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Trump signs act clearing the way for Medal of Honor monument on National Mall
President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday authorizing the future National Medal of Honor Monument to be located within the Reserve of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., near the Lincoln Memorial, during a ceremony honoring Medal of Honor recipients in Arlington, Texas.
Trump signed the Hershel "Woody" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act at the National Medal of Honor Museum after touring the museum and meeting more than a dozen recipients.
The legislation does not create the monument itself, which Congress previously authorized in 2021. Instead, it allows the future monument to be located within the Reserve, a protected area of the National Mall that includes some of Washington's most prominent monuments and memorials.
Trump greeted and shook hands with recipients before taking the stage for the signing ceremony.
"We're privileged to have with us 15 of the 65 living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor," Trump told the audience.
"When I see the recipients of the Congressional Medal, those that are living, many are dead. They died. And, they died in battle. Some of the battles are I read inscriptions of what took place. That level of bravery is incredible," Trump said.
The act is named for Williams, a Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima and was the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient when he died in 2022.
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Trump recounted Williams' heroism before recognizing members of his family who attended the ceremony.
"In the Battle of Iwo Jima, he carved a path to American victory, literally carved a path, so soldiers could get in and win through a deadly gantlet of enemy strongholds," Trump said.
"And back and forth, he went. He just kept going back and forth," Trump continued. "And one machine gun nest after another. He knocked [them] out, and he did it for hours and hours. People said they've never seen anything quite like it."
National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation Chairman Charlotte Jones said 16 of the nation's 65 living Medal of Honor recipients were present at the museum Thursday.
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"This is not a war museum. This is a museum about heart, about courage, about sacrifice and patriotism," Jones said.
The museum foundation said the effort to create and locate the monument has received eight votes in Congress over six years, all unanimously. The location act itself also passed both chambers without opposition, according to the foundation.
Jones said that bipartisan support reflected the significance of the Medal of Honor and the values associated with it.
"That is the inspirational power of the Medal of Honor," Jones said. "And that is why this project matters."
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The future monument will be located near the Lincoln Memorial, though its precise site has not yet been selected. The National Park Service will award the specific site, after which the foundation said it will launch a design competition.
No federal funds will be used to construct the monument, according to the foundation, which will raise the money needed for the project.
Trump also reflected on the sacrifices represented by the recipients gathered for Thursday's ceremony.
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"People like this, they stood tall when their country needed heroes," Trump said.
"They carried the wounded out of battle and on their own backs and carried them back and forth," he continued. "They gave their bodies the shields for their brothers at arms. They stood in the way of bullets, purposely standing just like this and taking bullets. And it's amazing. These are amazing."
Trump said the future monument, together with the museum, would provide a permanent way to preserve those stories.
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"With this museum and a new monument in Washington, D.C., America will never, ever forget what they did and what they risked and how much they risked, what they meant to their families and what they've meant to our country," Trump said.
The White House told Fox News Digital that the signing was intended to recognize the recipients' service and sacrifice.
"Medal of Honor recipients represent the very best of America. President Trump honored their courage today, and a new monument will ensure the nation never forgets their valor and sacrifice," White House spokeswoman Liz Huston said.
SEN McCORMICK: The heroic passengers of Flight 93 showed America how to stand united
Twenty-five years ago today, 40 men and women showed uncommon courage on Flight 93. Today, we honor their sacrifice and their example on a field of honor forever in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
On the morning of 9/11, I was in a skyscraper in Pittsburgh as the attacks unfolded. We knew another plane had been hijacked somewhere over Pennsylvania, but we did not know where it was or where it was headed. Then came the news from Shanksville — and, later, the story of what its passengers and crew had done.
Less than an hour after United Flight 93 left Newark, four al-Qaeda terrorists seized the plane and forced the passengers and crew to the rear of the aircraft.
Flight 93 was different from the other hijacked planes that morning because a ground delay gave its passengers time to learn of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. When the plane turned toward Washington, they knew that Flight 93 had become another weapon of terror.
