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White House touts Trump’s ‘bold vision’ for towering Independence Arch for America 250
President Donald Trump is pushing plans for a massive triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., a project the White House says will become one of the most iconic landmarks in the world as critics warn the structure could visually dominate nearby memorials, including the Lincoln Memorial.
The White House defended the proposal in a statement to Fox News Digital, describing the monument as a central part of Trump’s legacy and vision ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
"The Arch is going to be one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington, D.C., but throughout the world," White House spokesman Davis Ingle said. "President Trump’s bold vision will be imprinted upon the fabric of America and be felt by generations to come. His successes will continue to give the greatest Nation on earth — America — the glory it deserves."
The renewed attention follows reporting by The Washington Post, which said that Trump has expressed a preference for an Independence Arch that could rise as high as 250 feet, a scale that would dramatically alter the skyline near Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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For comparison, the White House stands roughly 70 feet, while the Lincoln Memorial rises to about 100 feet. A 250-foot structure would tower over both.
Trump fueled fresh speculation earlier this month when he shared a series of renderings of a classical triumphal arch on his Truth Social account on Jan. 23. The images showed multiple design variations inspired by classical European-style arches like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, featuring massive columns, wide central openings and ornate detailing.
The president has also displayed scale models of the proposed monument at White House events in recent months, showcasing his personal involvement in shaping the project’s design and placement.
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Trump has publicly discussed the idea since late last year, when he said construction on an Arc de Triomphe-style monument commemorating America’s 250th anniversary could begin within two months.
Trump said construction had not yet begun but suggested the project would move quickly.
"It hasn’t started yet. It starts sometime in the next two months. It’ll be great. Everyone loves it," Trump told Politico during a phone call from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
"They love the ballroom too. But they love the Triumphal Arch," he added.
The monument would be funded privately, using leftover donations from the White House ballroom project, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Key details surrounding the project have not yet been finalized. The White House has not released specifics on the monument’s cost, approval process, exact location or final height, and construction has not yet begun.
Some architects and historians cited by The Washington Post have raised questions about placing a monument of that scale near Memorial Circle, saying it could affect historic sightlines, and the character of the area.
Fox News Digital's Alex Koch and Amanda Macias contributed to this reporting.
Criminal illegal immigrant allegedly rams ICE vehicle in Minnesota as attacks on agents surge
A criminal illegal immigrant was detained Saturday after allegedly ramming his car into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle in Minnesota, according to federal authorities.
Tranquilino Sixto-Anorve, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested after allegedly striking an ICE vehicle and a civilian car Saturday morning in St. Paul, officials said.
According to ICE, Sixto-Anorve has multiple DUI convictions and was being targeted for arrest because his criminal history indicated he was a "public safety threat."
"This ramming highlights increased risks our brave men and women of ICE face amid hostile rhetoric and actions from anti-ICE agitators and politicians," ICE said in a statement.
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A spokesperson with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital that Sixto-Anorve entered the country illegally at an unknown date and location.
Sixto-Anorve is in ICE custody.
The incident comes amid heightened concern over illegal immigration and reports of anti-ICE agitators attempting to violently disrupt federal law enforcement operations.
DHS said earlier this month that ICE officers are facing a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks.
According to DHS, from Jan. 21, 2025, to Jan. 7, 2026, ICE officers experienced 66 "vehicular attacks," compared to two during the same period the previous year.
ICE also arrested an illegal immigrant in San Antonio, Texas, earlier this month whom the agency said "weaponized" his vehicle by ramming two ICE vehicles and nearly running over an agent.
Cuban illegal immigrant Robyn Argote Brooks is accused of ramming two ICE vehicles in a San Antonio parking lot in an attempt to evade arrest during a targeted vehicle stop, according to DHS.
Video of the incident shows Brooks driving a sedan that was boxed in by agents’ vehicles when he allegedly defied law enforcement commands and suddenly reversed, narrowly missing an agent and striking a federal SUV.
After unsuccessfully accelerating into the larger vehicle, Brooks then sped forward into another ICE sedan positioned in front of him, continuing to accelerate as agents attempted to stop him.
