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Baggage handler slammed after viral video shows guitars violently tossed on tarmac
A viral video showing an airport baggage handler tossing guitar cases roughly onto the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport is sparking outrage online and larger concerns about how airlines may be handling passengers' belongings.
The clip, reportedly filmed at Los Angeles International Airport, appears to show an airport worker roughly throwing multiple guitar cases from a luggage cart onto the ground.
College student Nick Ruiz, 21, who filmed the incident, said he spotted the scene while walking through Terminal 4 after arriving from Los Angeles, news agency Jam Press reported.
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"The whole situation felt wrong," Ruiz told the agency.
He said he began recording his video out of concern for the instruments.
Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel expert and author of the blog "View From the Wing," did not personally observe the incident but watched the video. He told Fox News Digital that while the video may appear shocking, this type of handling is not uncommon, in his experience.
"Airlines usually say behavior like this is unacceptable when a video comes out, but it’s actually fairly standard," Leff said, expressing his point of view.
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He noted that checked baggage, even when labeled "fragile," is not always treated with the extra care some might expect.
"Bags are designed to protect their contents," he said, adding that flight passengers should avoid checking high-value or delicate items whenever possible.
"Probably the number-one photo I see most often [on] social media about airlines is damaged bags," he said.
The video quickly gained traction on social media, with many viewers criticizing what they described as careless handling of expensive equipment.
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"Absolutely disgraceful," one user wrote on TikTok.
"It’s the fact that it takes the same amount of effort or less to place them down calmly," another user wrote.
Many commenters shared similar frustrations, highlighting both the financial loss and emotional impact.
"That’s easily $3,000 of equipment, by the way," a commenter wrote.
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"As a musician, this breaks my heart," another user noted.
Others said the clip helps explain why luggage and fragile items often arrive damaged after flights.
Airlines are required to accommodate musical instruments either as checked baggage or carry-on items, depending on size and space availability, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
For larger instruments that cannot fit in overhead bins, some airlines allow passengers to purchase an additional seat to keep the item with them in the cabin.
The department recommends that travelers who check their instrument mark the case as "fragile" even if in an instrument-shaped case.
Fox News Digital reached out to Los Angeles International Airport for comment.
Joe Flacco, 41, calls out 'dumb' NFL teams for not making him a starting quarterback
Joe Flacco may be 41 years old, but he still thinks he has plenty left in the tank.
The Super Bowl XLVII champion signed a one-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals to be Joe Burrow's backup, but he wants much more than that.
"Not being one of those guys to go sign somewhere, yeah, it pisses me off a little bit," Flacco said.
He then added a parting shot at just about every team in the league.
"And believe me, I wish I was the guy somewhere, and I think teams are dumb for not having me be that guy," he said.
Flacco started last season for the Cleveland Browns and was their Week 1 quarterback, but with two rookies in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders in the wings, the writing was on the wall.
Cleveland traded him to Cincinnati after Burrow suffered a serious turf-toe injury, and he found some success. Flacco played well despite going 1-5 as a starter with the Bengals. He threw for at least 200 yards in four of his six starts, and the Bengals' offense averaged more than 27 points per game.
But with his success, despite his wishes to be a starter, it's a good consolation prize.
"I feel like I have unfinished business. That's part of why I'm here and still playing and doing all those things..." he said. "I had a lot of fun with Joe, and Joe's the guy."
Flacco, who was Super Bowl MVP with the Baltimore Ravens during the 2012 season, has played for the Broncos, Jets, Eagles, Jets again, Browns, Colts, Browns again and the Bengals.
He has thrown for 48,176 yards, 272 touchdowns and 172 interceptions in 19 seasons. He is 10-6 in the playoffs with 3,530 yards passing, 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Mom of ex-Yale swimmers alleges athletic department 'terrorized' women, 'emasculated' men: 'Like North Korea'
EXCLUSIVE: The mother of three former Yale swimmers has come forward with alleged details of her children's experience at the school to Fox News Digital, after the Ivy League giant's athletic department saw a pair of unflattering document leaks in recent days.
Kim Jones, the mother of two former Yale women's swimmers and one former men's swimmer, said she had to witness her daughter and her son be forced to compete with transgender athletes of the opposite birth sex while at Yale.