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Through calls to loved ones and people on the ground, they learned what had happened in New York and at the Pentagon. They understood that the hijackers did not intend for them to survive — and that countless more innocent lives were at stake.
C.S. Lewis wrote that courage is "the form of every virtue at the testing point." For the ordinary Americans aboard Flight 93, that testing point came without warning — and within minutes they responded in an extraordinary, distinctly American way.
They took a vote and made a plan. At 9:57 a.m., Todd Beamer, an account manager for Oracle, uttered the now-famous words, "Let’s roll," and they charged the cockpit and the knife-wielding jihadis. For six minutes, they fought to retake the plane. At 10:03, the plane flipped upside down and plowed into a farmer’s field near Shanksville. Their sacrifice denied the terrorists their target.
Twenty-five years later, their example offers lessons not only about who we were then, but also who we must continue to be.
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We must remain vigilant in the face of evil. At home, that means rejecting the poisonous idea, voiced by Hasan Piker, that America "deserved 9/11." Abroad, it means taking seriously enemies who chant "Death to America" and mean it. We Americans do not go looking for a fight; but when called upon we show the strength and courage that should make our enemies think twice. Even now, the men and women of the United States military are reminding the world that threats against America have consequences.
Vigilance must be backed by strength. When the time to act arrives, the time to prepare has passed. The passengers and crew of Flight 93 had only minutes and whatever strength they could summon. Today, advances in AI, robotics, and other technologies are transforming both the threats we face and the tools we have to defeat them. America needs the strongest military in the world, equipped with the best technology and ready to give those who serve every advantage when called to fight.
Yet because evil is real, we must not blur the distinction between genuine evil and ordinary political disagreement. In those decisive minutes aboard Flight 93, no one asked who was a Republican or Democrat, where anyone came from, or how anyone worshipped. They acted together as Americans. That same sense of common purpose swept the country after September 11, as strangers helped strangers, communities grieved together, and a generation raised its hand to serve.
Today, that unity can seem distant. Our politics too often turns disagreement into enmity and fellow Americans into adversaries. September 11 reminds us that before we are Republicans, Independents, or Democrats, we are Americans.
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From Gettysburg to Normandy to Shanksville, ordinary Americans have shown the spirit, courage, and character that define America at its best. President George W. Bush said the terrorists discovered that "a random group of Americans is an exceptional group of people." The passengers and crew were students and retirees, an ironworker and an attorney, business travelers and flight attendants—ordinary people who answered an extraordinary call.
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But we cannot take that spirit for granted. Only 39% of Americans say they are "extremely proud" to be American, down from 70% in 2003, and pride is even lower among younger Americans. At the same time, too many boys and young men are struggling to find purpose and a path into adulthood. Character must be taught and cultivated. We must tell these stories, call the next generation to service, and teach them that courage means self-command, responsibility, and putting others before themselves.
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That is why I encourage every American to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, where I will join others in remembrance today. Bring your children and grandchildren. Stand at the crash site and listen to the calls made in the flight’s final minutes — some to say goodbye, others to explain what was happening and what they intended to do about it. You cannot hear their voices and leave unchanged.
Most of us will never face such an extraordinary test. But all of us are called, in ways large and small, to serve our country and leave it better for those who come after us.
At their testing point, the heroes of Flight 93 showed us what America still requires of you, me, and each of us: the clarity to recognize evil, the strength to confront it, the unity to stand together, and the courage to put country before self.
'Lioness' star's casting in 'Landman' sends fans into a frenzy: 'Taylor Sheridan has me in a chokehold'
"Lioness" star Michael Kelly sent fans into a frenzy after announcing he is joining the cast of "Landman" for season three.
The 57-year-old actor shared the news on Instagram, posting a photo of a Variety article announcing his casting and writing, "I’ve been biting my tongue yall!!!!"
