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Biden-appointed judge orders Trump to restore slavery, climate change ideology at national parks
A Biden-appointed federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits and other materials at national parks that highlighted slavery, climate change and other leftist ideology after they were removed under a directive targeting displays deemed disparaging to America.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts, appointed to the federal bench by former President Joe Biden in 2021, issued a preliminary injunction Friday requiring the administration to reverse the changes and pause any further removals amid legal challenges.
The move comes amid the America 250 celebrations that will crescendo on July 4.
The Interior Department in a statement called Kelley a "liberal activist judge" and said it was reviewing its options to appeal its removal of what Secretary Doug Burgum rebuked as "improper partisan ideology."
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Trump’s March 27, 2025 executive order, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," sought to restore American heritage to national parks and monuments that were "changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history" after the race riots of 2020 that might have ultimately helped fuel Biden's election.
Trump ordered Interior to "take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law," to ensure that all U.S. government descriptions, depictions do not "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living" – instead putting "focus on the greatness" of America.
While Kelley wrote that the plaintiffs had shown the administration’s actions were meant "to rewrite the Nation’s history with a white-out pen," Trump said he had issued the order because of the "false reconstruction" of U.S. history under Biden, the president that appointed her.
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Removing the disparagement of Americans and highlighting of U.S. greatness set a "dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization," according to Kelley.
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The judge also ordered the administration to file weekly status reports detailing its progress in restoring the affected materials.
Among the materials Burgum's Interior removed were an exhibit at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park describing the ownership of enslaved people by George Washington, the nation's first president, and signage detailing climate threats at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
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"Under the guise of promoting American dignity, this administration seeks to share a limited history by ordering the removal of all signs, displays, and interpretive exhibits at National Parks that do not align with its preferred narrative, thereby telling half-truths," Kelley wrote.
Trump signed the executive order to work to "restoring truth and sanity to American history" at the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks. Burgum later directed the removal of what he called "improper partisan ideology" from museums, monuments, landmarks and other public exhibits under federal control.
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Other changes denounced by leftist ideologues included the removal of a sign at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona that included an image of a visitor holding a Pride flag, as well as the removal of films about labor history at Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts.
"What we were left, like virtually every Cabinet agency, was a complete mess from the Biden administration," Burgum told Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany on "Saturday in America," vowing that he is "cleaning up the mess that's been left with us."
"They were doing everything from climate extremism to DEI, ESG, you name it, and they were doing it all opposed to what the American people voted for and what President Trump promised the American people we would do."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Interior Department on Sunday morning for further comment.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Secret evidence filed in Anna Kepner Carnival cruise murder case as feds push to jail accused stepbrother
Content warning: This article includes descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find distressing.
Federal prosecutors have quietly submitted new evidence under seal in the case against Timothy Hudson, who is accused of sexually assaulting and killing his stepsister, 18-year-old Anna Kepner, onboard a Carnival Cruise ship.
In a pair of filings entered in federal court in Miami on June 8, prosecutors revealed they have obtained "newly disclosed, supplemental information" supporting their effort to revoke the release of Hudson, identified as T.H. in the filings.
The new filing comes as Hudson was allowed to remain free until his September 2026 murder trial. In April, a federal grand jury indicted Hudson as an adult; he is accused of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse after Kepner was found dead in November 2025 inside a Carnival cruise cabin that was traveling on the high seas toward Miami.
Prosecutors said the sealed filing contains information concerning the "performance of any examinations or tests," and they are asking the court to consider it as part of their effort to revoke the teen suspect's release pending trial.
The new evidence, however, does not identify what kind of examinations or tests were conducted or what they showed as the order was immediately placed under seal and the court granted the request.
The evidence was submitted as part of the government’s ongoing "Motion for Review and Revocation of Order of Release Pursuant to the Bail Reform Act," which is their effort in overturning the teen’s release and placing him back into custody before trial.
