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Former Alabama QB AJ McCarron goes absolutely berserk on his UFL team during furious halftime rant
College football and the NFL don't return for a few more months, but for those who need a football fix, I think I've got something for you today.
The UFL. That's right. The United Football League. Bear with me for a second while I explain myself.
For those who don't know, AJ McCarron is the head coach of the Birmingham Stallions. Yes, that AJ McCarron. The former Alabama QB who won three (!!!) national championships with the Crimson Tide under Nick Saban.
McCarron was hired last December, replacing Skip Holtz, who led the Stallions to a 2024 title.
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OK, we all caught up now? Good!
Now, let's all head out to Birmingham, where McCarron absolutely laid into his team during halftime of the Week 4 game against Orlando.
Video of the tongue-lashing was released last night on the UFL's official YouTube series, "4th & Goal," and it was maybe the most impressive rant I've ever been privy to.
Take a look:
"Wake the f--- up. Make your f---ing kicks when we got the opportunity. Stop all this f--king crying and bulls---. All y'all talk about is f--king running the ball. And then we run the ball. They don't f---ing go anywhere. F---ing communicate. F---ing tired of it. We're playing f---ing scared. Scared to not make a f---ing mistake. F--- that."
Ten! I count 10 (!!!) F-bombs in 15 seconds. What a rant. It's impressive on so many levels. Just the pure, raw anger out of AJ McCarron here is second to none. I had no idea this dude was this angry, but apparently, he is.
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Lordy. You'd think being a three-time national champ (AJ only started two of the games) would sort of set you up for life in terms of happiness, but I guess not.
Hard to blame McCarron here, by the way. The Stallions were getting shut out at the time, and they're supposed to be this big juggernaut in the UFL. Seriously.
They've won one UFL championship, and two USFL titles. They went 33-7 under Holtz. The spring football league GOES through Birmingham.
Until this year, of course.
The Stallions did NOT score a point in that game, losing 16-0. They then went on to finish the season 4-6, and missed the playoffs in McCarron's first season. They scored the second-fewest points of any team in the league (190).
Sad. Oh well. You live and learn, I reckon.
Perhaps AJ spends his first offseason workshopping motivational speeches, because this one, while impressive, clearly didn't move the needle.
California board of regents to review SAT/ACT testing ban after 1,400 professors warn of ‘severe’ math gaps
The University of California (UC) announced Thursday that it is launching a comprehensive review of its standardized testing policy. The pivot follows a massive revolt by faculty members who warn they are being forced to re-teach middle school mathematics to incoming university students.
"The Board of Regents and University leadership take very seriously the critical issue of college preparedness, and the UC Academic Senate has proposed a comprehensive, data-driven review to support its recommendations to strengthen student readiness and success at UC," University of California President James B. Milliken said in a statement. "There are few things more important on our agenda."
Milliken noted that the faculty-led Academic Senate review will focus on both preparation and admissions, including whether standardized testing should be reinstated as a requirement. The UC Board of Regents and Milliken are expected to receive an initial update on the findings in July.
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The sudden policy review comes just weeks after more than 1,400 faculty members across UC campuses signed an open letter demanding the reinstatement of SAT/ACT mathematics requirements, specifically for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors. The petition has garnered massive institutional backing, including signatures from seven of UC’s nine mathematics department chairs.
According to the faculty, eliminating standardized testing requirements has stripped admissions officers of an objective benchmark, masking severe academic deficiencies in incoming classes.
"We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must re-teach middle school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics and other quantitatively demanding fields," the letter read.
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The faculty's concerns are backed by stark internal numbers. A report by UC San Diego’s Senate–Administration Working Group on Admissions (SAWG) exposed a near-thirtyfold explosion in underprepared students, revealing that the number of incoming first-year students whose math skills tested below a high school level jumped from roughly 1 in 200 students in 2020 to nearly 1 in 8 students over a five-year period.
Even more alarming, 70% of those underprepared students actually fell below middle school proficiency, accounting for roughly 1 in 12 members of the entire entering cohort. Professors also warned that high school transcripts have become "nearly meaningless" due to rampant grade inflation, while application essays have been severely compromised by the pervasive use of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Karajean Hyde, co-director of the UC Irvine Math Project and a lecturer of education, previously told Fox News Digital that objective benchmarks are desperately needed to restore academic baselines.
