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University of Tennessee condemns flyers appearing to celebrate Charlie Kirk assassination
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is condemning messages that celebrate political violence after mysterious "Kirkaversery" [sic] flyers advertised a gathering apparently marking one year since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, declaring, "WE WILL CELEBRATE THE FIRST NEW YEAR AK (AFTER KIRK)."
The flyers, images of which circulated widely on social media and by Libs of TikTok, advertise an 8 p.m. Sept. 10 gathering on the HSS Lawn, an outdoor green space at UT Knoxville. But the university told Fox News Digital that it is not sponsoring an event related to Kirk’s assassination and that no organization has registered to use the location for such a gathering.
"The university is not sponsoring any event related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and no organization has registered to use the HSS Lawn or any other reservable space for any such event," a university spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement Wednesday. "At this time, the university has not determined whether the flyers are connected to anyone affiliated with UT."
The spokesperson added, "The University of Tennessee strongly condemns any message or activity that celebrates or makes light of violence or the loss of human life. We remain committed to ensuring our campus is a place that values civility and where human dignity is respected."
It is unclear who is behind the apparent event.
Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University during his "American Comeback Tour."
Other advertisements for similar events have appeared at various schools across the country, with students at Georgetown University allegedly planning a Kirk "lookalike contest" for the anniversary of the conservative activist’s assassination. The event drew thousands of upvotes on Fizz, an anonymous social media platform popular with Georgetown students, according to screenshots shared with Fox News Digital from the school’s Turning Point USA chapter.
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Similarly, an apparent Kirk look-alike contest is being advertised at the University of South Carolina for Thursday. The university said on social media that it has "no record of any registered student organization planning such an event. No university resources will be used to support this."
Lone holdout in Lindsay Clancy trial demonstrated the killings during deliberations, fellow juror says
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The lone holdout in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial used an exercise band and a water bottle to demonstrate how her children were strangled, a fellow juror said.
Clancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under the age 6 — who were discovered strangled at the family's home in January 2023. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Friday after jurors could not agree on a unanimous verdict, with the panel reportedly split 11-1.
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Nick Dargie, 25, told ABC News that the lone holdout juror at one point attempted to mimic the way Clancy killed her three kids with an exercise band and water bottle.
"He took the exercise band out of the bag, grabbed an empty water bottle and and tied the band around the water bottle and pulled it," Dargie said. "I was just so shocked that he did that."
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"I was shocked, it didn‘t make any sense to me. Like, we‘re not in here to play detective or it‘s not a game of clue. like, this is serious. I asked him why," he added.
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Dargie said the holdout juror refused to explain how witness testimony helped prove his stance.
"There was several times I would ask him to show us evidence or, you know, describe a witness testimony that helped to prove what he was saying, and ... he couldn't," Dargie said. "There wasn't a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was, which is why we ultimately sent in that note."
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He was referring to the note sent by the jury foreperson, who reported that one juror was refusing to follow the court's instructions on reasonable doubt.
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After several jurors came forward about what went on in the deliberation room, Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, told "CBS Mornings" Wednesday that he would be filing a new motion to dismiss based on double jeopardy.
"I would defend that person's right to be a holdout for a month," Reddington said. "That's what the system is based on, but when the forelady indicated clearly and unequivocally in the jury question that this person had doubt, reasonable doubt as we know now, and just refused to listen to the judge's instruction on the law, that's when I was upset."
While Cruz hasn't indicated what he will do with Lindsay Clancy's case after the mistrial, Sullivan set a status hearing for Sept. 29.
Mamdani, touting RI socialist’s victory, answers question of ‘What is the Democratic Party?’
Democratic socialist David Morales’ victory in Rhode Island's mayoral primary Wednesday night got the attention of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who says it is evidence of where the party as a whole is headed as November's midterm elections draw near.
"I think it comes back to what I’ve said before, which is what is the Democratic Party, if not its voters?" Mamdani asked during a Thursday morning news conference on the first day of school in his city.
