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Colbert skewers CBS for denying deep-sixing of candidate interview, while Kimmel hosts Democratic fundraiser
When you come right down to it, Stephen Colbert’s job is to get laughs.
And, night after night, find new ways to slam Donald Trump.
Now he’s at war with his own network over an interview he was ordered not to run.
The spectacle of the No. 1 late-night host slamming his corporate bosses is, well, pretty entertaining, but also raises important issues about free speech and government pressure.
Anyway, what’s CBS gonna do, fire him? The new owners, the Skydance billionaires who bought Paramount, had already decided to end "The Late Show" in May. So that, in a sense, has liberated the network’s biggest star.
The backstory is that the FCC has been making noises about ending the exemption of late-night and daytime talk shows from the equal-time rule.
Under a plan floated by Chairman Brendan Carr, President Trump’s appointee, these shows, if they interview a candidate, would be required to offer opponents an equal block of time.
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But when Colbert taped a largely sympathetic sitdown with James Talarico, a Democratic state rep in Texas now running for the Senate, the FCC didn’t have to lift a finger. CBS took care of the matter. Network lawyers even summoned Colbert for consultations while he was taping Monday’s show.
Colbert told viewers these lawyers directly ordered him not to air the interview. This has been a political gift, by the way, for Talarico, who is now running around billing the encounter as the interview Trump doesn’t want you to see. He raised $2.5 million in the following 24 hours. He’s running against another Democrat, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, in the primaries.
Carr’s argument is that programs like the "Late Show," "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "The View" don’t deserve to be treated like news shows, with their automatic exemption from equal time, if they are overly partisan.
The problem for conservatives, who are understandably weary of all the Trump-bashing, is that a Democratic administration could use the precedent to crack down on programming from the right.
Colbert told the audience that he’d even been ordered not to talk about the canceled interview – and proceeded to do just that.
On Tuesday, CBS hit back with a statement saying no no no, we never ordered our man Stephen to kill the interview, just advised him about legal options involving the equal-time rule. Colbert wouldn’t let it drop, proclaiming Tuesday evening that every single script is approved in advance by the legal beagles.
"Without ever talking to me, the corporation put out this press release, this statement," Colbert said, holding the document up for the audience. "This is a surprisingly small piece of paper considering how many butts it’s trying to cover.
"They know d--- well that every word of my script last night was approved by CBS’s lawyers, who, for the record, approve every script that goes on the air."
"For lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap," he said, before tossing it into a bag for disposal like a week-old fish.
Colbert wasn’t done: "I’m just so surprised that this giant global corporation would not stand up to these bullies."
For what it’s worth, you can watch the interview now posted on YouTube, which is beyond the reach of the FCC. It’s already been viewed more than 5 million times, drawing far more attention than it would have had the segment aired on CBS as scheduled.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN and other cable outlets, agreed to resume talks with Skydance/CBS – which Trump would prefer – after having made a deal to sell itself with Netflix. The implied threat of an antitrust probe if Skydance gets the nod casts a shadow over the process.
Carr, for his part, spoke to reporters at a presser yesterday, calling it a "hoax" that his agency had anything to do with CBS’s decision. He described it "a perfect encapsulation of why the American people have more trust in gas station sushi than they do in the national news media."
What’s more, the chairman said, "I think you guys should feel a bit ashamed for having been lied to and then just run with those lies. I think it was an embarrassing episode for the media."
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Whatever Carr’s influence or lack thereof, he played a role in the decision last year by Disney, ABC’s parent company, to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
Kimmel made a mistake, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, in erroneously claiming the killer was part of the MAGA movement. Carr said this was biased reporting and raised questions about ABC’s broadcast license.
This made it appear, fairly or not, that Disney was bowing to government pressure.
The move, as you’ll recall, turned out to be a huge blunder. The backlash was so great that Kimmel was put back on the air a week later.
But now Kimmel has crossed another line.
He is hosting an L.A. fundraiser next month for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Tickets for the event, which will feature Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi, are going for a minimum of $25,000. For those willing to pay more, tickets range from $44,000 for the "Leader’s Circle" to $310,100 for the "Jeffries 300," according to the invitation.
