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ABC accuses FCC of trying to 'inflict maximal coercive pressure' with probe against network
Disney and ABC accused the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday of using the license renewal process to circumvent "judicial review" and inflict "maximal coercive pressure" against the network and company.
Disney originally sued the FCC in August over what it claimed was a "retaliatory campaign against ABC" regarding the agency's early broadcast license renewal proceedings for eight ABC-owned stations earlier this year. The stations, according to the FCC, must demonstrate they are operating in the public interest as the agency investigates diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
However, in Disney's latest filing, the company asserted that the FCC could have used "a number of different tools" to investigate Disney and ABC's DEI practices that did not involve forcing stations to renew their licenses years ahead of schedule, suggesting it was done to avoid legal scrutiny.
"These are not merely 'theoretical' tools ... they have been used by the agency for decades," the filing read. "Yet the agency tried none of those less intrusive tools here, instead taking the unprecedented step of calling for early license renewal of all eight ABC-owned stations at once. Defendants’ own admissions leave no doubt as to why — Defendants sought to inflict maximal coercive pressure on the media company whose speech the Administration sought to curb, while deliberately evading judicial review."
Disney cited a court hearing last week in which the FCC was instructed to provide a supplemental filing on alternative methods the agency could have used. During the hearing, the FCC suggested that additional procedures would have required federal court enforcement.
"That Defendants openly describe judicial review as an obstacle demonstrates what Plaintiffs have been saying all along: shielding their unconstitutional campaign against ABC from judicial review is part of Defendants’ retaliatory strategy," the filing read.
In a comment to Fox News Digital, FCC spokesperson Adam Jackman dismissed the latest filing as an effort to block the FCC in court procedures.
"Disney’s latest filing only confirms that they’ve filed a meritless case in the wrong court at the wrong time," Jackman said. "They want a district court to prevent the FCC from even considering whether Disney has complied with its longstanding obligations as a broadcaster. The law does not allow that. The FCC will continue to hold broadcasters accountable to their regulatory obligations."
Fox News Digital also reached out to ABC and Disney for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Disney and ABC have repeatedly attacked the FCC's probes and investigations into the company as a form of retaliation over programs and hosts that are critical of President Donald Trump, such as late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
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In addition to the license renewal proceedings, the FCC has launched a probe into the ABC daytime talk show "The View" based on the agency's demand that broadcast stations adhere to the equal opportunity requirement stating opposing political candidates receive equal time. Disney has maintained that "The View" is a "bona fide news" program exempted from the rule.
Dodgers dynasty on the brink after the Milwaukee BABIP machine dials up another win for Brewers
Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Monday afternoon was a must-win for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Despite widespread perception that the Dodgers are the unbeatable superteam, it was Milwaukee, the team that finished with the best record in the league, that played essentially flawless baseball in a Game 1 win. While Jacob Misiorowski wasn't his typically dominant self, every time Los Angeles had an opportunity to break the game open, "The Miz" and his team's defense clamped down.
Already up a run in the second inning, the Dodgers had the bases loaded with postseason star Kike Hernandez at the plate. Once again, the Brewers defense was perfectly positioned to turn the inning-ending double play. After Milwaukee's offense scratched across two runs against Tarik Skubal, their bullpen continued its remarkable run of success, going 4.2 scoreless innings to secure the win.
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Still, the Dodgers felt good about their chances with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, postseason hero from 2025, starting in Game 2 against Logan Henderson. Yet for all the hype about LA's remarkable rotation, the Milwaukee BABIP (batting average on balls in play) machine once again kicked into high gear to secure a massive 2-0 series lead and put the Dodgers' three-peat hopes on life support with a 7-4 win.
LA jumped out to an early lead thanks to some uncharacteristic sloppiness from the Brewers. Mookie Betts walked, Freddie Freeman moved him to second, and he took third on a wild pitch from starter Logan Henderson. Teoscar Hernandez knocked him in with a sacrifice fly, and the Dodgers had a 1-0 lead without a hit. Sure enough though, Milwaukee immediately tied it in the bottom of the first.
The Dodgers missed an opportunity to challenge an obvious missed strike three call on Brice Turang, who then doubled and scored on a patented Brewers bloop single. William Contreras stuck his bat out with one hand, somehow making contact with Yamamoto's pitch to dump it into left field. It wouldn't be the last time.
The third inning was a near-repeat. LA mounted a quick rally on back-to-back singles from Tommy Edman and Mookie Betts. Sal Frelick robbed Freddie Freeman of a double with a nice running catch in the right center field gap, but an error on a pickoff attempt at first base brought Edman in to score. But the Brewers, knowing that the Dodgers' greatest weakness is having an opportunity to score runs, had them right where they wanted them. Easy outs from Teoscar Hernandez and Shohei Ohtani ended the "threat," and Milwaukee answered right back in the bottom of the inning.
