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Tom Cotton demands FDA probe into illegal Chinese ingredients in US weight loss drugs
FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is demanding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate whether illegal Chinese ingredients are making their way into weight loss drugs in the United States.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., called on FDA Commissioner Martin Makary to probe how far unregulated and illegal Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients have penetrated the U.S. supply chain — and whether they have ended up in popular weight loss drugs.
"China’s access to America’s pharmaceutical supply chain presents national security risks as well as significant health risks to American patients," Cotton wrote in a letter to Makary first obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Cotton’s concern follows recent reports from the FDA and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that between September 2023 and January 2025, authorities intercepted 195 illegal shipments of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
He noted that the ingredients were "likely used in compounded weight loss medications" that entered the U.S. market. Of those shipments, roughly 60 originated from China and Hong Kong.
"It is estimated that as of January 2026, up to 1.5 million American patients could be using unregulated compounded weight loss medications that may contain potentially dangerous ingredients from Chinese manufacturers," Cotton wrote.
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The ingredients are typically used in compounded versions of GLP-1 weight loss drugs that are marketed as alternatives to FDA-approved medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy.
Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would refer telehealth company Hims & Hers to the Justice Department for "potential violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" over its planned sale of a compounded, non-FDA-approved weight loss drug.
Makary similarly said the FDA would "take decisive steps to restrict GLP-1 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) intended for use in non-FDA-approved compounded drugs that are being mass-marketed by companies — including Hims & Hers and other compounding pharmacies — as alternatives to FDA-approved drugs."
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The company announced last week that it would remove its weight loss pill, billed as a cheaper alternative to Wegovy, from the market following mounting pressure from federal agencies.
Cotton acknowledged that move and called for similar investigations going forward.
"I encourage further investigations into other entities that expose American patients to dangerous, unregulated Chinese APIs," Cotton wrote.
How Trump’s order to have the military buy coal would actually work
President Donald Trump says the military will start "buying a lot of coal" as part of a new push to boost domestic coal production and strengthen what he describes as the reliability of the U.S. power grid. Turning that pledge into reality, however, will require navigating Pentagon procurement rules, congressional funding limits and the physical constraints of the electric grid.
A new executive order, signed Wednesday, directs the secretary of war to "seek to procure" power from coal-fired facilities through long-term power purchase agreements serving military installations and other mission-critical facilities. It also calls on the Department of Energy to help keep certain coal plants online.
But executive orders set policy direction — they do not automatically create new funding or rewrite electricity market rules. The order itself states that implementation must be consistent with applicable law and "subject to the availability of appropriations."
"Executive orders can’t drive appropriations," said Jerry McGinn, a former Pentagon official and now executive director of the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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What the War Department can do is direct its contracting offices to pursue agreements with coal-fired plants where feasible.
The military routinely enters into long-term electricity supply agreements to power individual installations, including projects at bases such as Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Fort Cavazos in Texas, where on-site generation has been developed through third-party contracts.
In theory, it could structure deals with nearby coal facilities if officials determine the contracts enhance grid reliability, fuel security or mission assurance — priorities outlined in the order.
"They have a great amount of flexibility," McGinn said, noting that energy sourcing decisions would depend on what is workable at individual installations.
That flexibility, however, operates base by base — not nationwide.
The War Department does not regulate regional electricity markets. It can sign contracts for power serving specific installations, but it does not set dispatch rules for grid operators or dictate fuel choices for civilian utilities.
Most military bases are connected to regional grids, where electricity from multiple sources — natural gas, nuclear, renewables and coal — is pooled together and dispatched according to market rules. Even if the Pentagon signs a contract with a specific coal plant, the electricity physically delivered to a base would still come from the broader grid mix.
In practice, such agreements would function primarily as financial commitments to particular facilities rather than a literal rerouting of coal-generated power.
