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Planned Parenthood starts offering Botox and fillers to make up for lost Trump federal funding cuts
A California Planned Parenthood affiliate is entering the cosmetic services market in what officials describe as an effort to stabilize funding amid federal cuts.
"Our kind of future financial stability remains uncertain," Dr. Laura Dalton, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, told KCRA News in an interview published Wednesday.
"We are resilient and innovative, and I like to say that when faced with a crisis, our doors did not close. They opened wider," Dalton said.
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Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which is headquartered in San Jose and runs 30 centers in California and Nevada, will now offer Botox injections as well as nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for pain management, the outlet reported.
KCRA News reported that Botox treatments will be offered at $9 per unit compared with $12 or $15 at many medical spas.
"We're providing [a] neurotoxin which is commonly referred to as Botox," Dalton said. "And hopefully in a few weeks we'll be launching fillers and sclerotherapy."
The new services, according to Dalton, are "about patients feeling like we're hearing them and we're listening to them, and that we're in touch right back to the, 'We're not your mom's Planned Parenthood.’"
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Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., signed legislation for $90 million in emergency funding after President Donald Trump signed legislation prohibiting federal funding from abortion providers.
Planned Parenthood also announced that it was voluntarily dropping its lawsuit over the Trump administration’s ability to withhold Medicaid payments under a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
"The goal of this lawsuit has always been to help Planned Parenthood patients get the care they deserve from their trusted provider," Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah said in a joint statement. "Based on the 1st Circuit’s decision, it is clear that this lawsuit is no longer the best way to accomplish that goal."
Dalton said offering cosmetic services provides supporters another way to back the organization financially.
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"If you were going to get this service anyways and you want to support Planned Parenthood, why not do it together?" Dalton said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte for comment.
Hegseth blasts Brits, says Iran's chaotic retaliation has driven its own allies 'into the American orbit'
War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that Iran’s decision to strike neighboring countries has backfired strategically, driving Gulf states that had hoped to stay out of the conflict "into the American orbit" as the U.S. prepares to dramatically increase firepower over Tehran.
"What Iran is doing by targeting allied countries that would otherwise want to stay out of this, they've actually pulled them into the American orbit," Hegseth said during a briefing at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida.
He cited the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as countries now offering expanded cooperation, arguing that Tehran’s retaliatory campaign has strengthened regional alignment with Washington rather than weakened it.
The comments come as U.S. military officials say Iran has launched strikes against a growing number of countries in the region since the conflict began, with CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper noting Tehran has targeted at least a dozen nations.
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Rather than isolating the United States, Hegseth suggested Iran’s actions are consolidating support for the campaign.
"The amount of firepower over Iran and over Tehran is about to surge dramatically," he said, pointing to additional basing access and increased bomber operations.
Hegseth also addressed allied basing access, including the United Kingdom’s initial hesitation to grant U.S. forces early access to strategic facilities.
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"It was unfortunate that … the Brits didn’t, from day one say, hey, go ahead and have access," he said. "But we got there, we got there. And that’s now part of the way that we’re operationalizing bomber runs … The amount of firepower over Iran and over Tehran is about to surge dramatically, and part of it is that we’re going to have even more basing."
Gulf and Arab governments have publicly condemned Iranian missile and drone strikes on their territories as violations of sovereignty and threats to regional security, while stopping short of criticizing U.S. military action.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan issued a joint statement strongly condemning Iran’s "indiscriminate and reckless" missile and drone attacks against sovereign territory in the region, reaffirming their right to self-defense.
Regional leaders have framed Iran’s actions as dangerous escalations rather than legitimate retaliation, underscoring a rare moment of unified public opposition among Gulf Cooperation Council members.
Beyond the Gulf, Azerbaijan has also protested what it says were Iranian drone strikes on its Nakhchivan exclave, which injured civilians and damaged the international airport. Baku summoned Tehran’s ambassador and said it reserved the right to take retaliatory measures in defense of its territory, even as Tehran denied responsibility for the incident.
Some regional analysts say Iran appears to have miscalculated by striking at U.S. assets in third party nations.
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"It was absolutely inevitable that the Iranians would seek to lash out, to widen the conflict … but all they've really done is made everybody quite mad and that was a really bad calculation on their part," said Danielle Pletka, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Peter Doran, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democraices, noted the shift in regional alignment.
