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Fetterman unloads on reporter from 'trash' anti-Israel outlet, asks why it loves 'Hamas and Iran'
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., had a fiery exchange Wednesday with a reporter from the anti-Israel outlet Drop Site News, accusing the outlet of loving Iran and terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
In a video shared by Drop Site's Capitol Hill reporter Julian Andreone, Fetterman appeared amused when the reporter told him which outlet he represented.
"Oh, you're Drop Site," Fetterman reacted as he kept walking.
"It's like a race between who's the more pro-Hamas — Drop Site or Zeteo," he quipped, referring to the far-left outlet founded by former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan.
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Fetterman, the most outspoken supporter of Israel among Senate Democrats, had a message for Drop Site viewers.
"I want your viewers to see how much I love to watch Israel eliminating the Hamas leadership," he told Andreone. "I know that upsets a lot of your viewers and a lot of your founders. But I think it's a great thing."
"So there's no news coming out of me. I'm going to always back Israel," Fetterman continued. "The question is, where does your trash outlet come from and who's funding it?"
Andreone pushed back, saying the site's readers fund the outlet, citing "46,000 individual donors."
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Fetterman took aim at Drop Site News co-founder Jeremy Scahill, who went viral earlier this month for lambasting Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., over whether the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 was justified.
"Your founders think it's appropriate to attack and kill Israeli civilians. That's really — that should be the news overall," Fetterman said. "Now you're sticking a microphone in my face… I think the question is why does Drop Site love Hamas and Iran and Hezbollah so much? I think that's the news."
"I mean, are you OK with taking your paycheck from these kind of people?" he then asked the reporter.
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As Andreone attempted to ask Fetterman whether he was "OK" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being in the United States, Fetterman replied, "I'm OK," and added, "I love killing Hamas leadership" before the elevator doors closed.
Drop Site News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fetterman had a separate exchange Wednesday with a Zeteo reporter, where he labeled the outlet "pro-Hamas" while speaking with one of its reporters.
Hasan referred to Fetterman, who is reviled by anti-Israel figures for his staunch support of the Jewish state, as a "broken-brained, racist Democrat" in an X post about him meeting with Netanyahu.
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'Woke' Smithsonian exhibit lionizes embattled Fauci amid conservative scrutiny of museum's messaging
The embattled former face of the United States' COVID-19 response is prominently displayed and heroically framed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History — as the network of Smithsonian institutions faces scrutiny over woke messaging from government officials.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, formerly the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has a prominent place at the museum's "Entertainment Nation" exhibit.
"As a deadly pandemic ravaged the nation, major sports leagues found themselves at the center of a debate over 'reopening' the country," a placard dedicated to Fauci says.
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"Amidst a cacophony of misinformation and denial, advice from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading epidemiologist, urged leagues to make decisions about resuming play 'based on scientific evidence and public health judgment,'" it continues. "When baseball became the first league to retake the field, Fauci threw the ceremonial opening pitch—wearing a facemask in a stadium empty of fans."
A diary kept by Fauci while the pandemic raged, recently exposed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shows a man fixated on his own fame, who acknowledged answers to controversial questions in private, but said the opposite in public.
One of those controversial questions dealt with the origin of the virus. COVID-19 may have originated in a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded facility in China. While Fauci recognized privately that the virus may have accidentally escaped a lab, he stalwartly maintained the opposite in public. Fauci critics who suggested otherwise, including other doctors, were castigated. Fauci also insisted that the government was not conducting controversial gain-of-function research. That was later proved false.
Alongside the Smithsonian's heroic characterization of Fauci as a man of science, the museum prominently features that Washington Nationals baseball cap, signed by the doctor, that he wore while throwing out the first pitch when MLB resumed play after lockdowns.
Fauci also repeatedly denied that he was behind the damaging pandemic-era lockdowns, but acknowledged in his diary that mayors and health officials in the country's largest metropolitan areas, including New York City and Los Angeles, were taking his advice to shut their municipalities down.
Diary posts also show that the doctor, often framed as a humble lifelong public servant, was obsessed with the attention he received during the pandemic. He extensively documented flattering news stories about himself, bragging in May 2020 that his "national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable" and that it was "not hyperbole" to say he was "the most famous and talked about person in the country."
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The pandemic claimed 1.2 million American lives.
Fauci was grilled on Capitol Hill Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, chaired by Paul. He invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times, failing to answer a single question.
The Smithsonian is dealing with government scrutiny of its own, both from Congress and the White House.