The confrontation ended when an agent broke through the driver-side window and pulled Brooks from the vehicle to place him under arrest.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.
Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
'Melania' earns $8M opening weekend, marking best documentary debut in over 10 years
"Melania," the documentary detailing the 20 days in the first lady’s life before President Donald Trump took office for the second time last year, is set to beat expectations, earning $8 million at the box office in its opening weekend, the best documentary opening in more than a decade, according to reports.
The documentary will likely finish third behind horror films "Iron Lung" and Rachel McAdams’ "Send Help," but beat out action star Jason Statham’s "Shelter," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Amazon paid $75 million for the distribution rights and to market the Brett Ratner-directed film, which opened across the country this weekend and in 27 countries, making it the most expensive documentary in history, according to The Reporter.
The first lady was also an executive producer on the project, which was produced by Muse Films, a production company the first lady launched late last year.
The strong box office showing was thanks mainly to Americans over 55 years old, who made up 78% of ticket buyers, and especially women over 55 who were 72%, according to The Reporter.
Theaters in rural areas also brought in an outsize 46% of the weekend draw, which is unusually high for an opening. Florida, Texas and Arizona were the top ticket-selling states.
The film has received mixed reviews, with some critics slamming it as propaganda for the Trump administration.
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A 60-year-old Staten Island man who told The New York Times he rarely goes to the theater, said he bought a ticket for "Melania" to see it "kick Hollywood’s a--."
The Times reported that in at least one screening, attendees erupted in applause during the president’s swearing-in and there were shouts of "Trump 2028!"
A review from Variety, however, called it a "documentary that never comes to life. It’s a ‘portrait’ of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial."
The premiere of "Melania" was held in Washington, D.C. on Thursday at the newly named Trump Kennedy Center with guests like Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Nicki Minaj, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and former New York Mayor Eric Adams.
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"I hope they get to see what I see," U.S. attorney Alina Habba told Fox News Digital at the premiere. "She is incredibly astute. She is incredibly involved. She does everything with grace. She has taken the punches right next to him and always held herself out with such grace. And I'm happy that for a woman who's a girl boss, who's literally a legend, and should have been on the cover of Vogue, she's going to have her time to shine."
Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11," about former President George W. Bush and the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, is the record-holder for the highest-grossing documentary of all time, earning $119 million in 2004, around $208 million when adjusted for inflation, according to The Reporter.
Mamdani taps ex-con to lead NYC jails as Rikers remains under federal oversight
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday appointed an ex-con-turned prison reformer as commissioner of the Department of Correction as his administration pushes a rehabilitation-focused overhaul of corrections.
Stanley Richards, who did time in the 1980s for robbery, will be the first former inmate to serve as corrections commissioner.
"Stanley will make history in this role as the first ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner," Mamdani said. "I will turn to Stanley as we work to build a city where justice is at the heart of our corrections system," the mayor added.
Richards was convicted of robbery in the late 1980s and served roughly two and a half years on Rikers Island before spending an additional four and a half years in state prison, according to reporting from Gothamist and NY1. He was released in 1991.
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In his first remarks as commissioner, Richards aligned himself closely with Mamdani’s vision and rejected what he described as a punishment-centered approach to incarceration.
"Today we turn the page and we start a new era under Mayor Mamdani," Richards said.
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Richards also pointed to his experience within the correctional system, including serving as first deputy commissioner of programs and operations at the Department of Correction and as vice chair of the Board of Correction’s Task Force to Close Rikers.
The appointment comes as New York City’s jail system remains under heightened federal scrutiny. Earlier this week, a federal judge appointed an outside remediation manager to oversee reforms at Rikers Island after years of violence, staff shortages and federal court findings that city leadership failed to fix conditions inside the jails. Rikers was originally set to be demolished by August 2027 by former Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Asked whether he had spoken with the remediation manager, Mamdani said his administration had already been in contact and emphasized cooperation.