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Scale presents another constraint. Coal plants are large generators, often producing far more electricity than a single installation consumes. While military bases use significant power, contracts would need to be sizable and long term to meaningfully sustain entire commercial facilities.
If shifting energy sourcing at certain bases requires infrastructure changes or new contractual arrangements, that could require additional Defense or Energy Department investment, McGinn said.
"It would sort of be a determination on where does this make sense, where can we do this easily, and where do we want to invest," he said.
Any significant expansion of contracts or infrastructure spending would likely involve Congress.
Utility costs for bases are typically paid through operations and maintenance accounts approved by lawmakers. If implementing the policy requires new construction, transmission upgrades or higher long-term energy costs, additional appropriations could be required.
The administration says the directive is meant to ensure uninterrupted, on-demand baseload power for military installations and critical defense facilities, grounded in the belief that coal provides reliable and resilient energy that intermittent sources do not, according to the White House fact sheet.
The fact sheet also explicitly ties the policy to broader aims of energy security, economic stability and "energy dominance."
Trump and his team repeatedly have described the move as part of a broader push to revitalize coal production and protect coal jobs — including the $175 million in Department of Energy funding for coal plant upgrades and "beautiful, clean coal" rhetoric at the signing event. At that event, he said the military will be "buying a lot of coal" and framed the actions as support for hard-working miners and "reliable power."
The White House is pursuing a parallel strategy to revive certain coal plants that have shut down or face retirement. Trump said the Department of Energy would issue funds to facilities in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and Kentucky to keep them operating or restart idled units.
Recommissioning a coal plant can vary significantly depending on its status.
Facilities that have been temporarily idled or "mothballed" may be able to return to service in months. Fully retired plants, however, can require extensive equipment repairs, environmental compliance reviews, workforce rehiring and transmission readiness upgrades — a process that can take considerably longer.
The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment on how the directive would be implemented.
Ultimately, the impact of Trump’s directive will depend on execution. Targeted contracts near specific installations could provide limited support to certain facilities.
A broader effort to use military purchasing power to sustain multiple commercial coal plants would likely require substantial funding, careful contract structuring and congressional backing.
Battle for the House runs through Virginia as court OKs high-stakes redistricting vote
In a crucial decision on Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a high-stakes referendum scheduled for April 21 on congressional redistricting can go forward.
It's a victory for Democrats in Virginia, who are fast-tracking a proposed new congressional map that would give the competitive state up to four more left-leaning U.S. House districts in time for this year's midterm elections.
Virginia is the latest battleground, with Florida on deck, in the ongoing crucial battle between President Donald Trump and Republicans versus Democrats to alter congressional maps ahead of November's elections.
Republicans are defending their razor-thin House majority in the midterms, and Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win back control of the chamber. That means the redistricting efforts in Virginia and other states may very well decide which party controls the House next year.
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But the proposed map in Virginia, which the Democrat-controlled legislature is expected to give final approval in the coming days, followed by Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger signing it, still needs the approval of voters in the Commonwealth.
Republicans had challenged the validity of the referendum, arguing that Democrats had erred procedurally when the legislature approved amendments to the state Constitution. And last month, a lower court ruled in the GOP's favor.
But the ruling by the state Supreme Court greenlights the ballot measure, which asks voters to give the legislature, rather than Virginia's current non-partisan commission, redistricting power through the 2030 election.
"Today’s order is a huge win for Virginia voters," Dan Gottlieb, spokesperson for Democrat-aligned Virginians for Fair Elections, said in a statement. "The Court made it clear that nothing in this case stops the April 21 referendum from moving forward and that Virginians will have the final say."
Early voting on the referendum is scheduled to start on March 6.
Friday's ruling on the referendum doesn't mean the legal challenges are over. Democrats are still defending their ability to redraw the maps, and the state Supreme Court may schedule arguments in that case.