"I am beyond thrilled and excited to be joining the incredible cast over on @landmanpplus on @paramountplus," he wrote. "Thank you to Taylor and everyone for letting me join the party!! #landman #oil #williamcrockett #paramountplus."
According to the press release, Kelly will portray William Crockett, who is described as a "titan" of the oil industry and the leader of the world's largest oil management firm.
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Stars from the Taylor Sheridan universe came out in full force in the comments to show their excitement.
His "Lioness" co-star Jill Wagner commented, "Wait …… did TS poach you 😮😂❤️❤️❤️❤️."
Kelly responded, "@jillwagner come on man you know I can’t quit you girl!"
"Lioness" and "1883" star LaMonica Garrett commented, "BOOM!!!!🔥🔥🔥"
James Jordan, who stars in "Landman" and "Lioness," commented, "Yesssss."
"Landman" star Kayla Wallace wrote, "Heyyyyy👏👏👏," with Kelly responding, "so damn excited to join yall!!!!"
"Yellowstone" and "Lioness" star Ian Bohen commented, "My guy is on a dream run. Way to go Mike 💪💪💪💪."
"pinchin myself buddy!" Kelly wrote back.
Fans also went wild over the news.
"My jaw just dropped. Yes, please. @realmichaelkelly on everything," one fan wrote on his post, while another added, "👏👏👏🔥🔥❤️ absolutely love landman!!! Michael Kelly will be an amazing [addition]!!"
"Sheridan got the best actor roster to keep in rotation throughout all his shows 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾" a third fan added. "Ready for Landman/Dutton Ranch/Mayor Of Kingstown new sessions!!! Great job!!"
"LET’S GOOOO! Can’t wait to see you in this world with these characters!" another added.
"Taylor Sheridan has me in a CHOKEHOLD! 🤦🏿♂️🙆🏿♂️😂 Every time I think it can’t get any better, he and Paramount come through with another banger!" another wrote. "🤯🔥 At this point, they’re not even giving the other platforms a chance! 😂…"
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Kelly currently plays Byron Westfield, the CIA's deputy director, in "Lioness." The show is in its third season.
During a recent interview with ScreenRant in August, Kelly called Sheridan "one of the greatest storytellers" and said he would take any opportunity to work with him.
"I've never thought about how the shows could cross over, but I have told Taylor, I'm like, 'Bro, anything you ever want me to do, I'll do. I love being in Texas. I love saying your words,'" he said. "I think he's truly a standalone talent. There's nobody who's doing or has ever done what he's doing. It's incredible what he does. And he's just one of the smartest dudes you'll ever meet. He's fricking brilliant, man. Brilliant."
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In addition to "Lioness" and "Landman," Sheridan has also created "The Madison," "Mayor of Kingstown" and "Tulsa King," as well as the hugely successful series "Yellowstone" and its spinoffs.
Trump faces reckoning as GOP figures label $5K promise a 'socialist vote-buying scheme'
President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 checks to American adults if Republicans win both chambers of Congress is forcing Republicans to debate an idea more commonly associated with the Democratic side of the aisle: sending direct government payments to voters.
Called a "socialist vote-buying scheme" by former GOP Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, the so-called Trump Dividend would only be handed down if Republicans keep the House and Senate in November, the president announced at the party's midterm convention in Dallas.
Good warned that the checks would add to the national debt, which has topped $40 trillion.
The plan could cost more than $1.2 trillion, based on estimates of roughly 240 million eligible adults. The president cannot direct the Treasury to issue the checks without a law providing that authority, so Congress would need to authorize the spending plan.
"If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them … I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000," Trump said during his keynote address Wednesday night.
He compared the payment to a cash distribution from a successful company to its shareholders and said the money would have to be spent domestically.
"The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we're making must be spent in the United States of America," Trump said. "We don't want you going to Canada to spend the money."
"If you keep us in power and allow us to continue to do these things, then you’re going to share in some of the benefit of this incredible wealth that we’re creating in the United States of America," Vice President JD Vance said after Trump unveiled his new idea.
