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Joe Rogan and MMA fighter warn upcoming White House UFC event poses serious security and safety concerns
While some people are excited about the upcoming June 2026 UFC fight on the White House lawn, Joe Rogan warned on Tuesday that it could be a mess.
President Donald Trump is currently planning to host a UFC event on the White House lawn in celebration of the United States' 250th birthday. UFC CEO Dana White predicted the event would have "the greatest fight card ever assembled."
"This is a one-in-one, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will never happen again," White said earlier this year.
Rogan, who has been a commentator at several UFC fights, questioned the details being announced about the event, where there will be an estimated 5,000 to 6,000 seats near the front of the White House, with another 100,000 people in the back who will watch via massive screens. While Rogan was excited at the prospect of legendary fighter Jon Jones competing at the White House event, he seemed skeptical about how the actual logistics would work.
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"What kind of f------ security are they going to have for this?" Rogan asked.
"Gotta be insane," his guest, MMA fighter Brendan Allen, said. "I can’t imagine, like you said, the security, the behind the scenes, how much stuff's really going to happen."
"A lot of weird pressure, too," Rogan said. "Because it's like all the security and the protocols, all that extra s--- in your mind before you have to go out there and fight."
Beyond the security issues of being at the White House, being outdoors in Washington, D.C., during the summer will have its own logistical issues for audiences and competitors alike.
"Also, you’re fighting outside," Rogan said. "What if it’s hot and muggy?"
Allen noted that he has seen outdoor fights in places like Louisiana, where fighters can be seen "slipping and sliding" in the arena.
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"So who knows what's going to happen. I guess they'll probably have to have some sort of a roof over it. But what if it's like 98 degrees outside?" Rogan asked. "D.C. gets hot. It gets hot in the summer."
Trump promised on Tuesdday during the Kennedy Center Honors that it will be one of the "biggest fights they've ever had"
"Everyone’s a championship fight. And everyone’s a legendary type of fight," he said.
The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Federal appeals court lets Pentagon reinstate transgender service ban, says judge overstepped military leaders
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Pentagon to temporarily enforce its revived ban on transgender military service, ruling that a lower court improperly blocked the Trump administration’s 2025 policy.
The decision marks a major development in one of the most closely watched military policy cases in the country.
The 2–1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stays a district court’s preliminary injunction and permits the Trump administration to continue enforcing the restrictions while litigation continues.
"Today’s victory is a great win for the security of the American people," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital. "As commander in chief, President Trump has the executive authority to ensure that our Department of War prioritizes military readiness over woke gender ideology."
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Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, writing for the majority, said the district court wrongly substituted its own judgment for that of Pentagon leadership.
"The United States military enforces strict medical standards to ensure that only physically and mentally fit individuals join its ranks. For decades, these requirements barred service by individuals with gender dysphoria, a medical condition associated with clinically significant distress," the majority wrote.
The judges continued: "The district court nonetheless preliminarily enjoined the 2025 policy based on its own contrary assessment of the evidence. In our view, the court afforded insufficient deference to the Secretary's [Hegseth] considered judgment. Accordingly, we stay the preliminary injunction pending the government’s appeal."
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The 2025 policy, enacted under President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, "generally bars individuals with gender dysphoria from serving in the Armed Forces," the court noted.
According to the majority opinion, the Pentagon concluded the policy would advance "important military interests of combat readiness, unit cohesion, and cost control."
Judge Patricia Millett Pillard issued a sharp dissent, accusing the Trump administration of failing to justify the renewed ban and arguing that the motives behind it were impermissible.
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"There may well be valid reasons to reexamine and alter military service policies set by previous administrations. But on this record, one cannot tell," Pillard wrote.
"Defendants provide no evidence that they based their new policy on any assessment of costs, benefits, or any other factor legitimately bearing on military necessity. Indeed, there is ‘no evidence that [President Trump or Secretary Hegseth] consulted with uniformed military leaders’ before imposing their unprecedented ban on transgender servicemembers," Pillard added.
Pillard said the administration’s approach reflected "animus from the start," pointing to President Trump’s Jan. 27 Executive Order 14183 or Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness, issued in February.
In that order, Trump declared it "the policy of the United States" that "adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life." The order also claimed that openly identifying as transgender is "not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member," and directed Hegseth to develop implementing policies within 60 days.
The policy on transgender service has shifted repeatedly over the past decade. Restrictions were relaxed in 2016, tightened in 2018, relaxed again in 2021, and reinstated in 2025, the court noted. The district court halted the latest version earlier this year, prompting the Pentagon’s successful appeal for a stay.
