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RFK Jr tells Rogan UK went from home of Magna Carta to dictatorship for speech crackdown
Podcaster Joe Rogan and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marveled at how the United Kingdom has become one of the countries most infamous for cracking down on freedom of speech.
During their discussion on Friday's episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, RFK Jr. argued that the modern Democratic Party, which he left in 2023, has become increasingly pro-censorship. The former Democratic hopeful said this is a stark contrast from the Democratic Party he grew up with.
RFK Jr. and Rogan were both aghast at how online censorship had seemed to become normalized in both the United States over the past decade and across the Atlantic.
"And then you look at what's happening in England now, you know, with people going to jail for Twitter posts…," RFK Jr. said.
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"12,000 people this year," Rogan agreed, citing a report. "12,000 in the last year."
"And then this, where the Magna Carta was, you know, written," RFK Jr. lamented. "Now it's just a dictatorship."
The Magna Carta was a legal document that emerged from a medieval civil war in which rebellious barons forced King John of England to accept limits on his power. It established the principle that even the king was subject to the law and laid the groundwork for basic rights like due process, trial by jury of one's peers, and forbidding taxation without consent.
Over time, the Magna Carta became a cornerstone of English law and later inspired the Founding Fathers as they shaped the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. But even jury trials, in some cases, as Rogan noted, are in the process of being scrapped by the modern UK. Late last year, David Lammy, the U.K.’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary, announced plans to scrap jury trials for offenses that carry a likely prison term of less than three years.
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"Well, they got rid of trial by jury except for murder and rape and a couple other things," Rogan noted. "Now it's just a judge. So, you know, whatever it is, if it's a social media infraction, there's no reasonable, you know, judge by a jury of your peers. No, you're getting judged by a judge."
"It's the Soviet system, it’s like Kafka," RFK Jr. warned, referring to Franz Kafka’s famous dystopian novel "The Trial," where the main character is arrested and prosecuted by a mysterious authority, but he is never clearly told what crime he is accused of.
Rogan shared his shock at how quickly social media arrests in the UK have spiked in recent years, usually over criticism of mass immigration. He argued that the British government, rather than solving the crimes that have been caused as a result of mass migration, are instead punishing people for complaining.
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Rogan argued this is an existential threat to the very freedom of thought, saying the United Kingdom's censorious government is "getting nuts."
"Like anything that you deem might incite violence or like outrage, people are outraged. They have a right to be outraged. If you can put them in a cage because they're outraged, that’s nuts," he said.
Luigi Mangione escapes federal death penalty after federal prosecutors decline to appeal judge's ruling
Luigi Mangione has escaped the death penalty.
The accused killer's life will be spared after federal prosecutors said Friday they will not appeal a judge's ruling to quash capital punishment against him.
In a letter, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District said it accepts U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett‘s Jan. 30 decision to dismiss a death penalty-eligible murder charge against Mangione, who is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson Dec. 4, 2024.
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Despite not being tried on murder charges, Mangione still faces two federal stalking charges.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Sept. 8. Opening statements will begin in October.
Mangione, 27, also faces life in prison at a separate murder trial in state court slated to begin in June. He has pleaded not guilty to Thompson's killing.
To charge Mangione with the federal count of murder through use of a gun, prosecutors need an underlying crime of violence, Garnett said in her January ruling.
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Garnett wrote that she was bound by Supreme Court precedent.
"Over the course of the last two decades or so, the Supreme Court has embarked upon a legal journey, explained herein, that now requires lower courts to engage in an analysis totally divorced from the conduct at issue and centered on the hypothetically least serious conduct that the charged crime could possibly cover," she wrote.
Surveillance cameras recorded the slaying. Video footage showed Thompson walking down a Manhattan sidewalk outside a hotel when a gunman approached him from behind and opened fire.
Thompson sustained multiple gunshot wounds and collapsed to the ground. The gunman fled and was later spotted making his way uptown on a bicycle.
Trump introduces Cornyn, Paxton but stays mum on endorsement in heated GOP primary
The Texas Senate primary for Republicans is a bloodbath, and President Donald Trump isn’t wading in.