"I'd say we need some objective measures to go along with the whole picture," Hyde said. "A student's not just a single number or a single letter, but standardized testing can play an important role in ensuring one level of measuring where that bar is so that the bar doesn't move."
Though faculty members acknowledged UC's history of helping under-resourced students succeed, they pointed out that the university system has finite resources. Pushing underprepared students into demanding STEM fields without baseline checks, they argued, could ultimately backfire and hurt the very students the policy aimed to help.
"The SAT/ACT mathematics requirement is not an obstacle to equity; rather, it is a prerequisite for it," the faculty letter asserted. "Failing to measure preparation gaps does not remove barriers; it moves them into the classroom, where they become harder to overcome."
The UC system completely suspended the use of standardized testing for undergraduate admissions in May 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, later moving to a permanent, strict "test-blind" policy following a legal settlement.
A spokesperson for the UC Office of the President and the Board of Regents told Fox News Digital that the UC Board of Regents retains the final authority to officially alter or reinstate admissions policies. If the Academic Senate recommends a rollback, the fall 2028 admissions cycle is the earliest a testing requirement would take effect.
The UC system's re-evaluation aligns with a broader national trend. A growing number of elite institutions — including MIT, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown and the University of Texas at Austin — have reversed their pandemic-era test-optional policies after concluding that standardized tests remain the most reliable indicator of college readiness, particularly for lower-income students who may lack access to padded extracurricular resumes.
Former Biden ambassador considered running against him over border mess, bashes Kamala in new book
Ken Salazar, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico under President Joe Biden, considered running for president against his former boss in 2024, he revealed.
"I should run for president," Salazar told himself, after Biden's disastrous July 2024 debate performance, according to a book excerpt obtained by Politico.
Salazar also claimed that he begged for a border czar and early on advised Biden to refer to the U.S. border situation as a crisis.
"There was political failure to understand the reality of the crisis at the border, and the political consequence it would have on Democrats in the 2024 election.
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Salazar claimed that within the administration, officials used the word "crisis" all the time, "even if at that time the White House refused to acknowledge it as such."
When Salazar advised then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to use the word, Mayorkas apparently told him: "Ken, I have a lot on my plate already. I’m about to be impeached for all this border stuff. The Republicans have it out for me."
Salazar never ended up declaring himself as a candidate despite recruiting a team and drafting a presidential platform, Politico reported.
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He had planned to throw his name into consideration when Biden dropped out, but the Democratic Party never held open primaries, instead choosing to coronate Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's candidate unilaterally, a decision Salazar called "a mistake," per Politico.
Salazar criticized Harris' action, or lack thereof, on the border after she was tasked with stemming the flow of migration. Harris was dubbed the border czar, a position Salazar had pushed for the Biden White House to create, but he was unhappy with the nature of her work in the position.
"But sadly, her designation in this position was having no effect on migration flows," he wrote.
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"[Harris] had been placed in charge of getting at the ‘root causes’ of migration, but many felt she had been ineffective," he continued.
"For whatever reason, she had been unable to help with the border and migration crisis, even though she’d sat next door to the Oval Office for almost four years."
Salazar, a Colorado-born lawyer of Mexican descent and his state's first Hispanic senator, praised Biden's eventual decision to effectively shut down the border in 2024, but acknowledged it was too late.
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"This should have been a moment of vindication — after all, American voters were demanding action on the border — but it was too late, and images of an out-of-control border would dominate the closing months of the presidential election," he wrote, per Politico.
Salazar also revealed in his book, titled "Borderlands: My Fight For An Inclusive America," that he's been giving out advice to potential Democratic presidential candidates, pitching them on his "borderlands platform," an immigration policy that he says acknowledges the U.S. immigration system is broken and "must be fixed," according to Politico.
He has already met with Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Democrats, and plans to meet with Illinois' Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, Politico reported.
Fox News Digital contacted Salazar, Pritzker, Gallego and Kelly for comment.
Stephen A Smith refuses to back down after blaming Trump for Knicks' Game 3 loss
Stephen A. Smith is absolutely refusing to wave the white flag against President Donald Trump.
Just days after OutKick questioned him about Smith's criticism of the president, Trump fired back, calling him a "low IQ individual" and "dumb as a rock."