David Hamilton poked another bloop single, stole second, and yet again, Brice Turang reached base on a missed strike three that went unchallenged by catcher Will Smith. Jake Bauers, one of the worst hitters in baseball before putting on a Milwaukee uniform, worked a walk after a lengthy at bat against Yamamoto, and Christian Yelich made him pay for it with a single to center.
After all this playoff heroics in 2025, Yamamoto went just 2.2 innings, allowing four hits and three runs. Missed challenges, bloop singles, exceptionally well-timed line drives from below average hitters, the ideal Milwaukee offensive outing.
Now trailing 3-2, the Dodgers "fought" back in the fifth. Kyle Tucker led off with a double, before a throwing error from Henderson on a Tommy Edman bunt let him score and sent Edman to second. A grounder and sac fly gave LA a 4-3 lead, once again without getting a hit with runners in scoring position.
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Sure enough, William Contreras immediately tied it in the bottom of the inning with a mammoth homer to left-center.
The Brewers bullpen, which is apparently unhittable, put up another scoreless inning, before the Milwaukee superteam once again kicked into high gear in the bottom of the sixth. Hamilton reached on a hit by pitch, advanced to second after a poor pickoff attempt, went to third on a Jackson Chourio grounder, and scored on yet another end of the bat blooper from Contreras.
Again, the Brewers' relief pitchers proved to be the single greatest pitching unit ever assembled, extending their streak to nearly 29 innings with just one run allowed. Monday was the first time in playoff history that a team's bullpen went over five innings in a postseason game without giving up a baserunner. JoJo Romero, Abner Uribe, Trevor Megill, Aaron Ashby, DL Hall...that's the real superteam, and it cost about $17 to build it.
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The BABIP continued into the eighth, as David Hamilton crushed a 73mph single to right field, stole second, and scored on yet another obliterated 71mph single from Brice Turang. That hit pushed the Brewers to 5-12 with RISP.
Jake Bauers added on with yet another 73mph bloop single to make Milwaukee 6-13 with RISP.
Somehow, Milwaukee has perfected the art of running into singles on poorly hit balls in play. Some might say it's a skill, but decades of data and information have told us it isn't. Players and teams with poor exit velocities don't outperform with batting average on balls in play, in fact, it's the opposite.
The league leaders in hard hit percentage this season were, in order:
All five had BABIPs at or above league average, Wood and De La Cruz were .344 and .359, respectively. Jac Caglianone was eighth in hard hit percentage and second in baseball in BABIP. Hitting the ball hard is a skill, soft contact isn't. Yet the Brewers have three hitters in the top seven in BABIP anyway.
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Does it matter that Milwaukee has likely been lucky this season? No, not at all. A playoff series is the epitome of a small sample size, and reversion to the mean doesn't have to happen over five-to-seven games. Contreras could hit 17 straight bloopers off the end of the bat, because that's baseball. Which is why predictions of a guaranteed Dodgers' World Series win because of their talent were always so laughable.
Milwaukee had more hits with runners in scoring position in this game, not one hit hard, than the Dodgers have all postseason. And they're going back to LA with a 2-0 series lead and overwhelming likelihood of advancing to the World Series. The gaps between teams in baseball are so small that a bounce here or there, a team's ability to magically ensure that 71mph bloopers are placed perfectly, despite there being no ability to do that, can change a playoff series. David Hamilton, who is objectively an awful baseball player, reached base four times and scored two runs. Shohei Ohtani, the best player in the history of baseball, was useless. That's not unusual or unexpected, it's part of the sport. Which is why it's impossible for one team to guarantee themselves anything.
Will this matter to the "ruining baseball" crowd? Of course not, reality never does.
WNBA gives Cheryl Reeve another award after playoff collapse and years of outspoken left-wing politics
The WNBA has another award for Cheryl Reeve. This one comes from the people who run the teams, and that makes it worth examining what, exactly, they are celebrating.
The league announced Monday that the Minnesota Lynx head coach and president of basketball operations won Basketball Executive of the Year for the third time, tying the Atlanta Dream's Dan Padover for the most selections in the award's history.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after the top-seeded Lynx were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the eighth-seeded New York Liberty, who were subsequently swept in the semifinals by the Dream.
Reeve appeared on 13 ballots, ahead of Padover's 11 and Golden State's Ohemaa Nyanin's eight. Each of the WNBA's 15 teams had an executive on the voting panel, and voters couldn't select themselves.
