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Quick pre-workout tweak could improve your endurance by 20%, study finds
Listening to your favorite music during a workout could help you exercise longer without feeling more exhausted, according to new research.
Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland found that people who selected their own music were able to extend their endurance by nearly 20% during high-intensity exercise.
The findings were published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
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The study included 29 recreationally active adults who completed two identical cycling sessions at about 80% of their peak effort.
One session was done in silence, while the other allowed participants to listen to music they chose themselves.
Those listening to music lasted nearly six minutes longer on average, exercising for about 36 minutes compared to roughly 30 minutes without it.
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Despite the longer sessions, heart rate and other physical markers remained similar, indicating that the body was working just as hard in both conditions.
Researchers said the difference appears to come from how people perceive effort rather than any change in physical ability.
"Self-selected music doesn’t change your fitness level … it simply helps you tolerate sustained effort for longer," lead researcher Andrew Danso said.
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Familiar songs may help distract from discomfort and make sustained effort feel more manageable, the study noted.
"Our research shows that letting people choose their own motivating music may help them accumulate more quality training time, which could translate to better fitness gains, improved adherence to exercise [programs], and possibly more people staying active," Danso added.
Outside experts agreed that the benefit likely comes from a shift in mindset.
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"People who exercise with music they enjoy are able to exercise longer because it changes their mindset," Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist, told Fox News Digital.
"Instead of thinking of exercise as a chore, it feels like something they are choosing to do and becomes fun," she added.
However, the study does have some limitations. Researchers noted the relatively small sample size of 29 participants and the fact that all were physically active adults, which may limit how broadly the findings apply to other groups.
The exercise sessions also focused on a specific type of high-intensity cycling, so results may vary with different workouts.
Cooper DeJean and Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Abby Summers hit the Kentucky Derby red carpet
You have to hand it to Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Cooper DeJean and Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Abby Summers. These two appear to be choosing love over divisional rivalry.
That's not easy to do in a world that seems to be constantly taking a giant steamy pile on love. Nor is it easy to do in the NFC East. This isn’t going to sit well with some fans from both NFL franchises.
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They don’t want to see an Eagles star and a Cowboys cheerleader together, but here they are. One is a highly skilled second-round pick who won a Super Bowl as a rookie, the other a member of America's Sweethearts.
Take the rivalry out of it, as hard as that is for some to do, and this is exactly the type of relationship the NFL needs. Two young NFL stars working hard to leave their mark on the league.
DeJean and Summers were among those who made an appearance on the Kentucky Derby red carpet on Saturday. This comes after the two were spotted together at Iowa's Elite Eight loss in March.
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Does March Madness plus Churchill Downs equal an NFL love story? Can we officially add the title of NFL WAG to the bio of the Cowboys cheerleader, and noted respecter of summer?
We can, according to Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Kleine Powell. The veteran commented on the pregame TikTok video Summers posted. Powell wrote, "Derby day aka hard launch day." She added some emojis and "cuteeee" to make it official.
You know Summers' teammate isn't throwing around phrases like "hard launch day" carelessly. Not when there's a divisional rivalry involved.
Cowboys fans, who already had a hard time with how last season played out with the Eagles on top of the division, aren't going to be thrilled that a cheerleader is ignoring the rivalry and dating an opponent.
But getting it out of the way in May is much easier to do than trotting out a social media official post midseason with the potential of Cooper DeJean being lined up on the other side in a game with the season on the line.
All in all, it hasn’t been a bad offseason for DeJean. Can he and Summers make it through the season as rivals? I can't tell you the answer to that, but I can assure you, as someone who is team romance, that I'll be rooting for them.
Your kid’s gaming habit could be building a future career, new survey shows
Many parents worry about screen time and video games keeping their children from learning and developing crucial skills. However, a new study suggests that these same tools can be used to enhance learning experiences.
K12, a U.S.-based online education provider, recently released a new national survey of parents and working professionals aimed at exploring the long-term impact of childhood gaming. The survey showed that 52% of working professionals believed that their childhood gaming helped them build skills that benefited their career, including problem-solving and strategic thinking. K12's survey also found that 86% of childhood gamers reported that they easily adapt to new tools and technologies, such as AI.