Having played a small role by interviewing Trump about his feud with Jimmy, which escalated their rhetoric, I don’t think ABC should allow this. Anyone who watches Kimmel’s show for five minutes knows he’s vociferously anti-Trump.
But helping one political party raise big bucks should be verboten. It obliterates any defense against excessive partisanship.
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Fifteen years ago, MSNBC suspended popular host Keith Olbermann without pay after he acknowledged donating the maximum $2,400 to three Democrats running for office, one of whom was a guest on his show.
But times have apparently changed, with more zeroes involved, ABC really needs to address this. And so, by the way, should Jimmy Kimmel.
Hiker dies of hypothermia after slipping off trail near summit of New York's tallest mountain
A 21-year-old New Jersey woman died of hypothermia after slipping off a trail near the summit of New York’s tallest mountain during a winter hike, officials said.
Brianna Mohr was found on Feb. 12 near the summit of Mount Marcy by New York State Forest Rangers, where she was pronounced dead, according to the New York State Police.
State rangers said they responded to a report of a hiker and her dog in distress on Mount Marcy at 3 p.m., launching an extensive search.
Mohr was found around 9 p.m. and showed no signs of life, police said. An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be hypothermia.
Her dog was not injured and was rescued.
According to AccuWeather.com, temperatures in Keene, New York, where the mountain is located, ranged from -8 to 20 degrees the day Mohr was hiking. Mount Marcy, in the Adirondacks, is the tallest mountain in the state at 5,344 feet.
Mohr called 911 at 3:05 p.m. to report that she had slipped off the trail near the summit and was unable to get back to it, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation told the Asbury Park Press.
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Rangers searched for Mohr with snowmobiles and a tracked utility vehicle and the state police Aviation Unit flew overhead in case of a hoist rescue, the outlet reported.
The paper said rangers aboard the helicopter were unable to locate Mohr, and one ranger was dropped at the Marcy Dam Outpost to continue the search on foot just past 6 p.m.
The outlet shared a message posted on Instagram on Feb. 16 by Mohr's brother Ryan.
"You were the best friend and sister I could have ever asked for growing up with you was awesome because I always had you to tell me what was cool and what wasn’t because you were and always will be the coolest person I know," he wrote.
Mohr's mother, Stephanie West, posted a photo of her daughter on Valentine's Day with the caption, "I am so lost."
Mohr's Instagram account includes dozens of photos from trips to scenic destinations, including national parks.
South Korean court rules ex‑President Yoon Suk Yeol guilty in insurrection trial
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison Thursday for leading an insurrection after declaring martial law in December 2024.
Yoon was found guilty of abuse of authority and masterminding the insurrection.
Yoon, 65, denied the charges and argued that he had presidential authority to declare martial law and that his action was aimed at sounding the alarm over opposition parties' obstruction of government.
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Prosecutors said in January that Yoon's "unconstitutional and illegal emergency martial law undermined the function of the National Assembly and the Election Commission ... actually destroying the liberal democratic constitutional order."
Yoon's attempt to impose martial law lasted roughly six hours, sparking mass street protests before parliament quickly voted it down.
Under South Korean law, masterminding an insurrection carries a maximum sentence of death or life imprisonment. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty.
While courts last imposed a death sentence in 2016, South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997.
Yoon is expected to appeal the ruling.
Yoon faces eight ongoing trial proceedings and was already given a five-year prison sentence last month in a separate case on charges including obstructing authorities’ attempts to arrest him following his martial law declaration. He has appealed that sentence.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Grandmother tells Trump critics to 'get off the man's back' during White House Black History Month event
A Washington, D.C., grandmother who lost her grandson to gun violence delivered a fiery defense of President Donald Trump during a Black History Month celebration Wednesday at the White House.
Forlesia Cook’s grandson, Marty William McMillan Jr., was killed in 2017 at the age of 22. Cook has since spoken publicly about the loss, including testifying before Congress about his killing.
After Trump invited Cook to say a few words at the event, she used the moment to defend him, urging critics to "get off the man’s back."
"I love him, I don't want to hear nothing you got to say about that racist stuff," she said. "And don’t be looking at me on the news, hating on me because I’m standing up for somebody that deserves to be standing for."
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Cook’s voice grew louder as she continued.
