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The Revolutionary landmarks where Washington, Adams and Jefferson changed America
From New England to Virginia, history buffs and patriotic travelers can walk where American history unfolded in honor of the celebration of our nation's 250th anniversary this weekend.
Many of these destinations offer an array of events, including immersive exhibits that shed light on the colonial and Federal eras.
Whether through guided walking tours, ranger-led programs or living-history demonstrations, these destinations help bring America's founding to life.
Here are five standout places to visit to soak up the nation's history.
These experiences and venues can be enjoyed at a variety of time periods. Check the relevant websites for more details.
This must-do tour in downtown Boston spans roughly 2.5 miles and connects 16 historically important sites.
The trail includes the Old South Meeting House, the Old North Church and the Paul Revere House, among others.
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It features Faneuil Hall, known as the "Cradle of Liberty" for the patriot meetings and speeches held there, as well as the Old State House, the site of the Boston Massacre.
"Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1951, the Freedom Trail is a unique collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond," the Freedom Trail's website says.
Independence National Historical Park features several significant buildings and structures important to the American Revolution.
Most famously, it features Independence Hall, where the Second Continental Congress was held and the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Carpenters' Hall, located two blocks east of Independence Hall, is where the First Continental Congress was held. The historic district includes the Museum of the American Revolution, the Benjamin Franklin Museum and the National Constitution Center.
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"The park represents the founding ideals of the nation, and preserves national and international symbols of freedom and democracy, including Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell," the National Park Service's (NPS) website says.
"The Declaration of Independence and US Constitution were both debated and signed inside Independence Hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site."
Virginia's Historic Triangle offers historic sites spanning back centuries, including Jamestown, the first successful English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.
Colonial Williamsburg, the restored 18th-century capital of Virginia, is the world's largest living history museum, featuring costumed interpreters, restored buildings and sites frequented by many southern Founding Fathers.
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Also included in the triangle is Yorktown Battlefield, which marks the site of the decisive 1781 victory that effectively ended the Revolutionary War. Williamsburg and Yorktown are about 13 miles apart.
The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation offers the America's Historic Triangle Ticket, which starts at $126 for adults and includes five consecutive days of admission to Jamestown Settlement, Historic Jamestowne, Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown Battlefield and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
Located about 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon was the home of George Washington.
Visitors can tour the mansion, gardens, Washington's tomb, working farm and museum exhibits detailing his life, military leadership and presidency.
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The estate offers expert-led tours, including behind-the-scenes access to areas typically closed to the public, as well as immersive Revolutionary War exhibits and a recreated Continental Army encampment.
Minute Man National Historical Park is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Visitors can walk the Battle Road Trail, explore restored colonial landmarks like Hartwell Tavern and take part in ranger-led programs and Patriots' Day events celebrating "the shot heard 'round the world."
A highlight of the park is North Bridge, where colonial militia confronted British troops on April 19, 1775, during one of the opening engagements of the American Revolution.
"This beautifully restored 19th-century commemorative landscape, featuring the famous Minute Man statue by Daniel Chester French, is a perfect place to reflect upon this hallowed ground," NPS's website says.
Paul Pelosi, 86, faces a hit-and-run charge after striking a parked car in Napa County: sheriff's office
Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is facing a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge after authorities say he struck a parked vehicle in Napa County, California, on Friday, and drove away before his own car became disabled.
The Napa County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened Friday afternoon in Yountville, just over an hour north of San Francisco.
A witness reported seeing a brown convertible hit an unoccupied parked vehicle before continuing north. Deputies later found the damaged convertible partially blocking a nearby roadway and identified the driver as Paul Pelosi, 86.
During the investigation, Pelosi allegedly told deputies he knew he had hit something but did not know what it was, according to the sheriff's office. He continued driving until his vehicle became disabled, investigators said.
Authorities said alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
"The investigation also determined that no alcohol (.00 on Preliminary Alcohol Screening Device) was detected upon testing, therefore Driving Under the Influence was ruled out," the sheriff's office said.
