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Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing ICE resigns, vows to keep fighting case
Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted last month of obstructing federal agents attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant, has resigned from her position.
In a letter to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Saturday, Dugan said the case against her threatens judicial independence and vowed to keep fighting it.
"As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex challenges that threaten the independence of our judiciary," she wrote. "I am pursuing this fight for myself and for our independent judiciary. However, the Wisconsin citizens that I cherish deserve to start the year with a judge on the bench in Milwaukee County Branch 31 rather than have the fate of that Court rest in a partisan fight in the state legislature."
Dugan's resignation is expected to take effect immediately.
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A 12-person jury found Dugan guilty on Dec. 18 of obstructing federal immigration agents during an attempt to serve a warrant at a courthouse last April.
She was arrested after prosecutors said she helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz evade plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempting to serve a warrant. Prosecutors said Dugan directed Flores-Ruiz and his attorney to leave her courtroom through a back door on April 18, 2025, after learning ICE agents were in the building to arrest him.
Dugan pleaded not guilty, and she was acquitted on a lesser misdemeanor charge.
Attorneys for Dugan filed a motion late last month indicating they will seek a new trial.
She faces up to five years in prison on the felony obstruction count. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman has not set a sentencing date.
Dugan was suspended by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April, but continued to collect her roughly $175,000 annual salary while awaiting trial.
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After Dugan's conviction, Wisconsin Republican leaders said they would initiate the impeachment process if she did not resign from her office immediately.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August argued that the state Constitution bars any person convicted of a felony from serving in an "office of trust, profit or honor" unless pardoned.
"Wisconsinites deserve to know their judiciary is impartial and that justice is blind," they said in a statement last month. "Judge Hannah Dugan is neither, and her privilege of serving the people of Wisconsin has come to an end."
Following the verdict, Dugan's defense team said they were prepared to keep fighting to clear her name.
"While we are disappointed in today’s outcome, the failure of the prosecution to secure convictions on both counts demonstrates the opportunity we have to clear Judge Dugan’s name and show she did nothing wrong in this matter," Dugan's defense team said in a statement.
They added, "We have planned for this potential outcome and our defense of Judge Dugan is just beginning. This trial required considerable resources to prepare for and public support for Judge Dugan’s defense fund is critical as we prepare for the next phase of this defense."
Pope Leo calls for Christians to treat foreigners with kindness as he closes Catholic Holy Year
Pope Leo XIV closed the Catholic Church's Holy Year on Tuesday by urging Christians around the world to help people in need and treat foreigners with kindness.
Leo, who has repeatedly stressed the importance of caring for immigrants during his papacy thus far, said at a Vatican ceremony that the record 33.5 million pilgrims who visited Rome during the Holy Year should have learned not to treat people as mere "products."
"Around us, a distorted economy tries to profit from everything," Leo said. "After this year, will we be better able to recognize a pilgrim in the visitor, a seeker in the stranger, a neighbor in the foreigner?"
Holy years, or jubilees, typically happen every 25 years, considered to be a time of peace, forgiveness and pardon. Pilgrims to Rome can enter special "Holy Doors" at four Rome basilicas and attend papal audiences throughout the year.
Leo shut the special bronze door at St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday morning, which officially marked the end of the Holy Year.
The next Holy Year is not expected before 2033, when the Catholic Church may hold a special one to mark 2,000 years since the death of Jesus.
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On Monday, the Vatican and Italian officials said pilgrims to Rome for the 2025 jubilee came from 185 countries, with the majority from Italy, the U.S., Spain, Brazil and Poland.
The 2025 jubilee was opened by the late Pope Francis, who died in April, and closed by Leo, who was elected in May, making him the first American pope.
It was a historical rarity not seen in 300 years for it to be opened by one pope and closed by another. The last jubilee held under two different popes was in the year 1700, when Innocent XII opened the Holy Year that was then closed by Clement XI.
Leo, who has promised to keep Francis' signature policies such as welcoming gay Catholics and discussing women's ordination, echoed his predecessor's frequent criticisms of the global economic system during his remarks on Tuesday.
The markets "turn human yearnings of seeking, traveling and beginning again into a mere business," Leo said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
UK, France strike new Ukraine security pact as US takes lead in ceasefire enforcement
The U.K. and France signed a declaration Tuesday pledging troops for Ukraine under a future peace deal and with security guarantees supported by the U.S. and allied partners.