"Last October, democrats took an unprecedented step to illegally pass a constitutional amendment at the 11th hour. The judiciary agreed, and the Supreme Court has taken up and fast-tracked the case. Make no mistake, the rule of law will prevail," Republican state Sen. Ryan McDougle, the Virginia Senate MInority Leader told Fox News Digital.
Republicans charge that the Democrats' redistricting effort is an "unconstitutional power grab."
Virginians for Fair Maps, a Republican-aligned group that opposes the redistricting push, has highlighted that "Virginians came together to pass bipartisan redistricting reform — a process that took the power to draw maps out of politicians’ hands. Now, politicians in Richmond want to undo that progress."
And the Republican National Committee has called the Democrats' push in Virginia a "power grab."
But Democrats have countered that it's a necessary step to balance out partisan gerrymandering already implemented in other states by the GOP.
Aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterms, Trump last spring first floated the idea of rare, but not unheard of, mid-decade congressional redistricting.
The mission was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to pad the GOP's razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.
Trump's first target was Texas.
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When asked by reporters last summer about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, "Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five."
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called a special session of the GOP-dominated state legislature to pass the new map.
But Democratic state lawmakers, who broke quorum for two weeks as they fled Texas in a bid to delay the passage of the redistricting bill, energized Democrats across the country.
Among those leading the fight against Trump's redistricting was Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.
California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that temporarily sidetracked the left-leaning state's nonpartisan redistricting commission and returned the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature.
That is expected to result in five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in California, which aimed to counter the move by Texas to redraw their maps.
The fight quickly spread beyond Texas and California.
Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio, and swing state North Carolina, where the GOP dominates the legislature, have drawn new maps as part of the president's push.
In blows to Republicans, a Utah district judge late last year rejected a congressional district map drawn up by the state's GOP-dominated legislature and instead approved an alternate that will create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the midterms.
But Utah Republicans have appealed to the state Supreme Court to block a new court-ordered map for this year's elections.
Meanwhile, Republicans in Indiana's Senate in December defied Trump, shooting down a redistricting bill that had passed the state House. The showdown in the Indiana statehouse grabbed plenty of national attention.
Florida's next up.
Two-term Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers in the GOP-dominated legislature are hoping to pick up an additional three to five right-leaning seats through a redistricting push during a special legislative session in April.
But the bid by DeSantis and Republicans in Tallahassee last week drew its first lawsuit, from a group aligned with Florida Democrats. The lawsuit contends that the governor and Secretary of State Cordy Byrd don't have the legal authority to reshape election laws, after Byrd pushed back congressional qualifying dates from April to June.
Democrats in solidly blue Maryland are also pushing redistricting, which could result in one extra left-leaning congressional seat. But the effort, pushed by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and green-lighted by state House Democrats, is facing opposition from Senate President Bill Ferguson, a fellow Democrat.
Lastly, Republicans in South Carolina, Nebraska, Kansas and New Hampshire, and Democrats in Illinois and Washington State are also exploring possible bids to redraw the maps.
Hovering over the redistricting wars is the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule in Louisiana v. Callais, a crucial case that may lead to the overturning of a key provision in the Voting Rights Act.
If the ruling goes the way of the conservatives on the high court, it could lead to the redrawing of a slew of majority-minority districts across the county, which would greatly favor Republicans.
But it is very much up in the air — when the court will rule, and what it will actually do.
Kelsey Grammer refuses to back down from conservative values despite Hollywood pressure
Kelsey Grammer’s politics may have lost him some friends, but he’s says he’s gained others along the way.
The beloved "Frasier" actor told Raymond Arroyo on the "Arroyo Grande" podcast this week that he knows the truth about his own character.
"I realize that because I’m a conservative, I’ve been a conservative for a long time in Hollywood, and I’ve heard a lot of things said about us, I hear a lot of things said about us, that are quite remarkable, but something I finally figured out was when I’m called a racist, I know it's not true." he said. "And the thing is, so do they."