Investigators said Pelosi was responsible for the collision. He was not arrested at the scene, and the sheriff's office said that is common for this type of misdemeanor offense. Instead, deputies will refer the case to the Napa County District Attorney's Office for review and possible prosecution.
The sheriff's office also said it will submit a driver re-evaluation referral to the California DMV, a common practice for elderly drivers.
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The incident comes more than two years after Pelosi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving causing injury stemming from a May 2022 crash in Napa County.
He was sentenced to three years of probation, five days in jail — most of which was satisfied through custody credits and a work program — a three-month DUI education program, installation of an ignition interlock device for one year, and fines and restitution to the injured driver.
Unlike the 2022 case, investigators said DUI was ruled out in Friday's crash.
Pelosi has remained in the public eye since the October 2022 hammer attack inside the San Francisco home he shares with the former House speaker.
David DePape, who broke into the Pelosi residence seeking Nancy Pelosi before attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, was sentenced in October 2024 to life in prison on state charges after previously receiving a 30-year federal prison sentence.
The attack left Paul Pelosi with a skull fracture and other serious injuries.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has represented the state's 11th congressional district in San Francisco for decades.
Pelosi's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
City of Philadelphia may have leaked some MLB All-Stars hours before the big announcement
Philadelphia is, for obvious reasons, often at the center of Fourth of July celebrations, given that it's quite literally the birthplace of the nation. But this year, the city is catching a little guff over an apparent oversight.
The MLB All-Star Game is set for the city's Citizens Bank Park on July 14th, with rosters set to be announced on Saturday evening.
However, there certainly appear to have been some leaks, and it's all thanks to a series of light pole banners.
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Whether they're getting greased after a Super Bowl or spoiling All-Star rosters, does any city's poles get as much attention as Philadelphia's? Maybe Vegas', but those are a different kind of pole.
Some photos of banners around the city have made their way to social media, because they make it pretty clear that certain players are definitely headed to the Mid-Summer Classic.
Whoops.
You know, I don't think you'd ever see a banner of Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson anywhere within Philadelphia city limits... unless, of course, he was going to be playing in the All-Star Game hosted in the city.
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Of course, some of those banners are not going to shock anyone. Throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes on a banner was probably a safe bet, and could've been hanging there for months, and everyone would just be like, "Yeah, that sounds about right."
I'm just always amazed how things like this can happen. The directions seem pretty foolproof: Do not hang the banners until July 5.
It's almost like whoever delivered those details did so to someone half-listening while scrolling TikTok.
"Hang the All-Star banners all around the city before July 5. Got it. Can do, boss..."
The official reveal of the All-Star rosters comes on Saturday night, 7:30 p.m. ET, on FOX.
16 patriotic movies to watch this Fourth of July, from 'Top Gun' to 'Saving Private Ryan'
When you’ve had your fill of fireworks, parades and potato salad, there’s nothing like curling up with a good movie on a warm summer evening.
Here’s 16 of the best movies about America that will put you in a patriotic mood.
A toe-tapping rendition of the founding of our country, 1972’s "1776" brought the Broadway musical of the same name from stage to screen just in time for the bicentennial with much of the celebrated cast reprising their roles.
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Standout songs include "Sit Down, John" and "Molasses to Rum."
A somber portrayal of a veteran’s experience in Vietnam, "Born on the Fourth of July," is based on Ron Kovic’s real-life story of serving in the war, becoming paralyzed and eventually turning to anti-war activism.
The movie stars Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe and was directed by Oliver Stone.
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The Academy Award-winning portrayal of a simple man’s optimistic view of the world follows the titular Forrest Gump from fighting in Vietnam to going on an inspiring run around the country.
The 1994 film stars Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise.
If action — and aliens — is more in your wheelhouse this Fourth of July, 1996’s "Independence Day" says it all in the title.
Defending the country (and the world) from extraterrestrial invaders, a group of patriots band together in a reminder that freedom isn't free.
Starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman, the impressive blockbuster even won an Academy Award for visual effects.
What could be more fun than watching president-turned-action-hero Harrison Ford save the country, his family and the occupants of his plane from terrorist hijackers?