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh called the plan "flagrant bribery" and said Republicans could help working Americans by allowing them to keep more of their own money through tax cuts.
"Holding it as a carrot on the stick for after the election is just shameless," Walsh wrote.
Vance and Trump both pointed to tariff revenue as a potential funding source for the payments, and questions emerged over where the money would come from to fund the dividends.
"The reason the Democrats can’t do that is because they don’t do tariffs. They don’t take in money. All they know is poverty," Trump said Wednesday night.
Treasury data show the federal government collected about $154.4 billion in customs duties from Oct. 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026, which would cover roughly 13% of the estimated $1.2 trillion cost of sending $5,000 checks to about 240 million adults.
The administration has not provided an income threshold for the proposed middle-class payments or explained how much tariff revenue would be dedicated to the program. The remaining cost would have to be covered through other federal revenue, spending reductions or additional borrowing.
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Vance also suggested in an interview after the president's speech Wednesday that the proposal could be limited to middle-class Americans rather than every adult citizen, potentially lowering the cost.
The VP defended the idea as "fundamentally a dividend for American workers," arguing that tariffs have generated revenue from foreign companies and countries that have taken advantage of American workers.
The proposal’s funding and eligibility questions have fueled criticism from fiscal conservatives, who say the plan would create a new government benefit while adding to the national debt.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the estimated $1.2 trillion cost of the dividend proposal could instead be used to eliminate taxes for married parents with dependents earning up to $200,000.
"Or maybe some of us think dependency is evil & soul-sucking in all its forms," Roy wrote in a follow-up post.
That criticism from Republicans reflects a broader conservative argument that tax cuts are preferable to direct payments because they reduce the government’s role rather than create a new reason for Americans to rely on it.
James Fishback, a former Florida gubernatorial candidate who previously proposed a $5,000 DOGE dividend, said his plan would have returned savings generated by spending cuts. Meanwhile, he argued Trump’s proposal would add to the debt without a comparable reduction in government spending.
Investor Joe Lonsdale called the idea "bread and circus bribes." Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged Republican leaders to reject it and focus on reducing the debt.
Other Republicans and Trump allies are moving in the opposite direction.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said he would prepare legislation to pass the dividend after the election, while Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., asked voters how they would spend their $5,000.
The reactions show a Republican Party split between treating tariff revenue as money to return to Americans and preserving the party’s traditional emphasis on lower taxes, limited spending and less government dependence.
Trump's $5,000 dividend checks would come with a major catch under GOP senator's plan
DALLAS — There’s a push in the Senate to turn President Donald Trump’s pitch of $5,000 checks for Americans into a reality, with a couple of caveats along the way.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, plans to introduce legislation that would codify the dividend checks and wants it done as soon as the upcoming midterm elections are over, when the balance of power could tilt in favor of Democrats.
But the money, Moreno told Fox News Digital, wouldn’t come from taxpayers’ coffers. Instead, he wants to approve certain structural tariffs to act as a "market access fee" that would find its way back into the pockets of Americans.
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And it can only be spent in the U.S.
"This dividend would be something that is allowing working Americans to share in the prosperity of this country," Moreno said. "The money would be used only here in the United States, so it's not to be used outside the United States. I think it would provide a big economic boost to our economy."
"So, if you're a company out there, anywhere in the world, you want to sell your products in America, you either make it here in the United States, or you pay a fee to enter our market," he continued. "That money goes to funding this one-time dividend."
Trump floated the plan Wednesday night during the Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas, where the GOP and several — but not all — vulnerable incumbents and candidates flocked to energize their base and pitch why they should maintain control of Congress.
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The cost, however, could be an eye-popping $1.2 trillion. Moreno argued that the cost was worth it and noted that despite the steps Republicans have taken to lower costs, Americans are still feeling the crunch.
"It's about providing relief," Moreno said. "It's acknowledgment that during the Biden years, it was so bad for working families, that, despite what we've already done in 18 months, it just isn't enough to get working families to basically so that they're level, right?"