At the time he was arrested he was charged as a juvenile and allowed to live with an uncle because of his age. But in April a federal grand jury indicted him as an adult, introducing the possibility that he could be jailed as he awaits trial.
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But on May 27, a judge ruled that the accused teen could continue to remain free pending his murder trial with certain restriction.
"If it were a 20-year-old under the exact circumstances I probably would have detained," U.S. District Judge Edwin Torres said. "The presumption would be we were just not going to take that chance."
"This is a different animal," Torres said.
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Kepner’s parents have voiced their outrage that Hudson is not jailed pending his trial.
"We’re upset that he’s still out. We’re six months in, and he should already have been arrested, and yet he’s free to do whatever he wants right now," Christopher Kepner told the Daily Mail. "That’s our problem. He’s been able to do whatever he wants and go where he wants, but the family’s been sitting here unable to do anything."
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If convicted, the teen could face a maximum penalty of life in prison.
"I want to see him in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs. He does not need to be free. He does not need to be in the general public, around any kids or women in general," Christopher Kepner said.
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Nov. 6, 2025, dinner: Prosecutors say Kepner left dinner because she wasn’t feeling well, saying that she had mouth pain from her braces and an upset stomach, and returned alone to cabin 8343.
7:35 p.m.: CCTV allegedly shows Hudson entering the cabin.
7:38 p.m.: CCTV allegedly shows Kepner entering the same cabin. Prosecutors say she was never seen leaving again.
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7:51 p.m.: Kepner's 13-year-old brother briefly entered the cabin and later told investigators he saw her alive.
7:51 p.m. to 10:13 p.m.: Prosecutors say Kepner and Hudson were alone in the cabin for roughly three hours.
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10:13 p.m.: Prosecutors say Hudson exits the cabin and looks left and right down the hallway.
10:53 p.m.: Prosecutors say Hudson places the privacy sign on the cabin door and goes back inside.
11:21 p.m.: Kepner's younger brother returns briefly to the cabin. He later tells investigators he did not see her inside.
12:09 a.m.: The brother returned again. Prosecutors say Hudson blocked him from entering, told him he was changing and made him wait outside for a couple of minutes.
12:09 a.m.: The brother said the bathroom and closet doors were open, and the cabin lights were on.
Morning of Nov. 7: Prosecutors say Kepner's phone, which was missing from the cabin, was tracked by ship Wi-Fi/router data moving along the same path as Hudson.
9:26-9:55 a.m.: Prosecutors say CCTV and router data placed Hudson, and allegedly Kepner's phone, near the jogging track, smoking area and later near the trash-bin area where the phone was found.
11:24 a.m.: Cabin attendants discovered Kepner's body, prosecutors say, wrapped in bedding and partially hidden under a bed, with a box of life vests positioned to obscure it.
Josh Duhamel says his heart rate drops 25% at off-grid Minnesota cabin
Josh Duhamel revealed that he experiences a sense of physical relief immediately after leaving Hollywood behind for his remote heartland cabin.
The 53-year-old actor maintains a home in Los Angeles but has shifted most of his life to the Midwest in recent years. Duhamel's primary residence is now in Fargo, North Dakota, but he often escapes an hour and a half away to his 50-acre off-grid cabin retreat in the woods of Minnesota.
During a recent appearance on Dana Carvey and David Spade's "Fly on the Wall" podcast, the "Transformers" star opened up about how cabin life has impacted his health and spirit.
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"What I think I love the most about it is I just get out there and my heart rate drops about 25%," Duhamel shared.
"My priorities change too," he continued. "I feel like I have purpose."
"I'm always working on something where I don't even mow my own lawn here," Duhamel added.
"It's just absolute freedom out there."
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Duhamel went on to detail how he built the property from the ground up after first purchasing the land almost 17 years ago.
"I bought like a little half a parcel for 12 acres for like nothing," he recalled. "And then the other half of that parcel went up for sale."
