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Multiple people dead in North Carolina shooting, official says
Multiple people were killed and at least one person was hospitalized in what's being described as a "mass shooting" in Prospect Hill, North Carolina.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said the Caswell County Sheriff's Office requested assistance "regarding an early morning mass shooting on Brooks Road in Prospect Hills, North Carolina."
A Caswell County official later told WGHP that multiple people were killed in what's believed to be an isolated incident. At least one person was hospitalized, and no suspect has been identified, the official added.
"This event occurred around 8:30 AM. Caswell Deputies and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol immediately responded," the state bureau wrote in an earlier Facebook post.
"There is no threat to the general public at this time," it said in an earlier message. "The Castle County sheriffs office is working to gather the facts of the case."
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Barry Manilow cancels concert 45 minutes before start amid ongoing lung cancer recovery
Barry Manilow canceled his Kentucky show on Tuesday just 45 minutes before it was scheduled to start.
"Due to unforeseen circumstances tonight’s show in Lexington has been rescheduled," Manilow, who was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, wrote on X ahead of the concert. No other explanation was given.
While some slammed Manilow as "disrespectful" for the late cancellation, others were quick to offer him words of encouragement.
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"Sending hugs x take care and remember you must come first," one user wrote on X.
"I'm so sorry you've had to reschedule tonight's show," another added. "Please look after yourself Barry, sending much love and healing energy from across the pond."
In December, Manilow revealed he had been diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer after doctors discovered a cancerous spot on his left lung following a bout of bronchitis.
"As many of you know I recently went through six weeks of bronchitis followed by a relapse of another five weeks," Manilow wrote on Instagram at the time. "Even though I was over the bronchitis and back on stage at the Westgate Las Vegas, my wonderful doctor ordered an MRI just to make sure that everything was OK. The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed. It's pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was found so early. That's the good news."
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"The bad news is that now that the Christmas A Gift of Love concerts are over I'm going into surgery to have the spot removed," he continued. "The doctors do not believe it has spread and I'm taking tests to confirm the diagnosis. So, that's it. No chemo. No radiation. Just chicken soup and I Love Lucy reruns."
In February, Manilow announced he was rescheduling additional February and March dates on the tour after a "very depressing visit" with his surgeon.
That same month, the "Copacabana" singer detailed a tough conversation he had with his doctor.
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"He said, ‘Barry, you won’t be ready to do a 90-minute show. Your lungs aren’t ready yet,’" Manilow continued.
"You’re in great shape considering what you’ve been through, but your body isn’t ready. You shouldn’t do the first arena shows. You won’t make it through."
Manilow continued, "I had a feeling he’d say that. Deep down… my body knew what my heart didn’t want to admit: I wasn’t ready... When I do come back, I will COME BACK!!!"
In May, Manilow announced that while he had to cancel his "Hits Come Home" residency dates that month at Westgate Resort in Las Vegas, he's "making great progress" with his lung cancer treatment and plans to return to the stage sooner rather than later.
"Good news! I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I’m making great progress and look great! Well of course I do! Thank you very much!" he wrote on X. "All the training and exercising I’ve put in is paying off."
"He did say, however, that I’m not quite ready for Vegas. That means I won’t be able to return for our May shows at @WestgateVegas. But the good news is he said I will be ready for my June arena shows in the UK. It’s going to be great to see you all in the UK. Westgate Las Vegas is my home away from home… and I’ll see you all in July. In the meantime… come to the UK! We’ll be there in June and hope you will be too! See you then… Barry."
Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume contributed to this post.
DAVID MARCUS: Experts crowned El-Sayed — then Michigan voters turned his win into a near-disaster
Over the past week, prior to far-left candidate Abdul El-Sayed squeaking to a possible victory over Rep. Haley Stevens in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, the contest was treated by almost everyone in the news media as over, with El-Sayed a shoo-in.