The declaration was adopted in Paris by the Coalition of the Willing and sets out what leaders said was a framework for lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia, set in international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
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The new agreement says that Ukraine’s sovereignty and its ability to defend itself are non-negotiable elements of any peace deal and warned that its self-defense is essential to its own security and wider Euro-Atlantic stability.
Under the plan, a multinational force for Ukraine would be deployed once a ceasefire is in place, aimed at deterring any Russian aggression and supporting the rebuilding of Ukraine’s military.
The force would be European-led with proposed support from the U.S.
The declaration also commits the Coalition to security guarantees that would be activated once a ceasefire begins.
These include commitments to support Ukraine militarily, diplomatically and economically in the event of a future armed attack by Russia.
A key U.S. role is outlined in plans for a continuous, U.S.-led ceasefire monitoring and verification mechanism, with contributions from partners.
The U.S. would participate in a special commission to manage ceasefire breaches, attribute responsibility and determine solutions.
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Coalition members also agreed to carry on with long-term military support for Ukraine and pledged defense cooperation, including training, defense production and intelligence sharing.
Leaders also announced the creation of a permanent U.S.-Ukraine-Coalition coordination cell based at the Coalition’s headquarters in Paris.
The declaration was unveiled at a joint news conference by French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
This followed talks in Paris which were attended by Jared Kushner and the U.S. special envoy, Steve Witkoff.
Wyoming Supreme Court rules laws restricting abortion violate state constitution
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a pair of laws restricting abortion access violate the state constitution, including the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills.
The court, in a 4-1 ruling, sided with the state’s only abortion clinic and others who had sued over the abortion bans passed since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, which returned the power to make laws on abortion back to the states.
Despite Wyoming being one of the most conservative states, the ruling handed down by justices who were all appointed by Republican governors upheld every previous lower court ruling that the abortion bans violated the state constitution.
Wellspring Health Access in Casper, the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea’s Fund and four women, including two obstetricians, argued that the laws violated a state constitutional amendment affirming that competent adults have the right to make their own health care decisions.
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Voters approved the constitutional amendment in 2012 in response to the federal Affordable Care Act, which is also known as Obamacare.
The justices in Wyoming found that the amendment was not written to apply to abortion but noted that it is not their job to "add words" to the state constitution.
"But lawmakers could ask Wyoming voters to consider a constitutional amendment that would more clearly address this issue," the justices wrote.
Wellspring Health Access President Julie Burkhart said in a statement that the ruling upholds abortion as "essential health care" that should not be met with government interference.
"Our clinic will remain open and ready to provide compassionate reproductive health care, including abortions, and our patients in Wyoming will be able to obtain this care without having to travel out of state," Burkhart said.
Wellspring Health Access opened as the only clinic in the state to offer surgical abortions in 2023, a year after a firebombing stopped construction and delayed its opening. A woman is serving a five-year prison sentence after she admitted to breaking in and lighting gasoline that she poured over the clinic floors.
Attorneys representing the state had argued that abortion cannot violate the Wyoming constitution because it is not a form of health care.
Republican Gov. Mark Gordon expressed disappointment in the ruling and called on state lawmakers meeting later this winter to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion that residents could vote on this fall.
An amendment like that would require a two-thirds vote to be introduced as a nonbudget matter in the monthlong legislative session that will primarily address the state budget, although it would have significant support in the Republican-dominated legislature.
"This ruling may settle, for now, a legal question, but it does not settle the moral one, nor does it reflect where many Wyoming citizens stand, including myself. It is time for this issue to go before the people for a vote," Gordon said in a statement.
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One of the laws overturned by the state's high court attempted to ban abortion, but with exceptions in cases where it is needed to protect a pregnant woman’s life or in cases of rape or incest. The other law would have made Wyoming the only state to explicitly ban abortion pills, although other states have implemented de facto bans on abortion medication by broadly restricting abortion.
Abortion has remained legal in the state since Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens blocked the bans while the lawsuit challenging the restrictions moved forward. Owens struck down the laws as unconstitutional in 2024.
