form, and I think it's safe to say that if he wasn't busy on most Sundays in the fall, he'd be one of the lunatics diving through folding tables or squirting that one guy with ketchup and mustard. Allen fits in nicely in Buffalo, which is just going wild right now. Part of me wants to say it's a shame that they've gone playoff-less as long as they have, but I feel like it takes 15 years of regular seasons ending in mid-April to make people behave like this: You love to see it. This series they're in with Boston is going to be a tight one, but I'm not going to lie: I wouldn't mind seeing what happens if the Sabres make it to the next round. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8299d059ccda1fcc1054a EXCLUSIVE: DHS honors angel families during National Crime Victims Week, calls crimes 'completely preventable' te 2026-04-22T01:51:25.215Z EXCLUSIVE: DHS honors angel families during National Crime Victims Week, calls crimes 'completely preventable' The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday recognized National Crime Victims Week by shining a light on those impacted by crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants and resources available to angel families. After being shut down by the Biden administration, the Trump administration re-opened the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office to prioritize American victims and their families. Over the past year, the office has fielded nearly 900 calls seeking assistance, according to DHS. ICE BUSTS SEVERAL CONVICTED CRIMINALS, INCLUDING CHILD RAPIST WHO THREATENED TO KILL 11-YEAR-OLD VICTIM The office restores critical support services, such as helping victims track immigration enforcement cases, providing automated ICE custody updates, and connecting families with local social services. Of the incidents reported, DHS said 32% involved violent assault, 15% involved rape or sexual assault and 9% involved homicide or manslaughter. "For too long in this country, victims of illegal alien crime have been ignored by the media and sanctuary politicians," DHS acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital. "This National Crime Victims Week, Secretary Markwayne Mullin is honoring the victims of illegal alien crime." TOM HOMAN VOWS ACTION AS CALIFORNIA SET TO RELEASE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO KILLED TWO TEENS "DHS will never stop fighting for victims of illegal aliens and will ALWAYS put America first," she added. "Every crime committed by an illegal alien is completely preventable." Some of the victims of crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants, who DHS is remembering this week, include: In April 2025, Megan Bos’ body was found partially decomposed in a garbage can in Waukegan, Illinois. Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is charged with abuse of a corpse, two counts of concealing the death of a person and obstructing justice in connection with her death. Despite the charges, DHS said he was released under sanctuary Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. On July 19, 2025, he was arrested by ICE officers in Chicago. Joshua Wilkerson, 18, was killed by his classmate Hermilo Moralez, an illegal immigrant from Belize, on Nov. 16, 2010, according to DHS. After his disappearance, Wilkerson’s body was found dumped in the woods, severely beaten and burned.  Less than five months before killing Wilkerson, DHS said Moralez was arrested for harassing his ex-girlfriend. Dalilah Coleman was seriously injured after illegal immigrant Partap Singh allegedly caused a car crash while driving recklessly behind the wheel of a semi-truck. The 5-year-old was in a coma for three weeks and required six months of hospital treatment, according to DHS. Now 7 years old, she will need life-long therapy.  Singh first entered the U.S. illegally in 2022, but was released by the Biden administration, officials said. Despite his immigration history, he was also granted a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) in California. Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old Ohio University student, was killed on Jan. 19, 2025, in a car crash in Urbana, Illinois. A drunk driver, later identified as Julio Cucul-Bol, rear-ended the vehicle she was riding in at high speed and then fled the scene. Abraham's friend Chloe Polzin was also killed in the crash. Cucul-Bol pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including aggravated Driving Under Intoxication (DUI) resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to DHS. Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, both 19 years old, were hit and killed on Nov. 19, 2021, by an illegal immigrant, Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, while he was driving impaired and speeding at nearly 100 mph on the 405 freeway near Los Angeles. Ortega-Anguiano, has a lengthy track record that includes multiple felonies and convictions for driving without a license, according to DHS. Despite being deported, he re-entered the country illegally twice.  He was sentenced to serve two 10-year sentences, to be served concurrently. However, local outlet KABC reported last year he was set to be released from the blue state after serving only three-and-a-half years. On Aug. 24, 2003, Lacy Marie Ferguson and her boyfriend were caught in the crossfire of a shootout between multiple illegal immigrants, according to DHS. Ferguson was killed and her boyfriend, along with a third person, were wounded, officials said. She left behind her 3-year-old daughter.  In 2016, the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office announced the arrest of David Aguilar, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, for Lacy’s murder, according to DHS. He was convicted the following year.  Chrishia Odette was killed by an unlicensed illegal immigrant on Sept. 12, 2014, after being hit by a car while crossing the street on the way to a slumber party at a friend’s house, according to DHS.  The driver of the car, Ramiro Guevara, was an illegal immigrant from Mexico who spent less than 35 minutes behind bars before posting a cash bond, officials said. Guevara had been encountered twice before in 1994 and 2004 by Customs and Border Protection, before being returned to Mexico both times.  On Dec. 17, 2018, Rocky Paul Jones, 51, of Visalia, California, was shot and killed at a gas station during a 24-hour shooting and crime spree perpetuated by Gustavo Garcia, an illegal immigrant, DHS said. In addition to killing Jones, DHS said Garcia shot a farm worker in the chest while he was on a ladder picking fruit, followed a woman to her car and attempted to shoot and kill her, fired multiple gunshots at his ex-girlfriend’s home and robbed a gas station.  Garcia was previously deported from the U.S. in 2014 by ICE after being charged with crimes including illegal possession of a firearm, according to DHS. Hailey King, 18, was hit and killed on Nov. 7, 2016, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, by illegal immigrant Sergio Rodriguez.  Instead of stopping to help, he fled the scene, according to DHS. She left behind a 2-year-old daughter. Rodriguez also struck Osmin Gutierrez, rendering him a double amputee. Gutierrez died from his injuries in 2021 at 25 years old.  Officials said Rodriguez pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and has twice been denied parole, with the most recent denial being in 2022. Lizbeth Medina, a 16-year-old cheerleader at Edna High School in Texas, was found dead in a bathtub by her mother at their family home on Dec. 5, 2023, after she was stabbed to death by Rafael Govea Romero, an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Romero, who had been placed on an ICE detainer because of an expired visa, pleaded guilty to the killing and received two concurrent life sentences, according to DHS and local reports.  Of the total number of illegal immigrants arrested by ICE, DHS claims nearly 70% have committed a crime or been charged with a crime in the U.S. DHS said it is "protecting American communities every day from another senseless tragedy like these taking place in another town, to another family." Victims of illegal immigrant crime can receive support from the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office by contacting 855-488-6423. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82989059ccda1fcc10541 Appeals court rules 'Alligator Alcatraz' can stay open, rejecting push for federal environmental impact review te 2026-04-22T01:51:05.675Z Appeals court rules 'Alligator Alcatraz' can stay open, rejecting push for federal environmental impact review "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, can remain open, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday, upholding its earlier decision to block a judge's order for the facility to wind down operations for failing to comply with federal environmental law. In a 2-1 decision, the majority on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals found the state-run facility was not under federal control and was not subject to federal law requiring an environmental impact review. "Florida, not federal, officials constructed the facility," the majority wrote. "They control the land and 'entirely' built the facility at state expense." The legal dispute centers in part on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a federal law that requires agencies to assess environmental impacts before major actions. GUARDS AT 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' BEAT, PEPPER-SPRAYED DETAINEES, LAWYER SAYS The court wrote that Florida had received no federal reimbursement when U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ preliminary injunction ordering a gradual winding down of operations was issued last year. Williams had found that a federal reimbursement plan had effectively already been made. The appeals court paused Williams' order just days after it was handed down in August, pending a hearing, which was held earlier this month. In a dissent to the appeals court's latest ruling, Judge Nancy Abudu wrote that immigration is a federal responsibility and that the federal government cannot relinquish its authority just because Florida officials built an