I had been in Michigan reporting on the race, and what I wrote was the exact opposite: It was clear to me the race was tightening, especially after the endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. So when I saw every subsequent poll giving El-Sayed double-digit leads, I was shocked and a bit nervous.
Maybe, for the first time, the ground had lied to me and the numbers guys had this one right. But once again, the ground coverage defeated the aerial polling.
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But by Wednesday morning, this race, in which El-Sayed held a 95% to 5% advantage in prediction markets, had not been called, with El-Sayed seeming to head toward a meager 1- to 3-point victory, with his total under 50%.
Notably, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the race, still netted 4% — or, put another way, the difference.
As for the polling, the last five public polls had El-Sayed winning by 19, 17, 14, 16 and 11 points, respectively. The news media took this as gospel, and instead of covering a surging Stevens with a real chance to win — as I did — they covered an El-Sayed coronation pre-party.
What surprised me so much about this polling was that in Detroit, after dozens of interviews, I couldn’t find anyone voting for El-Sayed who wasn’t already an activist in some way. The more ordinary the politics or occupation of the voter, the more likely that person was to support Stevens.
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As I put it in these pages then, "Many Democratic voters I talked to wanted a steadier hand on the system, and they want to beat Trump and the GOP. But they don’t want to blow up the system."
Those voters, whom I met in Detroit diners and bars, were invisible to the pollsters. Yet, in the end, between Stevens and McMorrow, they were the majority of Democratic voters.
There needs to be a serious reckoning over how journalists use polls and prediction markets in the wake of this historic polling miss, because there is every reason to believe Stevens could have won if her very real momentum had been accurately described.
Elections are stories, and they have arcs. The last week of this campaign, by all rights, should have been about "The Stevens Comeback," but instead, the polls told the story: "El-Sayed Blowout."
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How many potential Stevens voters stayed home on Tuesday as a result? We will never know.
The national coverage throughout the week leading to Election Day was that even with Whitmer’s endorsement and that of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., to shore up the Black vote, El-Sayed and his communist-aligned podcaster ally, Hasan Piker, were cruising to victory.
Let’s be honest: It is the story everybody wanted. It is the sexy story of young socialists upending the Democratic Party establishment, but the embellished polls may well have become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
For Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, this is all excellent news. He wanted to run against the socialist-aligned El-Sayed, and now he will. He also has the advantage of El-Sayed’s being wounded by what turned into a humiliating underperformance.
Rogers should also be buoyed by El-Sayed surrogate Piker’s statement Tuesday night about possibly reaching out to Stevens voters. Piker said: saying, "Everyone being like, 'Abdul has a f--- ton of work to do mending bridges' … You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of sh---. You literally called the dude a f---ing terrorist for months on end … And now you're going to say sit there and be like, 'you really gotta come to me now.'"
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These are not the sweet, sonorous sounds of intraparty unity.
The race between Rogers and El-Sayed will be close and hard-fought, and I will find my way back to the Great Lakes State to take the temperature. In the meantime, the news media must be much more skeptical of polling because it may have turned this primary.
Cleveland's new WNBA team rejects 'Lady Cavaliers' identity in unveiling of name, color scheme
Sirens: mythical creatures who perched along rocky shores, using their beautiful, hypnotic songs to lure unsuspecting sailors to their deaths.
Also, Cleveland’s new WNBA team.
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The expansion franchise unveiled its name, logo and colors Tuesday, officially introducing the Cleveland Sirens ahead of the team’s inaugural season in 2028.
The nautical branding is a nod to Lake Erie, but the organization had another objective in mind: making sure the new team did not look like a women’s version of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"We don't want to be the Lady Cavaliers, and we don't want to be wine and gold," Sirens President of Business Operations Allison Howard said. "We really need to be very separate, very distinctive."
The Sirens and Cavaliers are both owned by Dan Gilbert’s Rock Entertainment Group and will share Rocket Arena. But Cleveland’s WNBA leadership made clear from the beginning that the two franchises should not share an identity.