Smith took his response straight to primetime.
The king of sports television hot takes joined Sean Hannity on Fox News Thursday night to clear the air.
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True to form, Smith did not apologize. Instead, he doubled down.
Smith told Hannity that he expects the heat when he steps out of his sports lane and into the political arena.
"I take no offense with the president coming after me the way that he did," Smith said. "People go after him every day. I certainly went after him. He has every right to come back and clap back at me. I'm a big boy. I can take it. He ain't phasing me one bit."
Smith needs to stand the heat if he's truly seeking political office, namely the presidency.
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Smith's qualms stemmed from the massive requirements for the presidential visit, which shut down surrounding streets near Madison Square Garden and forced police to clear out outdoor watch parties.
Smith blasted the logistics, arguing that Trump only cared about himself.
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The Knicks have not won a championship in more than half a century, and Smith believes Trump's arrival disrupted the momentum surrounding the team.
"But this man was raised in Queens, New York, lifelong Knicks fan, knows about the suffering that spans 53 years," Smith continued. "And when you are a true sports fan, you know every little thing could disrupt the momentum. You have watch parties outside, thousands of people. You have rabid fans inside. People throughout the state, gathered in Central Park, Bryant Park, and throughout the State of New York, are on fire.
"The momentum is there, incredibly intimidating. And what does this guy do? He shows up. They got to get rid of the watch party. He disrupts the momentum and the fervor, and that is why I blamed him for the loss in Game 3."
Blaming a playoff loss on a famous guy sitting courtside takes some serious spin.
Apparently, the Knicks players throwing up bricks and turning the ball over had nothing to do with it.
Whether this heavyweight media bout goes another round remains to be seen.
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Mamdani touts massive taxpayer-funded investment for trans healthcare: 'First step'
As part of the Pride Month celebration on Tuesday evening, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani touted the work his administration has done to expand services for LGBTQ+ communities, calling New York City a "haven" for people with alternative gender identities.
In particular, Mamdani doubled down on promises of $15 million in funding for trans communities.
"The threats will continue and so will our relentless protection of trans people across this city," Mamdani said, referring to challenges he said LGBTQ+ communities face.
"As a first step, my administration has made a $15 million investment in gender-affirming care over the next two years, and we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to make sure every trans and gender non-conforming New Yorker can live with the dignity, safety and freedom they deserve."
Mamdani’s speech builds on similar efforts in other cities and looks to follow through on campaign promises Mamdani made on the road to his mayoral victory.
It’s unclear where, exactly, the $15 million request is being allocated from or how it will be disbursed as New York City Council members continue consideration of the 2027 budget, but taxpayer dollars will be on the hook for the investment.
Progressive-led subsidized transgender initiatives have also advanced in San Francisco.
Like New York, San Francisco established an Office of Transgender Initiatives and, through its Department of Public Health, has funded guidance for hormone therapy, surgery and mental health case management.
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If implemented, Mamdani’s initiative would go further, directly funding procedures.
Despite pushing the envelope on city-led programs for trans services, the New York funding falls short of the vision Mamdani painted while on the campaign trail.
"The Mamdani administration will budget $65 million in funding to explicitly support and expand access to Gender Affirming Care (GAC) in NYC," Mamdani’s campaign website read.
That plan detailed that up to $57 million would go to public hospitals, community clinics, health centers and nonprofits that could perform procedures.
Although Mamdani’s plan for the $15 million remains hazy, he said his support of the LGBTQ community was proven — and would only grow.
"As your mayor, I was proud to establish New York City’s first-ever office of LGBTQIA+ affairs within the first 100 days of our administration," Mamdani said.
"This office focuses on the well-being of queer New Yorkers so that you know you have a champion and advocate within city government."
128-year-old amusement park tightens its rules after violent teen takeovers hit rivals
Kennywood, a nearly 130-year-old amusement park outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is tightening its summer chaperon policy as parks around the country experience violent brawls and unruly teen crowds heading into the heart of the season.
The popular Pennsylvania amusement venue said guests ages 15 and under must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or other supervising adult during all operating hours, effective June 12. The updated policy will apply through Sept. 7, according to a company statement.
The move follows several high-profile incidents at amusement parks in recent weeks, including at Six Flags St. Louis on opening day, when multiple brawls involving as many as 100 people prompted a police response and forced the park to close early.