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Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson and William H. Macy also star in the 1997 thriller.
An emotional story depicting the horrors of war, "Saving Private Ryan" follows a group of men during World War II who set out to bring a soldier home to his mother after she's lost her other three sons.
It stars Tom Hanks and Matt Damon and was directed by Steven Spielberg.
The film took home five Academy Awards, including best director for Spielberg.
"National Treasure" is a non-stop thrill ride through our nation's history that imagines a secret treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
The movie takes its stars — Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha — from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. to the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and Trinity Church in New York City.
Its sequel, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," includes memorable scenes at Mount Vernon, the Library of Congress and Mount Rushmore.
Mel Gibson plays a reluctant Revolutionary War hero in this historical epic where he attempts to save his son who is captured by the British.
The movie also stars Heath Ledger and Joely Richardson and was nominated for three Oscars, including legendary composer John Williams for best score.
A love story, "Pearl Harbor" recounts the events of Dec. 7, 1941 through the eyes of two fictional Army Air Corps pilots and the nurse they both loved.
The 2001 Michael Bay film stars Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale. Jon Voight and Alec Baldwin also play Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Doolittle.
The movie, based on a book of the same name, depicts the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima, the famous raising of the flag there, and the aftermath for the men shown in the picture.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers" is a companion movie to "Letters from Iwo Jima," which shows the Japanese view of the battle.
The two movies were nominated for a combined six Oscars, with "Letters from Iwo Jima" taking home one for best sound editing.
Another Steven Spielberg-directed film, "Lincoln" stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th president struggling the Civil War and abolishing slavery.
The film also stars Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
It was nominated for 12 Oscars in 2013, and took home two, including best actor for Day-Lewis.
"There's no crying in baseball!"
While much of the country's young men were overseas fighting World War II, someone had to keep America's favorite pastime alive.
Enter female athletes played by the likes of Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna coached by Tom Hanks, a washed-up former MLB star.
The movie, directed by Penny Marshall was selected by the Library of Congress in 2012 to be preserved in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Harrison Ford is back to save the country, this time as CIA agent Jack Ryan, hunting down the IRA terrorist who left his wife and daughter badly injured.
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The film, based on the Tom Clancy novel, also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Bean and James Earl Jones.
This 1986 action flick is a high-flying, patriotic ode to the best of our military pilots.
It follows Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, as he trains at the elite Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School, his cocky attitude rubbing others there the wrong way.
The movie also stars Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis.
The 2022 sequel "Top Gun: Maverick" reunites Cruise and Kilmer, catching up with the titular character who is now a test pilot and flight instructor to a new generation of trainees.
Born out of Lin-Manuel Miranda's brilliant mind and writing, "Hamilton" takes viewers on a hip-hop version of the founding of our country.
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An expensive ticket on Broadway, the filmed stage version starring Miranda is available to stream.
Top songs include "My Shot," "Satisfied" and "Wait for It."
Finishing off with a bit of nostalgia, this 1989 Kevin Costner movie will satisfy both baseball fans and those who are looking for a dose of classic Americana — or frankly, anyone who wants to feel inspired.
The movie follows Costner's character as he decides to build a baseball diamond in his Iowa cornfield after hearing a voice tell him: "If you build it, he will come."
It also stars James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster and Amy Madigan.
Egypt national team manager waves Palestinian flag after World Cup win over Australia
Palestine is not competing in the World Cup. They have nothing to do with the tournament, but that didn’t stop Egypt coach Hossam Hassan from making his team’s win against Australia politically divisive by waving a Palestinian flag on the pitch.
The video of Hassan went viral on social media with people chanting "Free, free Palestine!" in the background.
Following their victory via penalty kicks, Hassan said he was dedicating the win to the "good and noble" Egyptian and Palestinian people.
"My heart and soul are with them," he added in his post-match interview. "I dedicate this victory to the Palestinians. May Allah grant them victory and have mercy on their martyrs."
Earlier in the tournament, while I was watching the USA's final group-stage match against Turkey, I noticed a Palestinian flag. So I asked a simple question: Why in the world would a Palestinian flag be allowed?
