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Trump argues Schumer 'made a mistake' amid Dem leader's party infighting
President Donald Trump argued Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went "too far" as some Democrats demand their party leader be replaced during a wide-ranging interview on "The Ingraham Angle" Monday.
"I think he made a mistake in going too far," Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. "He thought he could break the Republicans, and the Republicans broke him."
Eight senators broke rank with the Democratic Party on Sunday, voting for the House-passed spending plan to reopen the government that their Democratic colleagues blocked 14 times. The Senate voted 60-40 Monday to end the government shutdown, with the final vote going to the House later this week.
As Democrats like Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) consequently call for Schumer to be replaced, Trump says he’s "never seen a politician change so much."
"I feel badly ‘cause I know Chuck Schumer," Trump said. "I’ve known him since he was a person who loved Israel, and now he’s a Palestinian. He’s become a Palestinian… I’ve never seen a politician change so much."
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The longest government shutdown in history revolved around Congress’ debate over extending Obamacare subsidies and led to thousands of workers being furloughed, flights being cancelled nationwide and food aid expiring.
The president argued the real motive behind Democrats’ fight was a desire to extend the subsidies.
"What they really wanted was $1.5 trillion for people that came in illegally, people that come in through and out of prisons," Trump argued.
"We're trying to get them out, because we don't want 11,000 murderers in our country. You don't it. Nobody wants it," Trump stressed. "And we have drug dealers, and we have everything else, and they wanted to make sure they got good healthcare."
Paying for illegal immigrants’ healthcare would have "hurt other people's healthcare," Trump added.
The president later tore into Obamacare as "horrible" health insurance that is too expensive.
"The premiums have gone up like rocket ships," Trump lamented. "And I’m not even talking about just recently, I’m talking about for years they’ve been going up."
He instead advocated for insurance holders to "feel like entrepreneurs."
"I want, instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go to an account for people where the people buy their own health insurance," Trump said. "They're actually able to go out and negotiate their own insurance."
When Ingraham asked the president how Republicans can avoid another government shutdown from occurring on Jan. 30, 2026, when current funding levels are set to expire, he previewed a new bill.
"Well, we're trying to put in a bill, as you know, or a bill that you can never do that again," Trump responded. "You can't just shut down the government because you're trying renegotiate a deal that you didn't."
Pop star Olivia Rodrigo blasts DHS for using her song in 'hateful, racist' post
Pop star Olivia Rodrigo slammed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last Thursday for using her music on a social media post promoting its deportation agenda.
Rodrigo left a comment on an Instagram post shared by DHS and the White House that encouraged illegal immigrants to self-deport from the United States. Rodrigo’s 2023 song, "All-American b----", was used as the clip’s background music.
"Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda," Rodrigo wrote.
The post, originally shared by DHS on Nov. 4, featured clips of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting alleged illegal immigrants and sending them back to their countries while in chains. Over the images, the words, "If ICE finds you."
A second series of clips featured immigrants voluntarily getting on planes and going back to their original countries looking happier and more comparable. The words, "If you self-deport" flashed on the screen.
The video concluded with instructions on how illegal immigrants could access the Customs and Border Patrol website and find government assistance in self-deporting. A graphic showed that illegal immigrants could "receive a $1,000 exit bonus."
The post’s caption read, "LEAVE NOW and self-deport using the CBP Home app. If you don’t, you will face the consequences."
Following Rodrigo’s condemnation of the post and the DHS using her music, the audio of "all-American b----" was no longer available on the post, fueling speculation that Rodrigo had the song removed from the post.
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A DHS spokesperson responded to Rodrigo’s comment in a statement given to USA TODAY.
"America is grateful all the time for our federal law enforcement officers who keep us safe. We suggest Ms. Rodrigo thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice," the spokesperson stated.
The pop star has been a frequent, outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and his administration.
"I’ve lived in LA my whole life, and I’m deeply upset about these violent deportations of my neighbors under the current administration. L.A. simply wouldn’t exist without immigrants. Treating hardworking community members with such little respect, empathy, and due process is awful," she said in a Instagram story in June.
"I stand with the beautiful, diverse community of Los Angeles and with immigrants all across America. I stand for our right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest," she added.
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Other musicians have also spoken out against Trump’s deportation agenda.