Arroyo said that it's unfortunate there's "no place to come together" between political parties in the current climate, but Grammer said he believes liberals and conservatives still have common ground, "but it just isn't popular … it’s not the go-to place."
"I’ve lost some friends through the last few years, but I’ve gained others," he admitted. "Things are OK."
When asked by Arroyo if politics ever come up with more liberal actors, giving the example of Pedro Pascal on the new "Avengers" movie in which they both star, Grammer said, "I don’t know if Pedro knows my politics, I don’t really know his."
But he said they did find common ground on the #MeToo movement, which he claimed Pascal, who is a vocal LGBTQ supporter and critic of President Donald Trump, called "weak."
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"The left is always looking for something to be upset about," Grammer said. "And they thought they found something, and they realized they were kind of eating their own. And [Pascal] basically enumerated that for me and I thought, ‘Well, that’s kind of interesting.' And it surprised me because I thought — I was aware he was more on the left-hand side of things."
But the "Cheers" actor said he really likes him, and "we’ve gotten along splendidly."
Grammer also discussed his faith during the podcast, explaining that several times in his life, he’d said he was done with God, "but He wasn’t done with me."
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He admitted that he felt the furthest from God after his little sister Karen was murdered in 1975 at 18 years old.
In the immediate years after his sister’s murder, Grammer said he would "sort of haunt the streets and look for a fight, I was upset."
At one of his sister's killer's parole hearings, Grammer said he told the man that he forgave him but he still felt he didn't deserve freedom.
"He murdered more than one person, and he did it knowing what he was doing," Grammer explained. "There have to be consequences. Accountability has to be something we still have in this country. I mean, that's probably why I'm conservative in a lot of ways."
Still, he said he's against the death penalty.
"I'm a pro-life guy," he told Arroyo.
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Grammer also remembered after he made the movie "Jesus Revolution" in 2023, he was invited to Angel Stadium in Los Angeles for the evangelical Harvest Crusade and took the field at his daughter, Faith’s suggestion, to speak to God.
He said he called in what he refers to as his "limping faith" and asked God about his sister’s murder: "So, where were you?"
He recalled asking God, "What was going on?", tearing up as he spoke to Arroyo. "After a few minutes, I just heard a little, ‘I was right there.’"
He said he heard that voice a few more times when he was writing his 2025 book "Karen: A Brother Remembers." He said he heard her say, ‘I was here’ when he went to visit the dorm she lived in before her death.
"That was really nice, but then on the return trip from that was when I really had the epiphany, like a conversation sitting on a plane, and the voice basically said, ‘Don’t you think it’s time for you to give it up?’" He said it was Jesus’ voice.
"I said, ‘No, it’s OK, I’ve carried it this long, I can still handle it. It’s mine.’ And he said, ‘No, it’s mine. That’s why I came.’"
Red Sox player threatened to shoot and kill teammates during 2018 championship season, player says
The 2018 Boston Red Sox are regarded as one of the best teams of all time, but it did not come without concerted effort to keep the chemistry high — and apparently, the players safe.
Brock Holt, a member of that squad, hopped on the "Section 10" Red Sox podcast to discuss Rafael Devers' exit from Boston, which turned into a conversation about clubhouse chemistry.
Holt said the 2018 team "had a guy or two" who caused issues in the clubhouse and were promptly released.
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One of them, who is still officially unnamed, allegedly threatened to shoot and kill members of the team.
"We were in Tampa, and we were in a circle stretching before [batting practice], and having a good ol’ time," Holt began. "And this someone looks around at all of us and says, ‘You know what? I’m going to bring a gun to the field tomorrow and kill all of you.’
"And then he looks straight at me and says, ‘And you’re gonna be first.’"
Holt said that he told the player that he "[knew] you're probably joking, but you can't say that."
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The Red Sox won 108 games and defeated the New York Yankees and the reigning champion Houston Astros before taking down the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Fall Classic.