Palestine has nothing to do with the World Cup. It’s overtly political. It’s divisive. There's obviously a double standard because Israeli flags have been banned from matches, but Palestinian flags have been seen many times throughout the tournament.
FIFA has yet to make a public statement or respond to any media requests regarding this incident.
Egypt is set to play Lionel Messi and Argentina in their round of 16 match on Tuesday in Atlanta.
TANVI RATNA: Latin America's right turn is redrawing the United States' backyard
Latin America has moved right. Not in one election, not in one country, and not as a passing mood. The region’s political map has been reordered. Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic are now governed by right-wing, center-right, or security-first governments broadly aligned with Washington’s new strategic posture.
Only Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, and a handful of others remain, for now, outside this broader shift. Cuba and Nicaragua remain closed authoritarian cases. Venezuela, after the rupture of the old Chavista order, now stands as the clearest warning of what happens when left-wing regimes lose both legitimacy and protection.
That is the new hemisphere. The pink tide has receded. In its place is a harder, more security-driven right. And the latest proof is not just that the right is winning. It is why it is winning.
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The decisive change came after the U.S. moved from pressure to force in Latin America’s strategic environment, then widened that pressure through Cuba and the Iran war. Washington showed that hostile regimes could be squeezed, destabilized, or removed; that fuel, sanctions, and military leverage could be used together; and that the hemisphere would now be treated less like a diplomatic afterthought and more like a security perimeter.
That changed the political calculus across the region.
This was not a single event. It was a sequence. Maduro’s fall changed the psychological ceiling on what Washington would do. Cuba’s fuel crisis turned leftist scarcity into a living warning. The Iran war pushed energy prices, shipping risk, and domestic fuel politics into the center of elections from Chile to Colombia. Together, those shocks rewrote the incentives for leaders, voters, business elites, and security forces.
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A voter may forgive weak growth for a time. He does not easily forgive a state that cannot protect his family, his shop, his commute, his border, or his future. Once people conclude that the state is absent, weak, or captured, they stop voting for ideals and start voting for force.
That is the real story of Latin America’s new right. It is not a conventional conservative wave. It is a revolt against vulnerability.
The new right understands this better than the old right ever did. It does not campaign only on markets, tax cuts, and anti-socialism. It campaigns on punishment. It says the state has been humiliated by gangs, cartels, corrupt elites, failed parties, and weak executives, and must be made visible again.
Not through another reform committee. Through force.
That is why Bukele-style politics has become the hemisphere’s most important export. Bukele did not invent hardline security politics. He made it modern, visual, and electorally overwhelming. Emergency powers, mass arrests, military presence, mega-prisons: all became a spectacle of the state overpowering the gangs.
The method is dangerous. The appeal is obvious. In societies exhausted by extortion, violence, and impunity, visible force can be sold as competence. Bukele’s real export is not a policy manual. It is a visual grammar of power. He showed that security can become a governing brand, and that voters abandoned by institutions may reward the leader who looks willing to break them.
Colombia and Peru show how far that grammar has traveled. In Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella’s rise was fed by legislative gridlock, failed peace policy, rural violence, corruption allegations, and the assassination of a major conservative figure. His appeal was not nuance. It was ruthlessness. He sounded like a man willing to act where institutions had stalled.
But his rise was also accelerated by the regional context. A few months earlier, he was still a political outsider. Then Washington demonstrated in the region that anti-U.S. regimes could be squeezed hard, that Maduro was no longer protected, and that Latin America would now sit inside a more aggressive American security frame. De la Espriella’s hardline, Trumpaligned message fit that new order perfectly.
In Peru, Keiko Fujimori’s victory came in a country discredited by political churn, dysfunction, recurring crises, crime, and instability. Her advantage was not ideological freshness. It was a familiar security-first brand in a system voters no longer trusted. She was not riding a wave of enthusiasm. She was riding a wave of exhaustion. That distinction matters.