"Because they're underwater right now," he continued. "I think it's extremely important for us to understand in elected office that working families are struggling."
For the plan to work, Republicans would need to maintain their control of both chambers of Congress, and it comes as the nation’s federal deficit skyrocketed to $40 trillion last month and as the GOP has consistently pitched itself as the party of fiscal responsibility against Democrats’ wanton federal spending.
Trump's plan scored one unlikely ally in House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., leader of a pack of fiscal hawks who routinely scoff at Congress’ inability to tackle the nation’s debt.
"Hardworking American taxpayers probably deserve a tax rebate. We're gonna have to discuss, you know, how large a rebate that would be. But I think, again, American taxpayers deserve relief from taxation. I think that's a good idea," Harris told Fox News Digital in an interview during the GOP midterm convention.
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Harris said such a plan "would have to go through Congress," and he suggested that the party-line budget reconciliation process would be needed to skirt Democratic opposition.
The Senate’s top Republican agreed with Harris.
"It smells very much like a reconciliation issue," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital.
Thune said Senate Republicans would be willing to work with Trump and his team to get the dividends done, but noted that until Wednesday night it was a proposal that "we hadn’t heard before." He argued that the idea showed the difference between the GOP and Democrats seeking power.
"I think it illustrates the clear contrast between us and the Democrats about how you want to, how you see government functioning," Thune said. "And one is in giving more power, control, money in the pockets of the American people, and the other, giving more power to, you know, for people in Washington to tell you how to run your life."
And Republicans will likely have to rely on reconciliation to do it, given that Democrats are already slamming the idea.
"Donald Trump is a known liar. This is the biggest liar to ever serve in government, period. And look, the dividend is not happening," Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., told Fox News Digital. "He promised a dividend on tariffs, that didn't happen. He promised a dividend on Doge, that didn't happen. He promised some strange new dividend from Air Force One, what, six months ago. That never happened."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., recoiled and slammed the move as emblematic of Trump’s presidency being "so failed and broken, he is resorting to trying to bribe the American people for their votes."
"An insult to Americans, to democracy, and an admission of how absolutely screwed he is," Schumer said on X.
Moreno countered that when it comes to dumping tens of billions of dollars outside the U.S., Democrats were all on board but didn’t show the same vigor when it came to seeing money flow back into America.
"So look, at the end of the day, these politicians are all hypocritical. They love helping anybody on earth except for working Americans," Moreno said. "They love giving money to foreign countries. They love funding endless wars. They love having us solve the entirety of the world's problems. When it comes to helping working Americans, all of a sudden, there's no money. What we're saying is no."
Hillary Clinton: 'I hate' Trump and Netanyahu's governments but love America and Israel
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she hated the governments and policies of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but said she loved America and Israel during an interview Thursday.
"I have said repeatedly I love Israel and I hate Netanyahu’s government and his policies. I love America, and I hate Trump’s government and policies. I think it’s bad, in the first case for Israel, what’s happening, and I think it’s really bad for the United States, what’s happening," Clinton told MS NOW's "Morning Joe."
Clinton spoke to the MS NOW panel about Israel and achieving peace in the Middle East.
"I think we’ve got to be very clear, the messages we send, hopefully the Israeli people, especially after this bombshell that came out in the Israeli press, where Netanyahu had been literally called by Sheikh Mohammed, MBZ, from UAE, and warned that Hamas was planning something," Clinton said.
"And either he didn’t believe it or he, it’s horrible to say, he wanted to see what they could plan so that then he could come down hard, and it would enhance his position."
"I don’t know what his thinking was, but the bottom line, talk about a failure of imagination. This was a failure of leadership," she continued. "This was a failure of protecting the people of Israel. He’s been told what was going to happen. So, if the Israelis want to vote for that again, then I think the United States has to take a very tough position."