"It would have been unbelievable just one year ago to see Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states lining up with the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic," he said.
Hegseth dismissed suggestions that the war is spiraling outward, arguing that Iran’s actions are instead clarifying the battlefield and strengthening U.S. partnerships.
"This idea that it’s expanding or going — no," he said. "It’s actually simplifying in a number of ways exactly what we need to achieve and how we’ll achieve it."
Pentagon officials say U.S. bombers have struck nearly 200 targets in the past 72 hours, destroyed more than 30 Iranian naval vessels and significantly reduced missile and drone attacks since the opening days of the operation.
Officials maintain that the campaign’s objectives remain limited to degrading Iran’s ability to threaten Americans and its neighbors, even as the president has suggested he needs to have a say in who becomes Iran's next leader.
"I think the president’s having a heck of a say in who runs Iran, given the ongoing operation we have," Hegseth said.
Trump tells Lionel Messi, 'You came in and you won,' during Inter Miami White House celebration
President Donald Trump has shown his love for sports many times, in and out of office, and he’s seen talent from all over the world compete for glory.
But as Trump hosted Inter Miami CF, the champions of the 2025 Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup Thursday at the White House, he couldn’t help but praise one of the best to ever play the sport, a great who won with loads of pressure on his shoulders.
"I have to say this. I’ve seen a lot of great players come into the world of sports, and they’ve come from all different countries, all different players," Trump said during a speech at the White House.
"They’ve come, from some cases, from different states. They come to the Yankees, or they come to the Dodgers or they come from whatever. I’ve seen them come from other countries, and there’s such a glamour [like], ‘Oh, everything’s great.’ But they don’t win. This guy won."
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As Trump turned around, he addressed Messi directly.
"He came in, there was tremendous fanfare and he won. But it’s true, they don’t win. They come in, they’re great players, they can even play OK, but they don’t win. Leo, you came in, and you won, and that’s something very hard to, very unusual.
"And, frankly, there’s a lot more pressure put on you than anyone would know because you’re sort of expected to win. But almost nobody wins. They come in, they’re great, they’re the best in the world, they get paid a fortune. You came in, and you won with all that pressure. That’s an amazing tribute, so congratulations."
Trump added that his son, Barron, was ecstatic for Messi’s arrival with his Inter Miami CF teammates at the White House.
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"My son said, ‘Dad, do you know who’s going to be there today?’ I said, ‘No, I got a lot of things going on.’ He said, ‘Messi!’" Trump said as those in attendance laughed.
"He’s a big soccer fan and a tremendous fan of yours."
Trump also invoked Brazilian great Pelé, saying he got to watch him play for the New York Cosmos, having been a good friend of their owner, Steve Ross, who is known for popularizing soccer in the U.S. Trump asked the crowd who was better, Pelé or Messi, and the latter simply smiled as the room agreed it was the Argentinian legend who takes that prize.
Trump mentioned Inter Miami’s accomplishments, which Messi played a large role in. He had 29 goals and 16 assists in 28 matches played last season for Inter Miami, making him the MLS Golden Boot Award winner for most goals. He also won back-to-back Landon Donovan MVP Awards.
Inter Miami owner Jorge Mas spoke for the team, with his brother and fellow co-owner Jose Mas looking on from the crowd. David Beckham, the British soccer legend who also has a stake in the MLS squad, didn’t attend the White House event because he was supporting his wife, Victoria Beckham, with her fashion show.
The team gave the president a pink Inter Miami jersey with "Trump" stitched on the back along with the No. 47 to commemorate his place among the presidents of the United States.
Messi and some of this teammates will be participating in the World Cup later this summer, which will be held in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Messi and Argentina are the reigning champions, having defeated France in a penalty shootout in a dramatic final in Qatar. The 38-year-old finally got to hoist the World Cup trophy, having chased it throughout his prime with FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi has two Copa América titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and eight Ballon d’Or awards for the best soccer player in the world. He can now add MLS champion to his illustrious resume.
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Gavin Newsom called out for 'walking into the trap' of attacking Democrats on 'pronouns'
Comedian Adam Friedland sparred with Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., over the governor calling out the Democratic Party's fixation on "pronouns" and other cultural issues.