"Get off the man’s back," she said. "Let him do his job. He’s doing the right thing. Back up off him."
She ended her remarks by declaring, "And grandma said it."
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The East Room crowd erupted in applause and cheers.
Trump appeared to welcome the praise, joking that she should run for public office.
"Wow, that’s pretty good," Trump said. "When is she running for office? Forlesia, when are you running for office? You have my endorsement."
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Cook also thanked Trump for calling the National Guard to the capital and praised his tough-on-crime approach.
"One thing I like about him, he keeps it real, just like grandma," she said. "I appreciate that because I can trust him."
The White House event marked the annual celebration of Black History Month.
Trump also addressed the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying, "I wanted to begin by expressing a sadness at the passing of a person who was, I knew very well, Jesse was a piece of work. He was a piece of work, but he was a good man."
"I just want to pay my highest respects to Reverend Jesse Jackson," Trump added, calling him "a real hero" and saying, "he really was special, with lots of personality, grit and street smarts."
The president also announced that former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Fox News Digital's Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
DHS shutdown leaves local emergency responders on their own amid extreme weather, expert warns
EXCLUSIVE: The partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security could have a critical impact on local disaster response without assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a public safety expert warned.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Jeffrey Halstead, the director of strategic accounts at Genasys, a communications hardware and software provider to help communities during disasters, said the DHS shutdown could impact emergency response and recovery efforts now that FEMA support has been restricted.
"Every time that the government enters into one of these shutdowns, there's a distinctive part of the federal government that is impacted, both reviewing the grant program or distributing funds from pre-awarded grant programs. This is exactly the area of DHS as well as FEMA that affects emergency managers, emergency response and recovering different cities, counties, and regions should they face a weather and/or disaster-related event," Halstead said.
Halstead, also a retired chief of police in Fort Worth, Texas, with more than 30 years in law enforcement, explained that government shutdowns delaying federal funds "drastically impacts" the local response to disasters.
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"I know personally, I was in Arizona for over 21 years, in Texas as chief of police for over seven, and then I was in Nevada for a long time, and I worked directly with a few states in the Western United States," he said.
"The last government shutdown pretty much ended their grant application process, meaning the grants would not be approved, not even be assigned and/or funds not released," he continued. "This drastically impacts their ability to plan and to coordinate a lot of their planned response events. In Arizona, the central UASI region or the Urban Area Security Initiative, they have none of their grants being reviewed, which replaces outdated equipment, vehicles and funds training so that every quarter they can meet the standards and then be ready should something happen."
This comes as the Trump administration ordered FEMA to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-torn areas across the country during the DHS shutdown.
More than 300 FEMA disaster responders were preparing for upcoming assignments, but were told to halt their travel plans. Grant systems are also not fully operational until lawmakers can reach a deal to fund the department.
"The biggest impact is funding, the grants being distributed and then getting all that equipment and training aligned so that they can actually have a very successful year getting ready for a disaster," Halstead said.
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"Should there be a traumatic weather event, critical incident or something that would require FEMA support, FEMA staff or FEMA resources, those may not be available," he added. "This drastically impacts the city, county, state and federal collaboration efforts that literally are immediately engaged, aligned and resources deployed, sometimes within 12 hours. So this greatly inhibits their ability to plan effectively should a critical event, disaster event, or weather-related event come their way. They won't have all these federal assets and resources that they have come to depend on, rely on, and work with in both their planning as well as training events or previous disasters where they responded and provided support."
As part of the move to end FEMA deployments, staffers currently working on major recovery efforts will remain on the sites and cannot return home unless their assignment ends, but no new personnel can join or relieve them without DHS approval.
Recovery efforts are still ongoing in places like North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene devastated the region in the fall of 2024.
As Halstead noted, the recovery effort is the "final piece for the emergency management cycle to get back to normalcy for that region."
"When that is dramatically impacted, you still see some areas of North Carolina a couple of years later still struggling in the recovery phase being completed," he said. "That is directly related to all of these stalls and delays in FEMA, FEMA funding and the financial support needed to get the recovery phase completed."
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Asked about the importance of federal funding given recent extreme weather across the U.S. such as snow on the East Coast, flooding in California and fire disasters in the High Plains that forced evacuations, Halstead said it is "extremely critical" and that the delay in funds can impact the safety of local residents.