Instead of borrowing the Cavaliers’ color scheme, the Sirens will use two shades of blue — appropriately named "Sirens Blue" and "Erie Blue." Their logo features the mythical creature beneath the team name, while the "S" in the wordmark contains a hidden "CLE."
"We love our Cavaliers, and they are such an amazing part of this organization," Howard said. "But this team can exist very much on the independent side of the Cavaliers."
Howard said the organization expects the Sirens to attract a different audience than the Cavaliers.
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"They eat different food, they drink different drinks," Howard said. "They get here earlier. They purchase merchandise differently, and they come from all over the state and even outside the state."
Cleveland’s approach differs from several WNBA teams that share ownership with NBA counterparts. The Los Angeles Sparks mirror the Lakers’ purple and gold, while the Phoenix Mercury use the Suns’ purple and orange. The Minnesota Lynx and Timberwolves also feature similar combinations of blue and green, and the Indiana Fever share navy and gold with the Pacers, though the Fever incorporate red into their identity, too.
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The Sirens, however, are taking a path closer to the New York Liberty and Golden State Valkyries, which both separate themselves visually from their city’s NBA franchises.
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The Sirens will not be Cleveland’s first WNBA team.
The Cleveland Rockers were one of the league’s original eight franchises when the WNBA launched in 1997. Named as a tribute to the city’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockers played seven seasons before folding in 2003 after owner Gordon Gund was unable to find a buyer.
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Former Rockers player Janice Braxton narrated the Sirens’ introductory video, which carried the theme "Hear the Call." Braxton and several other former Rockers players also attended Tuesday’s unveiling.
The new franchise has already collected approximately 9,000 season-ticket deposits, and Howard expects that number to grow now that Cleveland fans finally know the name of their team.
Controversial socialist chef flip-flops on abolish the police, says she’s ‘serious about public safety’
Controversial chef and democratic socialist candidate Francesca Hong has reversed her position on defunding and abolishing the police, saying in a recent podcast interview that she has become "serious about public safety."
Hong is a Wisconsin Democratic lawmaker perhaps best known for her 2020 call to "cancel Thanksgiving" because of its colonial history. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a leading Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor.
In an episode of "Pod Save America" released on Tuesday, Hong was asked about her 2020 tweets in which she wrote that "police exist to uphold white supremacy" and "I support defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police." The podcast host asked her, "I’m wondering how your views on policing have evolved since 2020?"
In response, Hong said, "My views have only become stronger in that I’m serious about public safety and I will not abolish the police."
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"My views are that people are struggling right now and need basic needs met, and I want to focus on stopping violent crime and giving law enforcement the resources and the training that they need, but ensure we are also holding accountable law enforcement that does not follow the law," she added.
Pressed on whether she still believes police exist to uphold White supremacy, Hong answered quickly, "No."
Hong was then asked, "What has changed in your thinking since you posted that in 2020?"
She answered, "I’ve had more conversations with people who are more directly connected to the problems and have learned that it is most important for a public servant like myself to make sure we’re looking at sensible, practical solutions that will help keep communities safe."
"When you talk to people who are most justice impacted, a mother who lost a child to police violence, people who have contended with injustices in historically marginalized communities, but just also looks like making sure we are implementing solutions and helping change the material conditions of people’s lives," she said.
During the interview, Hong also characterized her previous statement fantasizing about a "world without prisons" as "more aspirational."
Critics have argued that Hong has a history of expressing controversial progressive takes, with former X posts resurfacing in recent weeks.
In 2019, she wrote, "I ate two bites of my kid’s cheeseburger at a Culver’s in black river falls and told him they ran out of ice cream. Mostly just wanted to leave bc I was on the verge of a [sic] anxiety attack… to [sic] many old white people who didn’t think we spoke English."
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In another since-deleted post, Hong wrote, "Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621. If it takes a worldwide pandemic for us to realize we should stop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed indigenous folx [sic] and women, so be it."