While performing at Portland's Moda Center in October, pop star Reneé Rapp denounced the recent ICE raids there, saying, "So let’s just f---ing make it abundantly f---ing clear — F--- ICE. F--- this administration. F--- Trump."
Country artist Zach Bryan stirred controversy when a snippet of his song "Bad News" went viral in October for its anti-ICE lyrics.
The debate drew a response from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who publicly criticized the singer.
"I hope he understands how completely disrespectful that song is — not just to law enforcement, but to this country," she said in an interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson.
Representatives for Rodrigo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senate ends 41-day government shutdown stalemate, sends bipartisan deal to House
The shutdown stalemate that has dragged on in the Senate officially ended late Monday night, and it places Congress on a path to reopen the government later this week.
Senators advanced a bipartisan funding package to end the government shutdown after a group of Senate Democrats broke from their colleagues and joined Republicans in their bid to reopen the government.
Those same eight Senate Democratic caucus members stuck with Republicans and provided the crucial votes needed to send the package to the House.
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The votes went deep into Monday night on the shutdown’s 41st day and resulted in an updated continuing resolution (CR) being combined with a trio of spending bills in a minibus package that is now headed to the House.
Whether the Senate would get to this point was in the air for much of last week and even earlier in the day. On Monday, lawmakers were riding high after smashing through the package’s first procedural test, but concerns of objections and other procedural maneuvers threatened to derail the process.
"I think everybody's pretty united [behind] this bill," Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said. "We want to reopen the government."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus demanded throughout the entirety of the shutdown that they would only vote to reopen the government if they received an ironclad deal on expiring Obamacare subsidies.
But that deal, or at least the one that Democrats wanted, never materialized. Instead, eight Senate Democrats took the offer that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has made since the beginning: A guarantee to vote on legislation that would deal with the subsidies.
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Thune reiterated his promise and noted that a vote would come, "No later than the second week of December." The subsidies are set to expire by the end of the year.
"We have senators, both Democrat and Republican, who are eager to get to work to address that crisis in a bipartisan way," he said. "These senators are not interested in political games, they’re interested in finding real ways to address healthcare costs for American families. We also have a president who is willing to sit down and get to work on this issue."
Senate Democrats did not leave completely empty-handed, however.
Included in the revamped CR, which would reopen the government until Jan. 30, was a reversal of the Trump administration’s firing of furloughed federal workers, a deal to ensure that furloughed workers would get back pay and future protections for federal workers during shutdowns.
"This was the only deal on the table," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., one of the eight that crossed the aisle to support the package, said. "It was our best chance to reopen the government and immediately begin negotiations to extend the [Obamacare] tax credits that tens of millions of Americans rely on to keep costs down."
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., another of the eight Senate Democrats to break with Schumer, said that it was clear that Republicans weren't going to budge on their position that healthcare would be dealt with after the government reopened.
But it wasn't the guarantee of a vote on the expiring subsidies that got him to splinter, it was promises that there would be protections for federal employees.
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"If you wait another week, they're going to get hurt more, another month or even more," Kaine said. "So what got me over the line was the pledge that they were able to give the federal employees."
On the House side, it appears GOP leaders are eager to move quickly on ending the prolonged shutdown.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., earlier Monday told Fox News Digital that he would bring the House back into session "immediately" upon Senate passage of the legislation.
He later told House Republicans on a lawmaker-only call that he anticipated a vote in their chamber midweek at the earliest, Fox News Digital was told.
"We're going to plan on voting, on being here, at least by Wednesday," Johnson said. "It is possible that things could shift a little bit later in the week, but right now we think we're on track for a vote on Wednesday. So we need you here."
Johnson signaled the House would not move to fast-track the legislation via suspension of the rules however, which would bypass procedural hurdles in exchange for raising the passage threshold to two-thirds of the chamber.
It's not a surprising move given House Democratic leaders' opposition to the bill.
He said, however, that the House Rules Committee should be ready to move by Tuesday at the earliest.
John Cena adds one more impressive accolade to WWE resume
It’s hard to think about what John Cena hasn’t accomplished in his legendary WWE career.
He holds the WWE record as the 17-time WWE champion, which he set at WrestleMania 41 when he defeated Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship. After he lost the title at SummerSlam, it didn’t appear there would be any more gold around his waist for the rest of his schedule.