"President Trump has a strong relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and Israel has always been a great ally to the United States. The Israel Defense Forces were incredible partners throughout Operation Epic Fury, which decimated the Iranian regime’s military capabilities in 38 short days," a White House official told Fox News Digital.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu 10 days before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks that the terrorist group was planning a major offensive. Netanyahu's office has denied the report.
"The press reports are false. No warning was given to the Prime Minister from the United Arab Emirates before October 7th. If there was any relevant information, it was passed through intelligence channels between the two countries," the prime minister's office posted to X.
Netanyahu's office did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Clinton told MS NOW she thinks the U.S. could work with a new government in Israel.
"I would hope that a new prime minister would crack down on settler violence in the West Bank," she said. "There should be no impunity for that kind of violence. It is not just about the death and destruction of the Palestinians, their property and all the rest of it. Anytime you let people have that level of violence in a society that you don’t stop, that creeps into the whole society."
"So, it’s unfair, bad and wrong for the Palestinians," Clinton added. "And it’s also very dangerous to Israel. So, yeah, I think let’s see what they vote for and see whether we can’t, you know, figure out how to have a new approach with a new government."
Clinton also spoke on the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party, and said, "Let people defend the positions they’ve taken. And I think that would be good for the Democratic Party. It would be good for the country.
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"Let them get out of the sloganeering and into the legislating and results-oriented impact."
Family of 9/11 hero to retrace his steps in final Tunnel to Towers stop
The family of 9/11 hero Stephen Siller will mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks by retracing the FDNY firefighter's steps as he ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel toward the World Trade Center.
Frank Siller and other members of the Siller family will participate in the private walk before joining hundreds of friends and supporters at the FDNY Ten House.
The event will conclude the Tunnel to Towers "Steel Across America" tour, which has traveled since May bringing Siller's story and a 21-foot steel beam from the South Tower all across the nation.
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On the morning of 9/11, Siller had just concluded his shift with the fire department when he received word that a plane had struck the World Trade Center.
"Stephen drove his truck to the entrance of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, but it had already been closed for security purposes. Determined to carry out his duty, he strapped 60 lbs. of gear to his back, and raced on foot through the tunnel to the Twin Towers, where he gave up his life while saving others," the tour's website recounts.
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Since its founding, inspired by Siller and his favorite quote, "While we have time, let us do good," Tunnel to Towers has provided more than 1,700 mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen service members and first responders, as well as to disabled veterans and first responders. The organization has also delivered housing assistance and support services to more than 20,000 homeless veterans and holds hundreds of events nationwide to honor America’s heroes and preserve the memory of those who lost their lives for future generations.
The Tunnel to Towers 9/11 Institute has helped to educate students from kindergarten through 12th grade on the "extraordinary heroism and goodness of everyday people" on Sept. 11, "while demonstrating the strength and resilience of America’s spirit." Its mobile 9/11 exhibit has traveled to nearly all 50 states as well as Canada.
To mark the 25th anniversary, Tunnel to Towers also launched its 343 Homes Initiative this year to honor the 343 New York firefighters who died on Sept. 11. According to the group, this initiative will deliver 343 mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen service members and fallen first responders as well as to catastrophically injured service members across the country.
Fox News' Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
Illegal convicted of assaulting high school girls thought he was free — then DHS dropped the hammer
An illegal immigrant from El Salvador was returned to his home country this week after the Department of Homeland Security took him into custody in sanctuary Fairfax County, Virginia, where he had just served an abbreviated jail sentence, and deported him.
The case is the latest in a string of controversies involving illegal immigrants plaguing the Democrat-led county adjacent to Washington, D.C., where sanctuary policies run up against the Trump administration’s heavy-handed approach to removing people who do not belong in the U.S.
"This groper is gone," an ICE spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
"Israel Flores-Ortiz, an illegal alien who groped multiple high school girls in Fairfax County, Virginia, was deported to El Salvador yesterday. DHS will never stop fighting to remove sickos like Flores-Ortiz, and make America safe again."