Niyoka McCoy, K12's chief learning officer, told Fox News Digital that not all educational gaming experiences are the same, pointing to the difference between gamification and game-based learning. Gamification involves adding game-like elements, such as points, streaks or coins, to traditional learning. Game-based learning, by contrast, places the lessons inside the game itself and has students learn skills by playing.
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"Gamification means that, in some cases, it's getting coins or you're getting points to be able to go to a store. Game-based learning is where you're immersed in the actual game, and you're learning through that environment and everything that's actually happening to you in that particular game," McCoy said.
The game-based learning that K12 is using is much different from the types of educational toys or games that have been employed in the past.
"One of the things that we try to do is really hide learning in the game so that we're connecting the two. So, students are learning, but they don't even know it because they're so embedded and so invested in winning the game or getting to the challenge that they're not even realizing that they are learning fractions," McCoy told Fox News Digital.
One of the games that K12 has employed for educational purposes is Minecraft, a popular online building game. The company has created several "worlds" that align with its curriculum, including the Roman Empire, Jamestown, Ancient Egypt and oceanic environments.
"Instead of a student reading a textbook and answering questions about Jamestown, they can actually be immersed in a Jamestown world, learn the same skills, and they can still go and take that unit test," McCoy said.
"We looked at the difference between the students who just read the text, answered the questions, and the students that actually went through the Minecraft world and found that those students did do better on their assessment," she later added.
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McCoy told Fox News Digital that K12 has seen that students who use the Minecraft spaces have retained the information while going through the gaming aspect because "they're actually having to build, figure out problems that they're solving or try to beat the challenge." She noted that another important element was that students playing the game had to collaborate with friends, making it a more interactive experience in the real world as well.
As gaming begins to play a bigger role in education, it also presents career opportunities. In 2025, the Princeton Review released its ranking of the top schools for game design. Its lists of the top schools for undergraduate and graduate game design programs included New York University, the University of Southern California, Drexel University and Michigan State University, among others.
While these programs are becoming increasingly common, parents still aren't fully aware of the option and are often concerned about their kids getting too much screen time. McCoy acknowledges that there is a learning curve for parents whose concerns about screen time remain, but she said it's not about demonizing devices, but rather reorienting their use. Part of that involves differentiating between unstructured scrolling and engaging in games that contain educational content, even in a hidden way.
McCoy said K12 is focused on showing parents the opportunities that gaming can bring, as well as the effectiveness of game-based learning. She told Fox News Digital that some parents changed their views after engaging with the games themselves.
"Now we have parents that are in Minecraft, that are playing with their students. It's like, ‘I learned so much about Jamestown, I had no clue,’" McCoy said.
Texas Tech QB’s gambling saga now features Tom Brady’s Deflategate lawyer
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s NCAA gambling situation just took a significant legal turn.
Sorsby has reportedly hired high-profile sports attorney Jeffrey Kessler as he attempts to preserve his college eligibility amid an NCAA investigation into alleged sports betting activity.
If Kessler's name sounds familiar to sports fans, it should.
Kessler represented Tom Brady during Deflategate and was the lead attorney in the House v. NCAA case that helped push college sports into its current revenue-sharing era. Now, he appears to be involved in one of the strangest eligibility fights college football has ever seen.
OutKick previously reported that sources around the situation believe there’s a strong chance Sorsby could be declared ineligible for the 2026 season, depending on the NCAA’s findings.
Sorsby isn't pretending that he doesn't have a gambling problem or that he didn't bet on sports. The quarterback recently checked himself into a gambling addiction treatment program.
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But the investigation centers, in part, on whether Sorsby placed bets while he was on Indiana’s roster in 2022. He redshirted that season but did appear in one game, although there's no evidence he wagered on the one game he played.
The NCAA has taken a hardline stance on athletes betting on their own school’s games, regardless of whether the bet is on the team to win or if the player participates in the game. Under 2023 guidelines, that can lead to permanent loss of eligibility.
That’s where the Kessler hire makes things quite interesting.
This isn’t just a Texas Tech football problem or an NCAA gambling investigation anymore. It’s now potentially a courtroom fight over whether one of the most expensive quarterbacks in the transfer portal can play this season. The result could have major ramifications moving forward, as the proliferation of legalized gambling across the United States makes these situations much more likely to happen again.