The American history museum's director, Anthea Hartig, was grilled before Congress last week over sexually explicit imagery, Mickey Mouse being linked to racism and a museum toolkit discussing "objectivity" as a feature of White supremacy.
The museum's MASS Action Toolkit is a mid-2010s anthology for museums that references the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri, police shooting of Mike Brown and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests. It links politeness and being on time to White supremacy.
The White House chastised the taxpayer-funded museum for pushing "one-sided, divisive political narratives."
"American taxpayers should not be funding institutions that undermine our country or promote one-sided, divisive political narratives," White House official Lindsey Halligan told Fox News Digital. "The Smithsonian Institution should present history in a way that is accurate, balanced, and consistent with the values that make the United States of America exceptional."
The White House also released a report on July 4 that criticized the Smithsonian's portrayal of American history, and more recently, President Donald Trump ordered the National Park Service to place signs outside the museum directing visitors and passersby to an online resource that he says portrays an "accurate" version of American history.
He also blasted the museum as "woke" and "OUT OF CONTROL" on Truth Social.
Fox News' Charles Creitz and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
New audio released following Nolan Wells disappearance doesn't show 'anything nefarious': retired FBI agent
A retired FBI agent says that new audio released following Nolan Wells' disappearance and death doesn't show "anything nefarious."
Wells, 18, went missing July 4 after a boat trip with friends to Horn Island, a barrier island off Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Crews searched the area for two days before a National Parks Service ranger found his remains on the island's northwestern tip on July 6.
Wells' friends returned to the mainland that afternoon without him. Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter has said investigators believe Wells chose to remain on the island, and it wasn't until later that night that his mother learned from one of his friends he was missing, prompting her to report it to authorities.
Fox News Digital obtained a recording of a call made to Sea Tow on the evening of July 4 by someone aboard the boat, who said the vessel was taking on water as it prepared to return to the mainland. The individual said there were seven people onboard.
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"Hey, we’re at the west tip of Horn, and our bilge pump stopped working. We’re sinking. Can y’all please come?" an individual can be heard saying to the Sea Tow dispatcher.
When the dispatcher asked how far the water is coming inside the boat, the individual replied, "It’s coming up... we’re just sinking. I don’t know. We’re going down though."
"And is everyone on board and in good health otherwise?" the dispatcher asked.
"Yeah, everyone is on board," the individual on the boat responded.
The man heard talking to the Sea Tow dispatcher requested someone to come help un-sink the boat and get it towed back to the Fort Bayou launch in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
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The Sea Tow dispatcher spoke with a separate boat captain, who said he was on the phone with the boat's owner.
"It sounds like a bunch of kids on board on Horn Island," the dispatcher said. "He’s saying the boat is sinking and he’s on Horn Island... It’s just unfortunate, he’s just a kid... there’s a lot going on... I’m guessing they’re all under 18... He wants you guys to go out there and un-pump the boat and then tow it in?"
The dispatcher then spoke with a captain, who said he was already on the phone with a man who owned the boat, a relative of the teen who called, and said those on the boat were in a "panic" because the boat wouldn't crank.
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"It sounds like a bunch of kids on board on Horn Island," the dispatcher told the captain. "He’s saying the boat is sinking and he’s on Horn Island. It’s just unfortunate, he’s just a kid. It’s a lot going on.
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"He wants you guys to go out there and un-pump the boat and then tow it in," the dispatcher said.
The captain said the boat's owner told him the teens didn't "need any help right now, but if something changes, he'll call me back."
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Sea Tow didn't end up towing the boat.
Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam told Fox News Digital he doesn't believe the Sea Tow audio points to any signs of foul play, as some people on social media have claimed.
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"I don't hear anything nefarious... it just sounded like there was a lot of stuff going on, that they were taking on water — not panic as much as this young person was trying to resolve a situation in a party atmosphere."
Gilliam also pointed out that the call itself undercuts the idea of a cover-up.
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"By the way, they're taking on water. They're going to be calling for assistance, which could lead to authorities. If they had done something, that'd be a very bad time for a person who'd done something nefarious to call out people and for them to get away with something. So I don't think it added anything to the conspiracies of something having occurred knowingly in a nefarious manner."
Several of Wells' friends told authorities he "chose to remain at the island" with an unidentified female rather than return to the mainland with the group he arrived with, according to a Mississippi Department of Marine Resources police report obtained by Fox News Digital.
According to the police report, authorities "did not have reason to believe there were any water related exigencies or emergencies and he believed the most likely scenario was Nolan rode in on another vessel but did not have his phone in his possession to make contact with family."