immigration detention facility. "The facility would not, and could not, have been built and used as an immigration detention center without the federal defendants’ request," Abudu said. "The evidence of federal control perhaps is most apparent when we acknowledge that immigration remains uniquely and exclusively within the federal government’s domain." Two of the environmental groups that brought the lawsuit — Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity — said they would continue pursuing the case as it returns to Williams for further litigation. "This fight is far from over," Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, said in a statement. "Alligator Alcatraz was hastily erected in one of the most fragile ecosystems in the country without the most basic environmental review, at immense human and ecological cost." The facility is located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport site, an area surrounded by protected wetlands within the Everglades ecosystem, according to court filings. Officials in the Sunshine State also built a second immigration detention center in northern Florida. DOJ SUES CONNECTICUT, NEW HAVEN OVER SANCTUARY POLICIES: 'OPEN DEFIANCE' Earlier this month, a lawyer for two migrants detained at "Alligator Alcatraz" said in a court declaration that guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees, causing injuries to their heads, shoulders and wrists. "The officers beat several people during this incident and broke another detained individual’s wrist," lawyer Katherine Blankenship wrote. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82960059ccda1fcc10518 Springsteen hammers Trump during sold-out Phoenix show te 2026-04-22T01:50:24.189Z Springsteen hammers Trump during sold-out Phoenix show Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8272e059ccda1fcc104c9 DOJ arrests man accused of providing gun used by father who allegedly killed eight children te 2026-04-22T01:41:02.772Z DOJ arrests man accused of providing gun used by father who allegedly killed eight children The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the arrest of a 56-year-old Shreveport resident in connection with the horrific mass shooting that unfolded in Louisiana over the weekend. Charles Ford, a convicted felon prohibited from owning firearms, is accused of possessing the rifle that was ultimately used by a father to kill eight children, according to authorities who traced the weapon. The domestic violence attack unfolded Sunday when a 31-year-old man, identified as Shamar Elkins, allegedly obtained the weapon and opened fire in a multi-scene domestic rampage before being fatally shot by police in Shreveport. Seven of the eight victims, ranging in age from 1 to 14, were identified as his own children. In addition to illegal firearm possession, Ford is also accused of lying to law enforcement about the weapon, prosecutors said. POLICE IDENTIFY SUSPECT WHO KILLED EIGHT KIDS, MOST BELIEVED TO BE HIS OWN, AFTER MULTI-SCENE DOMESTIC RAMPAGE "Holding people accountable does not stop with the person who pulled the trigger but also includes those who give access to and proliferate firearms that are later used in violent crime," ATF Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson said.  The DOJ released a photo of the rifle used in the mass shooting, adding that the ATF and the Shreveport Police Department both conducted a firearms trace on it. Ford was later identified as the original purchaser of the firearm and is accused of giving it to Elkins, authorities said. When confronted by law enforcement, Ford initially lied to ATF agents about possessing the firearm, claiming he never had it. He later admitted to the possession, stating that he kept it under a seat and believed Elkins took it, according to authorities. Ford faces up to 15 years in federal prison on the felon-in-possession charge and up to five years on a false statement charge.  MISSOURI SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER DEPUTY FATALLY SHOT, ENDING MANHUNT United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller said the department hopes to hold accountable the person who gave Elkins access to the firearm.  "Elkins’ death means that our community will never see him face justice. Our hope, as we continue to investigate and prosecute this case alongside our law enforcement partners, is that holding the person whose gun Elkins used to perpetrate the crime accountable will give some small bit of solace to our Shreveport community," Keller said.  "Our law enforcement partners are investigating every angle of how this tragedy came to occur, and this case arises from that investigation—in particular, how Elkins secured a firearm that he used to execute his own children," he added.  An Army official told Fox News Digital that Elkins previously served in the Louisiana Army National Guard. He reportedly shot several people in addition to the eight deceased victims during the attack, including the mother of his children, who is expected to survive.  Separately, another woman suffered life-threatening injuries, while a teenage victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  Following the shootings, investigators said Elkins fled the scene, carjacked a vehicle and led officers on a police chase. The incident ended in Bossier City, where Elkins was shot and killed by police. Sunday’s shooting marks one of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in recent years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82705059ccda1fcc1048a Senate confirms referral of ethics complaint against U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego te 2026-04-22T01:40:21.066Z Senate confirms referral of ethics complaint against U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e824c3059ccda1fcc1043a Kash Patel clashes with NBC reporter over 'baseless' Atlantic story allegations at press conference te 2026-04-22T01:30:43.252Z Kash Patel clashes with NBC reporter over 'baseless' Atlantic story allegations at press conference FBI Director Kash Patel got into a heated exchange with NBC News reporter Ryan Reilly on Tuesday over his $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic for what he claims is a fraudulent story. During a news conference with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, Patel was asked to comment on the story by The Atlantic, including security concerns over his alleged excessive drinking and frequent absences. Patel denied that he's ever been intoxicated on the job and was about to leave the podium when Reilly asked Patel to clarify the claim that he believed he was fired by President Donald Trump after being temporarily unable to log in to the FBI's internal computer systems. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL VOWS TO TAKE THE ATLANTIC TO COURT OVER 'DEFAMATORY' REPORT "Let's have a survey. How many of you people believe that’s true?" Patel responded. Reilly continued to ask the question which led Patel to launch into a tirade against the article's "baseless" reporting. "The problem with you and your baseless reporting is that is an absolute lie. It was never said. It never happened, and I will serve in this administration as long as the president and the attorney general want me to do so.  And every time you guys report false lies, every time you guys raise baseless questions when we are here to talk about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s $3 million decade-long scheme to fraudulently fleece Americans. You are off-topic," Patel remarked. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL TELLS MEDIA 'BRING IT ON' IN STERN MESSAGE AFTER BEING SWORN INTO OFFICE Reilly insisted that it was a "straight-forward" question, leading the two to begin talking over each other. "The simple answer to your question is you are lying," Patel insisted. Patel went on to say that he was "never locked out" of the FBI's systems, though Reilly remarked that his defamation lawsuit suggested otherwise. Blanche eventually stepped in to cut Reilly off. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SENDS MEMO CALLING CNN REPORT OF ATF CUTS 'ENTIRELY FALSE' "Stop, you’re being extraordinarily rude, and I know maybe that’s part of your profession, but please just stop. If you ask a question, he can answer it. And now you're interrupting me. Just a little bit of respect, man, just a tiny little bit. Try it some time," Blanche said before answering another question. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and NBC News for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82063059ccda1fcc10342 Judge blocks Arizona water rule that halted new housing developments across the Valley te 2026-04-22T01:12:03.418Z Judge blocks Arizona water rule that halted new housing developments across the Valley Photo by Getty Images A judge handed a huge win to developers Tuesday when he blocked an Arizona water rule that put a stop to new housing developments in some areas of the Valley.  The ruling prohibits the Arizona Department of Water Resources from using its “unmet demand” rule for the Phoenix Active Management Area.  The Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, represented by attorneys from the conservative Goldwater Institute, filed a lawsuit in January 2025 to challenge what they said were illegal assured water supply restrictions put in place by ADWR.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE In a Tuesday ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney found that ADWR didn’t have the legal authority to implement the new unmet demand rule in the Phoenix Active Management Area because it didn’t comply with the Arizona Administrative Procedures Act rulemaking process.  Blaney wrote that the unmet demand rule was illegal and blocked ADWR from using it to determine if developers had enough groundwater for the 100-year-supply requirement.  “We’re delighted that the court has struck down the bureaucracy’s newfangled restriction on home construction — a rule that reduced the availability of homes and raised housing costs in one of the nation’s fastest-growing housing markets,” said Timothy Sandefur, the Goldwater Institute’s vice president for legal affairs.  