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Kennywood’s news also follows an opening-day brawl at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, in which 55 people — including 52 minors and three young adults between ages 12 and 19 — were charged after a large fight broke out on April 3, according to police.
"This was a proactive measure and part of our ongoing commitment to preserving the welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere that has defined Kennywood for nearly 130 years," a company spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
In a recent Facebook post, Kennywood wrote, "We are aware of social media posts circulating regarding a possible unauthorized gathering at the park. We have zero tolerance for disruptive behavior."
Kennywood said its updated policy is intended to "enlist the cooperation of parents and other adults responsible for children" and help the park provide a safe and enjoyable experience for guests.
The park also noted that responsibility for children attending Kennywood rests with parents, guardians or assigned chaperones — not park personnel.
Under the new rules, guests who cannot show proof they are at least 16 will not be allowed to enter without a qualifying chaperone. The chaperones must be at least 21 years old and present a valid government-issued photo ID.
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Each chaperone may accompany up to six guests ages 15 and under.
When the group enters the park, the chaperone must be present — and the chaperone must remain inside the park for the entire visit, though Kennywood said the adult does not need to physically stay with the minors at all times.
Guests 15 and under must be able to contact their onsite chaperone throughout the visit.
The park said the new policy extends its previous summer chaperone rules from a 4 p.m. start time to all-day enforcement, while lowering the age requirement from guests 17 and under to guests 15 and under.
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Recently, so-called "teen takeovers" have disrupted parks, beaches, malls and other public spaces in several cities. Authorities have said some gatherings, often organized or fueled by social media postings, have escalated into fights, arrests and emergency crowd-control responses, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
Hersheypark later implemented photo reentry verification after fights between teens disrupted its opening weekend, according to Fox 43.
The park said at the time that safety was its top priority and that guests who violated its policies would no longer be welcome.
Kennywood said its updated chaperone policy will be enforced at the entrance and throughout the park by management and security. Any guest 15 or younger found inside the park without a qualifying chaperone could face removal.
Organized and ticketed group events — including school, church, corporate, summer camp and sports group outings — are exempt because they already have existing chaperone policies and practices, according to the park.
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Online, many people praised the owners for taking decisive action.
"Good on them for getting ahead of any potential issues," one Reddit user wrote.
"This is not normal kid behavior anymore that's being cracked down on," another person said. "This stuff has become way too common."
"Love this idea," a third person said. "Just wish they’d bring back a non-rider entry fee or other discounted pass for chaperones who don’t plan to ride."
Kennywood is located in West Mifflin, about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Opened in 1898, it is one of only two amusement parks in the U.S. designated as a National Historic Landmark. (The other is Rye Playland in Rye, New York.)
The park said all guests must also pass through a weapons detection system at the front gate during the summer, and only bags 15 inches by 15 inches by 15 inches are permitted — with exceptions for medical and diaper bags.
The western Pennsylvania staple has been known for generations for its classic rides, including the Jack Rabbit roller coaster, as well as its popular Potato Patch fries.
Sean Joseph and Stepheny Price, both of Fox News Digital, contributed reporting.
Stolen iPhones fuel scary passcode scam
Your iPhone can feel nearly useless to a thief once you mark it as lost. Apple's Activation Lock can help turn a stolen device into a locked brick. That should make phone theft less profitable. Yet thieves have found a nasty workaround.
According to new research from Infoblox Threat Intel, the cybersecurity research team at Infoblox, criminals are using fake Apple pages, smishing texts and Telegram-based unlocking tools to trick stolen iPhone owners into handing over their passcodes.
Infoblox Threat Intel tracks cybercriminal activity partly by studying DNS, the system that helps devices find websites online. Think of DNS as the internet's phone book. By watching patterns in suspicious website names and traffic, researchers can spot fake domains, phishing pages and larger scam networks.
The scary part is how personal the scam can feel. The thief may already have your phone. The message may arrive right after the theft. The fake page may even show what looks like your iPhone moving on a map.
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Researchers found that many thieves care less about the data on the phone and more about turning the device into resale cash. Once they get your passcode, they can remove protections, wipe the device and sell it.
Here is the part that feels especially cruel. When you lose an iPhone, you may put a message on the lock screen with a phone number to call. That feature can help a good person return your device. A scammer can use that same number to contact you.