During a July 22 news conference, attorney Ben Crump revealed that an area of "red discoloration" was found on Wells' head, but said Dr. Roger Mitchell, who performed an independent autopsy, couldn't come to a conclusion on a cause or manner of death "pending further investigation." An official autopsy into Wells' death hasn't been completed.
Wells was a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College and had hopes to play at the Division 1 level, according to Crump, an attorney for his family.
Trump accused China of an 'election security nightmare' but then undercut his own warning
Less than two weeks after accusing China of carrying out an "unprecedented election security nightmare," President Donald Trump has not changed his posture toward Beijing and is moving ahead with plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping in September.
"This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare," Trump said in a July 16 address. "The intelligence even shows that China assigned a data exploitation unit specifically to this new project."
Intelligence officials, he said, "worked to actively suppress and downplay information about the extent of China’s sinister election meddling."
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Trump did not claim China changed votes or altered election results. Instead, he argued Beijing engaged in an influence campaign aimed at shaping U.S. public perceptions.
But within days of the address, Trump undercut the urgency of his own warning. Asked whether China would face consequences, he said the alleged activity "took place a long time ago" and suggested it reflected the broader intelligence rivalry between the two countries.
"They do things, and we do things to them," Trump said July 21 in remarks to reporters. "I’ll be honest, we do things to them, too. It’s not a one-way street."
So far, the fallout has been directed almost entirely inward. Trump ordered investigations into U.S. officials who handled the intelligence, while his trade and diplomatic engagement with Beijing has continued largely unchanged.
Trump’s posture toward TikTok has undergone a similar shift. He sought to ban the platform during his first term over national-security concerns tied to its Chinese ownership but joined it during the 2024 campaign. Five days after Trump’s address, most Cabinet members launched official accounts after the Justice Department cleared federal employees to use TikTok under its new U.S.-controlled ownership.
It also remains unclear when Trump first learned of the intelligence or whether he knew about it before traveling to Beijing in May. A White House official confirmed Xi's Sept. 24 visit will proceed but did not answer questions about when Trump was briefed or whether anyone accused of withholding the intelligence remains in government.
The Chinese embassy could not immediately be reached for comment on the planned visit.
Newly declassified records released by the administration provide fresh details about China’s alleged collection and analysis of American voter information and reveal an internal intelligence debate over whether Beijing’s broader activities amounted to election interference. But the documents also establish less than some of Trump’s rhetoric appeared to suggest.
During the July 16 address, Trump said China had acquired 220 million U.S. voter files containing names, addresses, phone numbers and political affiliations. He said Beijing assigned a unit to exploit the information which had the potential to use it to register voters or engage in other "nefarious activities."
Trump called the findings "stunning" and the broader vulnerabilities "a cyber threat aimed at the very heart of our democracy."
The president accused intelligence officials of working to "actively suppress and downplay" China’s "sinister election meddling." He cited an internal message saying officials had "deliberately massaged" a pending President’s Daily Brief and another in which an FBI official described "running a shadow government."
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Trump directed the Justice Department, FBI, CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to investigate. He said those responsible should be fired and potentially prosecuted.
The roughly 270 pages of released records show that Chinese entities amassed and analyzed large quantities of American voter information.
The figure at the center of Trump’s announcement appears to come from a record showing that a Chinese entity possessed an unspecified dataset containing approximately 204.8 million American voter records. The document does not identify its source or explain how it was obtained.
Other records describe China analyzing registration information from 18 states and a Chinese actor downloading publicly available historical voter information from six states. The documents do not show that China altered voter rolls, changed ballots or penetrated vote-counting systems.
The documents also include a raw FBI report alleging that China planned to manufacture fraudulent U.S. driver’s licenses that could be used to cast mail ballots for Joe Biden. The allegation came from a single uncorroborated source, and the report was recalled the day it was distributed and never reissued.
There was no evidence that any fraudulent votes were actually cast.
Emily Harding, director of the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote that China "likely gained little advantage" from voter records that were largely publicly available or available for purchase.
Harding wrote that the internal exchanges showed "an honest, and valuable, analytical debate" rather than a cover-up. She noted that the recalled FBI report relied on unreliable third-hand information and said references to the election were removed from one briefing so a specialized election-security team could address the issue.
Trump did not explain which American activities he considered comparable to China’s collection and analysis of voter information.
There is some public record behind Trump’s suggestion that the intelligence competition runs both ways — but China does not hold free national elections.