That team has been mired in minor controversy, however, as it was found that at times, the team "utilized the game feeds in the replay room" to decode sign sequences while a runner was on second base. The sign-stealing was not known to manager Alex Cora, the Red Sox coaching staff, the Red Sox front office, or "most of the players."
The Red Sox and Cora mutually parted ways for a season due to his involvement in the Astros' sign-stealing scandal from the year prior, when he was the bench coach, but they brought him back after a year.
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‘They were spying’: Sullivan sounds alarm on joint Russia-China moves in US Arctic zone
Joint Russian and Chinese military aircraft and vessels have entered the U.S. Arctic air defense identification zone (ADIZ) near Alaska dozens of times in recent months, Sen. Dan Sullivan said in an interview with Fox News Digital, warning the activity amounts to coordinated pressure on America’s northern defenses.
Sullivan, R-Alaska, said data compiled by his office shows mostly airborne incursions — and at times joint patrols — along with several naval and "research" vessels operating inside the ADIZ, a buffer zone where aircraft must identify themselves but are not automatically denied access.
"They were spying on us," Sullivan said, arguing the missions amount to strategic surveillance and have accelerated efforts to reopen the Navy base at Adak and expand Arctic infrastructure.
Sullivan led a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing last month that secured $25 billion in new Coast Guard funding, including $4.5 billion for infrastructure upgrades such as a deepwater port in Nome — one of the closest U.S. cities to Russia — and additional Arctic icebreakers. The U.S. currently operates two icebreakers, one of which is out of service, compared with Russia’s reported 54.
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Among the projects is a plan to reopen the military base on Adak Island near the end of the Aleutian chain, roughly 6,000 miles from Washington but on Russia’s doorstep.
Adak played a key role during World War II, when Japanese forces attacked parts of the Aleutians, and it later served as a Cold War outpost monitoring Soviet activity in the North Pacific.
"We have Adak Navy Base being reopened. We have this strategic deepwater port of Nome that's finally being built [where] every essential Navy or Coast Guard asset with the exception of an aircraft carrier can port, and the icebreaker Storis being homeported in Juneau. There's a lot going on," Sullivan said. "We're continuing to press it, and you know what I like to do with all the military services is press, press, press, press."
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Adak also hosts a 20-million-gallon fuel repository, Sullivan said, adding that revitalizing the compound would give U.S. destroyers and other vessels a crucial waypoint as malign activity heats up.
Sullivan said the incursions should concern all Americans, dismissing any suggestion the vessels were conducting benign research or trying to "save the whales."
"They were there spying on us and looking at submarine routes, looking at cables," he said, pointing to trans-Pacific communication lines that pass through Alaska. "That’s really, really strategic."
He added that joint Russian-Chinese naval task forces operating in the U.S. ADIZ — alongside coordinated bomber patrols with armed fighters — is "unprecedented" in American territory.
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When incursions occur, U.S. aircraft are dispatched from bases as far as 1,000 miles away, including Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, a logistical stretch similar to sending New York City responders to a fire in Chicago.
The Nome port, Adak base and other new infrastructure will slash response times, increase defensive presence and keep America safer, he said.
"We are the Arctic part of America, but we're America. And when our adversaries are pressing into us, we need to respond with force and infrastructure and capabilities. Our military's doing it. We're building that up with the Coast Guard, with the Air Force, with the Army," he said.
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A recent report from The Wall Street Journal detailing a Chinese vessel that transited the Bering Strait, icebreaking along Russia’s Arctic coast before docking in Poland, as further evidence of Beijing’s expanding Arctic reach.
Sullivan called the merchant vessel’s junket a prime example of why action is needed now to bolster America’s Arctic.
USAF Gen. Alexus Grynkewich — NATO's top military official — told The Wall Street Journal the alliance sees China "being more and more aggressive" across the Arctic.