Flores-Ortiz was facing a lengthy jail sentence after being arrested for touching the private parts of nine schoolgirls earlier this year.
He had been released into the nation’s interior during the Biden administration and enrolled as a junior at Fairfax High School, according to ABC’s Washington affiliate.
Despite facing several years in prison, Flores-Ortiz was released after only about nine months. Several days before his ultimate release, a DOJ immigration judge reportedly ordered him removed from the U.S.
It was then that DHS agents arrested Flores-Ortiz.
A spokesperson for Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said Flores-Ortiz’s custody and transfer were the responsibility of the sheriff's office, not the commonwealth's attorney.
Kincaid's office told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the agency released Flores-Ortiz into ICE custody, citing a Virginia law that allows for transfer up to five days before a release.
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Virginians for Safe Communities leader Sean Kennedy told FOX's Washington affiliate the decision was "heartening," noting Kincaid refused 615 detainer requests over a 16-month period and turned over only 11 people to federal authorities. In Flores-Ortiz's case, the existence of a court order may have influenced the decision, but her office did not immediately elaborate.
Descano and Kincaid were grilled by congressional lawmakers over their general noncooperation with ICE earlier this year.
ICE told Fox News Digital that the agency arrested Flores-Ortiz Aug. 31 and deported him Wednesday.
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"Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome, especially those who harm our American communities," the spokesperson said.
A parent of one of the victims told ABC’s Washington affiliate that there were about 12 students who reported encounters with Flores-Ortiz.
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"He just sneakily walked up behind them and put his hand in between their legs. It was not just a butt smack or a butt grab. It was a groping of a private area. It had been occurring for several months," the mom said.
In a letter to parents earlier this year, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid wrote that such behavior is "unacceptable" and that the district hired outside counsel to "conduct a comprehensive review of the matter."
How to make more Charlie Kirks: Inside TPUSA's gap-year alternative to the 'college scam'
For decades, aspiring young Americans have followed a predictable formula: high school, college, debt. But at the Turning Point USA prep year program, 18-year-old students are encouraged to pause, learn how to think, and discover their true purpose before committing to that considerable investment.
Dr. David Arnott, dean of the program, reflects on why the biggest problem in America isn't merely economics: it's character and wisdom. The mission is bold: use a year of classical, liberal arts education to mold the next generation of America's conservative leaders.
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Dr. Arnott sat down with Fox News at FreedomFest in Las Vegas to discuss how TPUSA's prep year is fulfilling Charlie Kirk's educational vision for America's youth:
"It is an ‘education about economics’ problem. I started my lecture here yesterday at FreedomFest asking the question, ‘why do we keep falling for socialism?’ And I tried to answer that question. And that's what I've been studying over the last 12 years as a Christian economist.
"How do we distribute goods in a fallen world? And so, I was asked by the people at Turning Point USA to be their dean of the prep year program in Fort Worth. Charlie Kirk's first book in 2022 was called ‘The College Scam.’ In 2026, he implemented his idea for education.
"On Sept. 2, the first class met in Fort Worth. He was assassinated eight days later on Sept. 10. What we're trying to do at prep year is to implement Charlie Kirk's idea for education."
Yet, Dr. Arnott emphasizes that the purpose of prep year is not to dissuade young people from pursuing a college education, but to ensure that they are prepared to do so if they make that choice.
"We're having this interview at FreedomFest. So I think people should have the freedom… they should have the freedom to go to college. They should have the freedom to go into the trades. The problem is the government puts their thumb on the scale by supporting the price of college and, of course, forgiving the debt, which they shouldn't do anyway. If the government would just leave it alone, we'd be happy."
TPUSA's prep year program recently graduated its first class.
"We just dismissed our first class of 34, our inaugural class of prep year. It started Sept. 2, 2025, and ended May 22, 2026. Thirty-four students, about a third will be in college this fall. About a third will go into the trades. I just filled out an application the other day for one of the students to get a Mike Rowe scholarship. And about a third will go on to other things that we don't know yet.