Fox News Digital is not naming her children at her request, but has verified they competed at Yale during her provided timeframes.
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Her older daughter, who went to Yale from 2018-23, competed against infamous UPenn trans swimmer Lia Thomas during Thomas' reign in 2021-22, both in the regular season and in the Ivy League championship. Then she had to watch her son, who went to Yale from 2020-25, share a team and locker room with a biological female trans swimmer, Iszac Henig, who transitioned from the university's women's team to the men's in the 2022-23 season.
"I would say it felt like North Korea," Jones said of her children's experience at the time.
"I would say that the athletic department as a whole was a terrible place to be."
The experience of watching her older daughter face Thomas, and Yale's handling of those competitions against Thomas, caused internal strife and trauma for her family.
"They terrorized the girls … they pulled them into mandatory meetings. They intimidated, coerced, threatened, and emotionally blackmailed them," Jones alleged.
"They were told that they were going to be, that they were to be held accountable for any harm that came to folks in their communities that identified as transgender."
Jones said she doesn't believe the women impacted have even "realized" what they went through.
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"I think it's going to take even more time than what has passed for many of those young women to look back on this and realize just how coerced and abused they were during this," she said.
Jones said her daughter never had to share a locker room with Thomas. But her son did have to share one with Henig.
"It ruins the camaraderie. Of course, you’re going to change the way you speak, you’re going to change the way you act when you’re in a different environment with people of the opposite sex. The boys didn’t feel like they could go to the athletic department and say ’this is uncomfortable, we don’t want a woman in our locker rooms,'" Jones said.
Still, Jones said her son maintained all the same friendships with the other men on his team.
But the mother said the worst part of her son's alleged treatment from Yale was that it allegedly prevented him from standing up for the women who had to compete against Thomas.
"It is emasculating, it takes away their convictions to stand up for what’s right in front of their eyes, to speak up when they’re uncomfortable,"
"You can't stand up for women. You can't stand up for what's right, right in front of your eyes. And then an athletic director is coming down and squashing all, any and all dissension wanting to put anything under the rug."
The Jones family still sent its younger daughter to begin college at Yale in 2024, but she transferred just one year later in 2025.
Jones is currently the co-founder of the women's rights organization the Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS), known for financing Riley Gaines' lawsuit against the NCAA over the inclusion of Thomas and other trans athletes in women's sports.
Jones' son began his college career during the school's quarantine period amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
And as a mother, Jones still has the image in her head when he came home after his first semester.
"He looked like a skeleton, he had lost so much weight," Jones said.
She called the university's alleged handing of COVID "disastrous."
"He was a freshman and at the campus, he was confined to his dorm," Jones said. "They were delivering their food to them. There was no, the athletic department was not looking at their student athletes and saying ‘oh my gosh, you’re a bigger person, you need food.' Like, my son is 6'4."
Jones also lamented the university's vaccine requirements and alleged requirement for constant [nasal] swab COVID tests.
"It was incredibly oppressive," she said. "The oversight on mask-wearing and mandatory vaccines and constant getting tested, it was way worse than anything that was going on in the outside word."
During the fall 2020 semester, Yale University implemented stringent COVID-19 protocols to allow for a partial campus return, which included a phased, three-step, month-long quarantine process for students upon arrival, per The Yale Daily News.
Undergraduate students in residence and graduate/professional students in high-density housing were required to undergo twice-weekly asymptomatic testing. Strict social distancing measures were enforced, including limiting gatherings to 10 people and mandating face coverings.
Jones alleged that one day during Thomas' reign at UPenn, her older daughter came to her to warn her against a social media comment.
"I had written, ‘women deserve to be able to celebrate their incomparable physical limits’ or something like that," Jones said.
"My daughter said, ‘take that down. People are noticing, we are not supposed to say anything.’ And I said ‘I thought that was a pretty benign comment,’ you know? And she said to me like, ‘We were told our first priority above ourselves, above anything else, needs to be, to basically uphold… the position that the school and the league are taking.’"
Jones is not the first person previously connected to Yale to have spoken out about the athletic department's alleged intent to "silence dissent."