"It’s our territory, right? And we just need to be ready to defend it and have assets that can monitor whether that's a merchant ship or a spy ship," Sullivan added.
"The good news is with the Trump administration, with the Budget Reconciliation Bill, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, and you saw the president before, and he wants a top line number for our military of about $1.5 trillion, that's sending a message to China, Russia and all of our adversaries that we're not going to let incursions into our airspace and our waters happen on a regular basis without forceful responses from the U.S. military."
Sullivan said another development is expanding capacity at Point Barrow — at the "top of North America" — which, along with Adak, would allow the U.S. to intercept malign aircraft more quickly.
The dynamic is also shaping global geopolitics, he said, as NATO shifts toward an "Arctic-capable alliance" — with allies Finland, Sweden and Norway similarly cognizant of the threats. Finland and Sweden recently joined NATO, he noted, which has been key to this situation.
Looking at the globe from above — rather than straight on — places the U.S., Canada and Scandinavia directly across from Russia and, increasingly, China, which has declared itself a "Near-Arctic power."
Fox News Digital's Kiera McDonald contributed to this report.
McDonald's McNugget Caviar sells out in minutes as content creator calls combo 'ridiculous, but it works'
America's favorite fast-food chain recently began offering a free, indulgent item for Valentine's Day, but many regular customers won't get a taste.
McDonald's was giving away McNugget Caviar kits — featuring premium sturgeon caviar and crème fraîche — on a designated website starting Feb. 10.
However, minutes after the item was available to order for free, the website crashed and then stated that all kits had been claimed.
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"Unfortunately, our McNugget Caviar was everyone's Valentine this year, and has flown off the shelves," a message on the website reads.
"PLEASE, PLEASE, I NEED MCNUGGET CAVIAR, WHAT IS THIS," an X user wrote shortly after the site crashed.
"The McNugget caviar site crashed and when it came back was sold out?" another commenter wrote a minute later.
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Someone else wrote shortly thereafter that McDonald's should give "reparations for the site crashing."
McDonald's declined to provide Fox News Digital with the limited number of kits it gave away.
But the buzz has inspired many content creators — and McDonald's fans — to try it.
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The combination of all the ingredients is "actually balanced," said Samiya Jakubowicz, a Las Vegas-based content creator who posts under the handle @socialsami.
Jakubowicz, who was gifted a box by McDonald's, told Fox News Digital that the main flavor profiles are salty, crispy and creamy — with the caviar bringing "salt and texture."
"The McNugget gives you that nostalgic crunch, and then the caviar pops with that briny, ocean hit," she said.
"It's indulgent but playful — like, you know, this is ridiculous, but it works."
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Jakubowicz invited friends to try out the caviar and crème fraîche on other McDonald's products, like cheeseburgers and Filet-o-Fish sandwiches.
She even recommends adding McDonald's sweet and sour sauce, saying she "hopes, before anyone judges, you try it."
She also tried the caviar and crème fraîche on McDonald's french fries, which she described as "savory and umami."
"The fries soak up the crème fraîche [and] the caviar adds that little pop," she said.
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McDonald's isn't the only place to serve this combination. Jakubowicz said she's seen many restaurants offer the chicken tenders-and-caviar pairing.
If you get the chance to try it, Jakubowicz said, go for it.
"If you're someone who loves a little novelty moment, it's worth trying once, just for the experience," she said.
"It's fun and it's extra."
American Olympic medalist speaks out against judges amid controversy in figure skating competition
U.S. Olympic medal gymnast MyKayla Skinner spoke out against the judges who denied Madison Chock and Evan Bates gold in ice dance at the Winter Games this week.
Chock and Bates finished second to French rivals Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron after a controversial score by a French judge on the final routine.
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Skinner, a former athlete whose accolades were also determined by judges, said she is "sick" in the aftermath of the decision.
"I’m sick of athletes not getting what they worked so hard for and judges cheating," Skinner told Fox News Digital.