All residential home builders within Arizona’s designated groundwater Active Management Areas must obtain a certificate of 100-year assured water supply, or a commitment from a water provider that already has a certificate of assured water supply to provide water to their subdivision before they can build. Developers must meet several criteria to obtain a certificate, such as ensuring the water will be of good quality and that it will be physically, legally and continuously available.  In June 2023, Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, released an updated hydrological model for the Phoenix AMA — which covers most of the metro area — showing a projected 4% shortfall in its 100-year water supply. The announcement halted some plans for new housing in Queen Creek, Goodyear and Buckeye that relied only on groundwater, even as the region faced a severe housing shortage.  These areas are not served by any water providers, so developers’ only option is to apply for their own assured water supply certificate.  The Department of Water Resources released an updated version of the model in November 2024 in which it doubled down on its decision not to issue more assured water supply certificates.  The Homebuilders claimed that, under the unmet demand rule, if modeling shows that one well within the Phoenix AMA is predicted to go dry within the next 100 years, it is treated as though no groundwater will be physically available anywhere in the AMA, even if that well could be relocated to an area with a full water supply. The rule would also consider all water in the AMA unavailable if any well within it couldn’t access quality water at 1,000 feet deep.  Previously, developers could obtain a certificate of assured water supply by providing ADWR with a hydrological study showing the availability of water at one well point, instead of across the entire active management area.  “ADWR is utilizing criteria when reviewing applications that did not previously exist while claiming that it is still applying the existing rules,” Blaney wrote in his preliminary ruling on Tuesday.  The judge wrote that he agreed with the Goldwater Institute’s argument that the state cannot “be allowed to rationalize a new rule by camouflaging it as just a new implementation of an old rule.” The Goldwater Institute claimed that this would give government agencies the option of sidestepping the legal rulemaking process by claiming that they had reinterpreted existing rules.  The Homebuilders Association, the Goldwater Institute and their supporters said that the department’s refusal to issue assured water supply certificates was causing “enormous harm” to developers and landowners.  The builders said that ADWR had essentially blocked residential developers from starting new projects, and continuing ongoing projects for which they had “incurred significant expense in reliance on their legal entitlement to Certificates of Assured Water Supply.” The Arizona Department of Water Resources told the Arizona Mirror in a written statement that, although a final judgment in the case is still coming, the department plans to appeal Blaney’s decision once it is made.  “This case is just the latest example of the dangers of the unelected, unaccountable administrative state,” Sandefur said in his statement. “Here, bureaucrats decided to drastically rewrite Arizona rules governing home construction in ways that harmed not just Phoenix but all Arizonans. We’re glad the court has made clear that no — they must obey the law, not rewrite it.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8204d059ccda1fcc10323 Penguins' Erik Karlsson says the team is ready to 'get out of Pittsburgh' for Game 3 against Flyers te 2026-04-22T01:11:41.809Z Penguins' Erik Karlsson says the team is ready to 'get out of Pittsburgh' for Game 3 against Flyers The Pittsburgh Penguins are not in a situation they were probably expecting when the playoffs got underway. They're down 2-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers after a pair of games in their own barn. But that's the reality after the team was shut out on Monday night in Game 2. The Penguins are now dealing with the prospect of entering an always-hostile (especially toward them) Xfinity Mobile Arena for Wednesday's Game 3 in Philadelphia, but maybe that's what they need. Veteran blueliner Erik Karlsson seems to think so. "Everybody in (the locker room) is looking forward to getting out of Pittsburgh for a little bit," Karlsson said with a smile. "And go to Philly and hopefully, the hostile environment can make us just focus on playing (in the) situation we're in and not on what's going on around us." Now that's a veteran mindset... but much easier said than done when you're not down on Broad Street in South Philadelphia. That said, anything would be better than what they got in the first two games, where they were thoroughly outplayed across the board in the first, and had a tough time generating solid offense in the second. NHL STARS CONNOR MCDAVID, LEON DRAISAITL SHOCK BEER LEAGUE GAME AS SURPRISE PLAYERS I think that change of scenery is going to do the Penguins some good, and they've got no problems playing on the road. This season, they were ever so slightly — one game — better on the road than they were at PPG Paints Center. The same is true for the Flyers. It's a series of road dogs! ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! However, any way you look at this one, all of the pressure is on the Penguins. The Flyers (and as a lifelong Flyers fan, it feels weird to say what I'm about to say) have the edge in net, so the Penguins need to find some offense in a hurry. They were one of the highest-scoring teams in the league this season, but the Flyers have limited them to just two goals through two games. Maybe they'll find a little offensive mojo by feeding off what is sure to be a wild environment in Philly. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8203a059ccda1fcc1031a Democrats win Virginia redistricting fight, threatening Republican House majority te 2026-04-22T01:11:22.353Z Democrats win Virginia redistricting fight, threatening Republican House majority Democrats scored a major victory on Tuesday as a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year's midterm elections was passed by Virginia voters, The Associated Press reports as of 8:49 p.m. ET. The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. That would give the Democrats four additional left-leaning U.S. House seats ahead of the midterms as the party tries to win back control of the chamber from the GOP, which currently holds a razor-thin majority. The standalone spring referendum capped months of political crossfire and court battles, sky-high early voting turnout, and tons of national attention and money poured into the ballot box showdown. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Even though a majority of voters gave the ballot initiative a thumbs up, it still faces legal challenges. The Supreme Court of Virginia allowed the referendum to move forward after a lower court struck it down. But legal challenges to the referendum remain unresolved and are still before Virginia's highest court. Republicans had railed against the Democrat-backed referendum. "It's the most partisan map in America," former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin told supporters at his final campaign stop, in northern Virginia, on the eve of the election. Pointing to the Democrats pushing new maps, Youngkin charged, "What they are doing is immoral." Teaming up with Youngkin to crisscross the state in leading the GOP opposition to the ballot initiative was former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, who told the crowd the Democrats' map is one that "you draw when you’re drunk with power." BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH VIRGINIA AS COURT OKS HIGH-STAKES REDISTRICTING VOTE Speaking with Fox News Digital ahead of their final election eve rally, Miyares charged that "Democrats want to take away the voices of millions of Virginians and gerrymander the state." Youngkin, pointing to the duo's relentless campaigning in recent weeks, said: "What we’re hearing over and over and over again is Virginians want fair maps. And what the yes vote represents are unfair maps." And the two Republicans reiterated their charge that the referendum was an "unconstitutional power grab" by the Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Democrats who control the state legislature. As Youngkin and Miyares spoke in Leesburg, President Donald Trump took to the airwaves on a popular Virginia-based conservative talk show and later teamed up with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to urge voters to defeat the referendum. Pointing to congressional Democrats, Trump warned that "if they get these additional seats, they're going to be making changes at the federal level." SPANBERGER FACES 'BAIT AND SWITCH' BACKLASH AHEAD OF CRUCIAL ELECTION Democrats countered that the redrawing of the maps was a necessary step to balance out partisan gerrymandering already implemented by Republicans in other states at Trump's urging. "By voting yes, you have the chance to do something important — not just for the commonwealth, but for our entire country," former President Barack Obama said in a video released Friday on the eve of the final day of early voting. "By voting yes, you can push back against the Republicans trying to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterms." "By voting yes, you can take a temporary step to level the playing field. And we're counting on you," the former president added. The video by Obama was the former president's latest effort tied to the referendum. He had previously appeared in ads released by Virginians for Fair Elections, the Democrat-aligned group working to pass the ballot initiative. OBAMA GOES ALL IN ON HIGH-STAKES REFERENDUM THAT MAY IMPACT MIDTERM ELECTIONS But Virginians for Fair Maps, the leading Republican-aligned group opposing redistricting, used past comments by Obama against political gerrymandering in its ads opposing the referendum. "Because of things like political gerrymandering, our parties have moved further and further apart, and it’s harder and harder to find common ground," the