"Then I had then 26 acres with a little shack of a cabin with no electricity, no water, but it was a cabin," Duhamel continued. "It was a structure. I got a cabin. I'm not going to sleep there with the rats or the mice or the raccoons. And then the one next to that went up for sale."
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The "Las Vegas" alum recalled that he purchased the next parcel of land, which is on a lake, for "nothing," as he marveled over the difference in cost of property between Minnesota and Southern California.
"I'll tell you what I paid for it — $189,000 for 26 acres," Duhamel said. "The amount you can get there versus what you pay for it here is crazy. I'm not sure I would be able to get it for that now. But then all of a sudden, I had two little cabins and like 50 acres on this place and I never planned to do that. I just wanted something out there somewhere that I could just get away and go, you know, fish and stuff like that."
Duhamel explained that he came to embrace the process of building his rustic sanctuary piece-by-piece over 15 years.
"It's turned into like a whole passion of mine," he said. "I started moving dirt and I started shaping it."
"And we actually built a property," Duhamel continued. "[Because] these cabins are so small, they're just big enough for three people or family of three."
Duhamel's family has grown in the years since he first purchased his land in Minnesota. The Daytime Emmy Award winner was previously married to singer Fergie, 51. The two, who share son Axl, 12, tied the knot in 2009 but finalized their divorce in 2019.
In 2022, Duhamel married model Audra Marie, 32. The couple are parents to son Shepherd, 2, and newborn daughter, Rocca de Leon, whom they welcomed last month.
While speaking with Carvey and Spade, Duhamel recalled how he adjusted to living in the cabins, which were lacking in modern amenities during the early days.
"For the first few years, there was no water. There was no bathroom," he said. "We had electricity in the little cabin — the second one — but no water," he said. "So, we were like washing our dishes in the lake and it was like homesteading. But, I loved it. You know, it was like so different than anything I'd ever done before."
Duhamel noted that due to the remote location of the property, it now functions entirely detached from local municipal utility lines and instead relies on independent, off-grid infrastructure for water, heating and electricity.
"We had to build wells," he explained. "Each one of the cabins has a well."
Duhamel said that they also use solar panels to generate daily electricity as well as propane tanks, which can power high-energy appliances and provide heating.
While describing the activities that he enjoys at his lakeside retreat, Duhamel shared that he recently "splurged" on a pontoon boat and also has a "little old fishing boat out there and a couple old jet skis.'
He also shared the story of how he acquired a 1954 Chriscraft motor yacht, which was featured in a scene from his 2022 action-comedy "Shotgun Wedding." Duhamel said that he expressed an interest in buying the boat after production was completed on the movie, which also starred Jennifer Lopez.
"I was like, 'What's up with that boat?' and they said, 'We paid a lot of money for this thing.' I said, 'Well, I'll give you this for it.' They said, 'No, no, we paid this,'" he recalled.
"I let it go," Duhamel continued. "Well, about six months later, they come back and they say, 'You still want the boat?' And I said, 'Well, I'll give you like half as much as I offered before.' They said, 'Fine.' They took it and then it was over in Puerto Rico or something. I had to get it all the way back to the States."
"They were having to do all that and they said, 'You know what? It's yours,'" he remembered. "So they just gave it to me."
However, Duhamel explained that between transporting the boat to Fargo and paying to have it professionally restored, the "free boat" became a "huge money pit."
"But it's all done now and it's out on the water and it's a really cool ride," he said.
While Duhamel said that he and his family spend a lot of time at their Minnesota property, they primarily live in Fargo, which is his wife's hometown. Duhamel noted that he appreciates the slower pace of life in Fargo compared to L.A.
"It's a really fun town, too," he said. "I mean, people know of it from the movies and the TV shows, and it's it's very different than that. But I just love North Dakota. I love the people there. I love the way they live their lives. It's a little bit slower."