Neither Colombia nor Peru delivered a landslide. Both delivered razor-thin right-wing victories in divided societies that had lost confidence in the old political class. Those results
do not suggest consensus. They suggest institutional fracture. They suggest voters were reaching for order because the alternative looked like drift.
Donald Trump did not create that demand. Crime did. Weak growth did. Failed institutions did. The exhaustion of the pink tide did.
Trump did something else. He gave the shift geopolitical structure.
Washington is no longer treating Latin America as a development challenge or diplomatic afterthought. It is treating the hemisphere as a security zone. Cartels, migration, Chinese infrastructure, ports, energy, critical minerals, and hostile authoritarian regimes are no longer separate files. They are one contest over power in America’s own neighborhood.
That changes the calculation. Alignment with Washington now signals access, backing, seriousness, and protection. It tells investors a government wants order. It tells security forces they may have U.S. support. It tells voters their country is not drifting toward Havana, Caracas, or Beijing. And after the Iran war, it tells them that energy shocks, shipping disruptions, and strategic instability will be managed by governments that sit close to the American center of power.
Trump’s maximum-pressure posture toward hostile regimes makes alignment with Washington more valuable and isolation more costly. It also makes the right look like the only camp with a realistic external backstop. If you are a governor, a general, a banker, or a voter trying to decide who can protect your country from the next shock, that matters.
For the United States, the stakes are plain. A more U.S.-aligned Latin America could improve counternarcotics cooperation, reduce migration pressure, complicate Chinese influence, and restore American leverage in a region
Washington neglected for too long. But a hemisphere of pro-American strongmen is not the same as a hemisphere of strong democratic partners.
There is a difference between rebuilding the state and performing power. A serious government strengthens police, courts, prosecutors, prisons, borders, and ports. It makes law
credible beyond one leader. It may produce fear. It may even produce temporary order. But it leaves behind weak institutions and a leader too large for the system around him.
That is the test of Latin America’s new right. It has understood the public’s demand for order, the collapse of patience with the old left, and the value of Washington at a moment when America is again treating the hemisphere as strategically vital.
Now it has to govern.
Aussie soccer fans took over a Texas Walmart chanting 'We're getting deported' as police escorted them out
The Socceroos' World Cup is over after losing to Egypt on penalties on Friday, but before their heartbreak, Australian fans had one final hurrah.
And what better way to do that than by storming a Walmart in Texas and partying until the boys in blue arrive on scene?
There are probably some, but this works too.
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Walmart has been a hotspot for World Cup tourists because, while we take it for granted, it's pretty incredible if you think about it. You can get a giant sack of pizza rolls, take 20 steps, buy a dress shirt, take another 20 steps, buy a PlayStation, then take 20 more steps and grab a new garden hose. And, in between, you can even score some Dunkin' Donuts and a pair of prescription glasses.
That's kind of cool.
Fox 4 Dallas-Ft. Worth shared some clips on social media of Australian fans hitting up a Walmart in Arlington, and it was one of the wildest fan-related scenes of the World Cup so far.
Which is saying a lot, because we had a guy stick his head in a cotton candy machine.
If you were headed to that Walmart to stock up on Vegemite, go elsewhere. It's definitely sold out.
All I could think of was the poor person who stopped at that Walmart on the way home from work for a gallon of milk and some toilet paper, only to encounter throngs of Aussie soccer hooligans.
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Unfortunately, their excitement was short-lived — and not just because the Pharaohs stomped on their hearts a bit later — but because some of Arlington's finest were called in to help calm things down.
Absolute scenes.
I'm going to be honest: I think we're really going to miss all these World Cup fans once they're gone.
Illegal immigrant truck driver charged in death of trooper who moved home to care for mom with cancer
An illegal immigrant truck driver who authorities said remained in the U.S. despite being ordered to leave has been charged in the death of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper who had recently moved home to help care for his mother during her cancer treatment.
The crash is the latest in a series of fatal wrecks involving noncitizen commercial truck drivers that have prompted the Trump administration to tighten commercial driver's license rules.
Michael E. Pahira Jr., 44, was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday morning when another semi-truck left the roadway, struck his marked patrol vehicle and the truck he was inspecting before hitting the trooper, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Both semi-truck caught fire after the crash. Pahira later died at a local hospital.