former president said in an old clip showcased in the spot. Republicans pointed to comments from Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, a former Virginia governor and former chair of the Democratic National Committee, who acknowledged this past weekend in a "Fox News Sunday" interview that the new maps don't represent Virginia's partisan breakdown. "Ninety percent of Virginians are not Democrats, that's true," Kaine said. But Kaine added that "about 100% of Virginians want election results to be respected." SOROS-BACKED GROUP AMONG LIBERAL ORGS PUMPING EYE-POPPING CASH INTO VIRGINIA GERRYMANDERING EFFORT And Republicans took aim at Spanberger, who won last November's gubernatorial election by over 15 points as Democrats also captured the lieutenant governor and attorney general offices. "Abigail Spanberger told everybody last summer that she had no interest in redistricting and then the first bill she signs is a bill to enable the gerrymandering of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginians don’t like this and that’s why independents and a lot of Democrats are voting no too," Youngkin told Fox News Digital. Minutes later, Youngkin told the crowd that Spanberger is "trying to disenfranchise millions, millions, of Virginians." Republicans trained their redistricting firepower on Spanberger since a poll two weeks ago by The Washington Post indicated that the new governor's approval rating was barely above water, with the highest unfavorable rating for a new Virginia governor in two decades. "She's an unpopular governor with an unpopular agenda, and she lied to the voters," Miyares charged. And Miyares and other top Republicans accused Spanberger of pulling a "bait and switch." Spanberger, in an ad in support of the referendum, said she was backing the measure because "it's directly in response to what other states decide to do and a president who says he's quote entitled to more Republican seats before this year's midterms. Our approach is different. It's temporary. It preserves Virginia's fair redistricting process into the future." Supporters of redistricting dramatically outraised and outspent groups opposed to the referendum, with Virginians for Fair Elections outraising Virginians for Fair Maps by a roughly three-to-one margin. Much of the funding raised by both sides came from so-called "dark money" from nonprofit public policy groups known as 501(c)(4) organizations that are not required to disclose their donors. Despite the Democrats' funding advantage, recent polling suggested support for the ballot initiative was only slightly ahead of opposition amid a surge in early voting, which ended on Saturday. "They have outspent us three to one. They’ve raised over $70 million. And yet this is a close vote," Youngkin said. Pointing to the ads in support of the referendum, Youngkin said Virginians "aren’t believing the mistruths. They aren’t believing the lies on TV. They’re actually doing the work themselves and understanding that a no vote is for fair maps and a yes vote is for the most gerrymandered maps in America." And Miyares emphasized that Democrats "outspent us but we have the truth." Virginia is the latest battleground in the high-stakes fight between Trump and the GOP and Democrats over congressional redistricting. Aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterms, Trump last spring first floated the idea of rare, but not unheard of, mid-decade congressional redistricting. The mission was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to pad the GOP's fragile House majority to keep control of the chamber in the midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats. When asked by reporters last summer about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, "Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five." Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called a special session of the GOP-dominated state legislature to pass the new map. But Democratic state lawmakers, who broke quorum for two weeks as they fled Texas in a bid to delay the passage of the redistricting bill, energized Democrats across the country. Among those leading the fight against Trump's redistricting was Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that temporarily sidetracked the left-leaning state's nonpartisan redistricting commission and returned the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature. That is expected to result in five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in California, which aimed to counter the move by Texas to redraw their maps. The fight quickly spread beyond Texas and California. Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio and swing state North Carolina, where the GOP dominates the legislature, have drawn new maps as part of the president's push. In blows to Republicans, a Utah district judge late last year rejected a congressional district map drawn by the state's GOP-dominated legislature and instead approved an alternate that will create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the midterms. Republicans in Indiana's Senate in December defied Trump, shooting down a redistricting bill that had passed the state House. The showdown in the Indiana statehouse grabbed plenty of national attention. Florida is next up. Two-term Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers in the GOP-dominated legislature are hoping to pick up an additional three to five right-leaning seats through a redistricting push during a special legislative session that kicks off April 28. Hovering over the redistricting wars is the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule in Louisiana v. Callais, a crucial case that may lead to the overturning of a key provision in the Voting Rights Act. If the ruling goes the way of the conservatives on the high court, it could lead to the redrawing of a slew of majority-minority districts across the county, which would greatly favor Republicans. But it is very much up in the air when the court will rule and what it will actually decide. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e82026059ccda1fcc10311 Which teams have the toughest strength of schedule heading into college football season? te 2026-04-22T01:11:02.861Z Which teams have the toughest strength of schedule heading into college football season? It's hard to believe, but we're just a few months away from the ramp up to the 2026 college football regular season. We've already seen some early, analytics-driven rankings be released, which showcased one obvious point: there are two conferences dominating the sport. The Big Ten Conference, at least based on last year's performances, recruiting rankings, and returning talent, is expected to have three of the five best teams. Meanwhile, the SEC will once again show off its quality depth. Seven of the top 15 teams are expected to come from the SEC, though with just one in the top five. OREGON AND OHIO STATE LEAD BIG TEN CHARGE IN NEW 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS As in most years, the 2025-2026 season was dominated by debate and discussion around strength of schedule. Particularly with two Group of Five teams reaching the College Football Playoff, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish getting left out of the playoff in favor of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Those debates are only going to increase this upcoming season, as the playoff field remains locked at 12. And perhaps more importantly, scheduling philosophies changing rapidly as programs optimize for reaching the postseason. Well, we already have a new ranking of the ten hardest schedules in the upcoming season, and, spoiler alert, it's those same two conferences yet again. Bill Connelly, the creator of the SP+ analytics-based ranking system housed at ESPN, posted on X this week about the current toughest schedules in the country, based on the projected top teams in SP+. And the SEC dominates the list, with a few Big Ten teams slotting into the middle. Per Connelly, the Texas Longhorns are projected to have the toughest schedule in the country, and looking at it, you can see why. They host Ohio State, who's expected to be the best team in college football. They play at Tennessee, have their traditional rivalry game against Oklahoma, host Florida and Ole Miss, go on the road at Missouri and LSU, host Arkansas, then finish out with another rivalry game at Texas A&M. There's only one likely top 5 team, but few off weeks facing lower quality opponents. Speaking of Ohio State, they're the top ranked Big Ten team, coming in at #4, with a bunch of tough games on tap for 2026. On the road at Texas, home for Illinois, at Iowa, at defending national champion Indiana, at USC, home for Oregon, at Nebraska, and home for Michigan. Two top five teams, and plenty more likely top 20 or 25 caliber teams. Here's the full list: GEORGIA'S KIRBY SMART ON CFP SELECTION COMMITTEE'S 'UNJUST' CRITERIA: 'DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR' So seven of the top 10 are from the SEC, with the remaining three coming from the Big Ten. No surprise there. But the fact that there is so little surprise, and the strength of both conferences, makes it obvious why there will continue to be schedule-related arguments between the Power Four moving forward. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The SEC, and the Big Ten too, will have reasonable arguments to make that they deserve more spots in the playoff because of the difficulty in getting through each conference. And they'll surely have plenty to say about Notre Dame's arrangement with the playoff too. The Irish are now guaranteed a spot in the field if they finish in the top 12. Their schedule in 2026 indicates they are well aware of it. Compare that to Texas or Ohio State, and you see where there's going to be some disagreement. Expanding the playoff to 16 teams, for example, would allow for more playoff spots and take some of the disadvantages of tough schedules away from those conferences. For now though, it's going to be a tough road ahead for many SEC teams, and plenty of Big Ten teams too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e81fff059ccda1fcc102fe What Was the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal? te 2026-04-22T01:10:23.206Z What Was the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal? President Trump has ridiculed President Barack Obama and the agreement, which he withdrew from during his first term. His critics say he could have avoided a war had he left it in place. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e81da8059ccda1fcc1028d Virginia Passes New House Map in a Midterm Victory for Democrats te 2026-04-22T01:00:24.388Z Virginia Passes New House Map in a Midterm Victory for Democrats The map, as extreme a gerrymander as exists in the United States, could let Democrats win 10 of the state’s 11 House seats as the party tries to win back the chamber. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e81932059ccda1fcc10195 FAA probes JFK near miss after another recent close call fuels scrutiny of air traffic safety te 2026-04-22T00:41:22.691Z FAA probes JFK near miss after another recent close call fuels scrutiny of air traffic safety Two passenger jets came too close to each other while approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday, prompting onboard collision warnings and an investigation by federal authorities. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the crew of Republic Airways Flight 4464 performed a go-around after missing its intended approach path and flying too close to Air Canada Express Flight 8554, which had been cleared to land on a parallel runway. Both flight crews responded to onboard alerts during the incident, which happened around 2:35 p.m., according to the FAA. The agency said the information is preliminary, and the incident remains under investigation. PLANE CRASHES SPARK RENEWED FEAR OF FLYING: 10 CAUSES OF AVIATION DISASTERS Republic Airways said the flight, operating as American Airlines Flight 4464, aborted its initial landing attempt and performed a go-around during its approach into JFK. "During their approach into JFK, the crew…received a resolution advisory," the airline said. "They complied with the advisory and, consistent with our training and procedures, executed a go-around to land without further incident." Air Canada said its flight from Toronto received a traffic warning and direction from air traffic control during its approach into JFK. UNITED PLANE AT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COLLIDES WITH ANOTHER JET WHILE PULLING BACK FROM GATE "The crew took immediate action," the airline said. "Safety is our top priority and our crews are well-trained to deal with many operational situations such as this." The airline added that the flight landed safely. A go-around is a standard safety maneuver in which pilots abort a landing attempt and climb back into the air to reposition for another approach. PLANE UNDERGOES SECURITY SEARCH 'AWAY FROM MAIN TERMINAL' NEAR DC AFTER OMINOUS SOUND REPORTED DURING FLIGHT The incident is the latest in a string of close calls involving commercial aircraft that have drawn scrutiny from federal regulators and lawmakers. Over the weekend, the FAA said it was investigating a near miss involving Southwest Airlines flights after air traffic control directed two jets onto a potential collision course. According to the FAA, the incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday as Southwest Flight 507 was approaching the airport and initiated a go-around. The pilot then "received air traffic control instructions that put the flight in the path of another aircraft" that was departing from a parallel runway. The departing aircraft was identified as Southwest Flight 1152. Both flight crews responded to onboard traffic alerts, the FAA said, helping the planes avoid a potential midair conflict. No injuries were reported in either incident. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8191f059ccda1fcc1018c Maury Povich shuts down Joy Reid’s claim that Senate Democrats ‘do not play politics’ te 2026-04-22T00:41:03.149Z Maury Povich shuts down Joy Reid’s claim that Senate Democrats ‘do not play politics’ Former daytime talk show host Maury Povich laughed at former MSNBC host Joy Reid's suggestion Monday that Senate Democrats "play by the rules" and don't "play politics" like Republicans. On the "On Par with Maury Povich" podcast, Povich remarked that if the Democratic Party were to regain control of the Senate after the 2026 midterm elections, they would effectively stop any chance of President Donald Trump appointing another Supreme Court justice, similar to how Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., held up then-President Barack Obama from appointing a replacement after Justice Antonin Scalia's death in 2016. Reid argued otherwise, insisting Democratic politicians were different from Republicans. DEMOCRATS TAKING THE SENATE? SERIOUSLY? DESPITE TRUMP’S SINKING POLLS, IT’S PROBABLY A MEDIA FANTASY "Democrats do not play politics the way Republicans do," Reid said. "Oh come on, Joy, please," Povich interrupted, snickering at the comment. "They do not. They do not. Democrats play by the Marquess de Queensberry rules. They're not rule breakers," Reid argued. "You're trying to tell me if the Democrats take the Senate in 2027 and [Justice Samuel] Alito retires and Trump names a Supreme Court justice, that Democrats are going to have hearings and actually confirm him or her?" Povich asked. CARVILLE TELLS DEMS TO QUIETLY PREPARE POWER GRAB WITH DC, PUERTO RICO STATEHOOD AND SUPREME COURT PACKING "I think they would," Reid said. "Not a chance," Povich responded. Povich pointed to the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown caused by Senate Democrats protesting the Trump administration's immigration policies, despite the party not holding the majority of seats. Reid claimed this was only after Democrats "folded one too many times" on other issues and government shutdowns. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "Democrats capitulate, and they try to play by the rules. Republicans don't care about the rules. They rewrite the rules," Reid said. Despite her views of the political parties, Reid claimed to Povich that she could "step outside" her partisanship to evaluate candidates. "I always felt like I had the ability to step outside of my partisanship just as a citizen to make decisions, and also, as a journalist, I felt like I could step outside of it and evaluate a good person or a good candidate regardless of party," Reid said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e818f6059ccda1fcc1016c Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business te 2026-04-22T00:40:22.730Z Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business The company is restructuring some teams to accommodate a booming energy storage business, according to emails viewed by TechCrunch. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e816c8059ccda1fcc10100 Common eating habit may trigger premature immune system aging, study finds te 2026-04-22T00:31:04.889Z Common eating habit may trigger premature immune system aging, study finds Eating too much salt has long been linked to high blood pressure, but new research suggests that it could trick the immune system into prematurely aging the blood vessels. A preclinical study recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has identified a biological chain reaction that links a salty diet to cardiovascular decay. Scientists at the University of South Alabama observed that mice on a high-salt diet experienced rapid deterioration in their blood vessel function. HIGH SALT INTAKE LINKED TO FASTER MEMORY DECLINE IN ONE GROUP, STUDY FINDS After just four weeks of high sodium intake, the small arteries responsible for regulating blood flow lost their ability to relax, as shared in a press release. The team found that the cells lining these vessels had entered a state of cellular senescence — a form of premature cellular aging in which cells stop dividing and release a mix of inflammatory signals that can damage surrounding tissue. The researchers tried to replicate this damage by exposing blood vessel cells directly to salt in a laboratory dish, but the cells showed no harmful effects. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES This suggests that salt isn’t directly causing damage to the vascular lining, but that the real culprit may be the body’s own defense mechanism, the researchers noted. Excess salt may trigger the immune system to release a molecule called interleukin-16 (IL-16), which acts as a messenger that instructs blood vessel cells to grow old before their time, according to the study. Once these cells age, they fail to produce nitric oxide, the essential gas that tells arteries to dilate and stay flexible. To test whether this process could be reversed, the team turned to a class of experimental drugs known as senolytics. Using a cancer medication called navitoclax, which selectively clears out aged and dysfunctional cells, the researchers were able to restore nearly normal blood vessel function in the salt-fed mice, the release stated. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ. By removing the decaying cells created by the high-salt diet, the drug allowed the remaining healthy tissue to maintain its elasticity and respond correctly to blood flow demands. The study did have some limitations. The transition from mouse models to human treatment remains a significant hurdle, the team cautioned. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER Senolytic drugs like navitoclax are still being studied for safety, and the team emphasized that previous trials have shown mixed results regarding their impact on artery plaque. Additionally, the researchers have not yet confirmed whether the same IL-16 pathway is the primary driver of vascular aging in humans. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8169c059ccda1fcc100cc Pima County supervisors delay review of Nanos conduct report until May 12 te 2026-04-22T00:30:20.213Z Pima County supervisors delay review of Nanos conduct report until May 12 The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to delay discussion of a report Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos sent in during the meeting on his work history and conduct, saying supervisors needed time to review it. People packed the Board of Supervisors hearing room Tuesday morning, trickling out as the board ran through an extensive agenda. Speakers called for scrutiny into Nanos’ actions during the call to the audience.  “It is in fact your job to keep track of all elected officials. That’s why we’ve been desperately hoping you will hold the sheriff accountable because if  you’re really concerned about the Nancy Guthrie investigation, then you should be desperately hoping that they will investigate what’s wrong with our sheriff,” a speaker said earlier in the morning.  County Administrator Jan Lesher announced that the board received the report from Nanos at around 2 p.m. and that it was released publicly upon its receipt. Nanos did not attend the meeting. Response from Sheriff NanosDownload The report request included questions on four topics: his prior representation of his employment history with the El Paso Police Department, his disciplinary actions against Lt. Heather Lappin and Sgt. Aaron Cross, his department’s cooperation with federal immigration officials and repeated instances of his department exceeding its budget. The board finalized the questions and request during the previous board of supervisors meeting on April 7 when they voted unanimously to require Nanos to provide a sworn report on his work history and conduct, saying he could be removed from office if he failed to comply. Written by Nanos’ attorney, James Cool, the response addressed all matters in order, first responding to questions about Nanos’ prior employment. He said while Nanos had disciplinary actions including counseling, reprimands and suspensions in El Paso, he was never suspended during his service with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, and his prior testimony about not being suspended was in the context of Arizona’s Peace Officer’s Bill of Rights.  Regarding disciplinary actions against Lappin and Cross, the report said the process for both followed established department and county policies, and the decisions were upheld after independent review by the county human resources director and grievance committee. Cool added that civil litigation involving Cross and Lappin were ongoing, therefore “the Sheriff must be mindful of the impact his public statements in response to this inquiry could have on the litigation.” He also said he was “quite certain the Board would not wish for the public nature of its inquiry to create potential liability for the County in these cases where none currently exists.” Nanos denied working with federal immigration authorities, saying that he has implemented policies to limit cooperation with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, such as not allowing ICE agents at the Pima County Adult Detention Center, not accepting ICE detainers and declining 287(g) certification for deputies. Lastly, Nanos’ attorney addressed budgetary concerns by saying the department has operated under budget in three of the last five fiscal years, with minimal overruns in the other two. The board moved to discuss the report at the next supervisors meeting May 12. At the April 7 session, Chair Jen Allen, of District 3, said the board asked Nanos to address each listed issue, any actions already taken, proposed next steps and timelines for implementation. At the upcoming meeting, supervisors may weigh whether Nanos’ report adequately answers those questions. Angelica Carrillo, the public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department said Nanos “has fully responded to questions submitted by the Pima County Board of Supervisors” and that the “matter involves pending civil litigation and therefore will not be discussed at this time.” She added that “Sheriff Nanos remains available to meet with the Board” and “he welcomes continued engagement in the interest of transparency and maintaining public trust.” District 4 Supervisor Steve Christy, the board’s only Republican, also moved to release a 65-page report commissioned by the board that found Nanos “used his authority and department resources for political gain.” An excerpt from the report was posted by the Pima County Deputy’s Organization, the union representing rank-and-file officers, on April 13 but the full report hasn’t been released. Chair Jen Allen instead motioned to continue the item until May 12. All supervisors except Christy voted to pass Allen’s motion, tabling the issue until the next supervisors’ meeting. The report follows mounting scrutiny The board’s actions come amid mounting political and legal pressure on Nanos, including a recall effort, multiple lawsuits and a unanimous “no confidence” vote from the deputies’ union in late March. At the center of the board’s inquiry are records from Nanos’ early career with the El Paso Police Department in the late 1970s and early 1980s uncovered by the Arizona Republic.   A growing recall campaign against the sheriff is being led by Republican congressional candidate Daniel Butierez, who has pointed to both the sheriff’s handling of the high-profile cases and questions about his work history as justification for the effort. Butierez needs to collect nearly 122,000 signatures by July 10. The recall effort follows a narrow 2024 election in which Nanos defeated challenger Heather Lappin by fewer than 500 votes, triggering a recount. Lappin filed a $2 million notice of claim in April 2025, alleging that Sheriff Chris Nanos took  “unwarranted disciplinary actions,” and abused the department’s own policies “for the specific purpose of influencing the election.” The lawsuit is ongoing. Nanos has also faced criticism and legal action for his handling of immigration enforcement. In July 2025, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Nanos and the department, demanding response to a records request surrounding deputies’ calls for assistance to federal immigration authorities. The post Pima County supervisors delay review of Nanos conduct report until May 12 appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e81447059ccda1fcc1006d Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law te 2026-04-22T00:20:23.778Z Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the law does not violate the Constitution. The plaintiffs said they planned to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e81256059ccda1fcc10016 DOJ says Southern Poverty Law Center funneled $3M+ to white supremacist and extremist groups like the KKK te 2026-04-22T00:12:06.485Z DOJ says Southern Poverty Law Center funneled $3M+ to white supremacist and extremist groups like the KKK FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a sweeping indictment Tuesday against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accusing the far-left nonprofit of fraudulently paying members of extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. A grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). Between 2014 and 2023, according to the DOJ, the SPLC "secretly funneled" more than $3 million in donations to at least eight individuals associated with violent extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, the Nationalist Socialist Movement, Unite the Right, Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club, and more. Meanwhile, the SPLC paid members of these extremist groups so it could create a "work product that reported on these activities," according to Blanche. "To that end, [SPLC] was doing the exact opposite of what it told its donors it was doing – not dismantling extremism but funding it," Blanche argued Tuesday during the press conference announcing the indictment. LEFT-WING GROUP CHASES PROOF OF KASH PATEL'S ALLEGED ‘EXCESSIVE DRINKING’ AS DEMS EYE FBI DIRECTOR'S OUSTER The SPLC is a longstanding left-wing nonprofit that claims to fight white supremacy and racial hatred by reporting on extremist groups and conducting research to inform law enforcement about them with the goal of dismantling the groups. SPLC's CEO, Bryan Fair, addressed the probe in a video message posted online, arguing the Trump administration has "made no secret who they want to protect and who they want to destroy." "We are reviewing the charges," a subsequent statement from Fair sent to Fox News Digital added. "However, after today’s Department of Justice press conference, we are outraged by the false allegations levied against SPLC – an organization that for 55 years has stood as a beacon of hope fighting white supremacy and various forms of injustice to create a multi-racial democracy where we can all live and thrive. Taking on violent hate and extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is, and we believe it is also among the most important work we do. To be clear, this program saved lives." "The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice and ensure the promise of the Civil Rights movement becomes a reality for all," Fair continued in his comment to Fox News Digital. "SPLC will vigorously defend ourselves, our staff and our work; we will continue to fight hate; and we will continue to envision and create a safer and more just world."  Patel and Blanche on Tuesday accused the SPLC of conducting "widespread, decade-long, multimillion dollar fraud" funneling money to the very groups it claims to combat. The complete list of these groups, according to a Justice Department, includes the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, Unite the Right, National Alliance, the National Socialist Movement, Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club, National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party), and the American Front. The pair also argued Tuesday that the SPLC tried to hide its payments, leading to several of the charges in the indictment. "They set up shell companies and entities around America so that the financial institutions that we rely on as everyday Americans were deceived in believing that money was not coming from the Southern Poverty Law Center in the perpetration of this scheme and fraud, but rather fictitious entities," Patel argued during the press conference. "They stood up to perpetuate this ongoing fraud. This is a serious and egregious violation of a group that purported to dismantle violent extremist groups, but in turn actually only fueled that hatred."   