"I have so much respect for every athlete who competed, because I know firsthand how much sacrifice goes into preparing for the Olympics," Skinner added. "But I do think there were performances from Team USA that deserved higher scores. When you dedicate your life to perfecting every detail, you expect judging to reflect that level of excellence.
"From my perspective as an Olympian, I saw routines that were clean, technically strong, and emotionally powerful. It’s hard not to feel like they were underscored. Our athletes showed gold-medal caliber performances, and I stand by that."
Skinner added that the controversy is personal for her due to her experience at the 2016 Rio Games.
"This also hits close to home for me. At the 2016 Olympic Trials in gymnastics, I finished fourth in the all-around, and historically fourth and fifth place had been named to the team," she said. "That year, the selection process didn’t follow what many expected. I learned firsthand that sometimes things don’t always feel fair in judged sports. But that’s exactly why transparency and consistency matter so much! Athletes deserve clarity and confidence that their work will be evaluated evenly.
"I’m incredibly proud of Team USA. Regardless of the medal color, they represented our country with heart."
Skinner is not alone.
Former U.S. champion gymnast Jennifer Sey also condemned the scoring that vaulted Beaudry and Cizeron over Chock and Bates, suggesting judges must be subject to more accountability.
"There has been corruption in Olympic level judged sports forever. In gymnastics, boxing and figure skating. There needs to be more careful selection of judges to vet for susceptibility to corruption, and more transparency in how scores are derived. Beyond that, corrupt judges need to be punished with hefty fines to discourage this cheating in the future," Sey said.
Meanwhile, a Winter Olympian who missed out on qualifying for Milan Cortina due to controversial rules weighed in as well.
Five-time skeleton U.S. Olympian Katie Uhlaender, who lost the chance to earn qualification after Team Canada withdrew athletes at a qualifier to reduce the amount of points the contest could offer, expressed her fondness for her fellow Americans in Chock and Bates.
"I’m so proud of Evan and Madison. I know how hard they fought for Gold in 2022, a fight that took years beyond the podium. They represented the United States well and deserved a moment on the podium at the Games as the Olympic Champions they are," Uhlaender said.
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"I know nothing about judged sports. I know they deserved to be on top of the podium in 2022, and that they gave the world and the United States the best they had. Go USA and thank you to them both for representing us so well."
Chock and Bates were trailing the French couple by 0.46 of a point entering the free dance Wednesday night, and they were searching for their first ice dance Olympic medal with hopes that it would obviously be gold.
Their matador routine, dancing to a rendition of the Rolling Stones’ "Paint It, Black," drew cheers from the crowd, and they finished with tears in their eyes.
They finished with 224.39 after notching a 134.67 score in their free dance.
Chock and Bates are two-time team gold winners after Sunday’s Team USA victory, but they had to watch one more routine to see if they could capture gold when Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron took the ice.
But the judges decided the French duo did enough to defeat the Americans in the end.
Beaudry and Cizeron scored a 135.64 in the free dance for a total of 225.82.
The judging has become a globally-discussed topic in recent days, with some arguing that the French duo should have been graded more harshly.
Chock suggested that she and Bates will consider appealing the scoring, in an interview with Access Hollywood.
"I suppose we would consider it. I think skating is such a subjective sport, but I do think that for fairness it is good when the judges are reviewed for their work. Not just after this competition but every competition to just make sure there’s a fair and even playing field for all athletes," Chock said.
Bates has praised their supporters who are speaking out during the controversy.
"It means a lot that people are voicing their opinions on our behalf," Bates said. "The way that we skated and the way that we've approached chasing these goals hopefully has resonated with people at home even in our response. I think, hopefully, that too can reflect the Olympic spirit."
The International Skating Union (ISU) has since defended the scoring.
"It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations," the ISU said, adding it has "full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness."