"My administration has, and we look forward to working with the remediation manager on improving conditions in our city’s jails, both for those in custody and for correction officers," Mamdani said.
The appointment has drawn caution from the union representing correction officers, which warned that safety must come before political ideology.
In a statement, Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio said the jails "cannot and will not operate as safely as possible if the concerns of our members are brushed aside," adding that Richards must demonstrate a commitment to "putting safety and security before any political ideology."
Whether Richards’ reform-focused background will translate into improved safety and order inside New York City’s jails remains an open question as he prepares to take over the troubled system.
Mamdani’s office confirmed with Fox News Digital that Richards’ first day in office will be Feb. 16.
Amber Rose defends Charlie Kirk's widow against online critics
Amber Rose is sticking up for Charlie Kirk's widow.
During a recent appearance on a Kick livestream with Sneako on Thursday, the 42-year-old model came to Erika Kirk's defense, against those who criticize the way she reacted to Charlie's death.
"Yeah, I mean they talk s--- about her too," Rose said. "Everyone grieves differently, and I tell people that, like maybe she feels like it's her duty to keep him alive in a sense by kind of doing everything that he was doing. I don't know. I don't know. I can't tell someone how to grieve you know what I mean?"
Charlie, the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. He and Erika had two children.
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Following his assassination, Erika became the new CEO and chair of TPUSA, and has made public appearances at various events.
"This woman should be kicked to the curb," liberal podcaster, Jennifer Welch, said on her "I've Had It" podcast about Erika. "She is an absolute grifter, just like Donald Trump, and just like her unrepentant, racist, homophobic husband was."
Elsewhere during the livestream, Rose responded to Ariana Grande's support of the protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urging Americans to skip work, school and shopping.
Grande posted an Instagram story encouraging her followers to stay home from work or school on Friday, in honor of the protest, writing, "ICE out! Nationwide shutdown! No work. No school. No shopping. Jan 30, 2026."
"Ariana Grande … I think she’s worth, I don’t know, $250–300 million dollars, telling people to not go to work, protest ICE. It's like, 'Girl, shut the f--- up," Rose said.
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She continued: "Do you want to give your money away to these people to stay home from work? Stop telling people to do that … I think anyone that tells people to not go to work, not go to school, not f---ing buy things for their family, and they’re worth $250-300 million dollars, they should shut the f--- up."
Rose famously supported President Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency in 2024, even speaking at the Republican National Convention.
At the convention, she told the audience she decided to "put the red hat on" and "let go" of any fear she had of being "misunderstood" or "of getting attacked by the left."
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She later told Maxim in a January 2025 interview she was "canceled" during the election.
"Unfortunately, the ‘woke’ left cancels people for having a different ideology," she told Maxim. "Fortunately for me, I don’t give a f--- and will always stand 10 toes down until the wheels fall off, regardless of what my beliefs may be. I used to be on the left and thought I was doing the right thing. That’s why it’s so important to have open conversations."
"On the left, there’s no objective truth. It’s only about feelings," she added.
Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson fined for 'berating' and 'making contact' with an official
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson was fined $50,000 for "aggressively pursuing, berating and making inadvertent contact with a game official," the NBA announced Saturday.
The league's announcement said the incident happened with 10:59 left in the fourth quarter of Cleveland's 126-113 loss to the Phoenix Suns Friday.
Atkinson was assessed his second technical foul of the game when he stormed the court after a no-call against Sam Merrill for driving on Collin Gillespie after he bumped into an official before being escorted off and ejected from the game.
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Atkinson whipped his arm against the nearby referee before the whistle was blown.
Atkinson ripped the officials in a postgame news conference.
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"We had one free throw after three quarters against a team that [is 26th in fouls]," Atkinson said. "And the second free throw we got was after a flop. I’m not pleased. I thought the game got out of hand, quite honestly. Parts of the game seemed circus-like, quite honestly. I don’t know if that’s what we want as a league.
"Certain characters in this league take liberties, and we don’t stand up to them. And the game turns into reviews, challenges, go to the monitor for 20 minutes when we’re just trying to play basketball. I don’t think it’s good for the league, and I know it wasn’t good for us tonight. Thought they let the game get out of hand."