"We’re seeing that the voters across this country are eager for not only a change, but also for a vision of something that we are fighting for," Mamdani added. "And, you know, I've spoken a lot about childcare this morning. I've often couched it as the second driver of the cost of living crisis. The first driver is housing."
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Mamdani was hailing a new free education program for 2,000 needy families, as Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a pledge for $425 million more in next year’s state budget to expand early childhood programs, including services for families with disabilities.
At the end of Thursday's news conference, Mamdani responded to a question about Morales, a 27-year-old state representative and Democratic socialist who defeated one-term Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, 47, in the Democratic primary.
Republicans hold no seats on the Providence City Council, and Democrats make up a majority of registered voters in the city. Former Vice President Kamala Harris beat President Donald Trump in the city by 51 points in 2024.
Mamdani hailed Morales’ campaign for rent stabilization and affordability in the deep-blue city.
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"The little that I do know about this soon-to-be new mayor is that one of the central issues in his race was around rent stabilization and around the importance of delivering on affordability, not just as a goal, but as a result," Mamdani concluded. "And what we've seen is that his constituents agreed with exactly that."
Morales, who was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won roughly 54% of the vote to Smiley’s 46%, ousting the incumbent after one term. If he wins the November general election, Morales would become Providence’s youngest mayor.
"Few believed that a 27-year-old democratic socialist could ever, few believed that we could ever take on big money, corporate real estate interests and endless attack ads — and we took them on and we won," Morales said in his victory speech.
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The Providence contest unfolded amid a broader debate within the Democratic Party over the influence of democratic socialists and progressive candidates. Housing costs and rent control were key issues in the primary, with Morales backing rent control while Smiley argued that the policy could discourage development.
Providence rents have risen sharply since 2020 and the race centered on how to address the city’s housing affordability crisis.
Republicans, particularly Vice President JD Vance, argue that former President Joe Biden's open border policies and blue-state sanctuary for illegal migrants brought exploding demand for a finite supply of housing in Democratic-run sanctuary cities like Providence.
"The city of Providence must use every tool that we have at our disposal to defend our immigrant community and protect us from the fascist ICE agents," Morales said in his primary victory speech.
Bush revives ‘Islam is peace’ message with fresh focus on post-9/11 mosque visit
DALLAS – As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, former President George W. Bush reflected on his decision to visit a mosque six days after the attacks, saying he wanted Muslim Americans to know they were not to blame for the terrorism.
"This decision, shortly thereafter, was to go to a mosque," Bush said on Wednesday evening. "I did so because I was deeply concerned about stories of women in coverings being harassed at shopping centers, particularly in Michigan."
Bush revisited his 9/11 response during a conversation with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at "A Legacy of Service: America at the 25th Anniversary of 9/11," held at his presidential center in Dallas.
The mosque visit became a prominent part of Bush’s response to the attacks as he sought to distinguish Islam and Muslim Americans from the terrorists responsible for 9/11. Six days after the attacks, Bush visited the Islamic Center of Washington, where he declared, "Islam is peace."
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"It became clear to me that if this was an ideological struggle, which is what I viewed it as, and we forego one of the most important parts of our ideology, which is the freedom to worship the way you want to worship," said Bush.
"I want you to talk about a couple of those events. You talked about going to the Islamic Center and trying to make sure that our Muslim American citizens knew that we didn't blame them for what had happened," said Rice.
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"I also made it clear that Islam was a religion of peace, not a religion of war, and that these people subverted their religion," Bush added.
Bush visited the Islamic Center of Washington on Sept. 17, where he sought to draw a sharp distinction between Islam and the terrorists responsible for killing nearly 3,000 Americans.
He met with Muslim leaders and specifically raised concerns about Muslim women who wore head coverings, saying he had been told some were afraid to leave their homes or go shopping because they feared being intimidated.
"That should not and that will not stand in America," he said in 2001.
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Bush’s remarks come as the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches and as the attacks and their aftermath have returned to the political spotlight.
