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Two pulled from rubble after NYC building collapses, search underway for others feared trapped: FDNY
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) is responding after a three-story building collapsed Wednesday in New York City, trapping people inside.
Two people were removed from the Brooklyn structure in the borough's Flatbush neighborhood and were being evaluated, the FDNY told Fox News Digital.
Searches for others remain ongoing, the FDNY said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Wife of former Jets and Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Richard Todd arrested for attacking him with pliers
Richard Todd played 10 NFL seasons for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints from the mid-1970s to mid-80s after winning a co-national title at the University of Alabama, but that fame apparently didn't keep his wife from attacking him with a pair of pliers this week.
The attack landed Debra Darby Todd in an Alabama jail.
According to court documents obtained by OutKick and Fox News Digital from the District Court of Lauderdale County, Alabama, Debra Todd on Monday at approximately 11:05 p.m. "did intentionally cause physical injury to the victim by striking him multiple times with a pair of pliers during an argument."
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Richard Todd, 73 years old later this month, did not require medical treatment or hospitalization. But he did apparently suffer multiple cuts and abrasions on his arms.
Debra Todd, 68, was booked into the Lauderdale County Jail, charged with felony second-degree assault, and her bond was set at $30,000.
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Police records show she had not bonded out yet on Wednesday afternoon.
Police records further state there are two witnesses to the alleged assault.
Todd, his fans may recall, played at 6-foot-2 and anywhere between 207 and 212 pounds.
Todd's wife is 5-foot-3 and 105 pounds, per court documents.
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Richard Todd was a three-year starting quarterback at Alabama from 1972 through 1975 under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, winning four SEC championships and the 1973 co-national title before being named first-team All-SEC as a senior.
The Jets selected him sixth overall in the 1976 NFL Draft, and in his 10 seasons he led New York to playoff appearances in 1981 and 1982. In 1982, Todd led the Jets to the AFC Championship game against the Miami Dolphins.
Todd finished his career with 20,000 passing yards and 124 touchdown passes.
MICHAEL RUIZ: JonBenét Ramsey's father challenges DA after report says family shouldn't have been cleared
JonBenét Ramsey's father has issued a fiery response to a report that a Colorado prosecutor now handling his daughter's cold case murder would not have ruled the family out as suspects if he'd been in charge when a predecessor did so in 2008, even as the family shared that investigators gave them an optimistic update on the case earlier this year.
"After 30 years if they still think I am guilty then please file charges and we will settle this in court based on facts and evidence," John Ramsey told Fox News Digital Wednesday after Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said in a recent interview with local reporters that he "would not have" publicly ruled out the family as suspects like his predecessor, Mary Lacy, did in 2008.
"They can’t selectively apply the unknown male DNA both ways," Ramsey said. "They have cleared a number of interesting suspects based on their DNA not matching unidentified male No. 1 DNA recovered from JonBenet’s person."
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Dougherty declined a Fox News Digital interview request Wednesday, but his office said he planned to post video from his local interview online amid concerns his remarks were taken out of context under a headline reading, "Boulder County DA says Ramseys shouldn’t have been cleared in JonBenet’s murder."
"I’ve never ruled out people in a case that’s unsolved," he told local reporters Tuesday, according to the Boulder Daily Camera newspaper. "Doing right by the victim demands that I remain open-minded and committed to following the evidence wherever it leads."
This is a routine investigatory position, according to retired FBI agent Jason Pack, who has followed the case for decades.
"If new evidence challenges an assumption made years ago, they need to take another look," he told Fox News Digital. "That doesn’t mean accusing somebody all over again. It means being willing to let the evidence change the direction of the investigation."
The 6-year-old died of strangulation and head trauma, according to the Boulder City medical examiner. Her family reported her missing only to find her dead in their basement the day after Christmas in 1996. Since then, investigators have examined more than 20,000 tips and hundreds of pieces of evidence. They've checked previously recovered DNA against more than 750 "reference samples."
As Fox News Digital has reported previously, early DNA testing results did not show matches for JonBenet's immediate family, but police continued to eye her parents as potential suspects for years.