The Cavaliers fell to 29-21, while Phoenix improved to 30-19.
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Burglars caught spying on homes with hidden camouflaged cameras before striking neighborhoods
California authorities are warning residents to stay on high alert after burglars were caught using hidden, camouflaged surveillance cameras to secretly monitor homes—a chilling tactic police say is being used to scope out targets before striking.
The warning comes after the San José Police Department on Thursday responded to a neighborhood on the east side of the city.
Officers learned burglars hid a camouflaged camera in the bushes outside a home before fleeing the scene.
The homeowner later discovered the camera, and it was collected by police.
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Authorities said the camera was attached to a power bank and positioned facing the house, presumably to monitor the residents in preparation for a burglary or other criminal activity.
SJPD Burglary Unit detectives opened an investigation, later finding a second camouflaged device near the area of where the first camera was located.
The second device is believed to be a Wi-Fi powered device, according to officials.
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Following the shocking discovery, the department told residents it had received "several" reports of deceptive tactics used to case unoccupied homes, signifying a trend.
Suspects are known to plant hidden surveillance devices, or pose as delivery service providers or landscapers to determine when homes are unoccupied before committing burglaries.
"As a reminder, remaining vigilant and reporting suspicious activity helps keep our neighborhoods safe," the agency wrote in a statement.
Authorities also said to watch out for people ringing doorbells to see if anyone answers, packages left at doors to test whether a home is vacant, and unfamiliar vehicles or people repeatedly passing by a house.
If a homeowner finds a suspicious device, the department said not to touch it and call law enforcement.
No arrests have been made in the recent San José case, according to the department.
House Democrats mutiny Schumer’s deal with White House, threatening longer shutdown
House Democrats are poised to rebel against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's spending deal with the White House, Fox News Digital is told, an act that could prolong the ongoing partial government shutdown.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., made clear to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that the plan by Republicans to fast-track the legislation on Monday evening would fail, four House GOP sources told Fox News Digital.
That means Johnson will need to lean heavily on his razor-thin House GOP majority to pass the bill through multiple procedural hurdles before it can see a final vote, likely Tuesday at the earliest.
The federal government has been in a partial shutdown since the wee hours of Saturday morning after Congress failed to find a compromise on the yearly budget by the end of Jan. 30.
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Some areas of the government have already been funded, but spending for the departments of War, Transportation (DOT), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), among others, is now in question.
House Democrats do not feel bound by the deal their counterparts in the Senate struck with President Donald Trump's White House, the sources told Fox News Digital.
The sources said House Democrats are also frustrated that Schumer put them in a position where they were expected to take the deal on.
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"Democrat division creates another government shutdown," one House Republican told Fox News Digital.
But it could be difficult for House GOP leaders to corral all the votes needed as well. Multiple Republicans have already expressed concerns about the compromise requiring them to negotiate with Democrats on reining in Trump's immigration crackdown, while others like Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., are pushing their own priorities to be included in exchange for their support.
Luna told Fox News Digital that she would not support the legislation if it did not include an unrelated measure that would require proof of citizenship in the voter registration process, a separate but widely-accepted GOP bill.
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Johnson told House Republicans in a lawmakers-only call on Friday that he hoped to pass the legislation under "suspension of the rules," which would fast-track the bills in exchange for raising the threshold for passage from a simple majority of the chamber to two-thirds.
But now the House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before most chamber-wide votes, will be considering the legislation on Monday afternoon.
Then it must survive a House-wide "rule vote," a procedural test vote that normally falls on party lines, before voting on final passage.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., signaled to Fox News Live anchor Aishah Hasnie earlier on Saturday that he expected Jeffries to go rogue on Schumer.
"We can't trust the minority leader to be able to get his members to do the right thing. That's the issue," Emmer told Hasnie.
The deal that passed the Senate on Friday combined five spending bills that already passed the House, while leaving off a bipartisan plan to fund DHS.