Kimmel reveals he's interviewing James Talarico under 'unusual circumstances,' citing FCC threats
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel revealed Wednesday he would be interviewing Texas Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday under "unusual circumstances."
"Tomorrow night, I’ll be interviewing James Talarico — tomorrow night, under unusual circumstances," Kimmel said. "You know, for a lot of years, for the whole 20-plus years of our show, in fact, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem at all, just like Letterman did, Leno did, Arsenio, etc., etc. I’ve interviewed a lot of political candidates from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself."
Kimmel pointed to his interviews with President Donald Trump in 2015 and in 2016.
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"Now that he’s president, his FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates, our local stations, based on traditional simple editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don’t like. And so, out of consideration for our local stations, especially our ABC affiliates in Texas who have to deal with this nonsense, my interview tomorrow with James Talarico will not air on television. It will be posted on YouTube instead. It will not be on TV. So if you want to learn about a candidate for the Senate tomorrow, you’ll have to go to the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ YouTube channel where you will see it in its entirety tomorrow night," Kimmel said.
He added, "And thank goodness we have that, because in the America we live in right now, this is the best we can do. Until November, of course. Make sure you register to vote, by the way, because that’s the most important thing you can do."
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The situation is reminiscent of former late-night host Stephen Colbert's interview with Talarico ahead of the Texas Senate primary, in which he was competing against Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
Colbert's show, which has since been canceled, did not air the interview with Talarico and only posted it to the show's YouTube channel in February. Colbert announced at the time that CBS had stopped them from airing the interview.
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"THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico," the network told Fox News Digital at the time.
The statement continued, "The show was provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled. THE LATE SHOW decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on-air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal-time options."
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Crockett, who ultimately lost the Senate primary to Talarico, blamed CBS and Colbert's show.
"We actually received a phone call, and that was a little bit earlier today, and in that call, they explained that they actually told CBS that they could go ahead and move forward with the interview of James Talarico, they just needed to offer me equal time," Crockett said during a February interview with MS NOW's Jen Psaki. "I did not get a request from the Colbert show to go on."
"And so there were a number of options that could be put on the table and frankly, you know, ‘The Late Show’ decided that this was the option and I think that it was a good strategy," she said.
The lawmaker even suggested that the controversy probably helped Talarico's campaign.
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"I think it probably gave my opponent the boost he was looking for. So I think it's probably better that he didn't get on, and that they went straight to streaming because we know that when we resist, and when we know that it seems like they're trying to change the rules and bend the knee to this president, that it backfires in historic fashion," she said.
Kimmel cited FCC threats during his first show back from his summer hiatus as well, addressing FCC Chair Brendan Carr directly.
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"We’ve done 4,000 of these. Which is, it’s a lot of shows," Kimmel said. "According to the White House, it’s too many shows."
"There are those who said we would never last this long. There are even those who used the regulatory might of the FCC to unconstitutionally try to make sure we didn’t last this long. But we did it the hard way, Brendan. And we are still here," Kimmel said.
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Kimmel referenced his show's brief suspension and ongoing clash with Carr in 2025.
The FCC and Disney did not immediately return Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
Salvation Army responder opens up on 9/11 cancer battle, phone call that changed his life
Twenty-five years later, the grief of Sept. 11 remains with Salvation Army responder Ken Tregellas, and so does his conviction that his experience was worth the sacrifice.
"My kids had asked me over the years, ‘Dad, knowing you'd get cancer, would you still have served?’ And I told them, ‘I wouldn't have changed a thing. It was an honor,’" he said.
During this year's anniversary, Tregellas is looking back on the decision that took him from his family in Wisconsin to Ground Zero, where he spent months caring for people searching for answers about their loved ones.
It started as a typical Tuesday morning. Tregellas was getting his twins ready for school when he saw the North Tower had been struck. Like millions of Americans, he was confused. It wasn't until United Flight 175 struck the second tower that he knew America was under attack.
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Within a few hours, his phone rang, a call that would change the course of his life.