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GOP Arizona governor candidate drops out but doesn't endorse
Karrin Taylor Robson dropped out of the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary despite being one of the two candidates in the race backed by President Donald Trump.
"After deep reflection, prayer, and many conversations with my family, I have decided to suspend my campaign for Governor," Robson said in a statement posted to X on Thursday.
She explained that she does not want to contribute to a contentious GOP primary.
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"We cannot afford a divisive Republican primary that drains resources and turns into months of intraparty attacks. It only weakens our conservative cause and gives the left exactly what they want: a fractured Republican Party heading into November. With so much on the line in 2026, I am not willing to contribute to that outcome," she noted in the statement.
Robson did not make an endorsement.
"I remain committed to helping Republicans win in 2026 and to ensuring Arizona remains strong, safe, and free for generations to come," she noted in the statement.
Trump had pledged to support her for governor in 2024.
"Are you running for governor? I think so, Karrin, cuz if you do, you're gonna have my support," Trump said at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in December 2024.
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Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., launched a gubernatorial bid in January 2025, and Robson launched her bid in February 2025 — but in April 2025, Trump made the unorthodox move of announcing that he endorsed both of them.
"I like Karrin Taylor Robson of Arizona a lot, and when she asked me to Endorse her, with nobody else running, I Endorsed her, and was happy to do so. When Andy Biggs decided to run for Governor, quite unexpectedly, I had a problem — Two fantastic candidates, two terrific people, two wonderful champions, and it is therefore my Great Honor TO GIVE MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT TO BOTH. Either one will never let you down. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump declared in an April 2025 Truth Social post.
In 2022, Robson lost the GOP gubernatorial primary in Arizona to Kari Lake, who went on to lose the general election to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
Hobbs is seeking re-election this year.
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, is another Republican seeking the Grand Canyon State governorship.
Jacob Frey is skeptical of ICE withdrawal from Minneapolis, says 'I'll believe it when I see it'
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to border czar Tom Homan’s announcement Thursday that the Trump administration will withdraw ICE agents from the city, saying, "I’ll believe it when I see it."
During an appearance on "The Daily Show," Frey was asked by host Jordan Klepper whether he actually believes ICE agents will be removed from Minneapolis, or if he's calling "bulls---" on Homan's pledge.
"I will believe it when I see it," he replied. "And if you're looking for anybody to give credit to for the end of Operation Metro Surge — for the pressure that was put on the federal government for these incredible patriotic acts that have taken place over the last month and a half — give it to the 435,000 Minneapolis residents."
Homan announced Thursday that the administration will conclude Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. He told reporters during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis that the operation had reduced public safety threats with "unprecedented levels of coordination" from state officials and local law enforcement.
"As a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals," Homan said.
"I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude," he continued.
Frey credited those who had been "peacefully protesting by the tens of thousands" for prompting the administration's decision to withdraw federal immigration agents from the city.
"They've been dropping off food for people that are otherwise scared to go outside and leave their homes. They're watching guard on a daycare. I mean, they are the defenders of this great republic in this moment," he argued. "I mean, they are everything that it means to be American."
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Agreeing with Frey, Klepper said it's been "remarkable to see what the protesters have been doing in Minneapolis," but there are still "a lot of questions" about whether the Trump administration can be trusted to "follow up on its word."
"Do you have any knowledge right now of ICE agents being removed?" Klepper asked Frey.
"I know there were 700 that were promised to be removed a few weeks ago," the mayor said. "Both my hope and my expectation is that this operation will be drawn down in the very near future. And by the very near future, I mean in the next week or so. And simultaneously, like I said, we'll believe it when I see it."
Homan said Thursday that a "small footprint of personnel" will remain for a period of time, while he will also remain on the ground to oversee the operation’s drawdown and success.
"Additionally, federal government personnel assigned to conduct criminal investigations into the agitators, as well as the personnel assigned here for the fraud investigations, will remain in place until the work is done," Homan said.
ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.