A letter signed by former Yale hockey coach Keith Allain addressed to Yale President Maurine McInnis, alleged that current Yale Athletic Director Victoria Chun has created a "toxic environment" for the university's sports teams. Fox News Digital published the letter on Monday after confirming with Allain that he sent the letter to McInnis via email in October, shortly after his retirement.
"My name is Keith Allain, I have just retired after 19 years as Mens Hockey Coach and I am writing to you at the urging of several head coaches in our Athletic Department. They told me that you were soliciting feedback from a few coaches regarding extending the contract of our athletic director, and are concerned, that with the culture of fear that permeates the athletic department, you will not receive candid feedback," the letter began.
The letter later wrote, "Vicky’s singular talent is self promotion and has created a toxic environment within the department where she is insulated by a cadre of administrators whose main task seems to be silencing any dissent," the letter continued."
On Tuesday, Fox News Digital reported on emails that show a former Yale University administrator telling a lawyer of former Yale strength and conditioning coach Thomas Newman that he was recorded during a meeting.
"A former employee recorded a portion of a meeting with your client, without the university's knowledge," reads part of an email sent to Newman's attorney, Alan Granovsky, from a Yale deputy general counsel, who now no longer works at the university.
The counsel's email was sent in response to an Aug. 13, 2025, letter with the subject line "Ongoing Reputational Harm and Misstatements Regarding Thomas Newman."
The counsel's email also included the lines, "The university has not made any defamatory statements to anyone regarding your client," and "The university did not disclose any medical information inappropriately, the university has not said that your client left the university involuntarily or is subject to an investigation."
Newman's attorneys at Granovsky & Sundaresh Employment law sent multiple emails to Yale regarding the issue and Newman's ultimate departure from the university in 2021, which were provided by a source to Fox News Digital.
Newman confirmed to Fox News Digital that the emails were exchanged by the university and his attorneys, but declined further comment.
An Oct. 10 email from Granovsky to the counsel includes the following allegations:
"You now concede that a former employee recorded a portion of a meeting with Mr. Newman," part of the email wrote, later stating, "Despite knowing the recording was unauthorized, the parties involved— specifically [Executive Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer of Athletics] Ann-Marie Guglieri and [Athletic Director] Vicky Chun—attempted to use the recording for disciplinary purposes.
Under Connecticut General Statutes § 52-570d, it is unlawful for any individual to record a private conversation without informing and obtaining the consent of all parties involved.
No current or former Yale employee has been incriminated in any illegal activity.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Yale's president's office and athletic department for comment, but has not received a response.
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Super Bowl champion Seahawks to open 2026 NFL season on Wednesday night
The 2026 NFL season is opening on a Wednesday night, and the reigning Super Bowl champions will be involved.
The Seattle Seahawks, who took down the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX to climb back atop the football world, will play host to a team to be announced later to kick off the 2026 season Sept. 9, a rare Wednesday game.
While the NFL has had to play on a Wednesday due to scheduling conflicts in the past or on holidays, this occurrence has to do with the league’s latest international debut of its product.
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The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers will be playing in Melbourne, Australia, with the game kicking off at 10:35 a.m. local time on a Friday. Back home, it will be 8:35 p.m. ET on Sept. 10, which is a Thursday night compared to Friday morning in Australia.
"We are thrilled to kick off our season in Melbourne, enhancing an already historic moment for both the NFL and the Rams," Stephanie Cheng, Rams head of international, said in a statement.
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"Every time members of our organization visit, including earlier this month, we see firsthand the growing excitement from folks across Melbourne in anticipation of this game. Not only will it be special playing the 49ers on a Friday morning in Australia, it also will be great for our fans back at home to be able to watch this matchup in primetime on Thursday night."
For the Seahawks home opener, this will mark the first time since 2012 the NFL opened its season on a Wednesday night. It was the New York Giants hosting the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium, and the Giants received their Super Bowl rings from the season before.
Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech was later that week in 2012. The league understandably didn’t want its start to the season overshadowed.
As the league continues to expand, especially internationally, with a record nine games set for the 2026 season, there could be football played on more Wednesdays in the future.
The NFL is reportedly considering adding a Thanksgiving Eve game, which would be the Wednesday before its usual three-game stretch on Thanksgiving night, in its continued exploration of new broadcast windows. ESPN reported the move could come as early as the 2026 season.