Trump, who appeared in Corpus Christi, Texas, to tout his energy agenda Friday, had the opportunity to stake his claim in the contentious race and endorse a candidate.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is the longtime incumbent fending off seven challengers.
But the real race is between Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas.
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All three were in attendance at Trump’s rally, reminiscent of the made-for-TV spectacles that dominated his successful 2024 election campaign. Yet Trump didn’t endorse any of them as Election Day in the primary fast approaches.
Trump acknowledged all three — he paired Cornyn and Paxton and mentioned Hunt later in his remarks. He noted that they were all engaged in an "interesting election."
"They're in a little race together," Trump said of Cornyn and Paxton. "You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It's going to be an interesting one, right? They’re both great people, too."
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Cornyn is running for a fifth term in the Senate and fighting for his political life in a nasty primary election that Trump has time and again refused to weigh in on. He’s got the full weight of Senate Republican leadership behind him, too.
Paxton, who has faced headwinds with scandals over the years, has strongly aligned himself with the president and built a coalition of conservative backers in the House, including Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, who brought him to Trump’s State of the Union earlier this week.
And while the trio duke it out, money is being burned at a record pace. So far, a whopping $110 million has been spent on the Senate primaries, and $88 million of that has been dumped into the GOP contest, according to data from AdImpact.
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Given the crowded field, it’s likely the race will head to a runoff, which will turn into a brutal sprint until late May. Paxton believes he could come out on top with at least 50% of the vote come March 3, while Cornyn is eying the long game.
The coveted Trump endorsement could put either over the top in ruby red Texas. And he may be close to picking his favorite.
Ahead of the event, Trump was asked if he had decided who to endorse.
"Pretty much," he told reporters.
But when asked if he would say who, he said, "No."
San Francisco moderate Democrats spending millions in local elections, fearing another progressive takeover
Moderate Democrats in San Francisco are pushing back against progressive candidates, fearing local left-wing politicians could undo the work done over the past four years after a surge in the city's homelessness and crime, according to a report Friday.
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco raised $10 million to pour into local elections to stop progressives from being re-elected and knocking the city "off its more centrist course," according to Politico.
The organization of political moderates in the city wants to defeat a "CEO tax" proposal that labor unions placed on the June primary ballot, according to Politico.
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The group worries that the proposed tax, intended to offset the federal funding cuts that affected the city’s budget, would inhibit economic recovery and worsen the city’s downtown office vacancy issue.
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco is pouring the most money to preserve a moderate-leaning majority on the Board of Supervisors as progressives try to regain control.
The group also hopes to sustain the moderate majority on the city’s school board after a recent teachers' strike and to engage in voter education.
San Francisco made headlines for a mass exodus from the liberal city, declining public school enrollment and skyrocketing housing prices.
The city elected Mayor Daniel Lurie in 2024, defeating incumbent Democrat London Breed in a shift away from lenient policies on crime, drugs and homelessness that critics say contributed to the city’s decline.
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Neighbors for a Better San Francisco supports "public safety, serious solutions to homelessness, high-quality public education, fiscal responsibility, and good government for our city," according to its website.
The group's director, Jay Cheng, said it "is important that someone is holding the line."
"This is a wave that is coming to us. It’s coming westward," he said.
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"Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman, who leads City Hall’s centrist majority, said he fears a Democratic midterm election focused heavily on President Donald Trump could drown out local concerns that helped moderates gain power amid the city’s pandemic-era decline," Politico reported.
"It’s hard in a place like this for the center to hold," Mandelman said. "We have pragmatists and utopians."
Illegal immigrant arrested after showing up to Florida Border Patrol office for contract IT work
FIRST ON FOX: An illegal immigrant who reported to a U.S. Border Patrol site in Florida to perform some Information technology contractual work was arrested when authorities were made aware of his citizenship status, officials said.
Angel Camacho, a Venezuelan citizen, reported to a USBP center in Dania Beach, Florida, Jan. 6 to do some IT work when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials began vetting him, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital.