Last year, Wyoming passed additional laws requiring abortion clinics to be licensed surgical centers and women to receive ultrasounds before having medication abortions. A judge in a separate lawsuit blocked those laws from taking effect while that case moves forward.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
United Nations 'upset' that Trump took 'bold action' to improve Venezuela, says UN Amb. Mike Waltz
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told "Hannity" on Tuesday why he believes the UN is "so upset" about President Donald Trump's capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
"Over 50 countries didn't even recognize Maduro because he stole the election. So, it's hard to figure out what they’re so upset about," Waltz told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
"I think we know the answer. It's because it's President Trump, and he's a man of action and took real action. And now the Venezuelan people are going to be better off," he added.
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Waltz’s comments came after the UN said Tuesday the United States’ removal of Venezuela’s Maduro violates international law and makes the world less safe.
Maduro is currently being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. — a facility notorious for housing high-profile criminals like disgraced musician Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
He pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges, including narco-terrorism.
Waltz applauded the president for taking "real action" against the South American strongman.
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"The world is safer, stronger and certainly more prosperous because of it," Waltz argued.
China, Russia and Iran are among several nations that have criticized the administration’s actions against the dictator.
But, the Trump-appointed ambassador maintained dethroning Maduro was a good choice from the commander-in-chief.
"This was the right thing to do," said Waltz. "President Trump took bold action and will continue to swing and DOGE that ridiculous organization called the United Nations."
Waltz also touted defunding the UN's Human Rights Council, a move he said was made possible by the Trump administration.
"We just pushed and pressed the UN to agree to cut over 3,000 of its bureaucrats, its first budget cut in its history. So we're DOGE-ing away," he said.
Trump admin expands visa bond requirement to 38 countries, with fees up to $15K
The Trump administration is dramatically expanding a policy requiring some foreign travelers to post bonds of up to $15,000 before entering the United States.
The State Department on Tuesday added 25 countries to its visa bond list, nearly tripling the total shortly after adding seven more as part of the Trump administration's moves to tighten immigration enforcement.
There are now 38 countries subject to the requirement, most of them in Africa with others in Latin America and Asia, a move that could make obtaining a U.S. visa unaffordable for many travelers.
The bond requirement for the latest additions, including Venezuela, will take effect Jan. 21.
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Travelers eligible for a B1/B2 visa from countries on the list must post a bond of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000, with the amount set during the visa interview, according to a notice posted on the State Department's website.
Paying the bond will not guarantee a visa's approval, but the amount will be refunded should the visa be denied, or when a visa holder demonstrates compliance with the terms of the visa.
The expansion follows a pilot program launched by the State Department in August that requires certain visa applicants from countries with high overstay rates and deficient document security controls to post a bond.
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The Trump administration rolled out numerous immigration policy changes last year, impacting the way people travel, obtain visas and become citizens in the United States, with some measures scheduled to take effect in 2026.
The Trump administration requires citizens from all countries that require visas to sit for in-person interviews and disclose years of social media history, along with information about their families’ previous travel and living arrangements.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a new rule on Dec. 26, 2025, expanding facial recognition for non-citizens entering and leaving the United States.
President Donald Trump also recently announced the launch of the much-anticipated "Trump Gold Card," an immigration initiative designed to provide a new, streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, which he has said could generate billions of dollars.
The new countries added to the visa bond requirement beginning Jan. 21 are Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Fiji, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Tajikistan, Togo, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Countries already on the list include Bhutan, Botswana, the Central African Republic, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Turkmenistan and Zambia.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department for comment.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman, Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Video shows masked thieves using sledgehammer in brazen Lululemon heist before fleeing in U-Haul
Pennsylvania authorities revealed Tuesday that surveillance video captured a brazen Lululemon smash-and-grab, with two masked individuals using a sledgehammer to carry out the overnight break-in.
The suspects, seen grabbing armfuls of merchandise during multiple rounds of theft, reportedly fled in a U-Haul truck, Lower Merion Police told Fox 29 Philadelphia.
The incident in the Ardmore shopping center reportedly occurred just before 2 a.m. Tuesday and resulted in an estimated $5,000 in stolen merchandise.
In the video released by police, two masked suspects dressed in all black swung what appeared to be a sledgehammer into the store’s windowed entrance. They then quickly rushed through the opening without hesitation, immediately targeting winter coats and shirts in the men’s section.
The suspects appeared to grab entire racks of puffer jackets and sweatshirts before returning outside. The video then shows the men returning to the store a second time after dropping off the stolen items to take even more merchandise.
The footage shows the heist lasted roughly five minutes.