And if the NCAA ends up across from Kessler again, it knows exactly who it’s dealing with.
Kessler was central to House v. NCAA, the landmark case that helped force the NCAA and major conferences into a settlement that opened the door for schools to directly share revenue with athletes. In other words, one of the lawyers who helped upend the old college sports model could now be trying to keep Sorsby eligible under the new one.
That’s quite a twist.
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Sorsby transferred to Texas Tech after playing at Cincinnati, and OutKick previously reported the Red Raiders were set to pay him upward of $5 million for his time in Lubbock. That made him one of the biggest names in the portal and a potential centerpiece for Joey McGuire’s program in 2026.
Cincinnati is currently suing Sorsby for a $1 million NIL exit fee after his transfer to Texas Tech, and he has filed a motion to dismiss the case.
Now, Texas Tech may have to wait on the NCAA, Sorsby’s lawyers and possibly a judge before knowing whether its massive investment can actually take the field.
It's crazy to think that college sports has come to this, but here we are. This is a story that seemed almost unfathomable 10 years ago but now seems almost mundane.
None of this means Sorsby should avoid punishment if the NCAA proves he violated gambling rules. Sports betting by college athletes, especially when it involves their own school, is a serious integrity issue.
But Kessler’s involvement raises the stakes dramatically.
If this becomes a legal fight, the NCAA won’t simply be deciding whether Sorsby broke a rule. It could be forced to defend how much power it still has to end a player’s college career in an era where athletes are paid, represented and recruited like professionals.
That’s why this case is bigger than one player or one school.
The quarterback at the center of college football’s strangest offseason story just hired the lawyer from Deflategate.
The NCAA may have thought it had a simple gambling investigation and eligibility ruling on its hands. Instead, it appears to have a potential major legal fight with one of the most powerful attorneys in the country where the result could affect the future of the organization.
There's zero chance that's the position the NCAA wanted to find itself in.
Jimmy Fallon starts chewing on microphone in cringey interview ahead of F1 Miami
Jimmy Fallon was excited to be on the F1 Miami Grand Prix grid on Sunday afternoon. In fact, he was so excited that he forgot how to function like a normal human being in society.
The late-night host has been a part of the festivities in Miami throughout the weekend in the lead-up to the race and almost made it through Sunday's action without making things incredibly awkward for every single person watching from home. The keyword there is "almost."
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As he does ahead of each F1 race, Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle made his way through the huge crowd of people at the front of the grid in Miami on Sunday afternoon. Brundle's walks have produced countless memorable moments over the years, with it being an off-the-cuff approach as he runs into celebrities and essentially shoves a microphone in their face.
That's exactly what Brundle did as he made his way up to Fallon, and within a few seconds, Brundle's microphone was in the professional funny man's mouth.
The incredibly awkward parting handshake between the two followed by Brundle saying, "Do not take my mic sock again" really brought the moment together.
Fallon's personality and comedy style have always had a flavor of awkwardness, but chewing on an interviewer's microphone at an F1 race wasn't a move anyone could have seen coming.
As for the Miami Grand Prix itself, it was ultimately rescheduled on Sunday after some nasty storms and heavy rainfall pushed through the area earlier in the day. Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes took the top spot on the podium, while McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished second and third, respectively.
Max Verstappen, the Red Bull racer Fallon said he was pulling for, finished in the five spot.
This year's American League might be the worst in Major League Baseball history
We’re already over 20% of the way through the 2026 Major League Baseball season, and some very surprising trends are becoming clear.
The automated balls and strikes system was supposed to lead to better accuracy from home plate umpires, and the end of egregiously missed calls. And while that’s generally played out, there’s been an unexpected consequence of the new challenge format: a record number of walks.
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After an offseason dominated by discussion of the importance of big markets and high payrolls in MLB, many of the richest teams and most expensive rosters are struggling mightily.
The New York Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball and the highest-paid player in the history of the sport. They’re 11-22, in last place in the National League East by 12.5 games already, and their odds of making the postseason have dropped from nearly 90% to 25%. The Philadelphia Phillies are 13-20 and 10.5 games out of first place despite a top-5 payroll and superstars like Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner and Bryce Harper.
