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Robert Irwin admits life in Los Angeles terrified him: 'Give me a crocodile'
Robert Irwin was "terrified" of Los Angeles after competing on "Dancing with the Stars" and couldn't wait to get back to his home country of Australia.
During an interview with Fox News Digital at the NFL Honors, Irwin admitted that he would take a crocodile over L.A. traffic any day.
"Oh my gosh! I learned to drive in America—it was the first time I'd ever driven on that side of the road, in L.A.. That was the most terrifying part of the entire ‘Dancing with the Stars’ experience… was being on the road in L.A.," Irwin said.
"I don't know how they do that. Give me a crocodile any day!"
Irwin, who won season 34 of "Dancing with the Stars," admitted that he loved the support he received from fans in America, but his heart will always be in Australia.
"Well, I think the thing is like, I grew up out and about, you know, in the wilderness of Australia. Being in that L.A. vibe was so incredibly different," Irwin said. "But it was also really amazing because I felt so much support from across America, and it felt wonderful."
WATCH: Robert Irwin admits life in Los Angeles terrified him: 'Give me a crocodile'
He continued, "I was excited to get home, but it’s also, you know, equally beautiful to come back to America to see all my ‘Dancing with the Stars’ mates and all of that is really special. But Australia will always be where my heart beats from and that’s always where I’ll go back to."
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Last month, Irwin told The West Australian he's "not a city kid" after spending months in California for the dance competition show.
"Being in L.A. for the last three months has been wonderful, but I am not a city kid. I live out in the bush and have grown up there, so it’s good to be back where there’s a bit of greenery," he told the outlet in January.
Robert grew up in Australia with his mom, Terri, and his sister, Bindi. The family follows in their late father's footsteps, Steve Irwin, and keeps his work alive at the Australia Zoo. Steve died in 2006 after being stung by a stingray at the Batt Reef off the coast of Australia.
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Irwin came back to America for the 2026 Super Bowl. Speaking to Fox News Digital ahead of the game, Irwin explained why he brought a snake as his plus one for the event.
WATCH: Robert Irwin says it was a 'dream' to bring a snake to the Super Bowl
"Well, you know, it’s actually always been a dream of mine to come and watch a Super Bowl. So when they said come out and experience it, I’m like, 'Oh, 100%,' but I had to bring a snake with me," Irwin said. "I mean, it kind of only made sense."
Foreign billionaires funnel $2.6B to US advocacy groups to influence policy, watchdog report claims
FIRST ON FOX: A damning new report was released Tuesday morning ahead of a House Ways & Means Committee hearing aimed at exposing foreign actors sending money to U.S. nonprofits.
The hearing, which is titled, "Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond," will begin around 10:00 a.m. (EST).
Six foreign entities have funneled more than $2.65 billion into American politics, according to the new report by conservative watchdog Americans for Public Trust (APT), which highlights a loophole that APT says allows foreign nationals to funnel money to influence American politics "virtually unchecked."
Foreign nationals are prohibited from donating directly to political campaigns, but money supporting U.S. candidates for office or their viewpoints can also come from 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) nonprofits.
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"Foreign donors can currently fund U.S.-based advocacy groups – most often 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s – virtually unchecked," the report alleges. It adds that while the money APT uncovered is "highly concerning" solely on its own, there is "undoubtedly even more overseas funding sources backing and influencing U.S. advocacy efforts."
The six entities highlighted in APT's report come from Switzerland, Denmark and the United Kingdom. The largest donor identified in the report was Switzerland-based Oak Foundation, established by British billionaire retail mogul Alan Parker, which has given around $753 million to U.S.-based advocacy groups.
Through the Oak Foundation, Parker has supported left-wing environmental groups like Greenpeace, the Environmental Law Institute, the World Resources Institute and the World Wildlife Fund, according to the Capital Research Center's Influence Watch, which cited the group's grant database that now appears to be removed.
Influence Watch added that through its grants, the Oak Foundation has positioned itself as a major supporter of China's Belt and Road Initiative, which China critics argue is part of a geopolitical strategy disguised as infrastructure investment.
APT's report also points out that the Swiss-based Oak Foundation has poured tens of millions into the Arabella network of left-wing advocacy groups, including $67 million to the New Venture Fund, $12 million to the Windward Fund and $2.8 million to the Hopewell Fund. The left-wing Tides Foundation has also received money from the Oak Foundation.