Tregellas previously operated The Salvation Army's emergency assistance programs in underserved communities. So when he was asked to be the Red Zone coordinator at Ground Zero, he knew he needed to deploy.
When flights opened back up, Tregellas flew from Wisconsin to New York City. Only four other passengers were on board.
"I'd never been to New York in my life, so I really didn't have, other than pictures and movies, I didn't have anything to compare it to," he said.
Tregellas could not have known that his first glimpse of New York would come under such unimaginable circumstances.
Walking into the Red Zone in Lower Manhattan, he encountered a scene unlike anything he had ever witnessed. Smoke continued to rise from the twisted shards of metal, while the remains of the World Trade Center smoldered in a massive pile.
"I was still pretty shocked that there was still fire burning," Tregellas said. "I mean, the piles where the two main towers were, were still burning every time they were picking up debris."
As the Red Zone coordinator, Tregellas was responsible for overseeing all of The Salvation Army's efforts on the ground.
"Our job was really to take care of the people that were looking for bodies at that point," Tregellas said. "It was more of a recovery effort."
Six tents were set up at the site, including makeshift cafeterias and sleeping areas that quickly became a refuge for workers. Weary responders arrived with boots melted by the intense heat of the metal. They could replace their shoes, grab a meal, rest and talk with others about what they had witnessed at the pile.
The Salvation Army provided more than food, clothing and shelter. Beyond basic necessities, workers received counseling and other forms of spiritual relief to make the grueling work at Ground Zero somewhat manageable. Tregellas emphasized that the organization's mission went beyond meeting physical needs. It was also there to provide emotional and spiritual care.
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Prayer was offered around the clock to anyone who wanted it. Tregellas said one of the most striking parts of the experience was the diversity of people who came to the site including families who traveled from around the world searching for answers about their loved ones.
"There were people coming from all over the world to look at the site and try to understand why they weren't hearing anything about loved ones," Tregellas said. "You had to listen. You were dealing with interpreters. It was a whole different thing than I think most of us had ever dealt with before."
At Ground Zero, Tregellas said, the work extended far beyond recovery. The Salvation Army was caring for people in the middle of unimaginable loss, providing a meal, a place to rest, a prayer or simply someone willing to listen.
Although he had worked for The Salvation Army for almost 32 years and witnessed many heartbreaking moments, the weight of what Tregellas witnessed at Ground Zero followed him home.
After seeing the scale of the loss in New York, he found himself struggling to process other disasters the way he once had. Returning to disaster sites, such as floods, where people had lost their homes and belongings, he found himself comparing those losses to the lives lost on Sept. 11.
"Seeing the depth of tragedy of New York, so much loss of life, and just how large and devastating it was, I really had a hard time on the empathy part," Tregellas said.
He knew the loss of a home, furniture or clothing was devastating to the people experiencing it. But privately, he found himself thinking about how different those losses were from what he had witnessed in New York.
"I was thinking in my head, ‘that's just stuff, you didn't lose your life," he said. "And I compared everything in my life, even my children I would tell them, doesn't compare to the loss of life. I had a really hard time getting over that."
Cancer certifications have risen from 3,204 in 2015 to 57,044 this year between workers, Twin Tower survivors, and Manhattan residents, The New York Post reports.
Ten years after Sept. 11, Tregellas became a part of those statistics.
When Tregellas was having trouble eating and swallowing, he went to the doctor, not thinking much of it and unaware that his sacrifice helping others at Ground Zero would come at a cost.
During the visit, doctors found cancer in his tonsils.
"I hadn't really dealt with cancer at all. And then as they started to look at it and it showed up in a couple other places," he said.
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He was then diagnosed with stage 4 mantle B-cell lymphoma, and the treatment was intense.
"It was probably eight months of chemotherapy and long stays in the hospital, and it was a very rare cancer."
According to the Victims Compensation Fund, cancer has become one of the lingering health consequences of 9/11, as responders and survivors continue to face illnesses linked to their exposure at Ground Zero.