In a recent CNN appearance, Hong was asked, "Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be canceled?"
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"I’m a chef, and one of the first meals that I made that was for the community when I was 16 [years old] was a Thanksgiving meal," Hong responded. "But Thanksgiving is also a time that’s incredibly painful for many people in our communities. And so, I think there, I wanted to make sure that people understood that there are multiple views, but views can evolve."
Fox News Digital reached out to Hong, Pod Save America and the DSA for additional comment.
Puka Nacua, due for new contract, hires Zay Flowers' agency after Ravens star's massive $140 million deal
Puka Nacua is taking notes.
The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver is beginning his fourth NFL season next month, making him due for quite a payday.
Nacua's 95.3 receiving yards per game are the most all-time, and since joining the league in 2023, no one else within six yards of him.
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Once an afterthought as a fifth-round selection, Nacua is now in the conversation as the best wide receiver in the league, and he wants to be paid like it.
Well, after Zay Flowers inked a $140 million extension that gives him $108 million guaranteed, both figures are the fourth-highest ever at the position, Nacua has reportedly brought in Flowers' agent to negotiate his next contract.
Like Flowers, Nacua is now represented by WIN Sports Group after previously being a part of the Athletes First team. WIN also represents stars like Dexter Lawrence, Jordan Davis, Nnamdi Madubuike, and Dion Dawkins.
Because Nacua wasn't drafted in the first round, unlike Flowers, he is not eligible for a fifth-year option, making him set to hit free agency upon the 2026 season's end.
Flowers and Nacua entered the league the same year, and given that Nacua's numbers are better than Flowers' across the board, the Rams star figures to have a good argument to not only beat Flowers' deal but maybe even surpass Jaxon Smith-Njigba as the highest-paid receiver of all time ($168.6 million).
Despite Flowers playing in 50 games compared with Nacua's 44, Flowers has more than 1,000 fewer receiving yards and 76 fewer receptions.
Flowers has undoubtedly been a stalwart for the Baltimore Ravens, as he's coming off a season in which he caught 86 passes for 1,211 yards and five touchdowns. He’s now posted back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Yet had Nacua not missed six games because of injury in 2024, he may very well already have more than 4,500 yards (he had more than 90 receiving yards per game that season).
Flowers has missed only one regular-season game in three seasons (his rookie campaign), although he was unavailable for the 2024 playoffs.
He became the fastest player in Ravens history (21 games) to reach 100 receptions and the first Raven with multiple 1,000-yard seasons in the first three years of his career. He ranked 11th in the NFL in receptions in 2025 and seventh in receiving yards. That was despite an underwhelming, injury-plagued season from Jackson — and Baltimore's willingness to run the ball with Derrick Henry.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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White House pushes 'watershed' fraud-fighting reform in Congress as Vance convenes task force
Vice President JD Vance, who chairs President Donald Trump's Task Force To Eliminate Fraud, said during remarks on Wednesday that the effort has identified $230 billion of suspected fraud so far.
"We've been able to stop $56 billion in fraudulent payments that would've otherwise gone to fraudsters, rather than to the people who need them," he said at a task-force roundtable event with lawmakers.
Vance called for reforms to help tackle the fraud.
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He said when the federal government distributes money to states for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the federal government has "no visibility into who is ultimately getting those benefits."
He said that if California provides "those food stamp benefits to an illegal alien, to a violent criminal, the federal government has no visibility, and sometimes the states themselves have no visibility."
"So we need to work with Congress, and we need some legislation that would actually force some data sharing between the state governments and the federal governments," the vice president said.
Vance also floated the idea of tougher sentencing against those convicted of fraud.
White House deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller called for "strict, clear, mandatory minimums" for fraudsters, saying they should be slapped with "a very substantial prison sentence."
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"That change alone would be watershed for fighting fraud because it would mean that the Department of Justice would be able to, through prosecuting a few hundred or thousand cases in a year, be able to chill the criminal conduct of millions," Miller said.