Duhamel also opened up about his cabin in Minnesota during an interview with Fox News Digital in March.
The actor said that he was now 72% ready for a zombie apocalypse at his "doomsday" cabin after previously joking that he was about 70% ready last summer.
"Every year, I get a little bit more fully prepped," he said. "But that's part of the fun is the journey of figuring it out, seeing what the latest and greatest is. I'm less afraid of zombies and more afraid of AI robots now. I don't know if we're ever gonna fully be able to, you know, protect ourselves from what's coming, but at least I can hopefully turn off all devices and just sort of shut ourselves off from the world if we need to."
"Is that too dark? Maybe that's too dark," he wondered. "I don't know."
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Duhamel, who hails from Minot, North Dakota, explained that living in his home state keeps him grounded.
"Hollywood can be a very seductive place, and it can be a very dangerous place if you don't remember where you came from," he said.
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"I've always stayed very close to my roots," Duhamel continued. "I've got a very tight-knit group of friends that have been very close to me forever, since kindergarten, some of them. So, I've leaned on them a lot just to keep my a-- in check throughout the years."
He said he’s been really "grateful" to have had "a place like North Dakota to root myself in, because it's helped me stay true to myself throughout all these years."
The "Ransom Canyon" star also shared that he could see himself living in his Minnesota cabin full-time and noted that spending time there provided a good balance for his children.
"My 12-year-old gets to get to see both sides of that," Duhamel explained. "He's in L.A., but he's also at the cabin a lot, so he gets to go out there and kind of see the world as I did as a kid."
Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson and Larry Fink contributed to this report.
New Amazon AI search turns words into shoppable images
You know that shopping moment when you can picture the exact item in your head, but you have no idea what to call it? Maybe you want a dining chair with a curved back. Maybe you are looking for a black dress with sheer sleeves, but you do not know the exact style name. So you type a few vague words, scroll through a wall of products and wonder why online shopping still feels like a guessing game.
Amazon now wants AI to help close that gap. Its newest search feature creates AI-generated images in real time as you type inside the Amazon Shopping app. The idea sounds simple: describe what you see in your head, watch the image change with your words and tap the version that looks closest to what you want.
From there, Amazon shows visually similar products you can actually shop. Here's how the new search experience works and why it could change the way you browse for clothes, furniture and home finds.
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Amazon says the new feature appears in the search suggestions area of its Shopping app for U.S. customers. It is rolling out on iOS and Android, starting with apparel and home, where looks carry a lot of weight. Amazon says more categories will be added over time.
That makes sense. Visual details can make or break a purchase. A "blue chair" may give you thousands of results. A "blue velvet accent chair with gold legs" gets closer. Add "curved back" or "tufted seat," and the AI image can shift as your description gets sharper.
Instead of forcing you to know the right design term, Amazon lets you describe the look. Then the app turns that description into a visual cue.
You start by typing into the Amazon search bar the way you normally would. However, this time, Amazon wants you to use more descriptive language.
For example, you might type: "green dress with puff sleeves" or "wood coffee table with rounded edges."
As you add details, AI-generated images appear below the search bar. Those images update as you refine your wording. When one looks close to what you imagined, you can tap it and shop for products with a similar look.
That last part is important because the AI image itself may not represent a real product listing. It works more like a visual guide. Amazon uses it to understand the style you want, then matches that idea to items in its store.
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The best use case here involves those hard-to-describe purchases. Furniture, clothing, accessories and decor often depend on texture, shape, pattern and color.
Search has always handled exact terms pretty well. Type a brand name or model number, and you usually get somewhere useful. The problem starts when you know the vibe but not the vocabulary.
Amazon's AI search could help when you want:
That could save time, especially for those of you who browse with a mental image instead of a shopping list.
There is just one big caution here: AI can create something that looks perfect but may not exist. That could lead to disappointment if the generated image looks better than the real products Amazon surfaces afterward. Shoppers may tap an image expecting an exact match and end up with close-enough results.