There were more than 69 reported types of cancer, with non-melanoma skin cancer being the most common, with more than 18,400 cases among responders and survivors, while lymphoma, on the rarer side, accounted for around 2,500 cases among responders and survivors.
The 9/11 VCF was able to assist him with his treatment.
"I went through a bunch of chemotherapies. I had a stem cell transplant that was, they said, my best chance to survive."
About a year after completing that first treatment, the cancer came back in his other tonsil.
"I thought we were just going to do the same thing again, which I wasn't excited about, but I was thinking, ‘Well, it worked once, it can work again,’" he said.
Doctors thought that would be too harsh on his body, so they put him on ibrutinib, a drug used to treat certain blood cancers and one he’d be on until this year.
"And boy, I was on that drug till February of this year, and it put me back in remission, I never had any cancer since," he said.
Today, Tregellas spends part of his time speaking, often to students, about what he witnessed on 9/11. For many of them, the attacks are something they have only learned about in history books.
When speaking to Fox News, he got emotional. He took a beat with a heavy sigh that held weight as if sharing his experiences with younger generations brought him back in time to those moments.
Tregellas knows he and others on the ground will never forget. But feels it’s vital to bring it to the forefront so the younger generations know, so they can remember.
"That's where we bring it back," Tregella said. "It's an important part of history. And yeah, it united us. I think it still does at times."
This week, on the 25th anniversary, he says most of all he looks forward to the shared solidarity.
"It's a week of, ‘we did it,’ this is how we did it and let's look back and learn that together we can do a whole bunch," Tregellas said. "And yeah, I'm proud to be a part of that."
Zoe Saldaña shares behind the scenes Instagram posts from brutal 'Lioness' torture scene
Zoe Saldaña pulled back the curtain on the latest episode of "Lioness" with some viral Instagram posts.
Season 3 of Taylor Sheridan's epic CIA/military thriller is currently airing on Paramount+, and it's been outstanding ever since the premiere.
The main storyline is the search for Joe (Saldaña) after she was kidnapped following a brutal and bloody operation in Ukraine to grab a Russian.
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The mystery of who orchestrated the entire kidnapping runs deep through six episodes.
Episode 6 – "Sugar Land" – gave fans a massive reveal this past Sunday:
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The Iranians appear to be the puppet master behind the targeting of Joe.
The episode also featured a grisly moment of Joe being tortured by the main Iranian captor. It was an incredibly uneasy scene to watch, but absolutely necessary for setting the stakes of what could be awaiting Joe if her team can't successfully rescue her.
Well, the popular actress took to Instagram to shine a light on some behind the scenes action from the torture scene and lighten the mood a bit.
She shared a pair of Instagram posts showing fans how the on-screen brutality went down.
"Episode 6 was a real challenge," Saldaña wrote on one of the posts.
You can check out both below.
Now, there are two episodes remaining in season 3, and the stakes couldn't be higher as the race to save Joe's life is on. I can't wait to see how it all unfolds. Have a fun theory? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Trump dangles $5,000 checks as debt surges — but only if GOP can clear major midterm hurdle
President Donald Trump vowed to issue Americans a $5,000 "dividend" that could cost the federal government more than $1 trillion — but it's contingent on Republicans retaining control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump made the pledge Wednesday night during his nearly two-hour speech at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas, promising to issue the payment to every adult citizen if the GOP wins both the House and Senate in November.
"Here is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000," Trump said.
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The president's proposal comes as the national debt hovers just north of $40 trillion and the federal government recorded a budget deficit of roughly $1.8 trillion in fiscal year 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The payments could cost approximately $1.2 trillion, based on the roughly 240 million adult citizens in the United States, potentially adding significantly to the government’s eye-watering borrowing.
It's unclear where the money would come from, but the motivation behind the idea is crystal clear — Trump wants to incentivize voters who are feeling a pocketbook squeeze to keep his party in power so his agenda is not brought to a screeching halt should one of the congressional chambers flip blue in this year's midterms.
Vice President JD Vance suggested after Trump's speech that wealthy Americans could be excluded from the payments, potentially reducing the plan’s overall cost.