The thieves fled after loading the stolen merchandise into the bed of a U-Haul pickup truck parked outside, Fox 29 reported.
By the afternoon, the store had reopened, but the front door's glass remained shattered, with a large banner placed in front of the entrance, the local station reported.
According to an employee from another business nearby, Tuesday’s incident was not the first time the Lululemon store was targeted.
"I walked out here with my bartender, and we looked, and it’s scary that it’s happening right across the way from us," Gina Picciano, general manager of Lola’s Garden, told Fox 29.
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Last year, Picciano said, a theft occurred during store hours.
"All of the sudden, a bunch of people were just running out with armfuls of stuff. So, it happens in broad daylight," Picciano added. "It doesn’t matter whether it’s night or day, and that’s crazy."
The Lower Merion Police told Fox 29 that delayed alarm alerts can delay response times, emphasizing crime prevention and partnerships with merchants.
"Sometimes there’s a delay in receiving these calls with Lululemon because their operations center, they’re the ones that receive the video and the alarm," Superintendent of Police Andy Block said. "Prevention here is the key for this, and we’re always concerned about the criminal element coming into our communities. And our officers work all the time to try to prevent this. We want to work with our merchants to try to make our community safer."
Fox News Digital reached out to the Lower Merion Police and Lululemon for more information.
Vance reposts sombrero meme mocking Democrats’ Jan 6 candlelight vigil
Vice President JD Vance shared a meme of congressional Democrats attending a candlelight vigil Tuesday marking the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6, reposting content that added sombreros to images of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as they held candles on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
Vance posted the image from his verified X account without commentary, showing Democratic leaders, including Schumer and Jeffries, prominently from a video clip below.
The original video clip was posted by the "End Wokeness" X account, which had the caption: "BREAKING: Congressional Dems just held a candlelit vigil to honor the 5th January 6th anniversary."
The vigil itself featured remarks from Schumer and Jeffries, who described the ceremony as an effort to remember the events of the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, and honor law enforcement officers and others who died in connection with the riot.
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"We are here today because we must never forget what happened on Jan. 6 five years ago," Schumer said, adding that future generations should remember it. "The day democracy was placed at greater risk than it has been in a century, and more than a century."
Schumer recalled being evacuated during the breach, saying he and others were "within 20 feet of those rioters of those insurrectionists" as they were moved to safety.
"On Jan. 6, our Capitol Police officers were heroes. Our DC police were heroes," Schumer said. "…We will make sure that your sacrifices that day are never forgotten, nor will we ever, ever forget the lives of those we lost in the connection with the attack."
Jeffries called Jan. 6 a "violent insurrection incited by Donald Trump to overturn the results of a free and fair election" and praised law enforcement who defended the Capitol.
"We owe these heroes an eternal debt of gratitude and will never forget their service and their sacrifice," Jeffries said.
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Jeffries later asked attendees to observe a moment of silence "to remember those whose lives were lost as a result of the tragic and horrific events of Janu. 6, 2021."
Following the moment of silence, attendees sang "God Bless America," with Schumer's voice carrying above the group.
Vance did not reference the victims or the vigil’s remarks in his repost, instead sharing the altered image without commentary.
Some social media users who supported the repost framed it as criticism of what they described as political theater rather than an attack on the victims of Jan. 6.
"These people and their theater antics are so embarrassing," one user wrote in response to the post. "I’d laugh more often at them were it not for the very real authoritarian danger they pose which hides in plain sight."
Another commenter criticized Democratic leadership for focusing on symbolic gestures rather than governance, writing, "I wish they put the same effort into their states and cities."
Democrat leaders have previously faced criticism from conservative commentators over what they described as performative displays during moments of national tension.
In 2020, several lawmakers, including then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., drew attention for kneeling while wearing traditional Ghanaian Kente cloth stoles during Capitol events following the death of George Floyd; actions that were praised by supporters and criticized by opponents as political theater.
Variations of the sombrero meme targeting Jeffries have circulated online since the federal government shutdown last year amid criticism of Democratic leadership. The imagery has since reemerged periodically in online political satire.
Vance's, Schumer's and Jeffries' offices did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Tom Izzo explodes on former Michigan State player in wild scene: 'What the f--- are you doing?'
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo has been known to get visibly angry with his players over his years in East Lansing, but what happened Monday night against USC was different.
Izzo let loose his frustration on a former player.