How that plays out will be one of the most fascinating subplots of the season as we head into labor negotiations. But arguably the most surprising outcome thus far? How terrible the American League looks to be.
A few days into May, the entire National League Central division is over .500. The Cubs are 21-12, Cardinals 20-13, Reds 20-13, Brewers 18-14 and Pirates 18-16.
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Meanwhile, just four of 15 AL teams have a winning record, and two of those four are 18-16 or 17-16. That means 13 out of 15 teams in the American League would be either in last place or tied for last place in the NL Central.
The combined record in the National League is 258-238, or a collective winning percentage of .520. The average NL team is on pace to win roughly 84 games. By contrast, the winning percentage in the American League is just .480. That means the average AL team is on pace to win 77 games. That’s remarkable. In fact, it’s not just remarkable, it’s historic.
For most of MLB’s history, the two leagues didn’t play in the regular season. Meaning that the records in the AL or NL were mathematically fixed at .500 since every win meant a loss for another team in the league. But since the introduction of interleague play, the current .480 winning percentage in the American League would be the worst in the modern era.
What makes this even more impressive is that it’s not as though there are a few teams well off the pace that have collectively dragged the league down. It’s just that the vast majority of the teams are aggressively mediocre.
The AL West is separated by just 4.5 games and the first-place Athletics are 17-16. The entire AL Central is separated by just four games. The only two teams with any meaningful separation above .500 are the Yankees and…Tampa Bay Rays.
So how did we get here?
Well, the obvious answer is that for all the hand-wringing about competitive balance in baseball, the 30 teams may never have been closer than they are today. Pitching has closed the gap between teams, as the ability to help design and "shape" individual pitches has made it easier than ever to find quality starters or relievers.
Several NL teams have also been more aggressive in free agency than AL counterparts. The Cubs brought in Alex Bregman, the Dodgers kept Kyle Tucker in the NL after spending most of his career in Houston, Bo Bichette moved from Toronto to the Mets. Shohei Ohtani moved over from the AL starting in 2024. Even some trades have sent stars to the NL, like when Rafael Devers was traded from Boston to the Giants in 2025.
There are other explanations. For example, after winning the World Series in 2023, the Texas Rangers haven’t been as aggressive in free agency. And the Blue Jays have been decimated by injuries in the early part of the season.
There’s still plenty of season left, but at this point in the year, the AL is tracking well, well below the National League in terms of team quality. What does this mean for the World Series? Knowing baseball, probably an 82-win Guardians team winning a championship.
Joel Embiid begs Sixers fans not to sell tickets to Knicks fans ahead of playoff matchup: 'We need you'
Joel Embiid’s return to the No. 7-seeded Philadelphia Sixers helped spark an impressive first-round win over the No. 2 Boston Celtics in the NBA Playoffs.
Now, the former NBA MVP is asking Sixers fans to make sure they don’t sell tickets to fans of their next opponent: the New York Knicks.
The Knicks, led by All-Star guard Jalen Brunson, walloped the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of their series, collecting a record 51-point win on the road to move on to the next round. They were watching Game 7 closely between the Sixers and Celtics, and Philadelphia brought the comeback to fruition, with Embiid scoring a game-high 34 points in the victory.
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It was quite the rally for the Sixers, coming back from a 3-1 hole. But they now face a familiar playoff foe, and Embiid implored fans to make sure they’re in the seats and not those just a trip down the New Jersey Turnpike.
"I just have a message for our fans," Embiid said after the Sixers won Game 7, per ESPN. "Last time we played the Knicks, it felt like [Philadelphia] was Madison Square Garden East. We’re going to need the support.
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"Don’t sell your tickets. This is bigger than you. We need you guys."
Tickets became a talking point during the teams’ 2024 matchup, when Sixers ownership tried to block Knicks fans from buying tickets at their arena for Game 6, where Philadelphia needed to win to move on. The Knicks ended up clinching the series on the road.
At the time, Embiid shared a similar message, admitting "it kind of pisses me off" that Sixers fans were outnumbered by the Knicks.