While appearing on "The Adam Friedland Show" to promote his new book "Young Man in a Hurry" on Wednesday, Newsom faced several critiques from Friedland — including his recent call for Democrats to be more culturally "normal."
"From a tactical perspective, from the prism of purely politics, there’s no doubt that the Democratic Party needs to be, dare I say, more culturally normal. I believe that – less prone to spending a disproportionate amount of time on pronouns, identity, politics, more focused on tabletop issues, things that really matter, the stacking of stress in terms of electricity bills and childcare costs and healthcare and obviously housing costs and how easily we get trapped in that, how I’ve fallen prey to that," Newsom said last month on CNN.
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Friedland confronted Newsom on those comments on his show,
"You said the Democratic Party is too fixated on pronouns," he said. "Like you're walking into their trap. That's what they're saying. No voter has decided like ‘I was going to go Democrat, but their fixation on pronouns is like’...no."
Newsom said, "I think there was a moment there was some… I think it's not one thing. It's sort of the stacking of things. I'm just telling you, like, old school Democrats I talked to…"
Friedland further stressed Newsom was "walking into the trap."
"There's, like, three trans athletes. People are like 'I would vote for the Democrats were it not for them damaging the integrity of girls' sports'? Like, come on, dude. You're walking into the trap," Friedland said.
Newsom repeatedly responded, "I get it" when pressed by Friedland but added that Republicans were winning the messaging war regarding cultural issues.
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"They were flooding the zone. We were on our heels, not our toes. And narrative matters, and we were constantly on the defense," Newsom said.
Both Friedland and Newsom agreed that people needed to "Mind your own f---ing business" rather than harp on cultural issues.
In a comment to Fox News Digital, a Newsom spokesperson said the governor's comments "speak for themselves."
Newsom was called out by far-left podcaster Jennifer Welch last week for "ceding ground" to the Republicans on cultural issues.
"What you're saying, Gov. Newsom, is breathtakingly dangerous," Welch said. "And you're ceding ground to the narratives that Republicans try to define free people that mind their own business that stand up for everything. You're allowing their b------ narratives to define Americans, and it is utterly disgraceful."
Newsom responded to Welch's comments on Monday while appearing on Kara Swisher's podcast, saying he was primarily referring to how people feel about certain issues rather than trying to define what is "culturally normal."
"It's what you, what you emphasize, what you disproportionately focus on and how you navigate a world where they're again trying to shape shift, and we are on the defense," Newsom said. "Again, that's why I went on the offense as it relates to the banning and the cultural purge that the right wing is doing. And that's why we are iterating in that respect."
Clinton-appointed judge orders government to begin refunding $130B in Trump tariffs after SCOTUS ruling
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to begin the drawn-out task of refunding billions of dollars to companies that paid tariffs the Supreme Court recently invalidated.
Judge Richard Eaton, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, laid out the estimated $130 billion refund process in a three-page order, saying it would begin with U.S. Customs and Border Protection calculating what importers would have paid without the now-invalid tariffs. Eaton also made clear he had sole jurisdiction over the refunds, which more than 1,000 companies have sued over in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
"The Chief Judge has indicated that I am the only judge who will hear cases pertaining to the refund of [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] duties," Eaton wrote. "So there is no danger that another Judge, even one in this Court, will reach any contrary conclusions."
The case in question was brought by Atmus Filtration, Inc., a company that paid President Donald Trump's tariffs, which Trump imposed on nearly every country on an emergency basis under IEEPA last year.
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The IEEPA is a 1977 law that allows the president – after declaring a national emergency in response to foreign threats – to regulate or block certain economic transactions, such as by imposing sanctions.
The Supreme Court decided 6-3 in February to block Trump's use of the emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs on trading partners. The majority held that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, even after a national emergency declaration, because Congress did not clearly grant the executive branch that power.
All importers who paid those duties were entitled to benefit from the Supreme Court's ruling, Eaton said.
Eaton said CBP should calculate the affected imports as if the tariffs had never applied, which the judge signaled would eventually pave the way for refunds to the companies.
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The Supreme Court majority left the refund process unaddressed in its decision, leaving it to the lower courts to mete out. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, however, questioned in his dissent how the U.S. Treasury could go about refunding companies to the tune of billions of dollars, warning of "serious practical consequences."