In one case described by the researchers, a stolen iPhone owner received a text shortly after the theft. The message linked to a fake Apple-style website. The page showed what looked like a moving phone location on a map. Then it asked for the phone's PIN code. Had the victim entered it, the thief would have gained control of the device. That is what makes this scam so believable. The thief may really have your phone. The message may arrive at the perfect moment. The fake page may look close enough to Apple's real Find My experience to catch someone who is stressed and trying to recover an expensive device.
A locked iPhone has limited resale value. An unlocked iPhone can be wiped, removed from an Apple account and sold for much more. The researchers found Telegram groups selling phone unlocking services. Some tools target older phones. Others help criminals collect information about newer devices so they can build a more convincing phishing attack. These services can include "Find My iPhone Off" kits, fake Apple login pages, AI voice call tools and prerecorded messages that impersonate Apple.
The pricing also makes this underground business easy to enter. Some unlocking attempts cost only a few dollars. According to the research, unlocking a recent iPhone can cost anywhere from $5 to $50, depending on the seller, with an average price below $10.
That low cost helps explain why this scam can spread. A thief no longer needs deep technical skills. They can buy a kit, follow instructions and send a polished scam message.
The scam does not stop with one generic text. Criminals can customize phishing pages with details pulled from the phone or from linked accounts. That can include the victim's name, email address, device details and even whether the passcode has four or six digits. The fake page may also show a chosen location on a "lost iPhone" map. Then the scammer sends the link by text, WhatsApp or email.
Once the victim enters credentials or a passcode, the information can go straight back to the attacker through Telegram. From there, criminals can remove linked devices from the Apple Account and prepare the phone for resale. That is why the message can feel oddly personal. The scammer may know enough to make the alert feel urgent and official.
Researchers identified more than 10,000 domains tied to these phone unlocking tools and smishing campaigns. Many used Apple lookalike names or generic customer-support wording, such as fake location and phone-finding themes. They also found that traffic to verified smishing domains rose 350% in 2025 compared with the previous year.
Some tools even try to fight security blocks. The research found scripts that check whether smishing domains are blocked. Then those scripts submit fake explanations to try to get them removed from Google Safe Browsing warnings. That means criminals are not only building fake pages. They are also working to keep those pages online long enough to fool victims.
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If your phone gets stolen, the most dangerous message may arrive after the theft. You may be worried, angry and desperate to track your device. That is exactly the moment scammers want. A message claiming to be from Apple, Find My or customer support can feel helpful.
However, Apple will not ask you to enter your iPhone passcode through a random link sent by text or WhatsApp. The passcode is the prize. Once you give it up, you may help the thief turn your locked phone into a sellable device.
If your iPhone goes missing, a few calm steps can help you avoid handing thieves the one thing they need most: your passcode.
Your iPhone passcode should stay on your iPhone. Do not type it into a website that arrives by text, email or WhatsApp, even if the page looks like Apple.
If your iPhone is missing, use the Find My app on another Apple device or go directly to iCloud through your browser. Do not use a link from a message.
Scammers love pressure. A message may say your phone has been found, moved or scheduled for removal. Pause before you click. Open Apple's tools yourself instead.
Avoid simple codes such as birthdays, repeating numbers or easy patterns. A longer alphanumeric passcode gives thieves a much harder target.
Make sure Find My is enabled before anything happens. On iPhone, go to Settings > your name > Find My > Find My iPhone and confirm that Find My iPhone is turned on.
If your iPhone is stolen, keep it listed in Find My and your Apple Account. Removing it can also remove Activation Lock, which helps stop someone else from erasing, activating and reselling your phone. If you use Find My, select the stolen iPhone and choose Mark As Lost or Erase This Device if needed. Avoid Remove This Device unless Apple Support, your carrier or law enforcement tells you to do it.
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Strong antivirus software can help block malicious links, phishing pages and scam sites before they do damage. It can also warn you when a site looks unsafe. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com.
Report the stolen phone to local police and your wireless carrier. Your carrier may be able to suspend service or block the device from the network.
Yes. Android phones have their own anti-theft protections, but thieves may still try a similar trick. Instead of asking for an iPhone passcode, a scammer may send a fake Google, Find My Device, Find Hub, Samsung Find or carrier message after your Android phone is stolen.