The left-wing Arabella network received funding from the Copenhagen-based KR Foundation and the Swiss-based Laudes Foundation as well, according to APT, which found these two groups have passed a combined $55.6 million to U.S. advocacy groups. The KR Foundation was founded by the descendants of Villum Kann Rasmussen, a Danish civil engineer and businessman who founded the VKR Group, while the Laudes Foundation was established by the Brenninkmeijer family, a German-Dutch business dynasty.
Entities founded by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss came in second on APT's list of six foreign donor organizations. The Wyss Foundation and the Berger Action Fund have reportedly passed more than $673 million to U.S.-based advocacy groups.
"The groups funded by Wyss utilize their immense resources to advance a progressive agenda, mold policy debates and decisions, and influence American elections. His foreign funding network focuses on policy priorities such as radical environmentalism, championing sweeping changes to election laws, and directly engaging in campaign activities, including voter mobilization efforts and political attack ads," APT's report states. "Wyss’ foreign money has found its way to prominent left-wing organizations including Fund for a Better Future, the League of Conservation Voters, the National Redistricting Action Fund, Planned Parenthood, and Indivisible."
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The remaining two foreign entities mentioned in APT's report, the U.K.-based Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and the Quadrature Climate Foundation, have allegedly passed hundreds of millions of dollars to U.S.-based groups, respectively, similar to Parker's and Wyss' groups.
CIFF has passed approximately $638.2 million to U.S. advocacy groups, while Quadrature Climate Foundation has passed over around $532.5 million, according to APT.
CIFF, backed by British billionaire Christopher Hohn, has engaged in "aggressive left-wing advocacy" around climate change and social justice, including a group wanting to ban gas stoves, according to APT. Among the funding is also more than $10 million to two Arabella-manged nonprofits, according to the report.
APT also accuses CIFF of fostering "alarming ties to groups in China linked to the Chinese Communist Party," pointing out its CEO is part of a member organization overseen by the CCP and holds a position with "the Belt and Road International Green Development Coalition."
Meanwhile, the Quadrature Climate Foundation, which also donates to the Arabella network, has been described as sending its grants to "some of the world's most influential campaign groups and scientific institutions" in an effort to steer "both research and lobbying on the green transition." It is the philanthropic arm of the London-based hedge fund Quadrature Capital, founded by billionaires Greg Skinner and Suneil Setiya.
Quadrature Climate Foundation's largest recipient, according to APT, was ClimateWorks Foundation, which got $147 million from them. 25 million dollars of that money went "to support the acceleration of electric vehicles," while another $6 million was reportedly earmarked for financial regulation efforts aimed at mitigating climate change risks.
"For years, foreign organizations and megadonors have quietly poured billions of dollars into the U.S. political sphere with little to no accountability," APT complained in its report. "Foreign funding has infiltrated nearly every sector of the U.S. political sphere."
James Comer investigates reports of noncitizens found on key swing state's voter rolls
FIRST ON FOX: The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into reports that a key swing state could have non-citizens both in its jury pools and voter rolls.
Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi alongside Rep. John James, R-Mich., asking whether a specific county in the Detroit metropolitan area is giving rights exclusive to U.S. citizens to others residing there — which could potentially violate federal law.
"Non-citizens have appeared in the state’s jury pool, and in some instances, have been registered to vote. The Committee is requesting a briefing to understand the U.S. Department of Justice’s role in investigating such matters, and the potential for similar issues to be occurring nationwide," the letter said.
Comer argued that the Attorney General has the authority to take action against such abuses under the Civil Rights Act.
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"Michigan’s jury pool is drawn from individuals holding driver’s licenses and state identification cards (state IDs). Under Michigan law, individuals who apply for a driver’s license or state ID are automatically registered to vote unless they affirmatively decline," he and James wrote.
"In Michigan’s Macomb County, Clerk Anthony Forlini uncovered significant breaches during a cross check of the Michigan Secretary of State’s Qualified Voter File and the county jury pool. Over a four-month period, 239 non-citizens were found to have been included in the jury pool. Of these individuals, 14 were identified as having been registered to vote at one point."
Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini announced last month that non-citizens were being found in local jury pools "at an alarming rate."
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"What we have found is very disturbing — 239 non-citizens were found in the jury pool over a four-month period. In a cross check of our voter rolls it appears that 14 of these prospective jurors were registered to vote at some point in time," Forlini said in a press release on the county website. "Our [Qualified Voter File] shows instances where some of these non-citizens potentially having a voting history. One in particular appears to have voted several times, all of which could result in felony charges."