A "Black Friday" game has already been played the last three seasons, making a Wednesday contest on Thanksgiving Eve not a wild thought.
"Every offseason we look for new opportunities to best serve our fans in the schedule-making process," the league said Wednesday in a statement.
"As Commissioner Goodell has said, Thanksgiving and NFL football have become synonymous and, given the continued growth of fan interest around our games on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, looking for additional opportunities tied to this special holiday is exciting for us to explore."
The full NFL schedule will be released May 13 for every team in the league.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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US troops brace for ‘hit-and-run’ guerilla attacks as 82nd Airborne deploys to Iran, military analyst warns
Iran could significantly increase U.S. casualties if its elite military and proxy forces shift to guerrilla-style hit-and-run attacks in the region, a leading military analyst has warned.
Michael Eisenstadt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy spoke as the Pentagon moved elements of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division into the Middle East amid a new escalation in the conflict, according to reports.
"Iran has large infantry units in its military that are equivalent to the brigade combat team of the 82nd Airborne," Eisenstadt, a former U.S. Army Reserve officer, told Fox News Digital.
"The 82nd Force is too small to cause significant harm to Iran, but it is large enough to be vulnerable to Iranian strikes, and this would enable Iran to significantly increase U.S. casualties," he said.
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Eisenstadt, who has worked as a U.S. government military analyst, claimed that, even if major conventional operations begin to wind down in the Middle East region, the danger may only evolve rather than disappear.
"We could see an end to major combat operations, with activity shifting to guerrilla-style hit-and-run attacks in the Gulf and other gray-zone activities by Iran," he said.
"Think of the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War with Iraq, in which we had to contain the Iraqis for a decade after a very successful war."
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Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported Wednesday that the U.S. has ordered the deployment of an additional 82nd Airborne forces to the region.
The contingent is expected to include Maj. Gen. Brandon R. Tegtmeier, the division commander, elements of his headquarters staff, and infantry battalions from the division’s Immediate Response Force.
Officials also indicated that the total number of troops ultimately sent could still change.
Eisenstadt said this new deployment is intended to increase pressure on Tehran as the U.S. pushes for new ceasefire terms, set in place by President Donald Trump.
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"This deployment is intended to create leverage over Iran and pressure it to accept U.S. terms for a ceasefire agreement. It would also create military options if Iran rejects those terms," he said.
In that scenario, he said, the 82nd could potentially operate alongside Marine expeditionary units in operations to seize and hold terrain, including Kharg Island, located roughly 20 miles off Iran’s Gulf coast.
U.S. forces struck military targets there March 13, destroying more than 90 Iranian military sites while deliberately sparing key oil infrastructure, according to multiple reports.
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"The brigade combat team of the 82nd could work with the 11th and 31st MEUs, or independently, to seize and hold terrain — such as Kharg Island," Eisenstadt said.
"This would provide leverage over Iran by denying it the ability to export oil and helping end the war on terms favorable to the U.S."
"There are risks involved though, because Iranian units on the mainland could bombard Kharg Island and inflict casualties on U.S. troops there also," Eisenstadt said.
The latest military buildup comes as the conflict that began with Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, has also centered on the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran restricting access.
"The 82nd deployment is intended to increase psychological pressure on Iran and support efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz so it can once again be used by all countries," Eisenstadt explained.
The 82nd Airborne is one of the U.S. military’s premier rapid-response units, trained to parachute into hostile or contested territory to secure key ground and airfields.
Portions of the division have also spent recent days at the Joint Readiness Training Center, sharpening infiltration, surveillance, combat and resupply skills, Axios reported.
"Iranian military officials have welcomed news of the dispatch of these units to the Gulf because it potentially creates options for them to impose costs on the U.S.," Eisenstadt said.
Reese Witherspoon's 50th birthday party draws A-list crowd to Lainey Wilson's Nashville bar
Reese Witherspoon celebrated her star-studded 50th birthday in Nashville at Lainey Wilson's bar.
A source told People that Witherspoon was the "belle of the ball" on Saturday night.
Wilson's bar, Bayou Keys, was closed for a private event March 21, according to the outlet, and Nicole Kidman, Isla Fisher and Mariska Hargitay were all in attendance.