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That changed on Monday on RAW when Dominik Mysterio stepped up to Cena in Boston – just miles outside of his hometown in West Newbury, Massachusetts. WWE’s Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque made the impromptu match between the two with the Intercontinental Championship on the line.
For Mysterio’s credit, the son of the legendary Rey Mysterio controlled most of the match. But his "dirty" tricks didn’t fool any WWE official. He tried to finish Cena off with a 619 and a frog splash. But Cena caught him.
Cena picked Mysterio up and hit the Attitude Adjustment before pinning him for the victory. He became the newest intercontinental champion.
"Thank you so much Boston, because of you, tonight, the champ is here," he told the crowd at TD Garden before the pyrotechnics fired off in celebration of his win.
Cena was congratulated backstage by his fellow WWE superstars.
While Cena’s reigns as WWE champion and world heavyweight champion have been talked about the most during his career, he was also a five-time U.S. champion and four-time tag-team champion as he’s teamed up with The Miz, David Otunga, Batista and Shawn Michaels.
Cena’s Intercontinental Championship win makes him the latest Grand Slam champion the WWE has to offer. The modern Grand Slam champions in WWE have held the WWE, Intercontinental, United States and World Tag Team Championships. The last two to accomplish the feat were Kevin Owens and Finn Balor – both in 2013.
It’s unclear who will be the No. 1 contender for Cena’s title. The Last Time is Now Tournament got underway later Monday night. The tournament will determine who Cena’s last opponent will be.
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Jasmine Crockett downplays Jay Jones' murderous texts as a 'distraction'
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, praised the Democratic Party on Sunday for not forcing Virginia Attorney General-elect Jay Jones to resign after his murderous texts surfaced during the campaign.
During an appearance on "Roland Martin Unfiltered," Crockett argued it was good that Democratic leaders did not urge Jones to step down from his race this year, saying that his scandal was nothing more than a "distraction."
"And I was very excited to see that he was able to pull off the win. Not that I know him – I've never met him, I've never talked to him – but because it seems like people did not get caught up in the distractions," Crockett told host Roland Martin.
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Jones, who won his race last Tuesday, sparked controversy in the lead up to Election Day when his old texts envisioning the murder of a state Republican lawmaker and his children were leaked.
In the text messages – sent by Jones in 2022 – the politician joked about shooting now-former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert in the head while also suggesting that harm should come to that Republican's young "fascist" children.
Throughout the final weeks of the campaign, Republicans urged Jones to drop out of the race and demanded that Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger call on him to step down.
Spanberger condemned his comments but never asked the candidate to leave his race. Both went on to win their races.
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Martin mentioned that the Democratic Party would have forced Jones to step down from the race if this was "10 years ago."
Crockett replied, saying that there were some who wanted him to resign, and noted that electing Jones despite his texts was still more important than letting Republican candidate Jason Miyares win.
"Listen, there were still Democrats that were talking about it. And my deal was, say what you got to say, denounce what he did, but in this moment, do you trust this Republican attorney general to stand up when it is the state legislature that decides that they need to fight fire with fire and give us more seats out of Virginia to go to the U.S. House because they're trying to balance out this power struggle that Trump is on?" she asked.
"Or when it comes down to Trump deciding that he's not going to send appropriated dollars to the state of Virginia, do you think that the Republican AG is going to be the one to sign up to go and get those dollars? No," she continued.
"So, at the end of the day, you got to put your mask on first," Crockett added, noting how voters needed to hold their noses and vote for Democrats despite their shortfalls or controversies.
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The lawmaker praised her party for getting rid of the "purity test" and not disqualifying Jones.
"You can have whatever issues you have with him, but at the end of the day, you got to make sure you're looking out for you," Crockett said.
The Texas Democrat has also been criticized for her rhetoric towards her political opponents, like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
In response to a question in March about how Democrats can win elections specifically in Texas, Crockett said, "I think that you punch, I think you punch, I think you OK with punching."
"It’s Ted Cruz," she went on. "I mean, like this dude has to be knocked over the head, like hard, right? Like there is no niceties with him, like at all. Like you go clean off on him."
Bloody brawl breaks out as agitators protest TPUSA event at UC Berkeley in California
A bloody fight broke out near the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday afternoon, ahead of a Turning Point USA event on campus.