So treat the AI image as a sketch, not a product promise. Before you buy, check the actual listing photos, dimensions, materials, reviews and return policy. That extra minute can save you from ordering a "close match" that misses the detail you cared about most.
The new real-time AI image search fits into a larger push by Amazon to make shopping more visual. Amazon Lens already lets you point your phone camera at an item and search for similar products. Lens Live takes that further by scanning items in real time and showing matching products in a swipeable carousel.
You can also add text to an image search. So, if you upload a photo of a beige sofa, you can add a note like "in white" or "smaller size" to narrow the results.
Amazon also offers a "More like this" option on product images. That can help when you like one product's look but want a different sleeve, length, color or style.
For iPhone users, Amazon Lens can also launch from the lock screen through a widget. That means you can spot something in the real world and search for it faster.
Amazon is also using AI-generated style images in apparel search results. When you search for clothing, you may see "Shop by style" collages tied to looks such as "Urban luxe" or "Soft elegance."
Tap a collage, and Amazon takes you to a page with shoppable items, similar products and style options you can browse. That makes the experience feel closer to a digital stylist than a basic product search.
It could help those of you who want outfit ideas rather than a single item. However, the same caution applies. Use the AI styling as inspiration, then judge the actual products on their own.
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Amazon wants to make search feel less like typing keywords and more like describing a picture. That could make it easier to find products when you lack the exact name for a style, material or shape. It may also make browsing feel more personal and less frustrating.
Still, AI shopping tools can nudge you toward impulse buys. A polished image may make a product idea feel more appealing before you compare prices or check quality. So use the feature as a starting point, not the final word.
The smartest approach is simple: describe what you want, use the AI image to narrow your search and then slow down before checkout. Look at the real listing, read recent reviews and confirm the details that matter to you.
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Amazon's new AI search could make online shopping feel more natural for those of you who think visually. Instead of guessing the right product term, you can type what you imagine and let the app build a picture from your words. That could be genuinely useful for home decor and fashion, where small details often decide whether something feels right. At the same time, shoppers should remember that AI images can create expectations that real products may not match. So yes, Amazon's search bar may soon feel more creative. The bigger question is whether that creativity helps you buy smarter or simply makes you want more.
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Caitlin Clark scores 25, Sophie Cunningham's late heroics lift Fever past Sun in Commissioner's Cup
Caitlin Clark led the way with 25 points, including 15 from beyond the 3-point arc, as the Indiana Fever defeated the Connecticut Sun on Saturday night. She was also credited with five assists in the 85-75 win, as Indiana improved to 4-1 in Commissioner’s Cup action.
The Sun made one final push late in the fourth quarter, trimming Indiana’s lead to two points after Clark was assessed a technical foul. Connecticut guard Kennedy Burke converted the ensuing free throw to cut the deficit to 74-72 with less than three minutes remaining.
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Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who subbed in with 3:56 left, grabbed a missed shot by Sun guard Saniya Rivers following the technical, then made two straight from distance for her first points of the game.
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She drove for a layup to put the Fever up 82-72 and hit another 3 with just seconds left on the clock to finish off a personal game-ending 11-3 run. Cunningham finished the night with 11 points.
Kelsey Mitchell added 19 points and five assists for Indiana, which has won three in a row for the second time this season. Aliyah Boston had 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.
Olivia Nelson-Ododa finished with 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench to pace the Sun. They have lost five in a row and are 0-5 in the tournament.
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Stephen A Smith elects not to dunk on Trump following Knicks NBA Finals victory
Stephen A. Smith had a chance to dunk on President Donald Trump after the New York Knicks won the NBA championship late Saturday night.
He passed.
Yes, really.
After the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs, 94-90, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center, OutKick/Fox News Digital caught up with Smith and asked whether he had any response to Trump now that New York had officially ended its 53-year NBA championship drought.