Trump authorized the CIA in 2019 to conduct a covert influence campaign against China, Reuters reported in 2024. According to three former U.S. officials, operatives used false online identities to circulate damaging but fact-based information about Xi’s government and attempt to shape public opinion inside China.
The CIA declined to confirm the program. Documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden also showed the National Security Agency penetrating Chinese networks, including the systems of telecommunications giant Huawei.
Trump expressed a similar view during his May visit to Beijing, although he was speaking then about Chinese espionage more broadly.
"They spy on us," Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity during the trip. "We spy on them too, I guess."
Trump otherwise used the visit to promote closer economic ties. He traveled with leading American executives, called Xi a "great leader" and said it was an "honor" to be his friend.
The White House later announced that the two countries had agreed to establish boards of trade and investment. China also committed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft and at least $17 billion in American agricultural products annually through 2028, according to the administration.
Preparations for Xi’s visit continued after Trump’s address.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi July 22 to lay the groundwork for what he called a "very positive" visit but said Trump’s election allegations were not discussed. Rubio added that it would be "reckless and irresponsible" for the two powers not to maintain a relationship.
China has denied interfering in the 2020 election. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian called the allegations "entirely fabricated" and urged the United States to stop using China as an election issue.
Trump tells foreign students: overstay your visa, face the consequences
Amid all the noise in Washington and simultaneous lack of legislation coming out of Congress, there have been some quiet wins for accountability in our visa system.
One recent win is an administrative final rule that requires foreign students to comply with their visas. Administrative rules govern how the government implements the law in practice.
Most foreign students who qualify get an F-1 visa, which allows them to study at the undergraduate or graduate level. Some get a J-1, which is for international exchange visitors.
When student visa holders arrive here, they are given permission to enter under what’s called "duration of status." That means that as long as they are full-time students, they can stay.
An earlier rule allows students, while still on their student visas, to work in "Optional Practical Training" for a year, with another two years if they have STEM degrees. The definition of STEM is 16 pages long and generous. Because foreigners on OPT are working using their student visa (remember – "duration of status") their employers are not required to pay into Social Security and Medicare. That’s a discount of up to 15% for hiring foreign workers instead of Americans.
"Duration of status" combined with OPT incentivizes marginal students not to complete their degrees in due course and, as they originally claimed they would, go home.
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The education-migration complex is desperate to keep the foreign student gravy train on the rails. They make the new rule seem as if it is cutting off opportunity. Quite the opposite: it’s about asking for responsibility.
It’s not hard to complete a bachelor’s degree in four years, especially for foreign students. Americans can apply to college knowing they’ll need to work or apply for aid and grants. Foreigners, meanwhile, are required to show consular officers in their visa interview that they can afford the entire course of study, including tuition, lodging and incidental costs. They are not, in theory, supposed to work.
If they decide to earn a master’s after their BA, or even a PhD, the new rule just means they have to go home, apply for a new visa, and show the consular officer they are credible students, can afford the entire course of study and intend to return home when done.
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That’s what is really freaking out the edu-crats. Many foreign students intend to stay in the U.S. Some never go to school at all; these get dropped from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) maintained by DHS. They should then be deported, but many make frivolous asylum claims to remain.
Others do go to school, but drag it out over many years, taking minimal classes to maintain status while working, often illegally. Schools don’t mind, as long as the fees keep coming.
But we should mind. America doesn’t need to import this type of low-motivation student.
What America needs even less are students who come here pre-programmed with hostility to the United States, Western civilization and capitalism, who spend their time protesting on campus.
Some foreign students on campuses across the United States have been here for years, spending far too much time and energy protesting Israel, capitalism, ICE and Western civilization instead of hitting the books and getting a degree. These permanent students aren’t adding to our national prosperity, security, or unity.
America wants students who come, study and finish their degrees. The left will tell you that foreign students are all the best of the best. Not so. As a consular officer, I did thousands of student visa applications in Africa, Asia and Europe. I’ve seen everything from applicants with full scholarships at MIT and Harvard to those wanting to study English at a community college near their uncle, who just happens to own a motel or gas station.
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America welcomes legitimate students. We will always have room for the most talented and entrepreneurial to stay. But our universities are not there to facilitate mass economic migration.
The unemployment rate for recent American college graduates is 5.7%, higher than the national average. They need our support, not millions of foreign graduates to compete with.
The new rule on student visas is timely and welcome. Future presidents would be wise to keep it instead of caving to the education and migration lobby.