"We are trying to implement what Charlie Kirk wanted. Which is the economic freedom to do with your life as you wish."
The launch of the program was immediately prior to Kirk's tragic assassination on the campus of Utah State University.
"He started [the program] on Sept. 2, just eight days before he was assassinated, and so Charlie Kirk's ideas are really old ideas… they're not new, and so they encompass these things: Christian, liberal arts, classical and a Socratic teaching method. So that's what we do. We'll take in 35 to 50, maybe as many as 80 students in Elgin, Illinois, and Fort Worth this fall. They'll be with us for nine months and we'll teach them those four ways of teaching.
"We'll teach them the disciplines of the Great Book, which is the Bible, of course, great books by people like Dante and Virgil and Homer. We'll teach also how to get along in life, meaning how do you prepare yourself for life. And by the way… that's why we call it prep year. We're actually in the gap year industry. We take in 18-year-olds who have just graduated from high school. But we call it prep year because we are preparing them for life, more than just that education.
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"And the real secret sauce that I can't explain to you because it's so hard to explain is the effect of being with 35 to 50 other committed Christian conservative 18-year-olds who are highly intelligent. The way in which they learn from each other and gain from each other is just spectacular."
As AI radically transforms education, learning, and the very face of knowledge itself, Arnott emphasizes that the program seeks to instill wisdom, not merely mastery of academic subjects:
"AI can't teach character, and that's what we teach at prep year and that is what Charlie Kirk wanted us to teach. He realized that there would be something coming along like AI that would answer all the technical questions of life, but it won't answer the important questions of life.
"Wisdom is what we want these students to have. It's hard to teach wisdom, but that's what we're attempting to do. But as you said, David, that's why the traditional colleges have failed. They can teach people facts. They can't teach them wisdom.
"If I had one sentence, a mission statement for prep year, it is to make more Charlie Kirks. And so my invitation to 18-year-olds just graduating from high school, you want to be more like Charlie Kirk? Come join us."
Days after Lindsay Clancy mistrial, another Massachusetts mom accused of killing her children seeks freedom
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Less than a week after the closely watched Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended in a mistrial, another Massachusetts case involving a mother accused of killing her children returned to court Thursday.
And the defense sought to have charges dismissed after prosecutors said they were still awaiting a medical examiner's findings.
Prosecutors told the court they are still awaiting the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's official determination of the children's cause and manner of death, prompting defense attorney Joseph Krowski to ask that the case be dismissed or that Janette MacAusland be released on bail, WCVB reported.
A judge denied both requests, ordering MacAusland to remain held without bail.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Krowski and the Norfolk District Attorney's Office for comment.
MacAusland, 49, was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of her 7-year-old son, Kai, and 6-year-old daughter, Ella, who were found dead inside the family's Wellesley home in April after police conducted a welfare check.
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While Clancy's case centered on whether postpartum psychosis rendered her legally insane, no such defense has been announced in MacAusland's case, which remains in its early stages.
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MacAusland was arrested in Bennington, Vermont, after arriving at a relative's home with what police described as a bloody neck wound.
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Police said officers in Vermont became concerned about the welfare of MacAusland's children and contacted authorities in Wellesley, where officers found Kai and Ella dead inside the family's home.
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An arrest affidavit previously obtained by Fox News Digital alleges MacAusland confessed to killing the children after arriving at her aunt's home.
According to the affidavit, MacAusland told her aunt she had wanted "the three of us to go to God together" before later telling police she had strangled the children and attempted to take her own life.
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The affidavit alleges MacAusland told officers the children could be found in her bed at the family's Massachusetts home.
Court records previously reviewed by Fox News Digital show MacAusland's husband filed for divorce months before the killings, citing an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and seeking custody of the couple's two children.
MacAusland remains jailed without bail as prosecutors await the medical examiner's findings and the case moves forward.
Fox News Digital's Peter D'Abrosca contributed to this report.