The driver, identified as 33-year-old Michael Bon, a Haitian national living in Brockton, Massachusetts, was charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and six additional lesser charges. He is being held at Schuylkill County Prison on $700,000 bail. His next court date is scheduled for July 15.
The Department of Homeland Security has lodged an immigration detainer against him.
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Bon entered the United States through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in July 2024 under the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program. He later applied for Temporary Protected Status, but the application was denied. DHS terminated his parole in June 2025 and ordered him to leave the country, but he remained in the United States.
While living in Massachusetts, Bon obtained a non-domiciled commercial driver's license in March 2025. The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles said he first qualified for the license in 2025 while he was authorized to work under federal law. It was renewed in February 2026 before the Trump administration directed states to stop issuing or renewing non-domiciled CDLs for drivers who no longer met federal eligibility requirements.
Pahira's death comes as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has made tightening commercial driver licensing rules a top priority following multiple fatal crashes involving non-domiciled CDL holders over the past two years.
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Last year, Duffy launched a nationwide audit of states issuing non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses after a series of deadly crashes, including crashes in Wyoming, Florida and California. During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump said at least 17 fatal crashes in 2025 that killed 30 people involved immigrants living in the country illegally driving commercial vehicles with CDLs.
The Department of Transportation has also threatened to withhold federal funding from states found to be issuing licenses to drivers who are ineligible under federal law. In April, the Transportation Department withheld more than $73 million in federal funding from New York, saying the state failed to revoke commercial driver's licenses issued to drivers who were no longer eligible. Duffy said the move was intended to hold states accountable for ensuring only qualified and properly vetted drivers were allowed behind the wheel of commercial trucks.
"Secretary Duffy is laser-focused on restoring integrity to America's trucking industry by ensuring truck drivers on our roadways are qualified and vetted," a spokesperson for the Transportation Department previously told Fox News Digital. "The Department is going after every link in the chain to root out bad actors, fraudsters and chameleon carriers who put American families at risk."
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Pahira became a trooper for the Pennsylvania State Police in 2007.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro remembered Pahira as "the very best of us," saying the veteran trooper had recently moved back home to help care for his mother as she underwent cancer treatments.
"I spent time with Mike's parents, Patti and Mike, his sister, Jen, and some of his friends and fellow troopers," Shapiro said during a press conference. "They told me about Mike — about how great a man he was, about his high school wrestling record, his love of cooking, and his commitment to caring for his mother as she battles cancer. Just in the last few days, he helped her shave her head as she is going through her treatments."
Hollywood celebrities crash America's 250th birthday with a grim holiday warning about Trump
A group of wealthy Hollywood celebrities and activists marked America’s 250th anniversary by launching a video campaign encouraging Americans to oppose President Donald Trump's administration.
The video, which debuted on Variety, featured dozens of celebrities, including Mark Ruffalo, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ted Danson and Judd Apatow. During the nearly 10-minute video, they recite rules from the 2017 book "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," written by author and historian Timothy Snyder.
Toward the start of the video, Snyder warns viewers that this November's midterm elections are a "turning point" for the country, saying voters will either move in the right direction or things will get worse.
"Today, the Republic is 250 years old. Strange though it is for me, this book has been along with the Republic for the last 10 years. I wrote it in November of 2016," Snyder said in the clip.
"As I look ahead to this coming November, I see a turning point for our Republic," he added. "A time when things could turn very well, or they could turn very ill indeed."
Reading from the book and its suggestions on how a nation turns to tyranny, celebrities recited lines including "Do not obey in advance," delivered by Leslie Odom Jr., Sheryl Lee Ralph and Holland Taylor. Another, "Beware of the one-party state," was read by Isabel Allende and Lisa Rinna.
Actor Mark Ruffalo, known for appearing in Marvel's "Avengers" films, explained his reason for participating in the video when speaking with Variety. Ruffalo has long been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration.