Smith, who had spent several days talking about Trump’s appearance at Madison Square Garden earlier in the series, wanted no part of it.
"The Knicks just won the title. I don't give a s--- about politics or anything like that. I could care less. You could ask me tomorrow, you could ask me Tuesday. But right now, the New York Knicks just ended a 53-year drought. I've waited all my life for this moment. And I'm not going to let anything get in the way of that," Smith told OutKick/Fox News Digital.
"There's no disrespect to you or anybody else. It's just that that stuff is the furthest thing from my mind. I've been a lifelong New York Knick fan, born in the Bronx raised in Hollis, Queens. [There's been] one disappointment after another after another. It's been 53 years. And it's over," Smith concluded.
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That was Stephen A. Smith, one of the loudest and most opinionated voices in sports media, choosing not to extend his public back-and-forth with Trump because the Knicks finally won the NBA Finals.
Imagine that.
And, to be fair, it was probably the right call.
Smith had every opportunity to take a victory lap after New York closed out San Antonio. The Knicks lost Game 3 with Trump in attendance at Madison Square Garden, which gave Smith plenty of ammunition after he spent the lead-up to the game saying he did not want the president there.
Smith said Trump had "no business" showing up in New York City for Game 3. He argued the president’s presence would create unnecessary chaos around one of the biggest Knicks games in decades. He also said he would blame Trump if the Knicks lost.
Well, the Knicks lost.
And Trump had a response.
After attending Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, Trump spoke with reporters before boarding Air Force One to head back to Washington, D.C. OutKick/Fox News Digital asked Trump about Smith, who has repeatedly talked about running for president, saying Trump would be responsible if the Knicks lost.
"I think he’s a nice guy, but you need a certain aptitude to run for president," Trump said at the time. "You need a high IQ. I’m not sure that Stephen has that. I don’t think he does, actually."
So, there was Trump, after watching the Knicks lose at Madison Square Garden, responding to Smith’s criticism by taking a shot at his constant White House flirtations.
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Smith, of course, responded in kind.
The "First Take" host went on ESPN the next day with an American flag behind him and presidential music playing in the background and delivered a lengthy monologue.
"You wanna talk about IQ, I could say I could put my IQ against yours any day of the week," Smith said. "I could go one better. I can ask you why you’ve been running from me for the last year since I wanted to talk to you. I could ask you to debate me since you think you’re that dude. We can go a myriad of ways with all of this."
Trump later escalated the feud Wednesday morning on Truth Social, calling Smith an "arrogant fool," a "low IQ individual" and "dumb as a rock."
Smith kept firing back, too. He continued talking about Trump’s appearance affecting the Knicks, New York City and the overall atmosphere around the Finals.
In other words, this had all the ingredients of a sports-politics-media feud that could have gone on forever. And it still might.
But, for one night, the Knicks' historic victory took precedence over a war of words.
Jalen Brunson put on a historic show, scoring a Knicks Finals-record 45 points and willing the franchise to its first NBA title since 1973. For a fan base that had spent more than five decades waiting for another championship, that was the story that had Smith's attention.
Not Trump.
Not his own potential political future.
Smith has built an entire career out of always having something to say. He debates. He rants. He monologues. He finds a way to make himself part of the story.
But standing inside Frost Bank Center after the Knicks won the NBA Finals, Smith changed his approach.
No dunking on Trump.
No victory lap.
No pivot back to presidential politics.
Just a Knicks fan trying to process the fact that one disappointment after another after another had finally ended.
Smith can respond to Trump tomorrow. Or Tuesday. Or whenever ESPN decides the feud is worthy of another television segment.
For one night, though, even Stephen A. Smith decided the Knicks winning the championship was enough.
Imagine that.
Young men are returning to church — and it could reshape America’s future
If you’ve attended church recently, you may have noticed a curious sight: twenty-somethings in the pews again. It’s been a long time, but they are back. And why they are back may tell us about the time we are in as a nation and where we are headed next.