"Either they believe they have the killer's DNA or not," the family patriarch said. "This problem of selective use of evidence to try and fit things to their opinion rather than use evidence to solve the crime has been the problem from the beginning."
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As recently as last year, police still had some untested DNA collected from the 1996 crime scene, and the elder Ramsey has called on authorities to use modern investigative genetic genealogy methods to try and gin up new leads.
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JonBenet's half-brother, John Andrew Ramsey, said the family did receive hopeful updates from Boulder police earlier this year.
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They learned evidence had been sent to a lab for testing late last year, he told Fox News Digital Wednesday. Authorities have not publicly confirmed the testing or any results, but he indicated he believed it had to do with DNA.
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"We met with them in February 2026, and they had this new message of hope and optimism," he said. "We took that to mean they were close to sending something off for SNP testing."
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Still, he said he's not sure any major updates will come before the 30-year mark in December.
"I think if they were super close, they would not be talking to the press," he said. "Six to 12 months, being super optimistic. Two to five years, no problem."
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Some experts believe they could have been ruled out in the early weeks of the investigation based on DNA evidence. Others say no one is ever ruled out until a case is solved.
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The late Colorado Springs Det. Lou Smit came out of retirement in 1997 at the request of the Boulder County DA's Office to help work the case and had argued that the likeliest suspect would have been an intruder and not a family member. But he left the case in 1998 citing tension with the Boulder Police Department, which focused on the family as suspects.
"I strongly disagree with anyone saying the Ramseys should not have been cleared," said John Anderson, a friend of Smit's and a former El Paso County sheriff who wrote a book about the case.
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Several potential suspects had emerged in the nearly 30 years since her murder — but the case remains unsolved.
Ring of Honor champ Deonna Purrazzo bringing wrestling to NJ town to raise awareness about major issue
Ring of Honor women’s pure champion Deonna Purrazzo is set to return to her hometown in New Jersey to help raise money for her alma mater high school and raise awareness about the lack of funding for the schools in that area of the state.
Purrazzo’s JTown SmackDown will take place at Jefferson Township High School in Oak Ridge on Friday night. The event means more than just teaming up with her husband, fellow pro wrestling star Steve Maclin. She is looking to put the spotlight on a serious issue that is near to her heart.
"I've worked with the athletic director, Bill Koch, for the past few months, since earlier this year, really, when we were reconnected over the Highlands Impact Aid Now rally at Jefferson, where we're trying to draw attention to the fact that the funding formula for schools in New Jersey, the S-2 funding formula is not fair," Purrazzo told OutKick Dropkick. "It's not equitable to the students of the Highlands and the Pinelands.
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"And so that kind of was the precipice to JTown SmackDown. We were raising money for the athletic department and for the JTEF, the Jefferson Township Educational Fund, which is all going to the students."
New Jersey’s S-2 funding formula was enacted as part of a revision to the 2008 School Funding Reform Act, which was meant to take aim at funding inadequacies across the state. But Purrazzo and other local officials have said it’s created a bigger issue for the township.
Part of the issue, Purrazzo has said, is the Highlands Act. The piece of legislation protects hundreds of thousands acres of land in the Highlands, which is the main source of drinking water for millions of residents in New Jersey. The act comes with development restrictions, which critics have said hampers growth in places like Jefferson Township.
"The S-2 funding formula and how it affects the Highlands is multifaceted. Fifteen or so years ago, there was a piece of legislation put in place in the Highlands that restricted the growth of the land in the tax base. And so, 88% of Jefferson Township is under this protection where new businesses can't come in, affordable housing can't be built, you can't rent out houses or build on your property because all of the land is protected. They provide millions and millions of gallons of water to all across New Jersey every single day. While environmental protection is important, it's limiting the growth of our students.
"What's happened because of that is taxes have risen in town. We've lost the funding formula because people are moving out of town. Enrollment is how they equate funding for the schools. And so because our enrollments down, the funding goes down ... It's not been fair. Meanwhile, cities like Newark are able to build new buildings and hire new teachers and all these things that Jefferson Township and the surrounding towns are just not able to do. So, the awareness is coming from, we have to refigure out how this formula works, especially in these towns where the tax base isn't allowed to grow, and how do we make it equitable for these towns who literally can't up their enrollment."