"It's absolutely extremely critical for emergency managers, your fire departments as well as law enforcement, to utilize not just these partnerships and the resources, but the funding allocations so that they can plan effectively in responding, operational control of the disaster, and then getting into that recovery mode … Then sometimes that delay, it's going to impact the safety and the welfare of Americans," Halstead explained.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress have yet to reach a deal to end the partial shutdown, in large part due to Democrats' demand for stricter oversight and reforms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the fatal shootings last month of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis, which the GOP has thus far resisted.
President Donald Trump argued earlier this week that it is a "Democrat shutdown" and "has nothing to do with Republicans."
Halstead said he would like lawmakers on Capitol Hill to negotiate in good faith to end the shutdown so that first responders will have "effective means to do our jobs safely and very, very efficiently."
"I know a lot of people are really upset because they leverage a significant political issue over a common funding agreement that should have been approved very quickly," he said. "This has happened a lot in the last two to three years. We've seen shutdown after shutdown after shutdown. What a lot of citizens don't realize is that when the government is shut down, all of this work — grant reviews, proposals, funding, disbursements — those are all delayed. Then there is a significant lag time getting back to an open government."
"They're still negotiating all these extremely politically sensitive topics that are really divisive within not just Capitol Hill, but really our country," Halstead added. "Then all of that backlog is now taking even longer to get approved, funded and funds being dispersed. So it's a compounding effect on all of our emergency managers and our first responders to do their jobs effectively."
Halstead highlighted that a deal to reach the shutdown is unlikely before Trump's State of the Union address next week, in which the president affirmed he would give the speech regardless, and that the ongoing delays in FEMA funding could last weeks.
"It may be another two weeks at least until we can get this funded and get it back open," Halstead said. "But then we still have these significant backlogs. It will take a significant amount of time."
Detroit officers facing termination for allegedly contacting immigration authorities during traffic stops
Detroit’s police chief is moving to fire two officers who allegedly contacted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during routine traffic stops, which is a violation of department policy.
Police Chief Todd Bettison said the officers’ actions led to detentions and ran counter to longstanding department rules prohibiting involvement in federal immigration enforcement, FOX 2 in Detroit reported.
The two officers have not only been suspended, but Bettison has asked the city’s Board of Police Commissioners to approve their termination.
Bettison said the Detroit Police Department does not participate in immigration enforcement activities and stressed that maintaining community trust is critical to public safety efforts.
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The station reported that Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., expressed support for the officers’ dismissal.
"Chief Bettison and I agree that we need to make sure that our community and our residents trust the people who are trying to keep us safe," Tlaib said.
Detroit Councilwoman Mary Waters criticized the officers’ conduct, suggesting it amounted to biased policing.
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"The Detroit Police Department has nothing to do with ICE, immigration, none of that," Waters said. "That is not their job. So why would you do that? Just because someone had an accent, for real?"
"That is not what you do. That is biased policing," she added. "That’s exactly what’s happening, and we’re not going to tolerate that kind of behavior against our residents of the City of Detroit."
Retired Detroit Police Assistant Chief Steve Dolunt weighed in on the disciplinary move, telling the station that contacting CBP during routine stops clearly violates department policy, but he wasn't sure if termination was consistent with past discipline.
"To contact Border Patrol? No, that’s against policy," Dolunt said. "That being said, there have been a lot more egregious things that have occurred in the police department and people have not been terminated."
Mayor Mary Sheffield’s administration also reiterated the city’s position in a statement to the station.
"This administration will reinforce the longstanding policy that the Detroit Police Department does not, in any way, engage in federal immigration enforcement," said John Roach, the mayor’s media relations director, told the station.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Detroit Police Department and Sheffield’s office for additional comment.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reverses course on homeless encampments after pausing clearings
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that New York City will resume clearing homeless encampments after pausing the policy for a few weeks.
Mamdani paused the policy in January, arguing that it did not do enough to get people into housing. The Democrat said his new initiative will be led by the Department of Homeless Services rather than the police and will involve sustained outreach, which he said will lead to better results.