"The United States may be required to refund billions of dollars to importers who paid the IEEPA tariffs, even though some importers may have already passed on costs to consumers or others," Kavanaugh wrote. "As was acknowledged at oral argument, the refund process is likely to be a ‘mess.’"
Eaton disputed that notion during a hearing just prior to issuing his order.
"There is nothing particularly novel about the provision of refunds. … I believe that there will be no chaos associated with the provision of these refunds and that it will not result in a mess," Eaton said, according to Politico.
The Trump administration indicated during the hearing that it is likely to appeal Eaton's order to delay it from taking effect. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
Eaton is set to preside over a closed-door conference with the parties in the case on Friday to further discuss the refund process.
Former New York DARE officer admits to selling drugs while in uniform in squad car
A former New York state police officer who also served as a cop for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, admitted to selling drugs while on duty.
Michael Tapscott pleaded guilty in Ontario County Court to 40 drug-related charges, Rochester First reported.
He resigned from the Geneva Police Department last year after he was accused of selling Adderall, a Schedule II controlled substance, to someone at a used car dealership while on duty and in his squad car.
Tapscott, a 13-year veteran of the police force, also served as an instructor with DARE, known for its mission to keep kids off drugs.
Four other former officers were charged along with Tapscott.
An investigation into Tapscott began in April 2025 when the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that a uniformed officer sold drugs while driving a marked patrol vehicle, Syracuse.com reported.
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Ontario Sheriff David Cirencione said a joint investigation with other law enforcement agencies found Tapscott solicited his fellow officers and civilians to buy and sell drugs while on and off duty.
Tapscott's plea came after new charges were filed, including three counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, three counts of fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of official misconduct.
Three others have been indicted with Tapscott, including Geneva Police Sgt. David Felice, former Geneva Police Officer Nathan Jacon and William McGowan, Syracuse.com reported.
As part of the plea agreement, the former officer will serve 16 weekends in jail followed by five years of probation.
Heart-stopping video shows bunk bed collapse nearly impale little boy, sister’s heroic split-second reaction
A horrifying video showed the moment a bunk bed gave way in a Texas home, sending a young girl on the top bunk flying as the metal frame collapsed onto her little brother.
The top bunk, held up by metal rods, turned downward as they fell, nearly impaling the small boy.
In less than a second, the girl jumped into action, asking her brother if he was OK and frantically working to pull the top bunk mattress off the child.
The girl could then be heard screaming for her mother, shortly before her grandmother ran into the room and rescued the boy.
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A third child was seen sleeping in a toddler's bed just feet away, before being awoken by the crash.
The viral video garnered more than 82 million views and five million likes on TikTok, with over 50,000 comments and a staggering 243,600 saves.
Commenters praised the older sister for immediately going to the little boy's rescue in the video, with one user writing, "Older sister mode immediately."
The comment, posted by an account named @fairytalebarbie1, received more than 550,000 likes.
Another user, going by the name Luna, said, "all jokes aside look at how fast babygirl reacted. she wasn’t even scared of the fact she fell, she was worried about her brother being hurt."
The top comment, by user @pretty_in_july with 950,000 likes, said, "The way the spikes went ALL around him."
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"What in the final destination!" user Jennifer Mcdonald wrote.
Others responded with comical GIFs or memes — including the iconic scene from "The Wizard of Oz," when Dorothy's house fell on top of The Wicked Witch of the East, leaving just her feet exposed.
The children's mother, Aurora Price, posted a follow-up video sharing that all of her children are OK, and accepting responsibility for building the bed herself.
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"I was proud of myself for building a bunk bed," Price said. "Clearly, I either did something wrong — it's cheaply made, it's from Amazon. There's a bunch of reasons why it could have fell. I did not know it was going to fall."
She later posted a screenshot of an email conversation with "VINGLI Support," who she said was the company that made the bunk bed.
The email to Price reportedly read:
"Hi Auora, We are truly sorry for the safety risk this caused to your family. We take this matter extremely seriously. The issue was caused by some slats being shorter than standard, leading to insufficient support. We sincerely apologize for the fear and trouble brought to you. We will conduct a full internal investigation to prevent similar issues. To resolve this properly, we offer you two options: 1. A brand-new replacement bed frame free of charge, 2: A full refund. Please let us know your choice, and we will arrange it right away. We apologize again and look forward to your timely reply."