The New Jersey Education Association said last month it was taking on the task of rewriting the funding formula with the hope that it would be implemented during the 2027-28 school year.
Jefferson Township Superintendent Jeanne Howe warned in March that the district could have to make cuts and increase classroom sizes if money doesn’t start to flow in, according to the Morristown Daily Record.
In recent years, New Jersey lawmakers have worked together to provide millions of dollars to districts that saw reductions in funding because of the S-2 formula.
Purrazzo hopes that a return to her high school would put the issue in a larger spotlight. She recalled speaking at one of the rallies earlier this year, which took place at the high school as well.
"I don't know how I'm gonna react because when I was there in March for the Highlands Impact Aid rally, I spoke and I gave like a 7 or 8 minute speech about how growing up in this town really shaped my character for the rest of my life and allowed me to become a six-time world champion and travel the world as a professional wrestler, but they played my entrance music when I walked up to the podium and I started crying, which I didn't expect, right?
" I was just overwhelmed with, there were so many familiar faces in the crowd, and obviously, it's for such a great cause. I'm getting a master's degree in political science, but I've never really stepped on a stage and spoken about policies and legislation, things that I was doing that day. So it was definitely a step out of my comfort zone, but really rewarding to be able to start there and now have worked through producing a wrestling show. I don't know exactly how I'm gonna feel. There might be a few tears, but it'll all be worth it."
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Purrazzo and Maclin will take on VSK and Emily Jaye, Goldy will go up against Griffin McCoy Tiara James will square off against Tina San Antonio and Oxx Adams will face off against Marcus Mathers.
Jaye is a highly talented young women’s wrestler who is among the next crop of talent that pro wrestling fans should pay attention to. She made her All Elite Wrestling debut earlier this year and has performed at several promotions from Gamechanger Wrestling to Boca Raton Championship Wrestling.
Purrazzo said her advice to someone like Jaye is the same for any up-and-coming female star.
"I say to her exactly what I say to all the women's wrestlers who are coming up right now: Don't quit on yourself," she told OutKick Dropkick. "There's going to be so many people who, for me, didn't know what ‘The Virtuosa’ meant, didn't see the vision in it, didn't understand that it's not this like overt in your face character. It is very nuanced, but it is very me, and I believed in it and I knew that if someone would give me the investment and the opportunity to educate the audience in terms of what that meant for me, it would click. And so, my biggest advice to Emily and all of the women coming up right now is, if you have a vision for yourself and you believe in it 100%, don't let anyone's opinions deter you. Don't quit on yourself."
JTown Smackdown will begin at 7 p.m. ET.
Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade showcases her toned figure in pink string bikini
Olivia Jade is bringing the summer heat with a new set of photos on Instagram.
In a recent Instagram post, the 27-year-old influencer shared a series of photos of herself in a pink Monday Swimwear string bikini, captioning the post, "Sunshine girl 🎀🎀🎀🎀."
One of the photos features the YouTuber showing off her toned body as she leaned against a wooden fence, with green hillsides and a river behind her.
Other photos show her posing in front of a white wall. She accessorized the look with a pair of black sunglasses and earrings, and wore her hair in a messy low bun.
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Fans in the comments section could not help but compliment the influencer, with one writing, "Okay pretty girl!!!," and another adding, "Perfect body 🔥."
"It's almost like Aunt Becky went back in time and became a VS model," a third commenter added.
Her mom, "Full House" star Lori Loughlin, also got in on the action, leaving a fire emoji in the comments section, while "Victorious" actress, Victoria Justice wrote, "Stunning🔥."
Jade recently went viral for participating in a campaign with the clothing brand, Reformation. In the campaign, she posed in a crewneck sweater with the word "college" written on it, with "100% of the net proceeds from the" sale of the sweater going to Yes Scholars, a nonprofit aimed towards helping students from under-resourced communities with access to college and other opportunities.
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Her involvement in the campaign drew praise from fans, with some writing in the comments section that she is "making lemonade with lemons," and another calling the move "iconic."