"Philly is considered a sports town," he added.
It’s no secret Knicks fans travel, especially if the road city is as close as it is to Philadelphia. It’s expected they’ll try to flood Xfinity Mobile Arena this time around, too.
"There’s going to be people who will sell the tickets because they need the money. Don’t do it, we need you guys," Embiid reiterated. "We need the support, and we need them to be extremely loud. If you need money, I’ve got you."
Embiid and the Sixers will see if fans were listening in Game 3 of the next series, as the Knicks, the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, will host them at Madison Square Garden for Games 1 and 2, beginning Monday. Game 3 is set for Friday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Embiid averaged 28 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in the final four games of the series after missing the first three due to an appendectomy.
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Barry Manilow, 82, gives update on his cancer battle as he cancels more tour dates
Despite a slew of show cancellations and postponements, Barry Manilow has his heart set on a June stage return amid his ongoing cancer treatments.
On Friday, the 82-year-old singer-songwriter announced that while he has to cancel his "Hits Come Home" residency dates in May at Westgate Resort in Las Vegas, he's "making great progress" with his lung cancer treatment and plans to return to the stage sooner rather than later.
"Good news! I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I’m making great progress and look great! Well of course I do! Thank you very much!" he wrote on X. "All the training and exercising I’ve put in is paying off."
"He did say, however, that I’m not quite ready for Vegas. That means I won’t be able to return for our May shows at @WestgateVegas. But the good news is he said I will be ready for my June arena shows in the UK. It’s going to be great to see you all in the UK. Westgate Las Vegas is my home away from home… and I’ll see you all in July. In the meantime… come to the UK! We’ll be there in June and hope you will be too! See you then… Barry."
In December, Manilow revealed he had been diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer after doctors discovered a cancerous spot on his left lung following a bout of bronchitis.
"As many of you know I recently went through six weeks of bronchitis followed by a relapse of another five weeks," Manilow wrote on Instagram at the time. "Even though I was over the bronchitis and back on stage at the Westgate Las Vegas, my wonderful doctor ordered an MRI just to make sure that everything was OK. The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed. It's pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was found so early. That's the good news."
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"The bad news is that now that the Christmas A Gift of Love concerts are over I'm going into surgery to have the spot removed," he continued. "The doctors do not believe it has spread and I'm taking tests to confirm the diagnosis. So, that's it. No chemo. No radiation. Just chicken soup and I Love Lucy reruns."
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In February, Manilow announced he was rescheduling additional February and March dates on the tour after a "very depressing visit" with his surgeon.
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That same month, the "Copacabana" singer detailed a tough conversation he had with his doctor.
"He said, ‘Barry, you won’t be ready to do a 90-minute show. Your lungs aren’t ready yet,’" Manilow continued.
"You’re in great shape considering what you’ve been through, but your body isn’t ready. You shouldn’t do the first arena shows. You won’t make it through."
Manilow continued, "I had a feeling he’d say that. Deep down… my body knew what my heart didn’t want to admit: I wasn’t ready... When I do come back, I will COME BACK!!!"
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Shirley MacLaine spotted enjoying lunch in Malibu just days before her 92nd birthday celebration
Shirley MacLaine was spotted enjoying a nice lunch ahead of her big birthday.
The 92-year-old actress was photographed leaving a restaurant in Malibu, California, after enjoying a bite to eat on Saturday, April 18, just days ahead of her birthday. MacLaine was born on April 24, 1934.
In the photos, MacLaine could be seen wearing a brown shirt, with a long brown cardigan over it, black pants and a pair of black glasses, as she walked through the restaurant holding onto a companion's arm.
The iconic actress has been photographed out and about in Malibu on a number of occasions recently, including earlier this year, when she was seen leaving the restaurant Nobu in January.
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In the photograph, MacLaine walks arm in arm with a young man wearing a red T-shirt and jeans. MacLaine was also seen sporting a green T-shirt and khaki pants.
MacLaine got her start in entertainment as a dancer, originally intending to pursue a career in ballet before she grew too tall. She then pivoted to musical theater and after filling in for the lead in "The Pajama Game" on Broadway one night, she caught the eye of a film producer and later made her Hollywood debut.