For example, the SPLC was paying roughly $270,000 to a member of the leadership group that planned the Unite the Right protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, that resulted in the death of one person and injured dozens more. "This is an important case brought by President Trump's administration, and we're thankful to the president for his leadership and funding of not just the FBI and DOJ, but his commitment to go out there and wipe out fraud, and conspiracy, and waste and abuse wherever it occurs, including the Southern Poverty Law Center," Patel said Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e81241059ccda1fcc0fffb Heidi Klum attacked the ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ red carpet like a braless superhero te 2026-04-22T00:11:45.466Z Heidi Klum attacked the ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ red carpet like a braless superhero If only we all put in as much effort each day as Heidi Klum does when she hits the red carpet. She doesn’t have to be up for an award. She doesn't even have to be the star of a movie to bring her best. Much like her impressive topless start to the year, her run of red carpet appearances that followed has been inspiring. She went viral at the Grammy Awards then put on an award-worthy performance at the Oscars. That's not an easy thing to pull off. Heidi did it in back-to-back months without even blinking. How does she keep doing it at 52? She's remained hungry, and it's made her one of the best supermodels to ever do it. HEIDI KLUM UNRECOGNIZABLE IN DRAMATIC COACHELLA DISGUISE AS 'TECHNO HEXEN' If Heidi Klum gets the call, she shows up, and she swings for the fences. She's not banking on her past success. There's still work to be done and a competition to keep awake late at night. After a small role in the original "The Devil Wears Prada" in 2006, a movie I must admit is on a long list that I haven’t seen, she was back on Monday night on the red carpet in New York like a braless superhero for the sequel. I understand this is a movie that stars Anne Hathaway, who I assume was there for the world premiere as well. But we're talking about Heidi Klum, who hinted that she was returning in her small role, if it made the final cut. That's what kicking complacency in the nuts will do for you. Keep showing up, keep putting in the work and steal some of the spotlight from a 43-year-old actress who was just named People magazine's "World's Most Beautiful" star—which I can't believe is still a thing, but evidently is. Take notes. Heidi Klum is still getting after it and she's still attacking red carpets like it's the late '90s/early 2000s. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8122d059ccda1fcc0fff2 EXCLUSIVE: Pence warns GOP 'must deliver' or Planned Parenthood gets taxpayer cash on Fourth of July deadline te 2026-04-22T00:11:25.649Z EXCLUSIVE: Pence warns GOP 'must deliver' or Planned Parenthood gets taxpayer cash on Fourth of July deadline FIRST ON FOX – Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Congressional Republicans to cut off federal taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, warning in exclusive comments to Fox News Digital that failure to act would hand the organization a massive paycheck on Independence Day. Pence's demands come alongside a new policy roadmap from his conservative think tank, the Advancing American Freedom Foundation (AAFF), which outlines 20 key legislative priorities for an upcoming "Reconciliation 2.0" package.  One of the top items on Pence's agenda is ensuring that a temporary ban on Medicaid funding for abortion providers, initially passed in a sweeping legislative package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), does not expire July 4, as scheduled. "Congressional Republicans must deliver for pro-life Americans by extending the ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers," Pence told Fox News Digital. "If Congress does not act, Planned Parenthood will celebrate America’s 250th birthday with taxpayer funding. Renewed federal funding for Planned Parenthood is unacceptable to me and to millions of pro-life Americans across the United States." FORMER VP PENCE VOWS TO BE A 'VOICE AGAINST' TRUMP WHEN PRESIDENT VEERS FROM 'CONSERVATIVE AGENDA' The AAFF memo provides GOP lawmakers with a strategy to permanently ban or extend the temporary pause on taxpayer funding for abortion providers. If Congress faces challenges in directly cutting off the cash flow, the group suggested hitting abortion providers with a new tax that matches the exact amount of Medicaid funds they receive in a given year. While defunding abortion providers is one of the cornerstones of Pence’s push, the AAFF roadmap proposes 19 other priorities including: targeting companies that hire illegal immigrant workers; requiring strict citizenship and address checks for voters; and repealing "green energy" subsidies. It also recommends expanding tax-advantaged "Trump Accounts" for children's savings; rewarding states that adopt school choice programs; and slashing federal spending by penalizing states that hand out fraudulent or improper Medicaid and welfare payments. "By sending 20 solid, conservative policy proposals to Congress that will help eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, strength election integrity, and expand on the tax policy wins of the One Big Beautiful Bill, the policy team at Advancing American Freedom Foundation continues to directly impact the day-to-day policy debate in Washington, D.C.," Pence said. "Policy memos from dedicated conservative think tanks are essential to advancing conservative policy through the legislative process," he added. "I trust that Representatives and Senators and their policy teams will continue to find AAF’s memos as their go-to resource for need-to-know information on policy." Fox News Digital reached out to Planned Parenthood for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e8121a059ccda1fcc0ffe9 Jane Fonda touts her role in Earth Day musical 'Dear Everything' as her latest environmentalist effort te 2026-04-22T00:11:06.044Z Jane Fonda touts her role in Earth Day musical 'Dear Everything' as her latest environmentalist effort Activist actress Jane Fonda touted the new musical she will be in, "Dear Everything," during a Monday interview as a timely "Earth opera" to spread environmentalism to a new generation. Fonda has a long history of political activism, most notably her controversial actions amid her opposition to the Vietnam War. Her posing on a Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun led her to being nicknamed "Hanoi Jane" and many accused her of treason. More recently, she spoke about her role in the one-night environmentalist musical "Dear Everything" taking place on Earth Day. She summarized that the musical is about a small, struggling American town that erupts in conflict when adults try to sell their local forest to a timber company, and a young woman galvanizes her fellow youths to stop it. "It has been touring the country, and everywhere it goes there’s a chorus," she said. "It is called ‘the Earth choir’ in the play. It will be the local youth choir everywhere, and then money goes to local youth groups that are working on climate. Wednesday night we’re awarding five cash prizes to climate-focused youth groups." MADONNA DECLARES 'I STAND WITH IRAN' AS PROTESTERS FACE BRUTAL REGIME CRACKDOWN A "Today" show host noted that Fonda has been an outspoken environmentalist for decades, asking where this stemmed from. She responded by recalling that she grew up in Los Angeles, among nature, to the point where, "the birds, the bobcats, the mountain lions, the coyotes, they were my friends, and the trees and the tumbleweeds." She went on to claim that the environment is being ravaged by the burning of fossil fuels, saying, "It just breaks my heart and I have children and grandchildren. So, I want to fight for their future, and, you know, I just feel, who are we in our hubris to allow the natural world to be destroyed?" ROGAN BLAMES LIBERAL POLICIES FOR ALLOWING 'MONSTERS' TO RUN AMOK, EAT HOUSE PETS The environmentalist actress went on to praise the name of the play, "Dear Everything," because it emphasizes that humans are "part of nature," warning, "And if we destroy it, we are destroying our own life support system. It is very — I have seen the play a bunch of times, and it always makes me cry with joy." Another aspect she said was key to the environmentalist struggle was embracing collective action, saying, "One person can’t do much," but that "to really be effective we have to join with other people. This is a collective. This is, again, why I love this play. It shows how collective actions, community can — Minneapolis, the lessons from Minneapolis. You need community. You need love. You need people getting together." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "And so, individual people look for a local chapter of an organization," she suggested. "Is there an oil pipeline that is trying to come through your town? Is there a toxic dump? Are they trying to put forever chemicals into your water? Take something like that and then organize with your neighbors to stop it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e811f2059ccda1fcc0ffde Anger Evident in Red Areas as Virginians Cast Their Votes te 2026-04-22T00:10:26.959Z Anger Evident in Red Areas as Virginians Cast Their Votes “It’s just unfair for the Democrats to have 10 seats and the Republicans to have one,” one voter said of the proposed House map. But others in the state’s blue northern areas were more supportive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e80fd7059ccda1fcc0ff8b Arizona police agencies chose not to partner with ICE. This GOP bill would take that choice away. te 2026-04-22T00:01:27.023Z Arizona police agencies chose not to partner with ICE. This GOP bill would take that choice away. A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12. A new court ruling allows ICE to use Medicaid data, alarming some states and advocates who warn it could have a chilling effect on immigrant families accessing health care. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) Arizona Republicans are hoping to turn every police department in the state into a processing hub for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  On Tuesday, the state House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1055, which would require law enforcement agencies in Arizona to notify ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection if they arrest a person they suspect is in the country without authorization — even if that person hasn’t been convicted of a crime.  The proposal is one of several being pushed this legislative session by the GOP majority in an effort to support the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Many police departments and sheriff’s offices already communicate with federal immigration authorities about people in their custody, most notably through partnerships known as 287(g) agreements. The agreements help cut down on the investigative legwork for federal agents and make it easier to ramp up deportation statistics. In the Grand Canyon State, the Mesa Police Department, the Arizona Department of Corrections and sheriffs offices in Yuma, Navajo, La Paz, Cochise, Pinal and Yavapai counties are part of the program.  Other agencies have declined to enter into such contracts. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, a Democrat, refused to sign up for one even after the federal government began promising to reimburse agencies for their participation, saying it would undermine community trust in law enforcement.  Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan similarly opted not to enter his agency into an agreement, conscious of its fraught history with immigration enforcement. In 2011, the Department of Homeland Security terminated a 287(g) agreement with MCSO following a three-year long civil rights investigation that found then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio used the agreement to target and racially profile Latinos.   But the proposed legislation would effectively take away the ability of law enforcement agencies to choose for themselves whether to partner with federal immigration authorities. And, Rep. Quantá Crews argued during Tuesday’s debate of the bill, it threatens to imperil the constitutional rights of Arizonans.  “Folks are innocent until proven guilty,” she said. “My concern with this bill is that it would require reporting to ICE — the federal government — anyone you suspect might be here unlawfully.”  The Phoenix Democrat warned that would lead to racial profiling, if law enforcement officers rely on the language spoken or the ethnicity of people arrested to decide who to flag for federal agents. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that ICE agents can racially profile people.  Rep. Pamela Carter, R-Scottsdale, dismissed that concern, saying that officers would only notify federal agents once they’ve determined the person who was arrested is unable to prove their citizenship status through legal documents like a drivers license. But the bill language doesn’t detail any process law enforcement officers need to follow before reporting a person they believe is eligible for deportation to federal authorities.  The bill has yet to undergo a final vote in the House, but is likely to win approval along party lines, as happened in the Senate in February when the legislation only won GOP support.  If it does pass the House, SB1055 is almost certainly destined to be vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs. The Democrat has consistently rejected legislation that doesn’t earn bipartisan backing and has long criticized approaches that stifle local control. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e80fc1059ccda1fcc0ff6a Steak ‘n Shake taps MAHA officer as fast-food chain joins RFK Jr's push to overhaul American diet te 2026-04-22T00:01:05.471Z Steak ‘n Shake taps MAHA officer as fast-food chain joins RFK Jr's push to overhaul American diet Steak 'n Shake has tapped its first-ever chief MAHA officer — marking a new step in the fast-food chain's push toward what it describes as healthier, more transparent ingredients. Michael Boes will take on the new executive role, which is "dedicated to advancing nutritional integrity, ingredient transparency and the healthiness of our products," the Indianapolis-based company announced Tuesday on social media.  The move aligns with the brand's broader embrace of Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. STEAK 'N SHAKE'S BEEF TALLOW TATER TOTS SPARK FIERY ONLINE DEBATE, BOTH PRO AND CON Boes previously served as a senior adviser at the HHS. He worked on health care policy and strategic initiatives, according to a post on LinkedIn. "During my time serving Sec. Kennedy, I had countless conversations with industry partners about returning to real food," Boes said in a post on Tuesday.  "Time and again, I heard the same hesitation: 'Our customers aren't demanding this.' Steak 'n Shake challenged that narrative — and growth followed." STEAK 'N SHAKE SPARKS ONLINE DEBATE WITH 21-CENT BITCOIN BONUS FOR WORKERS: 'THIS IS THE WAY' Boes continued, "Fast food doesn't have to mean processed, complicated or artificial. It used to mean real, simple and delicious — and it can again." He said he looks forward to "helping drive the next chapter of growth on that foundation." 'SEED OIL-FREE' RESTAURANTS AND FOODS GET HEALTHY STAMP OF APPROVAL Steak 'n Shake framed the hire as part of a larger effort to return to its roots. "The move marks a major step in the company's efforts to restore the original spirit of American fast food: food that is simple, real and delicious," the company said in its X post. "Customers should never have to choose between taste and health," Boes was quoted as saying in the company's post. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER President Donald Trump shared the company's X post — adding one simple word of praise for the move: "Awesome." In recent months, the chain has switched to cooking fries, tater tots and other fried items in 100% beef tallow, eliminating seed oils from those products, Fox News Digital previously reported. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "We RFK'd our fries," a company executive previously said of the shift to beef tallow from vegetable oil. The company has also said it's working with suppliers to remove seed oils more broadly, calling the transition "a journey" on its website. Other updates include the use of 100% Wisconsin butter in place of seed oils, offering cane sugar Coca-Cola as an alternative to high-fructose corn syrup and switching to a2 milk products (using a type of cow's milk that may be easier for some people to digest). Steak 'n Shake has also reportedly indicated plans to move toward grass-fed beef and removing microwaves from kitchens in favor of more traditional cooking methods. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Some of the company's changes have sparked debate, particularly around its use of beef tallow, which is fat rendered from cows. While some customers praise the move as a return to "authentic" cooking, others have questioned whether switching frying fats actually makes fast food any healthier. Fox News Digital reached out to Steak 'n Shake and the HHS for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/69e80f95059ccda1fcc0ff3e Tucson Young Professionals returns to volunteer-led model te 2026-04-22T00:00:21.073Z Tucson Young Professionals returns to volunteer-led model Tucson Young Professionals has shifted to a volunteer-led model after nearly two decades of operating with paid staff, the nonprofit announced last month. The organization's board of directors voted to eliminate the executive director role and return to a working board structure, a move the board says is aimed at long-term sustainability and stronger governance. It was the organization's only paid position. "As we look ahead, this transition reinforces our commitment to our mission and to the young professionals we serve," Board President Jean Montano said in a news release. "We are prioritizing sustainability, strong governance, and the continuation of the programs that define the TYP experience." The transition means the departure of Executive Director Jessica Sueskind, who joined TYP's board in 2023 as vice president before stepping into the executive director role. "Jessica has contributed meaningfully to TYP through her service as both a board member and executive director," Montano said in the release. "Her leadership helped expand our partnerships, bring new insights to the organization, and create a welcoming and engaging environment for our members. We are grateful for her dedication and wish her continued success." TYP board members will now lead the organization's core programs directly, including monthly CEO Roundtables, TYP Connects and its TYParents and mentorship initiatives. Courtesy of Tucson Young Professionals. Montano told Tucson Spotlight that the board had been evaluating the organization's structure over time, weighing budgetary considerations and the realities of nonprofit work. "Nonprofits must remain agile and responsive to shifts in the economy and the broader landscape," she said, "and this transition reflects our commitment to making proactive, strategic decisions that position TYP for long-term sustainability and impact." Founded in 2007, TYP serves more than 500 members across industries through networking events, mentorship initiatives, CEO Roundtables, TYP Connects and its TYParents program. Montano said all core programming will continue, with the board also in early planning stages on new offerings with community partners. Member-led committees spanning professional development, advocacy and philanthropy will also continue, Montano said. "TYP has always grown through change, and as a member-led organization, our energy, leadership, and investment in the Tucson community is what moves us forward," she told Tucson Spotlight. The organization said its focus remains on developing skills it considers essential in an increasingly technology-driven workforce, including relationship-building, communication and adaptability. Caitlin Schmidt is Editor and Publisher of Tucson Spotlight. Contact her at caitlin@tucsonspotlight.org. 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/home