The event, which will feature Dr. Frank Turek and Rob Schneider, marks the end of the "This Is The Turning Point" tour.
It takes place just two months after TPUSA's founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a campus event in Utah on Sept. 10.
The confrontation erupted at around 4:30 PST. During the brawl, two men were seen fighting each other, one of whom had blood gushing from his face.
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Video taken by Fox News Digital also shows a crowd of agitators gathering around the fight. Many demonstrators wore keffiyehs and carried signs with left-wing messages.
Local police had difficulty containing the agitators and were seen putting on shield masks and gathering batons.
It is unknown how many participants were injured.
The Berkeley Police Department told Fox News Digital that at least two people have been arrested as of 6 p.m. local time.
"I do not have the specific details of what the arrests were for," the police spokesperson said. "At this point, I can share that one of the parties was arrested for battery."
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A spokesperson for UC Berkeley told Fox News Digital that the altercation did not take place on campus grounds, and did not elaborate further.
Dr. Frank Turek, a mentor of Kirk's, spoke with Fox News Digital last week about the upcoming Berkeley event.
During the interview, Turek said that he told Kirk that the UC Berkeley stop was the one he wanted to attend.
"If I could go to any one event with him, it would be that one," the Christian author said.
"I wanted to go to UC Berkeley because it is so progressive and liberal in their views, and I wanted to provide evidence that Christianity was indeed true."
Fox News Digital's Brooke Curto and Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.
Conservative student exposes Midwestern college for preventing Turning Point USA chapter
A conservative student from Beloit College in Wisconsin says her school is blocking students from establishing a new Turning Point USA (TPUSA) club on campus and has failed to adequately protect its members from harassment and threats they have faced for trying to do so.
On Oct. 1, Jocelyn Jordan and some of her classmates began applying to start a new Turning Point USA chapter at Beloit College, requiring them to find a faculty advisor, among a list of other requirements needed to start a club on campus.
Every faculty member the students have asked thus far, including the dean of students, refused to help them, according to Jordan, who said she was advised to establish a group that does not have the Turning Point name attached to it. Jordan also claimed a member of the student government said that even if they were to find a faculty advisor, they still would not be able to establish a Turning Point chapter on campus.
Meanwhile, Jordan and her classmates began promoting their club on social media around mid-October, leading to a harassment campaign targeting the students for their efforts to create a chapter of the Republican group, first founded by assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, on their campus. The harassment initially included disturbing imagery posted on the group's new Instagram page, referring to Jordan and her co-founders as Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and White supremacists, but eventually devolved into threats.
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However, Jordan said the university dismissed the students' initial harassment concerns, telling them there was nothing faculty could do because they could not identify who was making the harassing posts. When the harassment devolved into threats, Jordan filed a subsequent police report, a move that appeared to spur greater action from the college, which eventually banned one of the main harassers from campus, who Jordan said was an alumnus working in food service on campus at the time.
"As a student, I should feel comfortable coming to campus no matter what beliefs I have, no matter what I identify as, no matter who I want to be. And, at this moment, I don't feel comfortable," Jordan told Fox News Digital. "I mean, it took three and a half weeks for [Beloit College] to even address the situation, and that doesn't give me much hope for how this is going to turn out for Turning Point."
In addition to banning the alumnus from campus, the college also sent out an email, which Jordan described as "vague" and pointed out that it came after weeks of their complaints that fell on deaf ears, warning students about hateful rhetoric towards other students. The email did mention an incident of late that included "the depiction of other Beloit students as dangerous radicals, Nazis, or monsters seeking to cause harm."
"I want to remind everyone that our Student Handbook states that social media harassment … is prohibited behavior," the email added. "Engaging thoughtfully around difference is hard, but that's why you've come to Beloit: to learn to do hard things well and with compassion. So let's try this. Be kind to one another. Give the benefit of the doubt to other students."
The harassment campaign targeting Jordan and her classmates was led in part by a now-deleted Instagram page titled "bc_friendly_fan_edits," which posted a photo of the potential Turning Point board members at Beloit photoshopped around Charlie Kirk in a casket and Donald Trump on a cross. The same group also posted a sexualized depiction of a female Nazi with Jordan's face juxtaposed on it. The photo was captioned "#bullythebigots."