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"My hope is that after this very bad and corrupt time we are living through now, we move away from a government that caters to the wealthy and powerful and focuses on the needs, desires and dreams of the children and young people," Ruffalo told Variety, later adding, "Keep America moving toward its great promise and not the measly mistakes and cruelty of its past."
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Ruffalo also called for closing the wealth gap, cherishing the planet and leaving behind the "colonial mindset of land theft, extractive economies, domination and materialism; embrace the Indigenous wisdom and worldview of circular economies, respect for all things and beings as our relatives and, therefore, worthy of our care and thoughtfulness."
Snyder also posted his Substack video to X with the caption: "To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things. We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th – it is ours."
Under the description of his video, Snyder directly took aim at the current 250th anniversary celebrations, writing that the leaders behind them represent a "threat to liberty."
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"Sadly, those who lead our official celebration today represent every threat to liberty that the founders named: arbitrary rule; indifference to law; undue accumulation of wealth; corruption of the government to attain that wealth; collusion with foreign powers to attain power," he wrote.
He also listed the participants, including Isabel Allende, Judd Apatow, Margaret Atwood, Joan Baez, Sophia Bush, Misha Collins, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Ted Danson, Ron Funches, Tony Goldwyn, Eric Holder, Jenifer Lewis, Leslie Odom Jr., Sarah Jessica Parker, Billy Porter, Maria Ressa, Lisa Rinna, Molly Ringwald, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Mark Ruffalo, J. Smith-Cameron, Holland Taylor, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Bradley Whitford.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Tens of thousands of far-left protesters clash with police in anti-conservative party riots
Tens of thousands of far-left protesters flooded the streets and clashed with police in the Germany city of Erfurt on Saturday as they protested the conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally.
Police said over 30,000 people attended the demonstrations, according to the Associated Press (AP), and people could be seen carrying signs reading "Stop AfD Nazis" and "For Diversity, Against Nazis."
Despite the tense clashes caught on video, police told news outlets the demonstrations have been "mostly peaceful," and claimed they've recorded approximately 100 law violations, mostly due to graffiti.
The protests coincided with AfD's party conference and leadership elections during which the party, the second largest parliamentary group in Germany's Bundestag parliament, re-elected Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as the party co-leaders.
The mass demonstrations delayed AfD's vote, prompting Chrupalla to criticize the method in which agitators expressed their dissatisfaction.
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"There are no peaceful seated blockades. There are no democratic roadblocks. Nor are there any gangs of thugs who deserve the harmless label ‘civil society.’ These troublemakers are the last resort of our political rivals," Chrupalla said, according to the AP.
Chrupalla also accused the protesters of acting anti-democratically. "They believe they have a monopoly on democracy. To these demonstrators I say: this democracy is just as much our democracy as it is yours."
A spokesperson for local antifascist group widersetzen explicitly claimed that the group's intention was to block AfD's party convention.
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"The AfD pursues fascist policies: It wants mass deportations and terror on the streets. At the same time, however, it doesn’t solve a single real problem," widersetzen spokesperson Lena Raupach told the AP. "It pursues policies that benefit the rich, not ordinary citizens. And we at widersetzen want a society in which all people have equal opportunities and equal security. We want a society based on solidarity."
AfD, while fighting accusations of extremism from citizens and center-left and center-right politicians in the country's ruling coalition, rejects the notion that it is extreme, arguing it is "being used as a political instrument by mainstream parties," according to the AP.
The party has been experiencing a historic surge in popularity in recent years, grabbing over 20% of the national vote in federal elections in 2025 with an eye on capturing even more in the next election. Some federal polls have the party ranked as the most popular in the country today.
"We will win. Maybe we’ll be able to govern alone soon," Chrupalla said Saturday. "That would send the right message to the enemies of democracy out there who wanted to prevent our party convention from taking place."
Partygoers widely support the conservative moment fashioned by President Donald Trump and the party shares similar stances on social, cultural and domestic issues as the Trump administration, particularly on immigration. Perhaps inspired by Trump's trademark slogan, one party conference attendee Saturday could be seen sporting a "Make Germany Great Again" hat.