"My mother took me to dancing class when I was 3 because I had weak ankles and I fell in love with it," she said when accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dance Hall of Fame induction ceremony in December 2025. "But here’s what it also included: discipline, love of music, a sense of cooperation with other people, being on time."
Her Hollywood debut came in 1955, when she starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry." Her career quickly took off after she received her first Academy Award nomination just three years later for her role in "Some Came Running."
Throughout her career, she received one Academy Award for her performance in "Terms of Endearment," six Golden Globe Awards, an AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, a Kennedy Center Honor and more.
When accepting the Academy Award in 1984, MacLaine joked that she had "wondered for 26 years what this would feel like," and thanked the voters "so much for terminating the suspense."
"If Terms of Endearment had happened to me five years ago I think I would have called it a thrilling commercial artistic accident but I don't believe that anymore I don't believe there's any such thing as accident I think that we all manifest what we want and what we need I don't think there's any difference really between what you feel you have to do in your heart and success they're inseparable," she said in her speech.
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She ended her speech by acknowledging the "potential that we all have for making anything possible if we think we deserve it," before taking a pause and adding, "I deserve this," while holding up her Oscar, as the audience laughed in response.
MacLaine is not the only Academy Award winner in her family, as her younger brother, Warren Beatty, won in 1982 for directing the movie "Reds," which he was also nominated for in the lead actor category. He was also nominated 12 other times at the Oscars and won three Golden Globe Awards for acting and directing.
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Despite both of them turning out to be major movie stars, they never teamed up together on-screen.
"I don't know what happened there," she said in her 2024 memoir, "The Wall of Life." "I was busy making my own [movies], and he was busy making his own. I guess there weren't parts that fit us together. I don't know. But we did not do it on purpose."
Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow defends California voting after move, says ‘moving takes time’
Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow defended her past voting record and deleted social media posts and prior statements during a Sunday appearance on CNN’s "Inside Politics," responding to scrutiny that has emerged in the 2026 Democratic primary for a key battleground U.S. Senate seat.
"Moving takes time," McMorrow said, defending why she voted in California after saying she had relocated to Michigan.
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The interview followed criticism from Rep. Haley Stevens, one of McMorrow’s primary opponents, who argued the deleted posts and past comments could hurt Democrats in the general election.
"I thought it was a little tacky, and I think that it dovetails from things that we saw Mallory McMorrow say last year," Stevens said. "It strikes me as very out of touch with what our state is all about."
McMorrow responded by emphasizing her personal background and rejecting claims that she is disconnected from voters.
"I tweeted normal things like a normal person, and people are desperate for authenticity," McMorrow said.
The controversy stems from a report that uncovered roughly 6,000 deleted tweets, along with past statements about rural America, manufacturing jobs and her residency timeline between California and Michigan.
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"We decided to move to Michigan in 2014," McMorrow said. "Like a lot of millennials, moving takes time. It was a two-year process to finally settle in Michigan."
When pressed on whether she should have voted in California’s 2016 primary, McMorrow pointed to her transitional living situation.
"We still had our place out in Southern California, and as I mentioned, we had multiple jobs," McMorrow said. "Moving is ugly."
The issue drew additional attention because of McMorrow’s past criticism of another voter over residency rules.
"Yeah, absolutely," McMorrow said when asked if she still believed it was illegal to vote in a state after moving. "If you are doing that intentionally after moving permanently to a place that is illegal."
McMorrow also acknowledged inconsistencies in how she previously described her move from California to Michigan.
"We made the decision to permanently relocate, but it does take time," McMorrow said. "Could have worded it a little bit differently."
Stevens argued the broader pattern could present challenges in a competitive race.
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"Why litigate that in a general election when we know we're in a swing state," Stevens said.
McMorrow further addressed criticism over past comments about rural America and the auto industry, framing them as part of broader discussions rather than policy discussions.
"I think we all need to understand each other better," McMorrow said. "Trump has succeeded in weaponizing us against each other."
On her decision to delete thousands of tweets, McMorrow said it was part of a broader cleanup.
"It’s cleaning up social media, which I think is something that everybody should stop now and then," McMorrow said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mallory McMorrow for comment, but did not immediately hear back.