Another harasser sent the group's new Instagram page direct messages calling them "cowards" and laughing about the fact they have been unable to find a faculty advisor to support them. "Careful yall. The Klan members (tpusa_beloit) are calling in their gang (local police) to invoke fear in brown people within the community because they couldn't handle the consequences of their own actions," said a post sent to the hopeful TPUSA chapter's new Instagram page via its direct messages. Other posts sought to satirize Turning Point USA's logo, using it to create a "Meet The Campus Nazis" graphic that called out all the potential chapter members.
"Our first post received over 75 comments in just one day, with more than 90% of them being hateful. We heard every name from klan members to Nazis to white supremacists. Some people even began attacking our appearances, specifically my blonde hair (which isn't even my natural color lol) and blue eyes," Jordan wrote in a post on Facebook and X calling out her college for the lack of response to the situation.
But then the threats started coming in, and things got a little more serious.
"The lack of accountability is showing, but the lack of consequences won’t be," a comment on one of the hopeful TPUSA chapter's new Instagram posts said.
Several posts also began chastising Jordan and her classmates for getting the police involved.
"The day a white supremacist Nazi tries me is the day I'll get to prove why burying authoritarians is a family legacy that I will carry on," the same harasser who threatened there would be "consequences" posted on their Instagram story. "Come after me I dare you. If I run out of ammo I won't run out of options. Second Amendment works better when its against Nazis."
"Imagine hiding your klan behind the police because you couldn't handle the consequences of your own actions. How very klan-like of you," said another comment on one of the group's posts.
In response to this article, Beloit College sent Fox News Digital a lengthy statement saying the school is "committed to fostering respectful open inquiry and encouraging a diversity of perspectives on campus." The statement also insisted it was "not blocking" the students from a path to club membership, noting it has been "in full accordance with campus policies" and that all potential clubs must follow the same list of requirements.
"The college takes all allegations of threats and harassment against students seriously, including recent ones related to the students interested in forming a Turning Point USA chapter," the statement said. "Beloit College expects all members of our community to practice compassion and respect towards each other. We are an educational institution, and students learn best within a safe and vibrant campus environment."
The statement also confirmed that "a recent investigation" led to one individual being banned from the Beloit College campus.
Jordan told Fox News Digital that she and her classmates are not giving in. The group is still hoping to get their Turning Point chapter a faculty advisor, so that they can become a fully functioning student organization on campus.
In response to the alleged political bias, GOP Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Josh Schoemann called on Beloit College to "approve the chapter." Current governor, Democrat Tony Evers, announced his plan to retire earlier this year.
"Beloit College must approve the chapter and take immediate action to protect students from harassment and threats, anything less is a failure of leadership," Schoemann told Fox News Digital.
"I stand with these students in their fight to establish a Turning Point USA chapter," Schoemann added, noting that, as governor, he "will ensure that students can freely and safely express their views on campus."
'Smallville' actress Allison Mack shares how NXIVM leader claimed sex was needed to 'heal' her
"Smallville" actress Allison Mack broke her silence Monday about working with NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere.
In the seven-episode CBC podcast, "Allison After NXIVM," the former child actor described how Raniere convinced her that a physical relationship was required to "heal" her.
Raniere, a self-improvement guru whose organization attracted millionaires and actresses among its supporters, was sentenced to 120 years in prison in 2020 after being convicted on seven counts that included racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and attempted sex trafficking.
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After Mack confided in a NXIVM friend that she was struggling with her sexuality, the actress was encouraged to speak to Raniere about her personal life.
"So that's when I approached Keith and I said, ‘I feel like I really struggle with my sexuality,’" Mack remembered. "'I think that there were things that happened when I was a kid that weren’t OK. I can’t feel myself connecting to my sexuality. I feel ashamed of my body and my sexuality. Like, I don’t understand how I can get around this.' And he was like, ‘Well, I can help you with that.’"
Mack added, "He said, ‘But in order for me to help you with that, we’re going to have to be physically intimate because it's an experiential problem that you're having.'"
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"'So I can't just theoretically help you through it. You have to have the experience of going through it.'"
Somehow, Rainere's proposal made sense to Mack through the NXIVM lens, which is how their physical relationship began.
She remembered thinking "this is f---ing weird" as the intimacy began, but also found solace in believing that Raniere was going to help her through his own therapeutic modality.