Jade was infamously exposed for having lied on her college applications and pretending to be on the rowing team, in order to secure admission into USC. This became public in 2019, when news of the college admissions scandal broke, implicating her parents.
Loughlin and her father, Mossimo Giannulli, paid $500,000 to scam mastermind William "Rick" Singer to get her and her sister, Isabella, recruited to the University of Southern California’s crew team despite neither girl previously participating in the sport.
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Giannulli served five-months in prison, and was ordered to pay $250,000 in fines, undergo two years of supervised release and pay 250 hours of community service. Loughlin on the other hand served two months in prison, paid a $150,000 fine, with two years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service.
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In a January 2022 episode of her podcast "Conversations with Olivia Jade," Jade defended herself against the online haters, noting there's been "a big misconception about me," and that she heard the comment, "You don't work hard" before.
"But I didn’t have to start my YouTube when I was 14. I did put in a lot of work," she said (via Page Six). "I don’t even think I’ve ever said this publicly but in high school, I had straight A’s. I worked really hard at school."
NYC parents and locals protest homeless men's shelter being built a short walk from middle school
Parents across Brooklyn's Canarsie neighborhood are demanding answers from New York City officials and Mayor Zohran Mamdani over plans to build a 200-bed men's homeless shelter just one block from a local middle school.
Parents, teachers and other residents protested Monday night against plans for a 200-bed men's homeless shelter on East 108th Street that is expected to open in 2028, one block from the Science and Medicine Middle School 366 on East 107th Street.
Among the protesters was New York City Council member Mercedes Narcisse, who represents the 46th District and criticized the city's Department of Social Services (DSS) in comments reported by News 12 Brooklyn.
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"You want to put it next to a school — a middle school for God's sake! These are our children! Shame!" Narcisse said.
Narcisse said DSS informed her about the proposed shelter last week but had not sought her input, even though she represents the neighborhood.
According to News 12 Brooklyn, the upcoming shelter is part of a broader citywide plan to open 12 new shelters, including three in Brooklyn.
Narcisse has requested a meeting with the DSS commissioner for Thursday to discuss residents' concerns. However, many protesters are calling for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to attend.
"I asked for the commissioner, but now, my community says the mayor," Narcisse said.
DSS confirmed plans to construct more shelters across the city and emphasized community engagement as part of the process.
"Notifying elected officials and community boards is a part of the public process around siting new shelters. Notification is the beginning of a process that includes opportunity for community engagement," DSS told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Science and Medicine Middle School 366, Narcisse's office and Mamdani's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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The protest follows other demonstrations across New York City over plans to open men's homeless shelters, with residents criticizing what they say is a lack of community input.
In July, the New York Post reported that the city moved 110 single homeless men into a former family shelter in Brooklyn. According to the report, the city's Department of Homeless Services did not conduct criminal background checks on the men before the relocation.
Fiery chaos erupts across Spain as protesters clash with police during massive nationwide strike
Unruly protesters set fires, smashed storefronts and launched fireworks at riot police across parts of Spain on Wednesday as a massive nationwide strike over soaring housing costs disrupted transportation and businesses.
Violent scenes unfolded in Barcelona, where some demonstrators vandalized stores along the city's popular Paseo de Gracia shopping boulevard, set small bonfires and launched fireworks at officers arriving in riot gear and armored vehicles, according to The Associated Press.
The violence erupted after a largely peaceful march as Spain experienced its first general strike in 14 years, with workers demanding relief from skyrocketing rents and the rising cost of living.
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Housing activists claimed 400,000 people marched through Barcelona, while city officials estimated attendance at 55,000. Government officials reported another 120,000 demonstrators gathered in Madrid despite heavy rain, the AP reported.
The nationwide walkout disrupted public transportation, forced some businesses to close and blocked major roads. Police made arrests across the country, while officers used pepper spray against demonstrators in Madrid, according to the AP.
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The unrest comes amid growing frustration over Spain's housing crisis, fueled in part by the eviction of an 87-year-old Madrid woman who had lived in her apartment for seven decades before reportedly facing a tripling of her rent. She died weeks later, according to the BBC.
The housing crisis has become a major political flashpoint ahead of Spain's Nov. 29 parliamentary elections, with Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reportedly encouraging workers to exercise their right to strike.