"Reese was the belle of the ball. The room had so much love for her all night, and she seemed so happy to be surrounded by her family and friends," the source said.
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The source told People it was "an iconic party for an iconic woman."
Witherspoon's children — Deacon Phillippe, Ava Phillippe and Tennessee Toth — were all in attendance. Deacon shared a slideshow of images on Instagram, including moments from Witherspoon's 50th birthday bash.
"Happy birthday 2 my mom, who happens to be the goat," the 22-year-old captioned his post.
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The first image was an old professional photo of Deacon and Ava with their mom. The second slide showed a video of Reese with all three of her kids at her birthday party. The "Legally Blonde" icon wore a silver, sparkly dress as she hugged her children tight.
Deacon also included a photo of him with his mom at the party and an image of him behind the DJ booth at Wilson's bar. To round up his photo dump, Deacon shared an image of Witherspoon with his younger brother, Tennessee, and a solo image of his mom holding a drink.
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Deacon's dad, Ryan Phillippe, commented on his post with a simple smiling emoji. The former couple married in 1999 and divorced in 2008.
Reese and Tennessee's dad, Jim Toth, married on her ranch in Ojai, California, in 2011. In 2023, Witherspoon filed for divorce just days before their 12th wedding anniversary.
'Today' host Savannah Guthrie wants to return to work, but question remains 'when and how': insider
NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie wants to return to work and the network wants her back too, but it still remains a question of "when and how," an insider tells Fox News Digital.
Guthrie has been off the air since early February following the disappearance of her mother Nancy Guthrie from her home in Tuscon, Arizona, in a tragic case that has captivated the nation but led to few answers.
"She wants to come back and everyone wants her to come back," an NBC insider told Fox News Digital. "It's just a question of when and how — whether, given what she is living through, she feels like she can do a show that requires cheeriness."
"She is an amazing, faithful person with everyone’s support and I have every confidence she will figure out a way back," they added.
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NBC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Guthrie remains on great terms with her colleagues, visiting them at 30 Rock earlier this month in an emotional reunion. The show has shared constant updates and on-air prayers for Guthrie, who has been a co-host of "Today" since 2012, and her mother's plight.
"I have every intention of coming back. I don’t know how to come back, but I don’t know how not to. You’re my family and I would like to try," Guthrie told colleagues during her visit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
There has been industry speculation that Guthrie could return to "Today" sometime next month.
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This week, Guthrie sat down with Hoda Kotb, who's been filling in for her on "Today," for her first interview since her mother's disappearance.
"Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony, we are in agony," a tearful Guthrie told Kotb in a preview of the interview that aired Wednesday.
"And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night," she said. "And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now."
"Today" will air the remainder of the interview in two parts on Thursday and Friday.
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Nancy Guthrie is believed to have been taken against her will, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. Her son-in-law dropped her off at home around 10 p.m. the night before she went missing. In the early morning hours, a masked man appeared on her doorstep.
At around 2:30 a.m., her pacemaker made its last sync with her Apple devices, indicating a potential timeframe for when she was taken out of the home. Her watch and iPhone were recovered inside.
The "Today" anchor has posted several videos to social media pleading for her mother’s return. She asked anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Guthrie, 54, first joined NBC News in 2007 as a legal analyst and correspondent, and she later served as chief White House correspondent.
Fox News' Brian Flood and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
Chicago Mayor Johnson unveils 'Abolish ICE' snowplow days after student allegedly murdered by illegal migrant
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday unveiled a snowplow named "Abolish ICE" in an effort to oppose the Trump administration's deportation campaign, less than a week after a local college student was allegedly murdered by a man described by authorities as being in the U.S. illegally.
The snowplow name was chosen among 13,000 submissions in the city's You Name a Plow contest.
"This name derives from our city’s legacy of standing up for justice, dignity and the rights of all people, no matter where they come from," Johnson said in front of the city’s massive salt dome.
"I want to take this moment to reiterate that Chicago does not want ICE on our streets, in our airports, nor in our city. Chicago believes in abolishing ICE."
"Abolish ICE" is a slogan used by progressive activists and politicians in opposition to enforcement actions conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Johnson has previously criticized the Trump administration’s use of ICE.