"What the president is talking about is fundamentally a dividend for American workers," Vance told Fox News.
He also defended the proposal's funding by pointing to the administration’s tariff revenue.
"We’re taking an extraordinary amount of revenue because the president of the United States is standing up to both foreign companies but also foreign countries who have been taking advantage of America’s workers," Vance said.
Treasury data shows the government collected a record $34.2 billion in customs duties in a single month. Since January, those collections totaled approximately $208.5 billion, still far below the estimated $1.2 trillion cost of Trump’s proposed $5,000 payments.
However, those figures reflect gross tariff collections and do not account for refunds tied to tariffs that were later struck down by the Supreme Court.
The administration has since returned billions of dollars to importers, meaning the amount ultimately available to the government could be lower.
"If you keep us in power and allow us to continue to do these things, then you’re going to share in some of the benefit of this incredible wealth that we are creating in the United States of America," Vance added.
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The White House has not provided specific eligibility requirements or a detailed funding proposal.
Trump said the dividend would be similar to a cash distribution from a successful company to its shareholders and indicated that the money would need to be spent in the United States.
The proposal would require approval from Congress before any payments could be issued. Trump does not have the unilateral authority to distribute the checks.
Trump has previously floated other direct-payment proposals, including a $2,000 tariff dividend and a plan to return a portion of government savings to taxpayers. Neither proposal has become law.
The president’s latest pledge came as he urged voters to treat the midterm elections as a referendum on his administration.
"If the Republicans win, you win with us," Trump said. "Now all we have to do is win."
Popular beach town cracks down on risky behavior as violators face fines, jail time
A popular beach community in Florida is cracking down on smoking and vaping, joining other cities across the state that have adopted similar restrictions.
The ban in Indian Rocks Beach took effect immediately after the City Commission voted Tuesday to approve the measure, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay.
The city already had smoking and vaping restrictions in place at public parks. The new ordinance extends those rules to its public beaches.
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Beachgoers are now prohibited from smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes and vaping devices on public beaches in Indian Rocks Beach.
Officials told FOX 13 that enforcement will initially focus on educating beach visitors about the new rules before issuing citations.
City documents reviewed by Fox News Digital show violations could carry penalties of up to $500 in fines, up to 60 days in jail or both.
Stanton Glantz, a tobacco control researcher and longtime advocate for smoke-free policies, told Fox News Digital that secondhand exposure can still occur outdoors.
"If you're in the slipstream downwind from a cigarette or an e-cigarette, you can get very high concentrations, very high exposures," Glantz said. "So it's just like being downstream of a chimney."
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The California-based expert said he supports the recent ban, arguing that people who do not use the products should not have to be exposed to the chemicals such products emit.
He also pointed to the environmental impact of cigarette waste, noting that cigarette filters are a source of plastic pollution.
"Cigarette butts are made out of plastic, and they don't biodegrade," he said. "If you throw a cigarette butt in the ocean, that plastic is going to fall apart, but microplastics are going to be there for good."
Indian Rocks Beach Mayor Lan Vaughan told FOX 13 that cigarette waste and vape cartridges have continued to litter the sand at Indian Rocks Beach, even with regular beach cleanups and sand-sifting machines.
The mayor added that city officials hope the ban keeps beaches safe for both families and local wildlife.
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"We wanted to make our beaches family-friendly for the children, for the families, and look out after our neighbors, the turtles, the birds, and the wildlife that actually live on those beaches as well," he said.
Vaughan also told FOX 13 that beachgoers who wish to smoke can use a designated smoking area in the county parking lot.
Fox News Digital reached out to Vaughan for further comments.
Indian Rocks Beach, located roughly 27 miles west of Tampa and about 15 miles northwest of St. Petersburg, sits along Florida's Gulf Coast in Pinellas County.
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The city itself is home to some 3,600 residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Despite its small population, the coastal community draws visitors year-round to its white-sand shoreline.