The case now returns to the district court for full consideration and is expected to continue moving toward what could ultimately be a Supreme Court review.
The Department of War did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Jewel sends fans in a frenzy with stunning bikini snaps as they ask singer if she drank 'youth serum'
Jewel is bringing the heat to the holiday season.
In a recent Instagram post, the 51-year-old country singer shared a few bikini photos from her vacation to the Caribbean island, Barbuda, captioning the post, "#Barbuda for a few days of sun before more winter snow."
The first photo in the slideshow featured Jewel smiling at the camera with the wind blowing her hair back, as she stood on the beach in an animal-print bikini. The ocean waves can be seen crashing onto the shore behind her.
A second photo shows the singer in the same bikini, this time taking a mirror selfie in her hotel room. Other photos in the slideshow feature the food she ate and the picturesque ocean views.
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Fans raved over her toned physique, flooding the comments section with compliments for the singer.
"Fine 🍷 wine. 🔥🔥 You look amazing!" one fan wrote, while another added, "Are you sure you didn’t drink a youth serum… you just keep looking younger."
"Geeez miss benjamin button over here just looking younger and younger with the years lol," a third fan wrote. "You look happy and knowing your past , that’s most important. Wishing you the best."
Earlier this year, the singer, whose full name is Jewel Kilcher, received backlash after she performed at the MAHA Inaugural Ball with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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She took the stage for a surprise performance, singing an acoustic rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," which left Kennedy's wife, Cheryl Hines, emotional, as she was seen wiping away a tear while Jewel performed.
Following her performance, many fans took to social media to share their disappointment in her choice to sing at the event, with one writing, "You are a huge disappointment. I was a fan for decades but now will never listen to your music again or pay any money to see you perform live."
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"As many of you know, I am a mental health advocate. If there’s anything that I’ve learned in the past 20 years, it’s that mental health affects everybody’s lives across party lines," Jewel said in response in an Instagram video. "I reached out to the last administration, spoke with the surgeon general about the mental health crisis that’s facing our nation. I don’t know if you guys know the stats, but it is bleak."
She went on to say that "I believe I can help, and if I believe I can help, I have to try." Jewel is involved in numerous nonprofit organizations aimed at improving the mental health crisis in America, including the Inspiring Children Foundation and Innerworld, both of which she co-founded.
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"If I wait to try until I agree 100% with the people that might be willing to help me, I’d never get off the bench. I don’t think that’s how activism works, waiting until everything’s perfect enough to participate," she continued in her video to her fans. "It’s actually because things are so imperfect that we have to find ways to engage and to participate. And we have to act now. We cannot wait another four years."
Ana Walshe's DNA found on hacksaw, hatchet, bloody rug, forensic scientist testifies in husband's trial
DNA consistent with Ana Walshe’s profile was found on a hacksaw and a hatchet recovered from trash, a forensic scientist testified as prosecutors continued presenting evidence in the murder trial of her husband, Brian Walshe.
Saman Saleem, a DNA unit supervisor at the state police crime lab, testified Tuesday that multiple items recovered from a Peabody, Massachusetts, trash collection site contained Ana’s DNA. Those items included sections of a Tyvek suit, pieces of rug, unknown tissue, slippers, and both the blade and handle of a hacksaw, as well as the head and handle of a hatchet.
Brian, now 50, is accused of killing his wife after learning she was having an affair. Prosecutors say he believed he would have a better chance of avoiding federal prison time for his art fraud conviction if he became the sole caretaker of the pair's three children.
He was the beneficiary of his wife's $2.7 million life insurance policy and owed nearly $500,000 in restitution in his federal case, court records show.
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Saleem, a forensic science and DNA unit supervisor at the Massachusetts State Police crime lab, delivered the most damaging evidence Tuesday. She confirmed that the items recovered contained single-source female DNA that matched Ana's profile.
Saleem said the DNA profile obtained from the hacksaw blade was "at least 39 million times more likely" if it originated from Ana than from an unknown, unrelated individual. DNA consistent with Ana was also found on a blood-stained piece of rug and on "unknown tissue" recovered from a dumpster in Swampscott.
During cross-examination, defense attorney Larry Tipton worked to discredit the physical evidence by focusing on the limitation of forensic testing as well as the chance of contamination.
Saleem acknowledged that DNA "could be transferred from one item to another item in a bag" if pressed together.
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The jury also saw evidence of Brian's actions in the days immediately following Ana's New Year's Day disappearance.