In addition, he recently condemned the deployment of ICE agents to airports, including Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, to assist the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The unveiling of the snowplow came days after Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman was killed last week, allegedly by a Venezuelan migrant.
Jose Medina, 25, who was charged in the alleged killing, was captured by U.S. Border Patrol May 9, 2023, and subsequently released into the U.S. under the Biden administration.
Johnson was questioned about Gorman's murder during Wednesday's unveiling and whether he considered rescheduling the event given the timing.
"This is a terrible tragedy," he said. "This tragedy is not going to deter us from our work. In fact, it's going to challenge us all to double down on our efforts to ensure that we are protecting every single individual across neighborhoods."
Chicago Democratic Alderman Raymond Lopez, who has criticized Chicago sanctuary policies, said Gorman's death was "100% avoidable."
"The culmination of the choices made here in the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois to protect noncitizens even when they choose to engage in dangerous criminal behavior, that mindset has to change," he told "America Reports" Wednesday.
"That mindset has to stop because Sheridan and the other 1,200 other individuals across this country who've been victims … victimized by noncitizens deserved to be honored in a change in mindset and law."
Fox News Poll: Voters oppose action in Iran but give US military positive marks
Voters are split on what role the United States should play in the world, while attitudes on the military action in Iran reflect sharp partisanship, according to a new Fox News national survey.
Forty-two percent support the current U.S. military action against Iran, and 58% oppose it, including nearly 4 in 10 who are strongly opposed.
The partisan divide is stark: 77% of Republicans support the effort compared to 12% of Democrats and 28% of independents. Within the GOP, support ranges from 90% among MAGA supporters to 52% of non-MAGA Republicans.
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The gender divide is less pronounced, with support at 38% among women and 45% among men.
Support is tempered by doubts about the long-term outcome, as more voters believe it will make the United States less safe rather than safer (44% vs. 33%). Another quarter think it won’t make much difference.
On the broader question of what U.S. foreign policy should be, half (50%) say the U.S. should be more engaged and take the lead in world events, while 48% prefer a less engaged, more reactive approach. Republicans favor engagement (72%), while Democrats prefer a less-engaged posture (64%). MAGA supporters are the most pro-engagement (80%), followed by voters who have served in the U.S. military (70%).
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Voters largely agree that the most important U.S. objectives in Iran should be reducing its ability to support terrorism in the region (70%), ending Iran’s nuclear weapons program (69%), and protecting the flow of oil from the region (66%). A slim majority says the same about bringing about regime change (53%).
Some 64% of voters disapprove of how President Trump is handling Iran, up from 57% disapproval in January. On foreign policy, 62% disapprove, up from 60% last month.
Trump’s overall job rating stands at 41% approve and 59% disapprove. For comparison, former President Barack Obama’s job rating at this same point in his second term was 40% approve vs. 53% disapprove (March 2014).
The president’s 59% disapproval rating is the highest for either term. Nearly half, 47%, strongly disapprove. Last month, his rating was 43% approve vs. 57% disapprove. A year ago, his marks were underwater by only 2 points: 49% vs. 51%.
Approval of Trump among Republicans has slipped to a second-term low of 84%, down from 92% last March. At the same time, an all-time high 16% of Republicans disapprove. This shift can be attributed, at least in part, to declining support among non-MAGA Republicans, as approval dropped 11 points in the last year among this group (70% in March 2025 to 59% today). Virtually all MAGA Republicans continue to approve of Trump, with 98% approving a year ago and 97% now.
Among Democrats, 95% disapprove -- marking the fourth time this term disapproval of Trump reached a record high. Among independents, 25% approve, 75% disapprove.
Evaluations of the U.S. military’s performance in the Iranian conflict are more positive than negative: 58% rate it as excellent or good, but a substantial 41% say only fair or poor.
When asked how things are going in Iran, 47% of voters say the effort is going well, while a larger 52% disagrees. Only one in five say things are going "very" well (19%).
Most Democrats say things are going badly in Iran (79%) and rate the military negatively (63% only fair or poor), while most Republicans say things are going well (81%) and rate U.S. forces positively (86% excellent or good).