Daily eating habit linked to better brain health in older adults, new research suggests
Eating within a shorter daily window could help support brain health as people age, according to new research.
Preliminary findings presented at NUTRITION 2026 — the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting in Maryland — suggests that older women who ate within eight to nine hours per day saw slight cognitive improvement compared to those who spread their meals over about 12 hours each day.
The small six-month trial included 47 postmenopausal obese or overweight women aged 50 to 79. They were each advised to reduce their daily food intake by about 500 calories.
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The participants were divided into two groups. One ate in a time-restricted window within an average of 8.2 hours, usually from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The other group ate across a 12.3-hour window, according to a news release.
Both groups lost about 15 pounds over six months, but those in the shorter eating-window group performed better on cognitive tests measuring spatial planning and problem-solving.
The shorter-window group also showed fewer errors on memory and learning tests, but no meaningful differences in reaction time or multi-tasking ability.
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"These outcomes suggest a better ability to remember information during everyday tasks and reduce mistakes related to memory, attention and problem-solving," lead researcher Sue Shapses, Ph.D., a professor at Rutgers University and Rutgers-RWJ Medical Center, said in a press release. "Reductions in the eating window predicted greater improvements."
Although the pilot study included only a small number of participants, the researchers believe that time-restricted eating may support brain health by regulating circadian rhythm, reducing inflammation and improving metabolic health.
Losing weight alone can help "ward off some of the aging-related cognitive decline," according to Shapses.
"And these data suggest there may be additional benefits if you stop eating four hours prior to going to sleep and reduce food intake to eight to nine hours per day, compared to the usual eating window of 12 hours per day."
Women, as well as adults who are overweight or obese, tend to face a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia as they age, according to the researchers.
Lauri Wright, Ph.D., director of nutrition programs and associate professor at the USF College of Public Health, who was not involved in this research, reflected on these findings in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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"This is an interesting study because it suggests that when we eat may matter in addition to what and how much we eat," she said. "That suggests meal timing itself may have played a role, not just weight loss."
"The results are promising, but we need larger, longer studies before recommending time-restricted eating specifically to improve brain health."
Experts are still learning about how intermittent fasting affects the brain, although "several biological mechanisms are being considered," Wright noted.
"Giving the body a longer overnight break from eating may improve insulin sensitivity, reduce chronic inflammation, support healthy circadian rhythms and allow cells more time for repair and maintenance," she said. "Those processes are all linked to healthy brain aging."
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From a practical standpoint, eating within a shorter daily window often leads people to consume fewer calories, which can promote weight loss, according to New York-based certified holistic nutritionist Robin DeCicco.
"We know that maintaining a healthy weight helps with virtually everything," she told Fox News Digital. "Eating within a restricted window helps people cut calories."
"When you fast or... have periods of time where you're not just eating throughout the whole day, it does help to lower markers of inflammation and certain sources of oxidative stress."
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Many people have reported "feeling better" when fasting, DeCicco noted — especially those who have inflammatory conditions, which can include neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and dementia.
"When you're fasting, you're giving your organs a chance to rest, you're giving the digestive system a chance to ‘rest and digest,’" she added.
Intermittent fasting isn’t the only way to support cognitive health, Wright countered.
"Regular physical activity, adequate sleep, controlling blood pressure and blood sugar, avoiding smoking, maintaining social connections and following an overall healthy dietary pattern, such as the Mediterranean diet, have much stronger evidence for protecting cognitive function over time," she said. "Think of meal timing as one potential piece of the puzzle rather than a magic bullet."
Intermittent fasting "isn’t appropriate for everyone," Wright warned, adding that she would advise against it for children and teens, pregnant or breastfeeding women, anyone with a history of an eating disorder, and people with diabetes who are taking insulin.
DeCicco agreed that fasting should be recommended and monitored by a medical professional, especially for those who take certain medications or have certain conditions.
Huckabee warns of 'biblical ignorance' as he defends conservative support for Israel
As some on the right become more skeptical of the U.S.-Israel relationship, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee warns that the trepidation is fueled by what he calls "biblical ignorance" and a misunderstanding of what it means to be "America First."
Speaking to Fox News Digital ahead of the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Israel Education Association's founding, Huckabee rejected the idea that putting America first means pushing away allies. Rather, he argued that support for Israel is aligned with U.S. interests and the religious convictions held by many Christians.
"When I look at the things on the right what I see is that there's biblical ignorance," Huckabee said. "People who say, 'you know, God has no longer got a promise that he's keeping to the Jewish people,' and I'm thinking 'well, that's news to God because he doesn't break a promise."