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Price added she would never put her children's safety at risk, pushing back on hate comments, and clarified her mother was the person seen rushing into the room after the incident.
"My mother is the one who reacted. That wasn't me," she said. "… She got in the room first, I was behind her, and she handled the situation very calmly — which was needed, because my daughter was already terrified. Her freaking out would have made the situation 10 times worse."
"I know that if I was the one who walked in first and saw that, oh my God, it would have been horrible," she continued. "I would have been screaming and crying and f------ throwing up. … It was a very scary moment."
Price described her daughter as a "very big sweetheart," noting the top bunk is no longer being used.
"At the end of the day, my kids are OK, and that is all I could really ask for," Price said."
Price described her daughter as a "very big sweetheart," noting the top bunk is no longer being used.
"At the end of the day, my kids are OK, and that is all I could really ask for," Price said.
Trump’s new tariff plan barrels back to court following multistate lawsuit
A group of two dozen state attorneys general sued President Donald Trump Thursday in an effort to block his new 10% tariffs from taking force, a move that all but ensures Trump's newly revived tariff regime will end up back before the federal courts for the second time in nearly as many years.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the Court of International Trade by attorneys general from 24 states, including New York, Oregon, California and Arizona.
The state attorneys general argued in the lawsuit that Trump lacks the authority to impose the 10% tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.
They described the effort as an attempt to "sidestep" last month's 6-3 Supreme Court ruling, which blocked Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to unilaterally impose his 10% global tariff announced last April.
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Trump responded to the ruling by immediately invoking Section 122 to keep the 10% tariffs in place in the near term. He also said then that the administration is planning to increase the import duties from 10% to 15% for certain countries.
In the lawsuit, the state AGs said Trump "has made clear that he is going to impose worldwide tariffs by any means necessary" and argued that the effort is "an exercise of completely unrestrained executive power."
"As with his unlawful use of IEEPA, the President has once again exercised tariff authority that he does not have — involving a statute that does not authorize the tariffs he has imposed — to upend the constitutional order and bring chaos to the global economy," they added.
Next steps in the case are unclear, though the new lawsuit is likely to be met with fierce opposition from the White House and Justice Department.
Trump has continued to embrace tariffs as the signature economic policy of his second White House term. Trump, who previously billed himself the "Tariff Man," has described the issue as "life or death" for the U.S. economy.
Last April, Trump declared a national trade emergency to invoke IEEPA, citing the law as a means to address trade imbalances, reduce deficits with key trading partners and boost domestic manufacturing and production.
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Two federal courts — the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — previously blocked Trump's use of IEEPA to enact his tariffs, prompting the administration to kick the case to the Supreme Court last year for emergency relief. (The Manhattan-based Court of International Trade ruled last year that Trump, as commander in chief, does not have "unbounded authority" to impose tariffs under the emergency law.)
Lower courts had pressed the Justice Department to explain why Trump invoked IEEPA when other, more narrowly tailored statutes enacted by Congress more specifically address tariffs, including laws that cap tariffs at certain levels or set timeframes subject to congressional review.
Section 122 tariffs can remain in place for up to 150 days without congressional approval, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed on the Senate floor last week that the Democratic caucus would not approve an extension of the broad import duties.
Legally, the administration could have its work cut out for it as well.
Some economists — as well as the state AGs — argue that there is a difference between a traditional balance of payment deficit and the trade deficit between the U.S. and other countries.
"Contrary to the Section 122 Proclamation, a trade deficit is not a balance of payments deficit," the states argued in their lawsuit.
Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan, told Fox News Digital in an interview last year that Trump's focus on the trade "deficit" is in fact based on a common misconception.
"We have a dollar deficit, but we have a stuff surplus," he said.
"What that means is we sell China a small amount of stuff, and they sell us a large amount of stuff," Wolfers explained. For every dollar bill that goes to China, the U.S. gets something for it that Americans want to buy, like T-shirts.
Jon Rahm arranges private jet for LIV golfers stranded in Middle East amid Iran's counterattacks: report
Several LIV Golf players were reportedly stranded in Dubai amid attacks by Iran, but they are safe thanks to one of their own.