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But the demonstrations have also sparked a political clash, with conservative opposition leaders accusing Sánchez's government of exploiting the unrest for electoral gain, according to the BBC.
Meanwhile, Spain's largest labor unions declared the ongoing strike a success despite business groups disputing claims of widespread participation.
Eli Drinkwitz calls out college football’s identity crisis as CFP expansion buries tradition
You can add Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz to the growing list of coaches around college football that are questioning the future of the sport, and how we arrived at this point.
An ever-changing landscape that has seen college athletics shift towards a more pay-for-play system as if that wasn’t the case before NIL arrived on the scene has led to a number of changes within the sport of football.
Whether that be the amount of players who are now chasing playing time and the biggest paycheck through the transfer portal or the expansion of a college football playoff that is only three years into its current form of 12 teams, it's clear that conferences across the country are doing their best to hold on for dear life during these times of economic questions.
Sure, nobody is crying for these head coaches that are bringing home multi-million-dollar checks on a yearly basis, with buyouts that have become even more outrageous over the years.
But, no matter what you think of the economics encompassing a head coach, it doesn’t mean they are wrong when voicing their opinions on the current state of college athletics.
One of those current conversations incapsulating the sport of football centers around the elimination of the conference championship games, thanks to the CFP expanding to 24 teams.
"Why are we associated with conferences anymore if we’re not playing for a conference championship?" Drinkwitz asked. "I mean, if the point now is just to be playing into the seat of 24, are we just doing it for scheduling affiliation? And if we’re just doing it for scheduling affiliation, are we, is there a reason to be flying all the way across the country to play games from a national perspective?
"I think that’s where this conversation is going to end up leading to."
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He's not wrong, though there is much more to being in a conference than just a championship game, and I would say Drinkwitz would admit that.
But, this goes back to the inception of NIL, when it sent us down a path of no return. When players rightfully started being paid, the NCAA had no rules around how to navigate the new era, and neither did the conferences.
That's just a byproduct though of the current situation that is causing athletic directors to lose sleep at night around financing each sport on their campus.
"The decisions we'e made in college football over the last six years, and we've made them to where we are at now. I think when you look back, we’ve devalued some of the things that made college football so special. Bowl games are no longer valuable," Drinkwitz noted. "Building a program and having a season to build for the next season, where your fans could be excited about these guys playing, ‘OK, man, next year this got a chance.’ There’s none of that because you don’t know who’s going to be back. Every team’s starting over each year.
"There’s no real regional rivalries anymore because there’s no more regional conferences outside of ours, which is the best conference in college football."
The short answer to that question is no, the CFP did not take the input of the college football fans into their decision to move forward with a 24-team postseason.
And, that's the problem.
Sure, fans are going to tune into these additional games that are played at regular season's end, but that doesn’t mean the product is worth watching. For the diehards, if you put a college football game on television, there will be viewers.
Look at the excitement that comes with Tuesday and Wednesday night MAC-tion that provides us with competition during the week.
"We've made a lot of decisions and we've asked a lot of people their opinions," Drinkwitz lamented. "But have we cared about the fans?
"I don't know the answer to that question. Do I think the conference championship games were a good thing? Yes, I do, I think they were great. Do I think they're no longer important? Yea, I agree with the assessment that there really is no reason to play them."
We have a lot of problems to deal with in college athletics, and the near future is going to tell is a lot about how leaders are going to handle it.
Trump's ex-lawyer Alina Habba loses massive contract days after president blasts 'outrageous' deal
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Alina Habba Mildon, has lost a four-year contract worth more than $50 million to serve as general counsel for a company founded by the daughter of a Venezuelan billionaire Trump pardoned earlier this year, according to The New York Times.
Concord Partners, a Florida-based company founded by Isabela Herrera, daughter of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, terminated Habba Mildon’s contract after President Donald Trump urged the Herrera family to stop paying her, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed the termination to Fox News Digital.
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Concord Partners cited a "failure to perform duties" in a Nov. 4 termination letter obtained by The New York Times.