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"If God broke his promise to the Jews, then what makes me, as a Christian, think that he won't break his promise to me?" he added.
In addition to being the former governor of Arkansas, Huckabee was also ordained as a Baptist minister and served as President of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, giving him a perspective shaped by both politics and faith.
The ambassador also dismissed notions that Christians are not welcomed or allowed to worship freely in Israel. He told Fox News Digital that he plays bass guitar in his church praise band every Sunday and that "nobody throws a chair at me."
Skepticism and outright hostility toward Israel has become more prevalent in recent years in some corners of right-wing media and among more heterodox podcast stars, such as Joe Rogan, who said Wednesday that there was no doubt Israel was guilty of "genocide" in Gaza.
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However, the ambassador's concerns go beyond theological debates. Huckabee argued that some conservatives have misinterpreted the "America First" movement as one of pure isolationism.
"There's another thing on the right that I'm concerned about. People who say, 'Look, I'm an America First person,' I say 'I am too.' I was MAGA before anybody knew what MAGA was," Huckabee told Fox News Digital. "America First has never meant America only."
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The ambassador explained that America's interests do not stop at its borders, particularly when it comes to combatting enemy threats.
He pointed to Iran, saying that the regime has spent decades calling for "death to America." Huckabee also cited Iranian proxies across the globe and the threats they pose as key reasons why the U.S. cannot afford to ignore what happens overseas. For Huckabee, the threats emanating from Iran and its proxies reinforce his belief that putting America first does not mean turning inward.
"They've never changed their message that they want to murder us. So, when people tell you for 47 years their goal is to kill you, you're pretty stupid if you don't pay attention to that, and even more stupid if you do nothing about it," he said.
Don't let fake election websites fool you before 2026 midterms
You spot a campaign shirt online that makes you laugh. The site carries the candidate's name. It also has polished product photos and a familiar checkout page. So, you assume the store supports the campaign.
A fake election website can copy enough campaign cues to make that assumption feel reasonable. Your money and personal information could then reach an operator with no verified campaign connection.
New research provided to CyberGuy by WhoisXML API, an internet intelligence company that analyzes domain, IP and DNS data, tracked 62,081 election-named domains created since September 2025. Researchers identified 13,645 addresses that read like campaign sites based on their names.
The research classifies only a portion of the domains as campaign-style addresses. Legitimate campaigns, supporters, merchants and domain investors may control many of them. However, researchers also found live storefronts that used candidates' names while selling merchandise and accepting donation-style payments. That smaller group creates the clearest risk for you.
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Why fake election websites surge before the midterms
National elections create a rush for online real estate. Campaign teams want memorable web addresses before someone else claims them. Supporters may launch fan pages, while merchants see an opportunity to sell political products. Impersonators can follow the same naming formula.
According to WhoisXML API, nearly 46% of the curated campaign-style set used structures such as "[name]for[office]" or "for[state]." Domains referencing congressional races appeared most often. Senate-themed names came next. State names also appeared across about one-third of the curated set. Texas led with 537 registrations. Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Colorado followed.
Those names feel familiar because real campaigns use the same structure. As a result, a questionable domain can look credible before you open the page. Across the domains studied, researchers said 90% hid the registrant's identity. In addition, 88% carried a one-year registration term. Privacy protection and short registration terms can have legitimate uses. Still, those details deserve more attention when a new site also copies campaign branding or asks for money.
A small change in a domain can hide in plain sight. WhoisXML API highlighted massiemoneybomb[.]us, which closely resembled the established massiemoneybomb[.]com fundraising address. The main difference appeared after the final dot.
That change may look obvious on a large computer screen. However, it becomes easier to miss on a phone, especially when a text or social media post opens the page directly. Researchers also examined kenpaxton[.]us. They said the domain was 58 days old when captured, while kenpaxton[.]com dated back to 2008.
The newer site reportedly sold supportive campaign products alongside merchandise criticizing the same candidate. That unusual mix offers a clue that the store may lack an official connection. Yet many shoppers will focus on the product photos or the price. A polished checkout can make the entire operation feel established. Alexandre François, the WhoisXML API domain scam researcher behind the study, told CyberGuy that AI can help operators build convincing websites quickly and at scale. That makes it even harder to judge a campaign page by its appearance alone.
Political merchandise may cost you more than the price on the screen. According to the research, some storefronts allowed visitors to add donation-style payments of up to $1,000 to a shopping cart. The sites then processed the payment through their own checkout flows.