During its investigation, it was revealed Camacho was in violation of U.S. immigration laws, authorities said.
"CBP vets all external visitors before allowing them to enter secure facilities to ensure safety and operational integrity," DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.
"During the vetting process, CBP uncovered this individual was a tourist visa overstay in the country for over five years."
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Camacho was arrested and transferred to ICE custody, Bis said.
His criminal history includes theft and resisting a Florida Highway Patrol officer, officials said. Federal authorities have nabbed several illegal immigrants in the process of trying to obtain employment in law enforcement and education.
One Sierra Leone citizen was recently arrested as he was training to become a Pennsylvania corrections officer.
Another illegal immigrant, Ian Roberts, served as the former superintendent of Iowa's largest district, Des Moines Public Schools, before he was arrested by ICE.
Dem governor under fire after illegal alien allegedly stabs woman to death at bus stop: 'Heinous'
EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia's Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who allegedly killed a woman earlier this week at a Virginia bus stop.
Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, arrested an illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone earlier this week on charges of second-degree murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed a woman, Stephanie Minter, 41, who was found dead at a local bus stop with several wounds to the upper body.
The alleged suspect, Abdul Jalloh, 32, also has a criminal history of more than 30 arrests, according to DHS, including for rape, malicious wounding, assault, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, assault and pick-pocketing.
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The request from the Trump administration comes after the newly elected Democratic governor of Virginia signed an executive order to end cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement, a move several Democratic Party governors have taken recently amid President Donald Trump's move to increase deportation operations around the country.
The DHS request asking Virginia officials to cooperate with ICE also comes after an illegal immigrant allegedly murdered someone just days after being released from jail for a separate crime in December.
"We are calling on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Virginia’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.
"This illegal alien’s murder of an innocent, beautiful American woman came less than 24 hours before Governor Spanberger’s demonization of ICE law enforcement. This heinous criminal is a perfect example of why we need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions and the importance of third country removals for the safety of the American people."
Spanberger's representatives did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Jalloh entered the United States illegally in 2012, according to DHS, and immigration officials lodged an immigration detainer against him in 2020, whereupon he was granted a final order of removal by a judge who said he could be removed to any country other than Sierra Leone.
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DHS indicated that ICE cooperation to ensure Jalloh's deportation is evident after a case Fox News covered in December when a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, Marvin Morales-Ortez, 23, allegedly killed a man just a day after Fairfax County jail officials let him go.
The immigrant from El Salvador had been in custody on charges of malicious wounding and brandishing a gun, but police released him after the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, led by George Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano, dropped the charges.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Fairfax County Sheriff's office to inquire about why the man had not been handed over to ICE.
The sheriff's office said, "ICE was aware of Morales-Ortez’s incarceration and elected not to seek a judicial warrant to ensure he remained in custody.
"The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office follows all local, state and federal laws when determining whether a person is subject to release from the ADC," the sheriff's office told Fox News Digital at the time. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is automatically notified any time a person is booked into the ADC."
The same sheriff's office did not get back to Fox News Digital's media inquiry for this story on DHS urging officials to cooperate with federal officials.
Duke lacrosse false rape accuser Crystal Mangum released from prison after murder conviction: reports
The woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape and then murdered her boyfriend was released from prison in North Carolina Friday, according to multiple reports.
Crystal Mangum, who has been in prison since 2013 on charges of murdering Reginald Daye in 2011, left the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh Friday morning. She was serving a 14- to 18-year sentence.
Mangum confessed to lying about being raped by the lacrosse players in an interview on the independent media outlet "Let's Talk With Kat" in December 2024.
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"I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. And I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me," Mangum said. "[I] made up a story that wasn't true because I wanted validation from people and not from God."
Mangum thrust herself into the center of a massive national news story when she originally accused the three Duke students of raping her while she was performing as a stripper at a lacrosse team party in March 2006.
The players she accused were then arrested, and the allegations even resulted in the team having to cancel its season.