LIV Golf CEO quiets speculation with announcement of new investor to keep circuit afloat into 2027
Long live LIV?
The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced in April that it would stop funding LIV Golf following the 2026 season. With the sole funder of the breakaway circuit cutting off the money spigot, it was speculated that LIV, or at least the current version of it, would cease to exist beyond this year.
On Wednesday, LIV CEO Scott O'Neil halted that speculation.
Speaking ahead of this week's LIV New York tournament at Trump National Bedminster, O'Neil announced that an investor has been secured to keep the circuit afloat. While O'Neil did not divulge any specific details about the unknown investor, he did share an incredibly important fact about the next phase of LIV Golf and its players.
"LIV Golf has an agreement in place with a lead investor, signed by the investor and approved by the Board, to anchor the transaction and play a key role in supporting the path forward for the League’s next era, driven by and for the players," O'Neil said.
"Notably, our next chapter will make our players the majority equity holders in LIV Golf, a first for a major global sports league," he continued, while stating the goal is to enter a finalized transaction in September.
Aside from players holding a majority of the equity, it is unclear what LIV Golf looks like, and even more unclear which players will be competing, beginning in 2027. The plan for the 2027 LIV schedule is for it to feature 10 events, with five in the United States and five across the globe.
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The announcement that LIV will be around beyond 2026 comes as the unknowns still continue to add up regarding whether or not the LIV Team Championship, set for Aug. 27-30, will even be contested. The update on 2027 investments does not appear to have any bearing on the Team Championship.
It was reported at the end of July that the season finale is expected to be canceled after "multiple contractors" told Flushing It Golf that their travel and accommodations have been canceled and that "money is also owed."
LIV golfer and former major champion Martin Kaymer went on the record with Today's Golfer that the team championship was "highly unlikely" to take place.
A source with knowledge of the ongoing situation shared with OutKick on July 29 that LIV was continuing to have positive discussions with prospective investors for LIV Golf 2.0 while working to secure funding for the circuit's future and long-term sustainability.
Based on the league's announcement on Wednesday, the discussions with prospective investors were, in fact, positive.
Government-run grocery stores face renewed scrutiny after Chicago's experiment fizzles
The idea of government-run grocery stores is facing renewed scrutiny as Chicago abandons plans for a municipal supermarket, raising questions about whether taxpayer-funded markets can survive.
"Chicago's city-run grocery stores are on the brink of collapse after a Save A Lot terminated its licensing agreement with stores operated by Yellow Banana," Bryce Hill, director of fiscal and economic analysis at Illinois Policy, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
"So the city spent $13.5 million on these stores, but now they're on the brink of closing. They were meant to address food security and availability in what the city deems food desks, but this outcome should really come as no surprise," Hill said.
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Rob Karr, president and CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, told Fox News Digital Monday that the experiment is failing in multiple areas.
"So what we're seeing, particularly in New York and Seattle, are proposals to having the government actually artificially lowering prices by using their general revenue funds to make those groceries ‘more affordable,’ The state looked at that here in Illinois and dismissed it because it's inherently flawed," Karr said. "It has failed everywhere it has worked because it doesn't recognize the realities of the marketplace."
Chicago officials ultimately shifted away from opening a city-owned grocery store, opting instead to support privately operated neighborhood markets.
The Center Square reported Sunday that the closure of seven Save A Lot stores on Chicago's South and West sides has reignited questions about whether taxpayer-funded grocery initiatives can improve food access in low-income communities.
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In the article, Nicole Huyer, a free-market policy analyst, said the closures underscore the shortcomings of government-backed solutions.
The outlet also reported that the stores, managed by retail platform Yellow Banana, closed after Save A Lot terminated its operating agreement with the company, pointing to financial challenges that included a significant decrease in SNAP purchases.
The Whole Foods in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, which closed in 2022, received a significant government subsidy, relying on an $11 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) subsidy from the City of Chicago.