One store reportedly continued accepting a donation-style payment after the candidate's official ActBlue page stopped taking contributions. The checkout requested a full name, street address, email address and phone number. It also collected payment card details.
A familiar payment processor can make that form feel safe. However, its presence only shows how the payment moves through the checkout. It cannot confirm that the candidate authorized the store or that the campaign receives the money.
François said the study found no direct evidence that donors lost money or had their data misused. "Only the payment platforms could see whether a donor lost money or had data misused, and their data was not part of this study," he told CyberGuy. The findings support caution rather than a claim that every highlighted site committed fraud.
Domain registration records can expose useful clues before or after a website launches. Researchers can review the creation date, registrar, paid registration period and privacy status. Sometimes, the records also identify the owner or registrant country. However, each clue has limits.
Many legitimate website owners use privacy services to keep home addresses and contact details out of public databases. Campaigns may also register several defensive domains so impersonators cannot claim them first. A one-year registration term also appears across ordinary websites. Price and convenience often drive that choice.
The risk grows when several details point in the same direction. A nearly copied domain may lead to a new storefront with an unofficial donation flow. A mismatched disclaimer adds another concern.
For federal political committees, public websites generally need a disclaimer that identifies who paid for the communication. The wording may also state whether a candidate authorized it. The FEC explains that disclaimer requirements cover political committee websites and online fundraising communications. A disclaimer cannot guarantee honesty. Still, a missing or mismatched statement gives you a strong reason to leave the page and verify the site elsewhere.
Campaigns also face limits when trying to secure every possible variation of a candidate's name. François said they should consistently promote one official domain and one donation link. He added that "the realistic option is monitoring" because registering every possible look-alike domain would be impractical. Monitoring new registrations can help campaigns find look-alike sites during their first days online. Campaigns can then report suspicious pages to the registrar, hosting company or payment provider.
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Before you buy campaign merchandise or make a political contribution online, use these checks to confirm that the site connects to the candidate or committee you intend to support.
Avoid starting with a link from an unexpected text, email, online ad or social media comment. Instead, search for the candidate independently. Then compare the result with links from the candidate's verified social media account or established public profile. "No single sign is enough, so it's best to check a few together and to reach the page from the campaign's own channel," François told CyberGuy.
You can also use a personal data removal service to reduce the personal information available through data brokers and people-search sites. This may limit the details scammers can use to make unexpected messages, targeted ads or social media comments feel more convincing. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting CyberGuy.com.
For federal races, use the FEC's campaign finance database at fec.gov/data/ to look up candidates and registered committees. The database shows federal candidate and committee filings. For state or local races, check the appropriate state or local election authority. Many campaigns process contributions through ActBlue or WinRed. In those cases, the payment address should show secure.actblue.com or secure.winred.com. Some campaigns use other processors, so an unfamiliar payment provider alone does not prove the page is deceptive.
Tap or click the address bar before entering payment information. Check the spelling and domain ending. Then look for added words or letters that imitate the campaign's real address.
A scammer may replace ".com" with ".us." Another operator may add words such as "official," "store," "donate," or "support" to make the address feel authentic. François said the difference may also involve one word, a hyphen or an ending such as ".vote" or ".store."
Scroll to the bottom of the site and review the area around the donation form. A federal political committee website should identify who paid for the communication. Depending on the committee, the disclaimer may also explain whether the candidate authorized it.
Compare that committee name with the FEC database. Leave the page when the names conflict or the disclosure looks vague. Keep in mind that a deceptive page can copy a real committee's name. Treat the disclosure as one clue rather than proof that the page belongs to the campaign.
Open the candidate's established website in a separate tab. Look for a direct link to the merchandise store or donation page. If the official site sends you somewhere else, use the link it provides.
Also review the store's contact details and return policy. Be cautious if it sells products supporting a candidate alongside merchandise attacking that candidate. That unusual mix may signal the store has no official campaign connection. A page that keeps collecting contributions after a candidate withdraws also deserves closer scrutiny. The same applies when a store continues selling campaign merchandise after the official donation page closes.
The padlock in your browser means the site uses an encrypted connection. It offers no proof about the person or business behind the page.
CISA warns that phishing attacks may use malicious websites that impersonate trusted organizations to collect personal information. A professional design and secure connection still require you to verify the operator.
Pressure can push you past obvious warning signs. Be cautious when a site claims a donation match will disappear within minutes. A countdown clock that keeps resetting should also raise concern.
The FTC's broader donation-safety guidance recommends researching an organization and resisting pressure to give immediately.