Trump pardoned Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini Jan. 15, 2026, just two weeks after Habba Mildon began working for the company founded by his daughter. Herrera faced federal bribery charges tied to an alleged scheme involving Puerto Rico’s governor and struck a plea deal accepting a misdemeanor campaign finance violation in August 2025.
The firing came just days after Trump publicly blasted Habba Mildon’s $50 million arrangement as excessive and said he did not want her to receive the money.
"I thought it was terrible," Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago Oct. 31, Reuters reported. "I told her, and I said, 'I don't want her paid.'" He called the arrangement "totally obnoxious and outrageous" and "not acceptable."
Habba Mildon has denied playing any role in securing Herrera Velutini's pardon, pushing back against questions about whether her contract was connected to the president's decision.
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"The Fake News still seems very confused by this so let me be even more clear: I was never paid to secure a pardon. I never met with anyone at the White House or DOJ about a pardon. I’ve never done any work in any capacity whatsoever for a pardon for anyone, period," Habba Mildon wrote on X Oct. 21.
Habba Mildon signed the agreement with Concord Partners in October 2025 while serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. She began working for the company on Jan. 1, 2026, after becoming a senior advisor to Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to the outlet.
Habba Mildon had already received about $14.5 million, including an $8 million signing bonus and $6.5 million in additional payments, according to The New York Times.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Habba Mildon and the White House for comment.
Longtime GOP leader faces uncertain future after Jim Jordan wins House leadership fight
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives and the most tenured figure among the chamber's party leadership, declined to say whether he would commit to serving the full term in the upcoming 120th Congress.
"There’s no decision on what’s next," Scalise said on Wednesday.
"I’ve got to get through these next few weeks, and then we have a lot of decisions to make about what's life going to look like in the minority. But I sure still have a great passion for this country."
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Scalise’s answer follows a loss to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in a bid to become the party’s new minority leader. His defeat now forces Scalise to decide whether he intends to retire or remain on Capitol Hill as a rank-and-file member of the minority as Democrats retake control of the House in January.
For now, Scalise stressed that he remains focused on securing GOP priorities before the new year.
"There’s a lot more for us to do. We have a few weeks left in the lame duck [session] and, frankly, a few big, big issues ahead. I want to see us do as much as we possibly can while we still have this majority," Scalise said.
"I’ve got a lot more gas in the tank. Obviously, all of us know there’s some real change coming in January. We still have work to do right now."
Jordan beat out Scalise in a 106-73 vote in Tuesday’s GOP elections.
Scalise, who was elected in 2008 and first joined Republican leadership in 2014, proved a steady figure and mouthpiece for conservative principles even as the party shifted dramatically around him.
Scalise originally served as House whip alongside Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
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Although Boehner would eventually step down after the right flank of the party accused him of failing to secure GOP priorities, Scalise remained a constant, continuing to serve as whip under his successor, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Around the same time, Donald Trump, then just a candidate for president, began gaining momentum in the GOP primary.
As the party’s core began to gravitate toward Trump, Scalise’s time in Congress and personal well-being were challenged when he was shot at a congressional baseball practice in 2017.
Although the incident left him with health complications, the attack elevated Scalise’s national profile.
"Just left hospital. Rep. Steve Scalise, one of the truly great people, is in very tough shape — but he is a real fighter. Pray for Steve!" Trump said in a post to social media at the time.
In 2023, Scalise would climb to the No. 2 job, becoming majority leader after Republicans recaptured the House of Representatives under Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
And when McCarthy himself was removed from the post for failing to deliver Republican demands to cut spending, Scalise launched an unsuccessful bid for speaker.
Instead, Scalise remained majority leader as Republicans rallied around Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
Asked if he would have done anything differently in his most recent bid to lead the House GOP, Scalise said he had no regrets.
"Nothing that could have been done differently in the leadership race," Scalise said.
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"There’s clearly a lot of weight lifted now. I mean, these leadership jobs take a lot of time, a lot of focus. I love doing the work… it takes you away from your family, from other things that you enjoy doing back home. I’ll have a little more free time there," he added.
Following the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Republicans have a little under seven weeks to press for legislative priorities with their majorities in the House and Senate.
The 120th Congress is set to begin on Jan. 3, 2027.