The players — David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann — were eventually found innocent. Still, Mangum was not prosecuted for perjury due to questions about her mental health.
But Mangum cannot be prosecuted for perjury now because the statute of limitations on perjury charges in North Carolina only lasts around two years.
The lead prosecutor in the case, Mike Nifong, was the Durham County district attorney at the time of the trial and was eventually disbarred in 2007 after it was revealed he ahd failed to turn over DNA evidence that would have been helpful to the defense's case.
The Associated Press reported at the time that Nifong said he was unaware that crucial evidence hadn’t been handed over to the defense.
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Mangum was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder and two counts of larceny in March 2011. A year before that, she was convicted on misdemeanor charges after setting a fire that nearly torched her home with her three children inside.
In a videotaped police interrogation, she told officers she got into a confrontation with her boyfriend at the time, not Daye, and burned his clothes, smashed his car windshield and threatened to stab him.
According to North Carolina Department of Corrections records, she was born on July 18, 1978, to a truck driver. She grew up the youngest of three children, not far from the house where she claimed she was assaulted in 2006.
In 1993, when she was 14 years old, Mangum claimed to have been kidnapped by three men, driven to a house in Creedmoor, North Carolina, 15 miles away from Durham, and raped. She said one of the men was her boyfriend at the time and was a physically and emotionally abusive man seven years older than she was.
Creedmoor Police Chief Ted Pollard said Mangum filed a report on the incident Aug. 18, 1996, three years after the rapes allegedly took place. The case, however, was not pursue because the accuser backed away from the charges out of fear for her life, according to her relatives.
Vincent Clark, a friend who co-authored Mangum's self-published memoir, said he hopes people don't rush to judgment, echoing one of the oft-cited lessons of the lacrosse case itself.
Clark said Mangum realizes she has mental health problems.
"I'm sad for her. I hope people realize how difficult it is being her," Clark said.
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Angel dad slams Democrats for refusing to stand for American citizens over illegal immigrants
An angel dad whose daughter was killed by an illegal immigrant is decrying lawmakers for refusing to stand in support of American citizens during Tuesday’s State of the Union.
During the address, President Donald Trump urged lawmakers to stand if they agree that the first duty of the American government is to protect its own citizens rather than illegal immigrants. While Republicans erupted in a standing ovation, the majority of the Democratic side of the chamber remained seated.
Joe Abraham, whose daughter Katie Abraham was killed by an illegal immigrant in January 2025, said the moment showed that families like his have become invisible.
"At the State of the Union, you can't stand up for some of these simple ideals? It's so odd to me," Abraham said Friday on "The Riley Gaines Show."
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"I don't really understand exactly what's going on, but we've got some evil folks running things," he added.
His daughter and her friend were killed when a Guatemalan national who was in the United States illegally struck their car while driving about 80 mph. The driver had been previously deported and was using multiple aliases to obtain a driver’s license.
Since his daughter's death, Abraham said he has tried to contact state authorities about sanctuary policies, but his pleas for accountability have received "absolutely zero" response.
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"There's no real, rational understanding why a governor of a state wouldn't speak to a citizen of his state, a lifelong Illinoisan," Abraham said.
"The disrespect he showed Katie is so disgusting to me," he added.
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Abraham, who described his family as still being in a "dark place," said the state continues to ignore him while the federal government has taken action. He revealed he has spoken "father-to-father" with President Donald Trump since the tragedy.
In 2025, Abraham supported the launch of Operation Midway Blitz in his daughter’s honor. The operation targeted criminal illegal migrants in Chicago, who DHS claimed "flocked" to Illinois because they knew sanctuary policies would protect them.
In September, Pritzker responded to a DHS post on X, formerly Twitter, about Operation Midway Blitz, writing: "Once again, this isn't about fighting crime. That requires support and coordination — yet we've experienced nothing like that over the past several weeks."
"Instead of taking steps to work with us on public safety, the Trump Administration's focused on scaring Illinoisians," Pritzker added.
Fox News Digital reached out to Pritzker's office for comment.