The message may claim your phone was found, moved or ready to be recovered. Then it may send you to a fake page that asks for your Google account password, Samsung account password or screen lock PIN, password or pattern.
That information can help a thief get around protections that make a stolen Android phone harder to reset and resell. Google’s Factory Reset Protection can require the previous Google account or screen lock after an unauthorized reset. Samsung says Google Device Protection works on Galaxy phones when a Google account and lock screen are set up.
The advice is the same: do not use a link from a text, email or WhatsApp message to recover a stolen Android phone. Go directly to Google’s Find Hub, Samsung Find or your carrier’s official website yourself. Never type your phone’s screen lock or account password into a recovery page that arrived by message.
A stolen iPhone used to be a headache for thieves because Activation Lock made resale harder. Now, criminals are trying to make you part of the unlocking process. They do it with fake Apple pages, carefully timed texts and slick-looking maps that play on panic. The safest move is to slow down. If your phone disappears, use Apple's official Find My tools and ignore any message that asks for your passcode. That very code may be the one thing standing between a locked brick and a payday for a thief.
Should phone makers and wireless carriers do more to stop stolen phones from being resold, or is the responsibility mostly on users to lock down their devices? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com.
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Country star Zac Brown defends UFC White House performance saying 'f--- all the division'
Country music singer Zac Brown defended his upcoming performance at the UFC Freedom 250 at the White House this weekend.
Brown, best known as the lead singer of the Zac Brown Band, confirmed on "The Pat McAfee Show" Wednesday that he plans to perform the national anthem for the event alongside the Marine Band on Sunday.
He denied on Wednesday having any political concerns about performing at the White House under President Donald Trump.
"Man, I’m there for the troops, man," Brown said. "I’m there to honor America. This is patriotism, not politics for me. I mean, f--- all the division. I don’t believe in that. I love this country. I love all the people that have sacrificed so that I can live my American dream and that everyone that lives here gets a chance to do that if they work hard and make the right decisions. So it doesn’t have a place in politics for me."
Brown added he had heard approximately 8,000 service members would also be attending the event and felt "honored" as a fan of UFC to be given the opportunity.
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"I’m so excited for this weekend," Brown said. "And it’s history, man, getting to be part of American history, man. Having the first sporting event that’s on the lawn of the White House. I mean, it’s an honor."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and UFC for comment.
Preparations for the UFC match have been underway on the South Lawn of the White House for weeks, including the installation of a roughly 90-foot-tall steel arch, dubbed the "claw." The match is set for June 14 to coincide with Flag Day as well as Trump's 80th birthday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America's founding.
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Over the weekend, The Public Integrity Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Virginia residents in an effort to block the event, claiming it will interfere with the White House and National Mall area while describing its setup as "hideous."
Future of college sports shouldn’t be dictated by Congress: Sen Rand Paul
College sports are woven into the fabric of American culture.
We build our fall calendars around Saturday kickoff times, and in March we all fill out our brackets. We tailgate in parking lots — rain or shine, hot or cold.
We invite our neighbors over to watch the game at our house, then fire up the grill while all the kids run around in the yard — and, yes, we start our kids early, dressing them in baby clothes emblazoned with the logo of our alma mater or our hometown team.
College sports can be anything from a conversation starter to the foundation of our most meaningful relationships in life. We celebrate with our family when our team wins while wishing we could celebrate with the ones we miss.
And while Kentuckians stand proudly shoulder-to-shoulder, there are a couple of days each year when we make sure everyone knows whether we wear Cardinal red or Wildcat blue.
These are our traditions. It’s our community, our county, our commonwealth, and our country.
Yes, there are rapid changes happening in college sports.
Multiple rulings throughout our courts, including from the Supreme Court, have knocked the old rules out from under college sports, and there’s not much left holding it together today.
Players are moving schools every year searching for the highest bidder, while institutions feel powerless to stop the rapid change and the quest for more revenue. The academic element of college sports feels like it’s becoming an afterthought.
The pressure to find a solution is increasing.
But I don’t want Congress to dictate what’s next.
Why would we hand responsibility for protecting college sports to an institution as popular as cockroaches and traffic jams?