When it closed, local outlet WTTW reported that state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, said in a statement that she was disappointed in the development, as the store had said it was not about making a profit but about ensuring access to healthy food.
"I was proud to work with Whole Foods to bring a new location to Englewood because they claimed their decision was not based on profitability, but rather a desire to help provide access to healthy groceries for residents," Harper said in the statement.
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Hill told Fox News Digital that the areas where government grocery stores are failing tend to not be friendly to business.
"Illinois and Chicago specifically is one of the toughest places to do business. So, Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the nation," Hill said. "They're even higher in Chicago. Commercial property here is taxed at 250% more than residential property, which makes it tougher for businesses to operate."
"So, property taxes are out of control, which affect business margins as well," Hill added. "But on top of that, for consumers and for businesses, Chicago's total sales tax, which also applies to groceries, was just at an increase on Aug. 1. So the total sales rate in the city is now 10.5%. It's the second highest of any city in the nation. If the city's serious about helping businesses and residents in need, it should start there rather than wasting millions of dollars on projects that we know are going to fail."
Karr told Fox News Digital that cities should look at practical ways to make it easier for grocery stores to operate.
"Instead of trying to use gimmicks, look at the real reasons why grocery stores are having a hard time staying open," Karr said.
"And frankly, the same applies to pharmacies," he added. "Although it's a little different because there's also pharmacy reimbursement at stake there. But when you look at grocery stores, what are your permitting processes? What are your licensing processes? What are your labor mandates? What's going on in your property tax? When you look at the city of Chicago and Cook County, we have the classification system where commercial and industrial carry two-thirds of the burden. That's a problem. You can't continue to pile those on and expect something to change."
Fox News Digital reached out to Yellow Banana and Whole Foods for comment.
Anthony Fauci’s lawyer says Aaron Rodgers 'should stick to football’ after scorching him on Pat McAfee's show
Anthony Fauci may have taken the Fifth in the nation's capital, but his legal team isn't afraid to keep swinging.
Days after Fauci pleaded the Fifth 111 times during a Senate hearing on the advice of his attorneys, Aaron Rodgers could not help but rip the "absolute coward."
"Are you kidding me? You get a pardon, and you’re and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony? I thought you were the science. ‘I am science,’ and you get up there and can’t answer a question? What are we doing?" Rodgers said on "The Pat McAfee Show" earlier this week.
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Well, David Schertler, Fauci’s attorney, was asked by The Athletic to respond to Rodgers' criticism, and he did not hold back.
"Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He should stick to football," Schertler said to the outlet.
Fauci was questioned by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., over his response to the pandemic and his policy decisions, during which the former White House COVID advisor was accused of funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.
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"Spending the entire time writing in his diary about how fun it is to be famous. You gotta be kidding me. What are you going to say about me now? Seriously, what are they going to say about me now? Now, you can’t talk about the COVID stuff because obviously it was made in a lab in China," Rodgers continued.
"That’s like not even questionable anymore. Tony Fauci is an absolute criminal. It’s been a great life and a great career, and it’s nice to be sitting on this side now, especially after that coward pled the Fifth over 100 times. I thought you had a pardon there, Tony. Why couldn’t you answer one question the entire time?"
The Steelers, though, did not seem to be bothered much by what Rodgers said.
"Discussions around culture and politics can bring differing perspectives, and our players are entitled to their own personal views. With respect to that, I am certain there are a variety of opinions on many topics within our locker room," Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten said in a statement to Fox News Digital/OutKick.
Fauci’s refusal to answer has Rodgers going full tilt years after dealing with constant scrutiny, whether it’s the man himself or the network he has issues with. Rodgers drummed up controversy when he said he was "immunized" from COVID-19.
This season marks 22 years Rodgers has starred in the NFL, and he doubled down recently, saying this will be his final year.
Fox News' Scott Thompson and OutKick's Armando Salguero contributed to this report.
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