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Indian Rocks Beach isn't the first Florida community to adopt these kinds of restrictions.
Miami Beach banned cigarette smoking and other tobacco products on its public beaches and in parks beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
Violators there can face fines ranging from $100 to $500 or up to 60 days in jail, according to the city.
More recently, the city of Sanibel in Lee County approved a ban on smoking and vaping at public beaches and parks in March 2026.
Kim Kardashian's baseball mom reality show looks absolutely full of fireworks, Collinsworth shines & $1 beers
Thanks to Roger Goodell insisting on playing games on Wednesday night, it feels like a Friday morning, but it's actually Thursday. Welcome into Thursday Screencaps where we all try to come down off that incredible game last night in Seattle. What a defensive struggle. What a tough night for the OVER bettors.
Football IS BACK, but I have to start this morning with the official trailer for Team Moms: Baseball that has the hair on my arms sticking straight up. For those of you who don't already know, I am the leader of the Make Rec Ball Great Again movement, but this new reality show from Paramount+ speaks to my soul.
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It's everything I've written about the last 4-5 years. It's everything that the travel baseball parents say that they're not, but they are. THIS is the reality. Now, not all baseball moms have fake boobs and get Botox treatments – let's face it, the typical travel ball mama bear is bloated on High Noons and Waffle House – but what you're seeing here is everything that travel baseball moms want to be in life.
Kim Kardashian, the brains behind this project, absolutely NAILED IT.
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"The best part of this show, and all the social media comments that it will engender, will be the people that make fun of it without realizing they could easily be starring in it," one guy wrote on X.
Exactly. You're going to have mama bears making fun of what Kardashian is presenting. Meanwhile, this exact reality is playing out at tournaments across this country and in Hampton Inn lobbies. The mama bears will contend this isn't how they act.
Liars.
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It's easy to bang on Cris Collinsworth, but last night he absolutely nailed this one. Now, there will be plenty of moments this year when Cris talks out of his ass and everyone rushes to social media to call him an idiot. Last night, the guy started off the season strong.
– Harvey D. in the 419 has a theory: So the way this thing goes down is a cross between Maximum Overdrive and take your pick of Terminator movies.
Everything connected to the web is out to unalive you. Your phone, over doses you with RF radiation (microwaves your brain),
The robot vac suddenly has you cornered. The icemaker in the fridge suddenly turns into a chain gun of cubes and blasts you to pulp. Oh, and its conspiring with the fridge to just put the temp out of range just far enough to turn the contents into a bacterial mine field. You dont notice. Three days later you got the roto rooter sickness. The connected car starts sending you into bad neighborhoods even if there is no traffic jams. Stop lights decide its a free for all at every intersection. Your smart TV starts doing replays of the View.... Ok I will stop.
You all get the drift.
Not anti A I or Pro AI. It's an unknown. Are we all like the folks waiting on the Vikings or Chris Columbus(check local listings) to come home? Who knows. It could be a whole new world? It's a hell of a ride, just be glad we got good seats for it. Buckle up. Not much you are gonna do to change it.
– Mark W. in Franklin, TN emails: Here is a link to the in-depth article about the homicidal AI. While I don’t think we are going to war with Skynet (not yet, anyway), there are a lot of unknowns about agentic AI and its ability to reason and adapt. The potential for problems, some known and a lot unknown, is going up.
Appreciate all you do.
– Jason DeM. looks back to the 1983 movie "WarGames": Matthew Broderick showed us a long time ago. Global Thermalnuclear War!
– Voiceover Mike checks in: I was thinking that AI would just figure out a way to build these robots, like the ones at the robot games, and once they had their "army," they would just take us out. I'm sure AI could take over drones and launch attacks on our cities. The only thing that would save us is that they would destroy the very infrastructure they need to survive. Then, a small rag-tag band of high school kids would knock out the rest and save the world. Wolverines!