Demi Moore goes viral looking unrecognizable with dramatic new bob haircut transformation
Demi Moore has gone viral after debuting a dramatic transformation for Milan Fashion Week.
The 63-year-old actress was photographed looking almost unrecognizable at the Gucci FW26 Fashion Show, which was held at Palazzo delle Scintille on February 27.
Moore showed off a blunt bob, styled in a way that appeared wet. This was a stark change from her signature long black hair. She tied her all-black leather look together with large, oversized sunglasses. Moore wore pointed black heels to the fashion show.
Moore's Chihuahua, Pilaf, had one of the best seats of the night and sat on her lap during the fashion show. Stars such as Kate Moss, Emily Ratajkowski, and Karlie Kloss headlined the runway for Gucci's Fall/Winter 2026 show. Models Alex Consani, Amelia Gray and Elsa Hosk also walked.
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"The Substance" star's stylist, Brad Goreski, uploaded a video of Moore just before she left for the Gucci show. He recorded Moore, head to toe, explaining that her entire outfit was Gucci.
Thousands of Instagram users commented on the post, praising the star for her look.
"Love the hair! 😍," one user wrote.
Another added, "She looks so much better with this hairstyle ❤️."
"The hair looks amazing! It's been so long for so long and this just looks so fresh!" another person wrote.
Another user made a play on her latest movie, suggesting she looks younger than she did before. "Did you take the substance?" the user asked.
Another user seemed to agree, writing, "Oh man, 😞, she took the substance. Well, as long as she is happy. 👍"
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Moore previously debuted a new hair look for Gucci and cut bangs in October. "Bangs — now and then. Thank you @gucci for letting me bring back the fringe for the first time since the Striptease days!" she wrote, including a photo from the time she filmed the iconic 1996 movie.
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In January, she opened up to People about switching up her look — specifically rocking a bob in Taylor Sheridan's "Landman."
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"I like leaving room to play," she said, adding that her hair "has lived many lives."
The biggest hair transformation that gave her a new perspective on beauty was when she shaved her head for her role in "G.I. Jane" in 1997. Moore told the outlet that the look "probably was the most illuminating experience and one that deepened my appreciation for my hair!"
Moore told the outlet that no matter what, she will always return to her signature long hair.
"It feels most like me. Being able to change my look with wigs and pieces feeds my need for change, but at the end of the day, I love taking it down, seeing my hair fall past my waist. It’s like coming home," she told People.
Virginia murder suspect in bus stop stabbing had lengthy criminal history, multiple dropped charges
A Virginia murder suspect accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a bus stop earlier this week has a lengthy criminal history filled with multiple arrests, but was let back onto the streets nearly every time.
Abdul Jalloh, 32, is charged with the Monday night killing of Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, at a bus stop shelter, the Fairfax County Police Department said.
Minter was found by officers with stab wounds to her upper body and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Jalloh, 32, who was seen on surveillance cameras exiting the bus with Minter at Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive, was arrested the next day.
He was arrested at a liquor store after an employee called 911. At the time, officers arrested him for allegedly shoplifting. Investigators linked him to the murder a day later.
Authorities were still trying to determine a motive for the killing and what led to the deadly stabbing.
A search of online court records revealed Jalloh has more than a dozen arrests in northern Virginia, including on charges of petty larceny and malicious wounding.
In most of the cases, prosecutors dropped the charges, FOX D.C. reported.
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Laura Birnbaum, the chief of staff for Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano, said Jalloh was known to the district attorney's office and was "acutely aware of the risk he posed to the community."
"That is why we convicted the defendant of a 2023 malicious wounding charge, and have since made every effort to hold him accountable each subsequent time that he has come in contact with the criminal justice system, including asking him to be held in custody whenever possible," Birnbaum said.
"Unfortunately, the defendant in this case also had a history of selecting victims with no fixed address – some of the most vulnerable members of our community," she added. "In multiple cases, we were unable to move forward with prosecution because victims could not be located or contacted."
An obituary for Minter described her as a "happy, jolly" person.
"A beam of light in dark places," the obituary states.