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A credit card generally offers stronger dispute protections than a debit card. It also keeps the payment away from funds in your checking account. The FTC says legal protections for credit cards exceed those for debit cards in billing disputes.
Save your receipt and take screenshots of the product page and checkout. Make sure the full domain appears in at least one image. After you pay, check your statement to confirm the amount and make sure the site did not enroll you in recurring contributions.
A fake campaign website may try to push a malicious download or send you to another harmful page. Strong antivirus software can help detect suspicious files and block some dangerous websites. However, you still need to verify the campaign connection before you pay. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com.
If a store asks you to create an account, use a unique password. A password manager can generate and save a strong password for you, so you do not have to remember it. Reusing a password could put your other accounts at risk if the login information gets exposed. Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) when the site offers it.
Election season gives questionable websites a powerful disguise. A candidate's name can create trust before you verify who operates the page. The scale of this research should make every online donor slow down. Researchers found more than 62,000 election-named domains, though many may serve legitimate purposes. The clearest concern comes from active storefronts that copy campaign-style branding and collect money outside a verified campaign path. Take an extra minute before buying a shirt or making a contribution. Find the official campaign site through a trusted source. Then confirm the web address and committee disclosure before you enter personal or payment information.
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Nancy Guthrie case: Unclaimed $1.2M reward suggests 'very small circle' of suspects, retired FBI agent says
EXCLUSIVE: TUCSON, Ariz. — The fact that a seven-figure reward remains unclaimed nearly six months after the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie from her home in Tucson's Catalina Foothills neighborhood tells one veteran investigator that if the masked intruder on her porch had help, it came from a small, tight-knit group.
"That tells me the circle who knows is very small, and whoever is in it is bound by something stronger than money: blood, fear, shared exposure," said Jason Pack, a retired FBI negotiator and supervisory agent who has been closely following the case. "Those bonds hold. Until they don't."
The more people who know about a crime, the more likely someone would come forward and claim the reward money, he said. The combined sum of rewards in the case is over $1.2 million — and none of it has been claimed 179 days after Guthrie's suspected abduction.
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"Money like that usually pulls somebody loose from almost any group," Pack told Fox News Digital. "It hasn't."
Rather than a dead end, Pack sees the untouched reward as another clue.
"In my experience, a meaningful share of cases like this break sideways," he said. "Somebody gets arrested for something unrelated and starts talking. A relationship ends badly. Somebody's conscience finally outruns their fear. Six months is a long time to hold something this heavy, and the people around whoever did this have had six months to notice the change in them."
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Pack said it looks like the abductor or abductors tried to plan the crime — and did it poorly. At least one suspect is believed to have cased out the house. He wore a ski mask, long sleeves and gloves, and covered the lens of her Nest doorbell camera — which was missing when police arrived the next day.
"When it went wrong, and I believe it went wrong fast, they had no plan for that either," he said. "Everything since reads to me like improvising around a failure, not professionals executing a plan."
Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, is dependent on heart medication and has a pacemaker. She has limited mobility — and a close-knit family.
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"She had dinner with her family on a Saturday night, went home, and never made it to church the next morning," Pack said. "That's who we're talking about. Not a case number. A mother who was supposed to be at church."
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While the suspects made critical mistakes, he said, that doesn't mean the investigation has stalled.
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Pack also shared a direct message for Guthrie's neighbors and residents of the surrounding communities:
"Go back and check your own cameras from that time period. Doorbell, security, dashcam," he said. "A lot of systems archive further back than people realize. If you drove through the area that night, pull your dashcam files."
If you saw something but don't have video, it's still worth speaking out, he said.
"And think about the people in your own life. Somebody who left town. Somebody whose behavior turned in February and never turned back," he said. "You don't have to be sure. That's not your job. Sorting it out is [the investigators' job]."
In May, a source with knowledge of the case told Fox News Digital that the FBI was bringing new technology into the investigation.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, whose department is the lead agency, said in an interview this week that he still believes the case will be resolved.
"We have so much DNA to sort through," he said in an interview aired on "Today." "We have so much, in terms of video evidence, to look at."
And they've spent months learning things from the DNA and the video and other forensics that the public hasn't seen, Pack noted.
"I've watched cases break in month eight, month 14, month 30," said Pack, whose FBI career lasted 21 years, 11 of them as a negotiator. "Most every one of those families had stopped believing it was ever coming."
Anyone with information on the case is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. An anonymous reward can also be obtained by calling 520-88-CRIME with information that leads to an arrest in the case.