– Scott S. suggests another movie: One of the scariest and most obscure films on this topic, outlines the how quite well:
Wikipedia Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
– Greg S. suggests the same movie and one more: These show how AI can dominate humans and are worth a watch:
This is a movie about an AI defense computer taking control of the planet. It sounds like a Terminator plot but the difference is it doesn't want to kill everybody, just control them via nuclear weapons. It's 1970's Kitch but is very interesting in how forward thinking it was and the efforts to stop it.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/
A disturbing episode about out-of-control military robot dogs killing everything they see.
– Rob M. in Florida believes AI will off the men first which will allow the rise of the WNBA and women's flag football: AI, is coming for us, there is nothing we can do because it will come from a place we never suspect. It will slowly start to eliminate the men first, through the WNBA and the WPFFL ( Women’s Professional Flag Football League). No way you say, there is absolutely no way that the end of mankind comes from those two places, my friend, you would be mistaken. Here is the three point plan for the elimination of Mankind.
Gentlemen the world is now run by AI who can easily influence the women via true crime documentaries and powered by pods of men watching the W. Enjoy the nightmares boys…..
– Jesse F. checks in after a long layoff: Hey Joe, it’s been awhile since I last wrote. Just wanted to give an update to the greatest column we all get to read everyday. Sorry for the long one…
Last I wrote, my wife and I were in the housing market and how crazy it was. Unfortunately, we still haven’t found a house mainly because my wife is due with our second child in November and we are now just going to wait until after the baby is born. The good news is all this waiting we have been able to save a lot of money which will help greatly with a down payment and closing cost with today’s housing market.
Second, my wife and I are enjoying our first vacation in a few years. I am currently writing this email from Cape May New Jersey as we took our one year-old son to the beach for his first time. Going the week after Labor Day is awesome. Everything is still open and it was much cheaper and still great weather. Also want to point out that there are American flags absolutely everywhere and I love it. It seems this part of our country still embraces those American values.
Lastly, I wanted to chime in on the AI since you talked about it in the Wednesday screen caps. I work in manufacturing for a pharmaceutical company and they are having us embrace AI when it comes to items such as writing emails drafting reports and problem-solving, etc. I’m fully on board because I want to be that person that can be knowledgeable enough on AI where my job is safe because about to have two kids and I’m still in my early 30s and I have a future to look out for. Anyway, I hope all is well with you and your family and keep up the good work.
Kinsey: I had to go back and look at when Jesse first started emailing. It was September 2024. He was 29 and his wife was due to have a baby in 2025. That happened and now she's pregnant again. Back in February, Jesse mentioned how he and his wife were looking for homes, but the prices and quality of homes in SE Pennsylvania just don't make sense.
Earlier this week, I took a look at real estate around here in NW Ohio. After about five minutes, I stopped. Between the taxes and interest rates, I'm out. Just last night, I told Mrs. Screencaps she might as well make this place as great as possible because there's no way in hell I'd be caught in the housing market right now.
I can't even imagine, Jesse. Keep us updated.
– Phil S. in Florida was kind this week: Hey Joe! I wanted to share a short story with you and anyone who wants to hear it, about just being nice. I tell everyone I know to just be nice to a stranger today. Small acts make big impacts.
Making someone laugh can change their day. Also not all red blooded Americans are the monsters NBC and CNN portray us as. As I was leaving the adult beverage store today, I saw a car back out of its parking spot and then just die. After depositing my purchase in my car I walked over and asked the driver if he needed help. He said the car sputtered a few times and died. His radio was playing so he had power, and that’s about where my automotive expertise ends.
I had him throw the car in neutral and pushed him into a parking spot. He got out and asked why I helped him. "It’s the right thing to do and I try to be a good person. Do you need a ride home?" He said no, shook my hand and gave me a "bro hug". It took 2 minutes of my life to help a stranger and get that feeling of I just helped someone. More people need to help more people. Oh… and F the Packers
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And that is enough on this Thursday morning with the sun shining and football from Australia on the agenda later tonight. Remember, these two teams had completely different travel schedules. The Rams have been in Australia for like 30 hours. The 49ers have been there all week. Gamble accordingly.
Let's go have a great day.