Michael Roddy, a district loss prevention manager for TJX, the parent company of HomeGoods, presented surveillance video of Brian's shopping trips.
The footage showed Brian shopping at a Norwell HomeGoods on the mornings of Jan. 2 and Jan. 4.
Receipts showed that Walshe purchased rugs, towels and bathmats, paying for the items using store value cards for $245.35 and for $155.91. Roddy authenticated receipts that traced the store credits back to returns made by Ana in December 2022 from stores in Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Testimony is set to resume Wednesday with the voir dire of Gem Mutlu, Ana's former boss and friend.
Expert reveals key factor that led to massive Minnesota fraud scheme
An ongoing decline in American assimilation and a deep fear of being accused of racism were key factors in the massive fraud scheme in Minnesota that is now coming to light, according to an expert.
Minnesota is facing one of the largest social-services fraud scandals in U.S. history after federal prosecutors uncovered what they describe as "schemes stacked upon schemes" by Somali-run non-profits that siphoned hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from child-nutrition and Medicaid housing programs.
Prosecutors have since charged more than 70 defendants, a large percentage of whom are members of Minnesota’s Somali community, securing dozens of convictions as new waves of indictments continue. The scandal has triggered state and federal investigations, congressional scrutiny, and calls for accountability over why warnings were missed and how the fraud was allowed to reach this scale.
Simon Hankinson, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, said that the decline in immigrant assimilation in America was key during an interview with Fox News Digital.
"Assimilation is a two-sided coin. The pressure comes from inside, from you wanting to assimilate so you can make it in the new society, but it also comes from outside, where the society says, ‘Hey, we expect you to do this. We expect you, if you want a driver's license, to be able to speak and read English at a basic level.’ We don't do that anymore in America. We don't we don't really expect anything of our immigrants," explained Hankinson.
"There are a lot of people who are American-born," he went on, "who really don't like this country and what it stands for. And so, they don't think anyone else ought to accept it and adapt to it either."
Hankinson noted that in no way can the fraud scheme be blamed writ large on the Minnesota-Somali community, which is estimated to have around 80,000 people. He said that those involved in the scam are a minority. However, the fact that the tight-knit community has by and large not assimilated into the broader American society and customs meant that many of the factors that could have exposed the scheme earlier were not there, according to Hankinson.
"When you come from a culture that provides you with nothing from the center, everything is family, everything is clan, everything is local, then it's almost impossible for you to understand how a federal system would work. And if your neighbor came to you and said, ‘Hey, we got this cool thing going, if you just say your kid's autistic, I'll give you a thousand dollars a month.’ I mean, that's a no-brainer for an awful lot of people," he explained.
"Even if they thought that maybe it was wrong on some level, they might think, ‘Well, hang on, in my new country, maybe that's frowned upon,’ they're not going to rat out the clan member, the family member," he added.
That, combined with the existence of generous taxpayer-funded welfare programs and Minnesota being what Hankinson called a "high trust state," made the state "ill-equipped to handle fraud."
"In Minnesota, these programs were low-hanging fruit. They were so easy to fleece, it's almost farcical," said Hankinson. "So, the carrot is there to commit fraud, and there's no stick."
He pointed to one aspect of the scheme in which prosecutors say Minnesota’s Medicaid autism program was exploited by companies recruiting families, securing fraudulent diagnoses, and billing for therapy that never happened, draining millions from the program.
"That is outrageous. Somebody should have noticed at some point that, ‘Hang on a minute, why have the autism rates in Somali kids gone from one in a hundred to like one in three or whatever it was?’" he said. "There should have been some oversight, and there again you get into the whole American racial guilt, which is a particular issue that we have, where if you're an unscrupulous scammer, you can always play the race card, and that will often get you away with it because people are terrified."
"Nobody likes to be called a racist. It's about one of the worst things you could be called," he went on. "But I do think liberal Americans, in particular white liberal Americans, are more afraid of that label than anything else. So, some of these scammers, they threatened to make a fuss about being targeted on account of race or immigrant status or religion. And that probably contributed to state authorities being a little slower."
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This dynamic has also played out on the national level. Following the Trump administration's announcement of its crackdown on illegal immigrant Somalis in Minnesota, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has accused it of "demonizing an entire group of people just by their race and their ethnicity."
"I can't take Tim Walz seriously, honestly, because he was the governor who was in charge while all this was happening. Where was he?" said Hankinson. "He was asleep at the switch."