During the Spartans’ blowout over the Trojans, 80-51, Izzo was spotted unloading on former Michigan State center Paul Davis, who played for the team from 2002-06, after he caused a disturbance in the stands.
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Referees pointed out Davis, who was a spectator, from his courtside seat after he was among many in the building who disagreed with a call in the second half. Davis stood up and shouted at referee Jeffrey Anderson.
Anderson responded with a loud whistle, stopping play and pointing at Davis. Then, Anderson went over to Izzo to explain what happened, and the 70-year-old coach went ballistic.
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First, he was motioning toward Davis, and it was clear he asked his former center, "What the f--- are you doing?"
Davis was met by someone asking him to leave his seat, and that’s when Izzo went nuts. He shouted "Get out of here!" at Davis, who appeared to gesture toward Izzo, perhaps in apology for disturbing the game.
Izzo was asked about Davis’ ejection after the game.
"What he said, he should never say anywhere in the world," Izzo responded when asked what happened. "That ticked me off. So, just because it’s 25, 20 years later, I’m going to have to call him tomorrow and tell him what I thought of it. And you know what he’ll say? ‘I screwed up, coach. I’m sorry.’"
Izzo quickly clarified that what Davis said "wasn’t something racial" and "it wasn’t something sexual."
"It was just the wrong thing to say, and I’ll leave it at that."
Davis later met with reporters Tuesday, apologizing for his actions.
"I'm not up here to make any excuses. I'm up here to take accountability, to own it," Davis said. It was a mistake that will never happen again. It was a mistake that's not me, but, unfortunately, last night it was."
Izzo said Davis was one of his "favorite guys" during his time playing for the Spartans. He had a breakout sophomore campaign with 15.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and two assists per game in 30 starts for Izzo during the 2003-04 season.
In his senior year, Davis averaged 17.5 points, a career-high, in 33 games.
He was taken in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. Davis played just four seasons in the league, his final one with the Washington Wizards.
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Cracker Barrel caves to customer pressure as it brings back menu favorites nationwide
Cracker Barrel is now putting the "old" back into "Old Country Store" with the return of two classic menu items.
The Tennessee-based restaurant chain revealed Tuesday that its Hamburger Steak, plus its Eggs in the Basket — both comfort food staples — are "returning by popular demand."
"Winter calls for comfort and connection, and nothing delivers that better than the classics," Thomas Yun, Cracker Barrel's vice president of menu strategy and innovation, said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
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"Bringing back Hamburger Steak and Eggs in the Basket was an easy choice," he also said. "Not only are they timeless favorites with deep roots on our menu, but they're also among the most requested dishes from our guests."
Hamburger Steak appeared on the Cracker Barrel menu when the restaurant first opened in 1969. It is described as a "juicy, seasoned beef topped with a savory buttery garlic sauce and served with two or three classic sides."
Eggs in the Basket is a "nostalgic breakfast favorite featuring two slices of golden-grilled sourdough bread with an egg nestled in the center, served with bacon or sausage and one classic side," the company said.
Both dishes are featured as part of Cracker Barrel's Meals for Two value deal, available all day Monday through Friday for $19.99.
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"These dishes are uniquely Cracker Barrel — rooted in tradition and loved for generations — and we're thrilled to bring back classics our guests know and love, made the way they remember," Yun said.
Atlanta-based cookbook author Kelli Ferrell said the return of the classic dishes suggests Cracker Barrel is returning to its Southern roots after last year's bungled logo redesign and makeover alienated many customers.
"Cracker Barrel is known for Southern comfort, you know what I mean?" Ferrell told Fox News Digital.
"It's one of those things where you can get breakfast, lunch and dinner. I think that they should stick to their staple pieces."
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Ferrell said the Hamburger Steak sparked childhood memories for her.
"Anything hamburger, for me, is a go," she said.
The return of Eggs in the Basket has also generated buzz among longtime fans.
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Rachel Love, a self-described Cracker Barrel enthusiast from Tennessee, said the announcement instantly reminded her of how much she missed the dish.
"I remember when they took them off the menu," she told Fox News Digital.
Love recalled visiting a Nashville-area location with her best friend when they were told it had been discontinued.
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"We were distraught," she said.
"Literally eggs in a cutout piece of bread … one of the easiest things to make for breakfast."
Love called it a "Southern staple" that deserves its comeback.