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Instead, it would fund DHS at current levels for two weeks while Democrats and Republicans could negotiate a longer-term bill that would also rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Democrats demanded that in the wake of federal law enforcement-involved killings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis during anti-ICE demonstrations there.
But Jeffries made no promises on the deal after it passed the Senate Friday, saying in a public statement, "The House Democratic Caucus will evaluate the spending legislation passed by the Senate on its merits and then decide how to proceed legislatively."
A failure to move forward with the plan quickly risks the limitation or pausing of paychecks for military service members, airport workers, as well as putting funding for natural disaster management and federal healthcare services into question.
Fox News Digital reached out to Jeffries, Schumer, and Johnson's offices for further comment but did not immediately hear back.
LA Olympics chief responds after emails with Ghislaine Maxwell emerge in Epstein files
The head of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Committee, Casey Wasserman, has released a statement acknowledging his emails that appeared in Friday's U.S. Department of Justice release of more than 3 million documents related to the investigation of human trafficker and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The release contained emails between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell. But Wasserman now claims he never had a relationship with Epstein.
"I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell which took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light. I never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As is well documented, I went on a humanitarian trip as part of a delegation with the Clinton Foundation in 2002 on the Epstein plane. I am terribly sorry for having any association with either of them," the statement said.
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Wasserman's emails to Maxwell, which dated back to 2003, included the phrases "Where are you, I miss you," and, "Can we book that massage now?" Wasserman was married at the time. In 2021, Wasserman divorced his wife of 20 years, Laura Ziffren Wasserman.
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Maxwell's responses to Wasserman included the phrases, "all that rubbing — are you sure you can take it? The thought frankly is leaving me a little breathless," and "There are a few spots that apparently drive a man wild — I suppose I could practise them on you and you could let me know if they work or not?"
Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan federal jail cell Aug. 10, 2019. It was later ruled a suicide. He faced up to 45 years in prison for crimes related to the sex trafficking of minors.
In 2021, Maxwell was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking and abuse of minors. She is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
The documents were disclosed as mandated by a law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Maxwell.
Wasserman built a sports and talent agency that represents top players in football, basketball and baseball.
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Josh Allen suggests Bills would have made Super Bowl over Patriots had they beaten Broncos
Buffalo Bills quarterback raised eyebrows with comments at the team's end-of-season news conference this week when he suggested his team would be in the Super Bowl had it beaten the Denver Broncos.
The Bills fell just short of Denver in a 33-30 overtime loss in the divisional round Jan. 17. But even if the Bills won that game, they would have had to beat the New England Patriots in the AFC championship to reach the Super Bowl.
But Allen didn't seem to account for the possibility of losing to the Patriots when he made those comments.
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"I'd be lying to you if I'm sitting here saying that I feel like I had part in it because if I make one more play, that game in Denver, we're probably not having this press conference right now," Allen told reporters. "We're probably not making a change. In all honesty, we're probably getting ready to play another game."
That prompted criticism on social media.
"Josh Allen the king of what if’s," one user wrote on X.
One X user wrote, "Guy who has never made a Super Bowl thinks he would’ve made Super Bowl if he hadn’t failed yet again to make Super Bowl."
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Another user wrote, "And if Tom Brady lost all those Super Bowls he wouldn’t have won them. I mean the hypothetical game is nice and all but back in the real world Allen has never come through and taken his team to a Super Bowl. It’s who he is."
Allen had four turnovers in the playoff loss to the Broncos but seemingly made a play that could have won the game in overtime when he delivered a deep pass to wide receiver Brandin Cooks that looked caught at first. But after Cooks hit the ground, the ball was pulled away by Broncos defensive back Ja'Quan McMillian, and officials ruled it an interception. The call created controversy among fans.
Allen then sobbed in front of reporters in the postgame news conference that night, choking up as he said, "I let my team down."
The Bills fired head coach Sean McDermott days later and have replaced him with Joe Brady.
Now, after eight seasons and no trips to the Super Bowl, Allen can only watch from home as the Patriots play in their 11th Super Bowl with second-year quarterback Drake Maye.
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