The Department of Justice (DOJ) already sued Michigan for its voter information late last year.
Comer and James asked Bondi to review whether similar issues were happening in other states as well, and whether "any states, counties, or local election or court officials have resisted, delayed, or refused cooperation with DOJ inquiries or corrective efforts related to these issues, and how DOJ has responded to such non-cooperation."
Meanwhile, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called Forlini's accusations "reckless" after the Democrat-led state launched its own probe into the matter.
"This is what happens when you prioritize headlines over facts, real people pay the price," Benson said in her own release. "Now, at least one eligible Michigan voter is under criminal investigation for doing nothing wrong, and at least two verified U.S. citizens risk losing their voter registration without notice. I take any reports of illegal voting activity very seriously."
Benson said only four people flagged by Forlini were really non-citizens registered to vote, and that those cases would be actively investigated.
There is no validated evidence to date that non-citizen voting has swayed the results of any federal election.
But Republicans have argued that the influx of illegal immigrants under the Biden administration has made the problem a real possibility in coming elections.
House Republicans have introduced multiple bills in recent weeks to crack down on the possibility, including the SAVE America Act, which is expected to be voted on this week.
Republican Sen Susan Collins says she's running for re-election
GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has announced that she will seek re-election this year.
"GOOD NEWS! I am ALL-IN for 2026," she noted in a Tuesday post on X.
In a video, the lawmaker pulls a sneaker out of a box and quips, "This is perfect for 2026, because I'm running."
Collins was one of the seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict after the House impeached President Donald Trump in 2021. That Senate vote, which occurred after Trump had already left office, fell short of the threshold required for conviction.
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Ben Ogden makes US Olympics history with silver in men's cross-country skiing
American Ben Ogden got Team USA its third medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Ogden picked up the silver medal in the cross-country skiing men’s sprint classical race with a time of 3:40.61. He finished behind Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, who came across the line with a time of 3:39.74. He finished ahead of Norway’s Oskar Opstad Vike, who had a time of 3:46.55.
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Norway, Sweden and Finland are usually the countries that dominate cross-country skiing. Ogden’s podium finish was the first for an American in the discipline. U.S. men hadn’t medaled in any cross-country skiing event since Bill Koch in 1976.
Ogden finished in first place in the second quarterfinal race over Sweden’s Alvar Myhlback, Italy’s Federico Pellegrino and Finland’s Lauri Vuorinen. American teammate JC Schoonmaker was also vying for a spot in the final, but he came up short in his semifinal race.
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Ogden is no stranger in the history books for American cross-country skiing. He and his teammates picked up a silver medal at the 2018 Junior World Ski Championships in Switzerland, which was the first medal for the U.S. at the junior worlds.
He made his Olympic debut in 2022 in Beijing and finished 12th in the event. Four years later, Ogden can now call himself an Olympic medalist.
For Norway’s Klæbo, he has now taken home the gold in the last three Olympics.
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Two snowmobilers in Wyoming killed in separate accidents
Two snowmobilers died in separate accidents in western Wyoming in late January, officials said.
Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) responded to a fatal incident on Jan. 26 when a man and a woman riding tandem in a small guided group went off trail and collided with a tree in the Togwotee Pass area.
The man later went into cardiac arrest and died from his injuries.
The woman, who was reported to be unresponsive but breathing, was rescued by helicopter and transported to a hospital in Idaho.
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"All of us at TCSAR offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends affected by this tragedy," the group wrote on Facebook. "This has been a challenging winter so far for our mountain community. TCSAR has responded to four fatalities, with two coming in the last three days."
"We know that accidents happen and that we all make mistakes. This message is not intended to shame or judge anyone. Just please remember that when you take on a backcountry objective—no matter how big or small—the most important thing is to make sure you come home at the end of the day," they added. "Be safe out there, everyone."
Three days earlier, on Jan. 23, TCSAR responded to two additional snowmobile crashes along Granite Creek Road, one of which later proved fatal.
In one incident, a 39-year-old man suffered a severe leg injury after crashing and rolling about 30 feet down an embankment.
TCSAR then received another call in a second incident from a guided snowmobile party after a 32-year-old woman lost consciousness and sustained life-threatening injuries when she struck a tree.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide identified the man in the Jan. 26 incident as Joshua Dillon Escamilla, 31, and the woman in the Jan. 23 incident as Edith Linares Pike.