"We will meet them looking to connect them with shelter, looking to connect them with services, looking to connect them with a city that wants them to be sheltered and indoors and warm and safe. And that is something that I believe will yield far better results, because it hasn't even been the driving directive of these policies before," Mamdani said during an unrelated news conference.
Before taking office in December, Mamdani criticized how Mayor Eric Adams approached the city's homeless encampments, and he officially paused his predecessor's policy on Jan. 5.
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Mamdani reiterated on Wednesday that he believes Adams' policy was a "failure."
"I made a decision with my team to put a pause on that prior administration's policy as we started to develop our own policy that would generate far better outcomes for the city," he said.
Under the new approach, the city will first post a notice that a homeless encampment will be cleared and then send homeless department outreach workers there daily for a week to guide people into social services.
On the seventh day, sanitation workers will dismantle the encampment, with the expectation that individuals have vacated the area.
Mamdani said that relentless outreach would help connect with homeless New Yorkers whose "first reaction might be that of skepticism."
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"Their second reaction might be that of wariness, given their prior experiences within the shelter system," he said. "But their third, their fourth, their fifth or sixth reaction may be one of interest in the possibility of shelter services, programing support, supportive housing."
David Giffen, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless, said his organization was "blindsided" by Mamdani's announcement, calling it a "political response" that would do little to help the homeless population, according to the Associated Press.
Giffen said the new approach would hurt trust between the city’s outreach workers and unsheltered residents, and may potentially lead to more deaths during extreme weather events.
"When a city worker shows up and throws out all your belongings, you’re not going to trust that person the next time they show up offering you a place to sleep inside," Giffen said.
At least 19 people have died outside during a prolonged cold stretch in the city, raising concerns about the city’s response.
The mayor's office said there is no evidence that anyone who died was living in encampments, and it has encouraged homeless people to get to new shelters, heated buses and warming centers.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's office for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Socialist NYC Mayor Mamdani clashes with Hochul over tax hikes as some critics warn of catastrophe
Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerry Baker warned that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to raise taxes on the wealthy will be "catastrophic" as the Democratic socialist clashes with state leaders over securing approval for his tax plan.
"This is socialism in action, this is the Democratic Party in action and the rest of the country's watching," he told Fox News Wednesday
Baker’s remarks on "America Reports" came after Mamdani renewed his calls to increase taxes on high earners, a sentiment firmly opposed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
"What we are hoping for, what we will spend every day looking towards, is working with Albany to increase taxes on the wealthiest and the most profitable corporations such that a fiscal crisis is not resolved on the backs of working and middle-class New Yorkers," Mamdani said.
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Baker noted the Democratic power struggle between Mamdani and Hochul will not work for the mayor if he wants his plans to go through, since his tax proposal requires her approval at the state level.
"He doesn't have the option to raise income taxes without approval from the governor," he said. "So, he's going to try and do it in other ways, raising property taxes."
Mamdani issued an ultimatum to Hochul Tuesday, vowing to raise property taxes by nearly 10% if she fails to comply with his income tax increase on the wealthy.
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Also Tuesday, Mamdani proposed the 2027 New York City budget, which is more than double the state budget of Pennsylvania, despite New York City having roughly half the population.
New York City has $127 billion for its population of 8.4 million, while the entire state of Pennsylvania with 13 million people has $53.2 billion.
"They will say, ‘New York City is more, it’s expensive. Everything costs more here, labor is significantly more, wages are higher. So, it's understandable that New York costs will be a little bit higher.’ But there's no justification for that," Baker said
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Baker argued that the socialist mayor’s tax plan will not protect the middle class it claims to be helping.
"The plan he has will hit, not just the rich as they keep claiming, but huge numbers of middle-class taxpayers," he said.
The WSJ editor also predicted a mass exodus from New York City as Mamdani’s increased taxes edge closer to becoming reality.
"The idea that that's going to be good for the city, that it's going be good to tax people even more than they are already, is madness," Baker said. "It means more people will leave the city than already have. There's been a steady outflow over many years."
Baker said that Hochul has her own left-leaning tendencies in her Democratic governance of New York but wondered whether Mamdani’s extremism will sing louder.
"We're gonna see on whether Kathy Hochul, who wants her own kind of form of sort of limited socialism… whether her limited form is able to trump Zohran Mamdani’s extremism," he said.