The resurgence of faith among the young has been notable and swift. A Gallup poll this year found that 42% of young men now say religion is "very important" in their lives, the highest in a quarter century and up 14% since just 2023.
According to the Barna Group, Gen-Z churchgoers are now attending more frequently than any other generation, marking a "historic reversal" and the "first time Barna has recorded such spiritual interest being led by younger generations."
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Sociologists are bewildered. Something is happening, but they don’t know what. I have an idea, in part because my own faith journey mirrors that of these young men.
I was raised in a Catholic home and attended Catholic grade schools. But while most of my high school classmates were enrolling at Holy Cross or other Jesuit schools, I chose Williams College, a secular playground — and left my faith behind.
Like so many rebellious kids in the early ‘60s, I was seduced by the idea of breaking the chains of religion to live a self-indulgent life. For a time, the questions of the age seemed more compelling than the answers I had been given.
I recall the headmaster of my Catholic high school, Father Anthony McHale, telling me, "We will get you in the end." And he was right. I returned to Catholicism by my mid-twenties — largely, I suspect, for the same reason as today’s young men.
The past decade was not so different from the 1960s, marked by progressive overreach, cultural secularism, moral bankruptcy, and political turmoil. Like my generation, today’s young people came to believe that meaning could be found in self-expression and political activism alone. But it left them rootless and empty.
Many began asking the same question I had asked: Is this all there is? And in their search, they found the answer.
The chains of religion are not restrictive but liberating. Through secularism, we find communities that accommodate our every desire. Through faith, we find communities that call us to be better. And that is what every young man craves: purpose forged through struggle, sacrifice, and service to something bigger than self.
FAITH REVIVAL FOLLOWS CHARLIE KIRK'S DEATH AS MORE PEOPLE ATTEND MASS AND READ THE BIBLE
My prayer today is that this is the stirring of a new Great Awakening in America. If it takes hold, it may lead us back to the politics my own generation discovered in the Reagan years — one that exchanges progressive relativism for the pursuit of a moral society rooted in tradition and shared conviction.
This is not a baseless hope. A generation that recovers a sense of the transcendent will not accept the idea that the state is the highest authority. They are likely to value the family, to resist the politicization of childhood and education, and to defend religious liberty not as a special interest but as essential to a free society. They may also prove less susceptible to the despair and rage — even violence — that have characterized so much of recent discourse.
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After the assassination of Charlie Kirk last September, Bible sales jumped 36% in a single month. Sales reached a 21-year high in 2025, double what they were in 2019. It’s little wonder why. Kirk’s brave witness of the faith, and the callousness of his murder, inspired questions about mortality and meaning that social media could not answer.
I am encouraged by these signs. I believe today’s young people might not merely match the faithfulness of my generation but exceed it. Because the dark clouds of their time — AI, democratic socialism, gender ideology, and more — are even more ominous than those that hovered over the 1960s. The greater the darkness, the brighter the light can shine.
History shows that the hunger for God never fully disappears. It can only be suppressed for a season. When it reawakens, the political and cultural consequences can be profound — and, with God’s help, profoundly hopeful.
Alleged Malibu serial squatter featured in new docuseries after years of homeowner complaints
An alleged "serial squatter" accused of terrorizing Malibu residents by weaponizing California’s tenant-friendly rental laws is now being spotlighted in a new Hulu docuseries.
After years of complaints, Ellie Mae McNulty is featured in episode 2 of Hulu's new docuseries "Squatters: Get the F*** Out of My House," titled "The Paradise of Malibu."
The series recounted how McNulty, a British actress and screenwriter, allegedly charmed her way into homes, then refused to leave.
Her squatting spree allegedly included Alden Marin, an artist and stage IV cancer patient who let her stay at his home in the fall of 2021.