Pike was killed by head and neck trauma and was from Stamford, Connecticut, Teton County Coroner Brent Blue told the outlet.
The coroner’s office has not yet determined Escamilla’s cause of death or his hometown, though his family has been contacted in Florida.
What to know about Tuesday's House hearing on foreign influence in American nonprofits: 'Follow the money'
The Republican-led House Committee on Ways and Means is set to hold a hearing on Tuesday morning digging into foreign influence in American nonprofits, with several NGOs and far-left funding networks expected to be on the hot seat.
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith will oversee a hearing, "Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond." The hearing will be broadcast online at the committee’s website.
Witnesses at the hearing will include Capital Research Center president Scott Walter, Americans for Public Trust Executive director Caitlin Sutherland, Narravance CEO Adam Sohn, Dubinsky Consulting founder Bruce Dubinsky and Public Citizen co-founder Robert Weissman.
In a press release, the committee said the hearing will focus on the "ways foreign actors have funneled millions of dollars through networks of tax-exempt organizations to create, support, and fuel disruption and illegal activity across the country."
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The hearing is expected to examine a network of nonprofits, including organizations funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon and self-styled Marxist-Leninist, living in Shanghai. Singham has funded nonprofit groups, including the People’s Forum, CodePink, BreakThrough BT Media, the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which have worked closely with Democratic Socialists of America in dispatching socialist, Marxist-Leninist and communist foot soldiers into the streets to disrupt federal immigration law enforcement agents and stoke chaos.
"For too long, foreign actors have gotten away with abusing our tax-exempt sector to [sow] division and chaos in our country," Smith posted on X on Tuesday morning. "Today, we’re putting them on notice. Going to be a late night in China for Shanghai Singham!"
Over the past year, Fox News Digital has documented a pattern of coordinated protests by socialist, communist and Marxist groups, revealing a synchronized ecosystem of funding, media amplification, ideological framing and street-level mobilization that aligns with the strategic interests of hostile foreign governments, including the People’s Republic of China.
"Tax-exempt status is a privilege not a right," Smith told Fox News Digital. "Nonprofits must remain accountable and refuse to act as instruments of hostile foreign governments."
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The Ways and Means Committee "continues to investigate how foreign money and foreign-linked networks are funneled through tax-exempt entities to sow discord and unrest in our society," he said. "That’s why we’re demanding answers from Tricontinental and BreakThrough about their funding streams, activities and communications with CCP-linked individuals, including Neville Roy Singham."
Hours before the hearing, Fox News Digital reported that Smith escalated his investigation into Singham, who has allegedly been "sowing chaos and spreading Chinese propaganda, possibly in coordination with a foreign government."
In separate letters, Smith demanded records from BreakThrough and Tricontinental, warning that both tax-exempt organizations may be operating outside their lawful purpose as possible unregistered foreign agents, while helping to fuel domestic unrest under the guise of journalism and academic research.
Congressional investigators say the Singham network sits at the center of a malign foreign influence operation that allegedly exploits U.S. nonprofit laws to inject anti-American propaganda into domestic protest movements and sow discord from within the United States.
The letters describe a full-spectrum operation, with funding aligned with foreign interests flowing into tax-exempt nonprofits that produce ideological research, media narratives and social media messaging, which are then deployed onto U.S. streets through tightly choreographed protests.
"If the evidence shows these groups are acting as conduits for CCP-aligned propaganda or functioning like foreign agents while enjoying U.S. tax benefits, their tax-exempt status should be revoked immediately," Smith said. "We’re going to follow the money and demand accountability to put a stop to Beijing’s exploitation of our tax-exempt sector."
Hawley targets Minnesota fraud, CCP-linked money at Senate hearing: 'Taxpayers robbed blind'
A Tuesday Senate hearing is set to expose billions in fraud in Minnesota as well as foreign backing for anti-ICE agitators across the country, Sen. Josh Hawley's office told Fox News Digital.
The hearing before the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, which Hawley chairs, will feature testimony from a Minnesota state senator and representatives of third-party watchdog groups. Systemic fraud backed by transnational groups has stolen billions from child nutrition, FEMA assistance, housing, Medicaid and substance abuse services, the testimony is expected to say.
"American taxpayers are getting robbed blind—billions stolen in Minnesota, and hundreds of billions siphoned out of the country by transnational criminals every year—all while foreign actors coordinate chaos on our streets," Hawley told Fox News in a statement.