"It's not a question of scapegoating," he said. "It's a good thing to send a message, not to the Somali community per se, but to all of Minnesota and the rest of the 49 states that this is America, we have laws, we have rules. When you break those rules, you are going to get punished."
Hankinson added that ultimately, he hopes to see many Somalis joining in the effort to crack down on the minority involved in fraud so that they can "give their community the reputation that it deserves."
USA Today editor-in-chief exits after roughly one year on the job
The editor-in-chief of USA Today is exiting the company after roughly one year on the job.
Fox News Digital has confirmed that Caren Bohan, who joined USA Today in 2018, is leaving the Gannett-owned paper after being tapped as its top editor in September 2024.
"Caren Bohan has been a valued colleague during her tenure at USA Today. We sincerely wish her well and thank her for her many contributions," USA Today Senior Vice President Monica Richardson said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for USA Today declined further comment.
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According to The New York Times, the paper has tapped Michael McCarter, USA Today's group editor of its opinion section, to be its interim editor-in-chief.
Notably, Bohan's predecessor, Terence Samuel, also served a brief stint as editor-in-chief, leaving USA Today in July 2024 after he stepped into the role in July 2023. Bohan was initially appointed as the paper's interim editor-in-chief during a search for a permanent one, which she ultimately became. McCarter previously served as the interim editor-in-chief before Samuel's appointment.
Newspapers owned by Gannett, like many others across the country, have been struggling financially in recent years. According to NewsGuild, Gannett slashed 47% of its workforce between 2020 and 2023 due to layoffs.
Gannett has made moves in an attempt to shake off perceptions of political bias. In 2022, it began scaling back its opinion pages after its editors concluded that "readers don’t want us to tell them what to think."
In the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, USA Today joined other papers like The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times in choosing not to make an endorsement.
"While USA Today will not endorse for president, local editors at publications across the USA Today Network have the discretion to endorse at a state or local level," USA Today spokesperson Lark-Marie Antón told Fox News Digital at the time.
"Why are we doing this? Because we believe America's future is decided locally, one race at a time. And with more than 200 publications across the nation, our public service is to provide readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions."
Prison officers intercept drone delivering steak, crab legs with seasoning to inmates in contraband drop
A drone carrying a gourmet holiday haul of food and contraband was intercepted at a South Carolina correctional facility early Sunday morning, according to state officials.
The bundle, which included steak, crab legs, marijuana and cigarettes, was confiscated at Lee Correctional Institution (LCI) in Bishopville, according to prison officers.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) announced the seizure on X, tagging the post with "#ContrabandChristmas."
"Seems some folks were planning an early holiday Old Bay [Seasoning] crab boil and steak dinner along with their marijuana and cigarettes — all dropped by a drone at Lee CI," SCDC wrote.
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Photos released by the department show the unique haul included a raw steak, plastic-wrapped crab legs, Old Bay Seasoning, a carton of Marlboro cigarettes, two large bags of marijuana and a vacuum-sealed bag of loose tobacco.
Authorities told Fox News Digital that the drone was recovered along with the package. The incident remains under investigation, and no arrests have been made.
"As you likely know, we often see odd items included in contraband packages, but this was a bit unusual, even for us," SCDC spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said. "I’m guessing the inmates who were expecting this package are a bit crabby."
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The SCDC and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office have spent years dealing with persistent drone drops at LCI.
"Contraband is a real threat to prisons across the country, and we fight nightly attacks from drones dropping dangerous drugs (often fentanyl and meth) onto prison yards," Shain said. "We go to extraordinary lengths to combat drones."
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In 2022, an eight-month investigation at Lee Correctional led to 20 arrests and the seizure of 12 drones, as well as 100 pounds of contraband, authorities reported.
Additionally, officers discovered three abandoned drones in the woods near the prison fences.
Law enforcement reported that the drones involved have grown larger and are capable of carrying heavier loads.
"These large drones can carry heavier and heavier packages," Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said in a 2022 statement. "We are working hard to stop them from getting in the wrong hands."
Suspect in shooting of New York Jets player hit with attempted murder, other charges
A New York man considered a person of interest in the shooting of New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd was arrested and charged with attempted murder, police said Tuesday.
Frederick Green, 20, was charged late Monday night, the NYPD said.
Green was initially taken into custody in Buffalo, New York, earlier in the day, but he was not named, and charges against him were not initially made known.
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Green faces additional charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said. It wasn’t clear if Green had a lawyer.
Boyd was shot in the wee morning hours of Nov. 16 outside a Midtown Manhattan restaurant, and the shooter fled. The shooting occurred after Boyd, his friend and two other Jets players, Irvin Charles and Jamien Sherwood, left the place, police said.