McNulty allegedly told Marin she only needed to crash for a few days while her own home was being finished. But the short stay stretched into a month, and the once-polite guest turned rude, demanding and increasingly hostile, according to Vanity Fair.
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At Marin’s home, McNulty allegedly used his credit cards, changed the locks while he was hospitalized and flushed cloth napkins down the toilet, clogging the pipes, Vanity Fair reported. She also allegedly demanded as much as $20,000 to leave.
"She saw in my brother a kind of perfect storm," Alden’s sister, Mindy Marin, told Vanity Fair. "She has this actressy English thing about her. Super flirty. She’s just got it down—especially the men—by being this English rose."
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McNulty has disputed Marin’s account, claiming he had the locks changed while her possessions were still inside the residence, according to the magazine.
At the center is California’s laws which allow guests, even those who do not pay rent, to be treated as tenants after a certain period of occupancy, making it difficult for homeowners to immediately remove unwanted houseguests.
Marin ultimately hauled McNulty to court in 2022, and a judge ordered her to vacate, according to Vanity Fair.
Marin’s sister, Mindy Marin, later uncovered more than 10 legal cases involving McNulty going back nearly two decades, with the most recent tied to residents around Point Dume, the outlet reported.
Her alleged past victims included an 80-something Santa Monica widow, a yoga teacher who said McNulty stiffed her on rent and classes, and others who claimed the accused squatter used California’s tenant protections to drag out her stays, according to Vanity Fair.
Fox News Digital has reached out McNulty for comment.
From Yellowstone to Yosemite, new cookbook reveals recipes inspired by America's most iconic parks
As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, many families are rediscovering the places, traditions and flavors that help tell the nation's story.
Few places capture that diversity better than the U.S.'s national parks.
From the tropical waters of Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park to the rugged wilderness above the Arctic Circle in Alaska, the parks offer visitors a glimpse into the landscapes that have shaped generations of Americans. Increasingly, they also offer a taste of the regional foods and culinary traditions that surround them.
"Whenever I know where I'm going on vacation, the first thing I think about is what I'm going to eat when I get there," said Melissa Knific, the New Jersey-based co-author of the new "National Parks Cookbook."
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The cookbook features 100 recipes inspired by all 63 national parks, drawing from local ingredients, historic lodges, nearby communities and regional food traditions. The result is a culinary road map of the United States.
For Dry Tortugas National Park, for example, located nearly 70 miles west of Key West, Knific developed Key Lime Coconut Bars inspired by one of Florida's most iconic flavors.
The park is also represented by a salad featuring Key West pink shrimp, a nod to the waters surrounding the islands.
At the opposite end of the country, Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park presented a different challenge.
"It's the most remote national park in the system," Knific said.
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After researching local traditions and speaking with people familiar with the area, she created Wild Blueberry Sourdough Waffles, inspired by the region's foraging culture and the importance of sourdough in remote Alaska communities.
Other recipes draw from America's agricultural roots.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio — a park Knific described as "near and dear" to her — is represented by a roasted chicken recipe inspired by local farms operating within park boundaries.
For Knific, however, the project is about more than food.
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"We hope that this book serves as an inspiration for people, whether they've traveled to the parks and want to recreate a taste memory from those parks or haven't had a chance to go and want to try something that represents that park," she said.
National parks have long been gathering places for American families — and Knific believes that food helps preserve those memories long after a vacation ends.
"I think we can all probably come up with at least one memory of just the meal that you ate on that one vacation," she said.
"I really think it transports you back to that place in time."
As the nation approaches its 250th year, that combination of place, tradition and shared experience may be one of the most flavorful ways to celebrate America itself.
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"Go to whatever speaks to you," Knific said.
"Every park is worthy of a visit. We hope every dish is also worth making in the book."
American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on revolutionary recipes and celebrity challenges
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This week's quiz highlights revolutionary recipes, celebrity challenges — and a whole lot more.
Can you get all 8 questions right?
Give it a try and see how you do!
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