"He's my teacher, and he's going to help me," Mack recalled. "He called it energy work, so when he was sleeping with you, he would say, ‘I’m moving energy through your body, like Tantric kind of a thing.'"
Raniere's manipulation tactics and the NXIVM curriculum caused Mack to believe she was the problem.
"In my head, I'm going, ‘This is weird,’" she said, before attempting to justify her own thoughts to prove "how dysfunctional" she was.
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"This is the safest man that you could be with, and this is a person that just wants to take care and love you. He doesn't even want anything from you, he just wants to make sure that you're OK."
Mack was released early from prison in 2023 after serving two years of a three-year term for federal racketeering and conspiracy charges.
The actress was arrested in 2018 on federal charges for her involvement in NXIVM. Shortly after her arrest, Mack posted a $5 million bond.
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Mack initially faced between 14-17.5 years in prison, but managed to reduce her prison sentence by cooperating with federal authorities in the case against Raniere.
Mack assisted prosecutors by detailing how Raniere created the private organization. Raniere branded women with his initials, brainwashed and forced them to have sex with him.
She expressed her "remorse and guilt" before sentencing in federal court, and admitted she made decisions she would "forever regret."
"I am sorry to those of you that I brought into NXIVM," Mack said in a statement to the court in June 2021. "I am sorry I ever exposed you to the nefarious and emotionally abusive schemes of a twisted man. From the deepest part of my heart and soul, I am sorry."
'Star Wars' actor says he would be open to work with Disney again if they don't 'succumb to fascism'
Oscar Isaac, who starred in Disney's "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, said on Sunday that he would consider working with the entertainment giant again if it refuses to kowtow to "fascism."
GQ magazine published the interview Monday, where he was asked by GQ senior culture editor Alex Pappademas about possibly reprising his role as Poe Dameron in "Star Wars."
"I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great," said Isaac, who was one of many public figures criticizing or distancing themselves from the entertainment company at the time.
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"That would be great," Pappademas replied.
"But if that happens, then yeah, I’d be open to having a conversation about a galaxy far away — or any number of other things," Isaac added.
Isaac’s attitude toward "Star Wars" appears to have softened. In June 2020, he said he would only be interested in reprising his role if he needed "another house or something."
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In an editorial note, Pappademas told readers that the interview was conducted two days after ABC and Disney suspended production of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kimmel's show was pulled off the air after remarks about the alleged assassin of TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk sparked outrage, a warning from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and two major ABC affiliate owners yanking his program across the country. Kimmel had falsely suggested the alleged killer was a MAGA supporter, although he's reportedly claimed he was taken out of context.
The brief suspension sparked immediate outrage from Kimmel's fellow late-night hosts and many prominent liberals in the entertainment industry. Kimmel's show was restored after only a few days.
Disney didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Lions' Amon-Ra St Brown talks performing Trump dance after touchdown
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown scored a touchdown in the first quarter against the Washington Commanders and performed President Donald Trump’s signature dance in celebration.
The 9-yard touchdown catch was the eighth of the season as Detroit went on to win the game, 44-22. He had five catches for 58 yards.
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Brown was asked about the Trump move and whether it was "premeditated."
"I heard Trump was going to be at the game," Brown explained. "I don’t know how many times the president is going to be at the game, so just decided to, you know, have some fun and do his dance."
In fact, a sitting U.S. president attending a regular-season NFL game is rare. The last president to attend a game while in office was President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Trump was at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans and went to a Pittsburgh Steelers game last year while on the campaign trail.
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He was at the game to read the names of those who enlisted in the U.S. military. He didn't appear at the game until the second quarter.
The Commanders welcomed the president as part of the NFL’s "Salute to Service" festivities to honor veterans in the U.S.
"We are honored to welcome President Trump to the game as we celebrate those who have served and continue to serve our country," Commanders club president Mark Clouse said last week. "The entire Commanders organization is proud to participate in the NFL’s league-wide Salute to Service initiative, recognizing the dedication and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans, active-duty service members, and their families this Sunday."
The president has attended plenty of sporting events over the last 13 months. In addition to the Steelers game last year and the Super Bowl, he’s been at UFC fights, the Daytona 500, U.S. Open and Ryder Cup.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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