"Historically, foreign policy attitudes have been notoriously context dependent," says Republican Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News polls with Democrat Chris Anderson. "Today, it seems many partisans rate the Iranian conflict based on their broader perceptions of Trump. Facts on the ground are interpreted to conform to partisan predispositions."
As the conflict enters its fourth week, few expect the swift conclusion Trump predicted. Only 13% believe it will be over in a matter of weeks, while 37% expect it to last months, and 15% anticipate a full year. Some 35% think the end is more than a year away.
Republicans are more likely to expect a quick resolution, while Democrats think it will be a long haul.
On specific goals of the operation, half or more voters gave the U.S. positive marks for disrupting Iran’s leadership structure (55% excellent/good), reducing its ability to develop nuclear weapons (53%), and limiting U.S. troop casualties (50%). At the same time, majorities are more negative on setting clear goals for the operation (54% only fair/poor), limiting civilian casualties (55%), and gaining support from key countries (61%).
Veterans are more supportive than voters overall. They back the current action in Iran (61%), say it is going well (67%), and more of them think it will make the country safer (45%) than less safe (31%). Veterans are also more likely to approve of the president’s job performance overall (55%) and on Iran (53%).
Poll-pourri
How do voters view the White House’s current approach to world affairs? By a 20-point margin, more say it is focused on issues outside of U.S. security than on U.S. national security.
Concern about Iran obtaining nuclear weapons stands at 66%, back to where it was in April 2025, after rising to 78% following the U.S. strikes on Iran in June 2025.
For comparison, more voters are worried about attacks in the U.S. by non-Islamic (70%) and Islamic terrorists (73%). Even larger numbers are concerned about political divisions within the country (80%), gas prices (80%), and healthcare (81%). And of course, inflation remains the biggest worry, with 86% expressing concern about high prices.
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Conducted March 20-23, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,001 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (104) and cellphones (641) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (256). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.
Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.
Kevin O'Leary says removing Iran from Strait of Hormuz would be a global 'game changer'
"Shark Tank" star Kevin O’Leary said removing Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz would be a global "game changer" and he addressed the economic impact of the United States' war on Iran.
"I don't want to make light of the war… but I'm thinking ahead 90 days here, and I'm liking what I see," he said Wednesday on "The Story."
The O’Leary Ventures chairman discussed how the Strait of Hormuz’s closure is impacting markets, saying a Strait no longer under Iranian reign would bring more stability.
"Every nine months, the Houthis or some other Iranian proxy would blow up one tank just to destabilize that region and cause the insurance prices to go up," O’Leary said. "We're talking about a world that doesn't have that going on anymore."
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"It's a game changer in the sense that all of a sudden, you have stability in the fastest growing part of the earth. It's very, very bullish for world markets," he added.
O'Leary's comments come as gas prices have surged nationwide, up more than $1 since President Donald Trump launched the war on Iran nearly one month ago.
About 20% of the world’s crude oil and natural gas passes through the Iran-controlled Strait of Hormuz, which remains closed to U.S. vessels.
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The national gas average currently sits at $3.98 per gallon for regular, compared to $2.94 before the U.S. struck Iran, per AAA.
O’Leary claimed Americans are willing to suffer in the short-term to reap economic benefits following the war.
"They're very sophisticated… They get the joke," he told Fox News. "They are willing to take a small amount of short-term pain for stability and security of energy in perpetuity."
O'Leary outlined how the drop in gas prices could play out once the Strait of Hormuz reopens.
"The minute Hormuz is open, oil prices will drop to mid-70s, as they were prior to the conflict," he predicted. "The market will adjust immediately. It'll take about two weeks at the pump for it to drop."
O’Leary said the potential reconstructed governance of the Strait of Hormuz to ensure it remains open "forever" would provide worldwide security.
"You've got to think about it as a positive for everybody," he said. "Everybody has skin in the game. It's unique in that respect. No other commodity is needed by everybody all the time."
O’Leary emphasized he sympathizes with those affected by the war but said the potential global power shift of a major trade waterway would be remarkable.
"Who likes war? It's horrible, and you feel sorry for the people in Iran. But the policy coming out of this is what investors are looking at," he said.
"You gotta let this play out because the big vision here is to finally stop this problem we've had for 60 years, and I really like that outcome."