Seven players and a caddie were stuck in the United Arab Emirates as Iran committed retaliatory attacks on Israel and several of its neighbors.
The Saudi-backed league is playing in Hong Kong this weekend, so those who have homes in Dubai were there before heading to China. But once the attacks began, airports closed and flights were canceled.
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LIV reportedly explored options to get its players to Hong Kong safely, but Jon Rahm took matters into his own hands, according to Golf.com.
The two-time major winner and his team arranged a charter flight through his partnership with VistaJet, a private aviation company, to fly the members from Oman to Hong Kong. LIV had planned on getting its players to London first.
"Do whatever you have to do, but get them get out of there," Rahm reportedly told his team.
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Two of the members were part of Rahm's Legion XIII squad.
It was no easy commute, as a typical four-plus hour drive was much longer due to traffic with others also trying to get to Oman. But after leaving at around midnight local time Wednesday morning, they landed in Hong Kong nearly eight hours later.
Caleb Surratt, one of the golfers stuck in Dubai, told Golf Channel that it was "terrifying."
"There’s a lot of relief just knowing that they’re going to see their teammates today, and they’ll be able to compete alongside of them starting tomorrow," one source told Golf.com.
Rahm joined LIV in late 2023 in what has been rumored to be a deal worth more than $300 million. There has been some speculation that the deal was worth even double that.
He won the Masters months before joining LIV after winning the U.S. Open in 2021 at Torrey Pines.
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Canada's Mark Carney under fire as ‘all over the place’ on Iran, risking wider US rift
In less than a week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has gone from supporting U.S. actions against Iran to raising the issue that the U.S. and Israel "acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting with allies, including Canada" to on Wednesday not ruling out Canadian military participation in the conflict.
"He’s been all over the place," Nader Hashemi, a Canadian-born associate professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown University, told Fox News Digital. "It doesn’t look very good for him or for the government of Canada."
"My own reading is that he’s influenced by public opinion and his understanding of Canada’s national interests and where they lie, and specifically the relationship with the United States at its core. His first statement was very supportive of the American-Israeli attack and then he walked it back two days later when he got a lot of pushback because there was no reference to Canada’s support for international law, rules-based order and the United Nations."
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When asked whether Canada would join the U.S. military against Iran during his visit to Australia on Wednesday, Carney told reporters that "one can never categorically rule out participation" and that Canada "will stand by our allies, when makes sense."
However, former NATO commander and retired Canadian major-general David Fraser told CTV News Channel that it’s "unlikely" that Canada would be drawn into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran unless a member state, such as Turkey, called for assistance under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
Carney’s latest comments signal the Canadian prime minister’s desire to ensure that "it doesn’t create a deeper rupture with the United States than already exists," said Hashemi.
Melissa Lantsman, deputy leader of the Canadian Conservative Party, summarized the prime minister’s changing position on the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran with a post on X: "We support it, we’re upset about it, we think it’s bad, but also, we might join in."
Her colleague, Michael Chong, the Conservative shadow minister for foreign affairs, told Canadian broadcaster CTV that "supporting the airstrikes and at the same time calling for a secession of those strikes" is "an inherent contradiction."
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Carney has also had pushback from the political left.
After the airstrikes against Iran began, Alexandre Boulerice, foreign affairs critic for the New Democratic Party of Canada, said in a statement that his party "strongly condemns the American and Israeli bombings of Iran" and "deplores the Carney government’s decision to blindly support this dangerous venture by Israel and Donald Trump's administration. We want Canada to be a voice for diplomacy, peace and international law."
During his Australian tour this week, the prime minister said that "hegemons are increasingly acting without constraint or respect for international norms or laws while others bear the consequences."
He also said Canada supports "efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security," but noted that Canada "take[s] this position with regret because the current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order."
Carney said that "Canada calls for a rapid de-escalation of hostilities and is prepared to assist in achieving this goal."
At a security and defense conference in Ottawa, also this week, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that Canada calls "on all sides to respect the rules of international engagement" and that "international law binds all parties" in the Middle East conflict.
The results of an Angus Reid Institute poll, involving 1,619 respondents and released on Tuesday, showed that 49% of Canadians opposed the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes against Iran, while 34% were supportive.