Sheriff's office at center of Nancy Guthrie case spotlighted in new 'Desert Law' TV series
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Pima County Sheriff’s Office is drawing even more attention with the rollout of a new TV series profiling the department as the search for Nancy Guthrie remains ongoing.
The new 10-episode limited series titled "Desert Law" premiered on A&E in early January and provides viewers with "elite access to one of the largest sheriff’s departments in America" by showcasing the daily life of deputies within the Arizona office.
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Filming for the show’s first and second series took place over the course of spring and summer of 2025 and follows patrol deputies, night detectives and the DUI unit as they respond to various incidents around the county.
Sheriff Chris Nanos does not appear in the show but worked closely with its producers to coordinate filming with his deputies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The most recent episode, titled "Weapons Found," aired Wednesday, with filmmakers following deputies as they patrol with "some of the loosest gun laws in the country," according to the show’s description.
The episode reportedly includes video of deputies responding to an incident involving a pistol being drawn in a supermarket fight and a suspected armed home invasion.
The Pima County Sheriff's Office and A&E did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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The show’s rollout comes amid the sheriff’s office working in tandem with the FBI in the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, with investigators treating the case as an apparent kidnapping.
In an emotional video posted to social media on Sunday, Savannah Guthrie pleaded with her mother’s suspected abductors, telling them "it is never too late to do the right thing."
"I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope, and we still believe. And I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is. It's never too late. And you're not lost or alone," Savannah Guthrie said. "We believe in the essential goodness of every human being. And it's never too late."
Trump DOJ probes Michigan schools over gender curriculum, joins lawsuit against LA race-based program
The Trump Justice Department on Wednesday launched investigations into three Michigan public school districts over gender-related classroom instruction and sought to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging a race-based admission and funding program in Los Angeles — intensifying the administration’s push into school policy disputes nationwide.
The Civil Rights Division said it is examining whether the Detroit Public Schools Community District, Godfrey-Lee Public Schools and the Lansing School District included "sexual orientation and gender ideology (SOGI) content in any class for grades pre-K-12."
If such instruction is provided, investigators will assess whether parents were notified of their right to opt their children out and whether the districts "limit access to single-sex intimate spaces, such as bathrooms and locker rooms, based on biological sex."
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the department is focused on enforcing parental rights and Title IX.
"This Department of Justice is fiercely committed to ending the growing trend of local school authorities embedding sexuality and gender ideology in every aspect of public education," Dhillon said.
She added that "Supreme Court precedent is clear: parents have the right to direct the religious upbringing of their children," including exempting them from instruction that conflicts with their beliefs.
Dhillon also said Title IX requires protecting "the safety, dignity, and innocence of our youngest citizens… by ensuring that they have unfettered access to bathrooms and locker rooms of their biological sex."
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The department noted the Michigan districts receive "hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer funding" and said investigators will evaluate compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Officials emphasized the Civil Rights Division "has not reached any conclusions about the subject matter of the investigations."
In a separate action, the Justice Department said it is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit 1776 Project Foundation challenging the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Predominately Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Other (PHBAO) Program.
According to the department’s proposed complaint, the program categorizes students by race and neighborhood demographics for funding and magnet school admissions, separating students into "Anglo," meaning White, and other racial categories. Neighborhoods with fewer than 30% White residents are designated as disadvantaged, and certain schools receive additional funding, a reduced student-teacher ratio by 5.5 students, and magnet admissions preferences.
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The complaint states LAUSD treats attending school with non-White students "as a disadvantage equal to attending an overcrowded school."
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the federal government is intervening to enforce equal protection guarantees.
"Treating Americans equally is not a suggestion — it is a core constitutional guarantee that educational institutions must follow," Bondi said.
Dhillon said students "should never be classified or treated differently because of their race," adding that "Racial discrimination is unlawful and un-American."
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said LAUSD’s desegregation program has "outlived its usefulness to the point of being unconstitutional."
The Michigan investigations remain ongoing, and the LAUSD case is pending in federal court.
Representatives for the Michigan districts did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
"Because this matter involves pending litigation, we are unable to comment on the specifics," LAUSD said in a statement. "However, Los Angeles Unified remains firmly committed to ensuring all students have meaningful access to services and enriching educational opportunities."