Multiple bills have been introduced in Congress to rebuild college sports for this new era, dictating how athletes may or may not participate in sports, how they may be compensated, and how universities may or may not administer their athletic programs.
But is there anyone in the American public who is happy with a recent reform passed by Congress? Anything?
Congress can’t keep federal agencies funded, and government workers have missed paychecks. Congress let airport security check lines grind to a crawl for weeks. Congress can’t balance the budget, and there seems to be a government shutdown on a regular basis.
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And now, the American people are expected to believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Congress could effectively manage college sports?
College sports should absolutely not be subjected to a governing council of 535 members of Congress, nor should they be regulated from Washington, D.C., like the Postal Service.
College sports should have the ability to adopt their own reforms, and Congress’ role should be to give them that power—and only that.
Whether we like it or not, college sports is a marketplace, and it shouldn’t be subjected to restrictive federal regulation or the open-ended threat of congressional intervention.
This is why I’ve proposed the Collegiate Sports Integrity Act (S. 2147), which works on a simple premise: Remove the antitrust liability for college athletics.
This solution will enable the people who have built, grown, and maintained college sports to decide what’s next.
Where there are emerging disputes, let the stakeholders sit down and come to an agreement, and let them resolve them internally.
Where there is a patchwork of court-imposed rules, let’s empower institutions, athletes, and conferences to figure out how to balance the demands of this new landscape while also preserving the traditional roles of college sports and academics.
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Once there is agreement, everyone signs and agrees to play by those rules.
Who better to protect the integrity of college sports than those who built college sports and will have to work, live, and compete within the new rules?
Questions of revenue sharing, television contracts, institutional alignment, player transfers, and so forth should be handled by the stakeholders in college sports, not on terms set by Congress.
We cannot allow Congress to install a regulatory regime that picks winners and losers; effectively federalizes the governance of state institutions; sets in federal law what could be addressed through basic contracts; will be nearly impossible to reform in the future; and cannot be divorced from politics and parochial interests.
Additionally, since Congress mostly legislates by cobbling together hundreds of unrelated measures behind closed doors—then using imminent deadlines and expirations to gain leverage over rank-and-file members—it is unlikely that any college sports "framework" created by Congress will receive sufficient debate and scrutiny before it becomes law.
In other words, embracing the idea that Congress will create and regulate rules for college athletics means putting blind faith in an opaque process within an institution that is not well-liked or trusted.
To paraphrase former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: We’ll likely have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.
I absolutely do not want to subject college sports and our cherished traditions to that kind of risk.
But the good news is that we don’t have to.
If we pass the Collegiate Sports Integrity Act and send it to President Donald Trump, we can set college sports on a sustainable path into the future, and we can keep the politicians out of it.
Sounds like a win-win plan to me.
Cornyn predicts Trump midterm 'disaster,' then 'the most miserable two years of his life'
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas predicted "disaster" in the upcoming midterms and thinks that President Donald Trump will then face "the most miserable two years of his life" during the final stretch of his White House tenure, The New York Times reported.
Cornyn lost the Texas Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff to President Donald Trump-endorsed Lone Star State Attorney General Ken Paxton last month.
The contest was not even close — Paxton shellacked the long-serving incumbent senator in the race. Cornyn has served in the Senate since late 2002.
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Trump backed Paxton a week before the May 26 contest, as early voting was already underway.
"I had really thought that we’d gone on so long with no endorsement that he was just going to stay out of it," Cornyn said, according to the Times. "But he couldn’t resist."
"If he would do that to me, he would do that to anybody," Cornyn said, according to the outlet. "There’s never going to be good enough for him, other than 100 percent, you know, slavish adherence to whatever he wants. But obviously that’s not what the senator’s role is supposed to be, especially in terms of checks and balances."
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In a May 27 Truth Social post, Trump said Cornyn "will remain my friend for a long time to come, as we both watch Ken become a fantastic, common sense Senator, one who is respected by all."
"If that’s the way friends treat you, you wonder about his enemies," Cornyn said, according to the Times.
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"It’s going to make things harder, certainly more expensive in Texas, and make it harder around the country," Cornyn said, predicting the president will eventually regret his actions, according to the Times. "I don’t say that with any sort of desire for vengeance; I just think that’s the way it’s going to be. He’s going to have the most miserable two years of his life in the last two years of his term, I think, because I think November is going to be a disaster."