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The group was approached by other men who made fun of their clothing, police told reporters at a news briefing. A fight eventually broke out between the men and Boyd was shot, police said. Boyd and his friends were not armed.
The NFL player was rushed to a hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He spent days in the hospital before he was apparently discharged and returned to deal with more complicated health issues stemming from the wound.
Boyd joined the Jets in the offseason after spending time with the Houston Texans. He’s been on injured reserve since August after sustaining an injury in training camp. He spent his first four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Video shows 23 illegal immigrants found hidden in truck cab during tense traffic stop: police
A Texas man has been arrested after authorities discovered nearly two dozen illegal immigrants hidden inside a truck after the vehicle was pulled over for a routine traffic stop.
The incident occurred in La Salle County, located roughly 105 miles from San Antonio, just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28, when a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) pulled over a white Freightliner truck after the vehicle was observed driving on an improved shoulder along a central highway, according to DPS.
During the stop, which was conducted as part of Operation Lone Star, the DPS trooper learned the driver, identified as 24-year-old John David Amaya, was allegedly operating the vehicle without a commercial driver’s license, according to authorities.
In body camera footage of the encounter, Amaya could be heard claiming he worked for a private company and became defensive when the trooper requested permission to search the vehicle, asking, "Is that required?"
Amaya continued to push back against a potential search, adding, "There’s no reason you should be searching the vehicle."
The trooper then informed Amaya that he would be sending a police K-9 unit to search the vehicle, adding that he would have probable cause to search the truck if the dog alerted to any findings. Amaya replied by telling the officer he was on the phone with his lawyer.
Shortly after, additional authorities arrived and began walking the K-9 around the truck, with authorities detaining Amaya after the dog had caught a scent.
Additional footage shows officers opening the sleeper area of the truck, ultimately uncovering 23 illegal immigrants hidden inside the vehicle.
Amaya was arrested and charged with 23 counts of smuggling of persons, DPS said.
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Additionally, Border Patrol took custody of the 23 illegal immigrants, who hailed from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua.
Under legislation signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2023, anyone found guilty of smuggling individuals faces a mandatory 10-year minimum prison sentence, according to DPS.
DPS and Border Patrol did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Erika Kirk opens up about 'gut-wrenching' grief after her husband's killing and how faith sustained her
Erika Kirk is opening up about choosing faith to carry her grief and sharing the emotional Sabbath ritual her husband Charlie created for her each week.
"He used to write me a letter every single Saturday, during the Sabbath," Kirk said Tuesday on Fox News Radio’s "Brian Kilmeade Show."
"So this book now is my love letter for the rest of my life," added Kirk, who was discussing "Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life," the final book her husband ever wrote.
Kirk described the book’s publication as a "bittersweet" moment, knowing these are her husband’s final public words, and said the process has forced her to confront her own grief while leaning on her faith.
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Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on the campus of Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. He left behind Erika and their two young children.
Erika Kirk called watching videos of her husband with their children "gut-wrenching" but noted that in dark moments there’s a choice to make.
"Life is tough," she said.
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"It is beautiful, but it is tough. And you are [going to] have to find a way. And anyone who has been through hell and back knows this."
Kirk acknowledged the lowest points of her grief, but said those dark moments forced her to make a conscious decision to lean on her Christian faith.
"Are you [going to] go into the corner and be in the fetal position and just let it happen and cry and cry and cry? Yes, there are moments to cry, yes," she said.
"But are you going to turn that moment into something and say, you know what? 'God, give me grace. Please give me grace. I don't know what I'm [going to] do. I don't know how I'm [going to] do it, but I know that you will put one foot in front of the other, and you will help me get through this, Lord.'"
Kirk said her decision to lean on faith carried her into some of the most difficult moments following her husband’s death, including speaking at his memorial.
The memorial was attended by tens of thousands at a stadium in Arizona. Ahead of her remarks, Kirk described listening to worship music and praying before her speech at the event.
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She explained the "overwhelming" support she felt once she stepped onstage.
"When you hear [a stadium] singing hallelujah, that is a slice of heaven on earth that I don't think anyone will ever be able to put into words. It was unbelievably powerful," she said.
Charlie Kirk’s final book explores how observing the Sabbath, a day of rest practiced in several faiths, changed his life and family dynamic.
It outlines Kirk’s guidance on quieting the daily noise consuming American life by spending one day a week detached from work, society and social media, and being fully present with one’s family and loved ones.