"Enough is enough. It’s time to root out the dark money and shut down the foreign influence," he added.
Minnesota State Sen. Mark Koran's testimony will highlight the role Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison played in allowing fraud to fester and spread across the state in what he calls the "largest expansion and fastest acceleration of fraud this country has ever seen."
Witnesses are expected to say that senior officials were not only aware of the fraud but have also taken steps to hide it from public scrutiny by backdating audit records and cracking down on whistleblowers.
A Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) whistleblower told Fox News that she was the victim of a "smear campaign" after raising red flags about fraud in the state since 2019.
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Federal prosecutors estimate that up to $9 billion was stolen through a network of fraudulent fronts posing as daycare centers, food programs and health clinics. The majority of those charged, so far, in the ongoing investigation are part of Minnesota's Somali population.
In addition to Koran, lawmakers will hear testimony from Seamus Bruner, the vice president of the Government Accountability Institute; Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, the acting vice president of Policy & Government Affairs for the Project on Government Oversight, and Haywood Talcove, the CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Government.
Talcove's testimony will focus on transnational groups that he says are exploiting federal assistance programs and using stolen funds support "organized crime, drug trafficking, human exploitation, and, in some cases, terrorist-affiliated or hostile foreign actors."
Bruner's testimony will also focus on foreign influence, linking the funding streams to foreign actors, including individuals with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Team USA speedskaters suffer tough slips during crucial Winter Olympics races
Team USA had a slippery time on the ice during two speedskating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday.
The first issue occurred in the third heat of the short track speedskating women’s 500-meter heat. Corinne Stoddard was going up against China’s Wang Xinran, Japan’s Rika Kanai and Italy’s Arianna Sighel.
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Stoddard had a great pace out of the gate. She moved up the track along Wang to go around her. As the skaters were coming back toward the line, Stoddard fell and took out three of her opponents.
Stoddard was stunned as Kanai got up and finished behind Wang. Fellow American Kristen Santos-Griswold finished in first in the fifth heat and would qualify for the final run.
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Then, in the short track speedskating mixed team relay B final, Julie Letai suffered her own mishap, slipping and crashing into the padding. Team USA finished fourth in the event.
Italy won the gold medal in the race with Canada capturing a silver and Belgium picking up a bronze.
Both mishaps were unfortunate events as medals have been hard to come by through the early days of the Winter Olympics. Going into Tuesday, the U.S. had only picked up two medals – both gold.
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Bongino reveals 'three possibilities' in Nancy Guthrie case as FBI probes disappearance
Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino outlined three stark possibilities in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance, saying the lack of leads has left investigators confronting unsettling questions.
"The first [possibility] would be, obviously, it's a kidnapping. That was an intended kidnapping for a ransom payment…" he said on "Hannity" on Monday.
"The second possibility would be this was just a crime that went awry. Someone was at the house, maybe it was a burglary, maybe something went bad, and you've got some bad actors committing another crime unrelated — in other words, requesting a ransom for something you didn't do just to take advantage of a situation like this."
The third possibility, he said, is that Guthrie’s disappearance may not have been a kidnapping at all, but instead the result of a medical emergency or another non-criminal event that was later misunderstood or misrepresented.
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Bongino said the theory is raised by the complete absence of digital, forensic and surveillance indicators, noting that when investigators are unable to locate someone within the first few days of a case, it can suggest either highly sophisticated perpetrators or that "the story you’ve been told, or you may have believed may not be the story."
Bongino repeatedly declined to give one theory more weight than the others, but said the absence of DNA, license plate hits, cellphone activity or social media data raises serious questions about the initial narrative of the case.
Addressing commentary from veteran FBI Special Agent Lance Leising, Bongino noted that legitimate ransom kidnappings typically involve rapid communication and early proof of life, patterns that have not emerged in Guthrie’s case.
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"At this point, I think we have to consider everything outside the box, because whatever is inside the box is not really panning out right now," he added.
Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Arizona home earlier this month and has not been seen since, prompting a multi-agency investigation that now includes the FBI.
As the search intensified, Savannah Guthrie made an emotional public plea for help, describing the situation as an "hour of desperation" as authorities investigated an alleged ransom note tied to her mother’s disappearance.
Savannah urged anyone with information to come forward as investigators worked against a looming deadline outlined in the note, which authorities have not publicly authenticated.
The final deadline outlined in the alleged ransom note passed Monday night without any proof of life or resolution.
Fox News' Stepheny Price contributed to this report.