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That's a substantial endorsement of Reeve from her peers and it also amounts to tacit approval of the way one of the league's most outspoken left-wing figures represents her franchise.
An executive helps establish what an organization stands for, and Reeve has made her politics a major part of that job. She consistently uses her WNBA platform to attack the motives of people who believe women's sports should be reserved for females.
Her colleagues have now chosen to celebrate her leadership. That deserves scrutiny beyond a list of successful transactions.
The league's announcement highlighted Reeve's selection of Olivia Miles with the No. 2 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Miles went on to become the unanimous Rookie of the Year and set the league's rookie scoring record with 790 points.
An excellent addition, obviously. But let's remember how Miles became available.
The Dallas Wings could have (and should have) taken Miles, but elected to draft Paige Bueckers' girlfriend, Azzi Fudd, with the No. 1 pick instead.
The Wings publicly praised Fudd's shooting. But pretending that their selection of Fudd was based entirely on her basketball skills is foolish.
Miles averaged 19.8 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds as a rookie. Fudd averaged 13.1 points, 1.8 assists and 1.7 rebounds. Miles produced those numbers while playing slightly fewer minutes per game, shot better from the field and finished second in MVP voting.
Reeve should probably send the Wings a thank-you note.
In April 2024, the Chicago Sky moved from No. 8 to No. 7 and acquired the rights to Nikolina Milić. Minnesota received Sika Koné, a 2025 second-round pick and the right to swap first-round picks with Chicago in 2026, along with the No. 8 selection.
Chicago used No. 7 on Angel Reese. At the time of the deal, Minnesota was coming off a 19-21 season and Chicago an 18-22 season.
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In April 2025, Minnesota sent Chicago the No. 11 pick, which the Sky used on Hailey Van Lith, for Chicago's 2026 first-rounder outright. That deal canceled the earlier swap and allowed Minnesota to keep its own 2026 first-round pick, too.
Reeve deserves credit for those trades. Once Dallas passed on Miles, though, the choice at No. 2 was awfully easy.
Reeve also signed Natasha Howard, who started all 44 games and earned an All-Star starting spot. Minnesota finished 33-11 and earned the No. 1 playoff seed.
Dallas did Reeve an enormous favor, and the Lynx benefited.
For all those advantages, what did the Lynx do in the playoffs?
Minnesota became the first No. 1 seed in WNBA history to be eliminated by a No. 8 seed, and New York did it in a sweep.
The Lynx had the unanimous Rookie of the Year (who also finished second in MVP voting). And while Napheesa Collier, one of the league’s best players, missed time during the regular season, she played in both playoff games.
Minnesota lost both of those games by 16 points, including a 91-75 defeat at home in Game 1.
Reeve's four championships are part of her record. So is the fact that the most recent one came in 2017. In the nine seasons since, Minnesota has reached the Finals once, losing to New York in 2024.
During that same stretch, Reeve has collected three Coach of the Year awards and all three of her Executive of the Year awards.
Six individual awards. Zero championships.
If Reeve gets the credit for both building the roster and coaching it, she can answer for what that team did in the playoffs, too.
Reeve already won her fifth Coach of the Year award two weeks ago. With Monday's announcement, she became the first person to win Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year in the same season twice.
For me, evaluating an executive means evaluating leadership. If an executive repeatedly uses the team's platform to make political statements, those statements belong in the discussion of how she represents the organization.
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Reeve wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt on the sideline against the Indiana Fever shortly after Sophie Cunningham's comments about wanting to protect women's sports went public.
But she wasn't done.
After Minnesota's Sept. 24 regular-season finale, Reeve characterized the controversy involving male participation in women's sports as an attack on what she called the "transgender community."
"They don't want transgender people to exist," Reeve said.
That's an ugly accusation to make about people whose position is that girls and women deserve their own athletic category.
And it came from the person who both coaches the Lynx and oversees their basketball operations. Her public conduct carries the authority of both positions.
By honoring Reeve as the year's outstanding basketball executive, her peers are publicly holding up her leadership as an example. Her political conduct is part of that leadership.
The same people entrusted with running women's basketball teams are applauding a leader who talks openly about allowing males to compete in women's sports and share their locker rooms.
That says a lot about what the WNBA's decision-makers will celebrate.
Online marketplace jewelry listing tied to armed robbery in affluent Tennessee city
A Facebook Marketplace jewelry listing was linked to a late-night armed robbery at a home in affluent Franklin, Tennessee, where police pursued three fleeing suspects, authorities said.
Officers responded to a home in northeast Franklin just after 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, and determined the robbery was connected to jewelry advertised for sale on the platform, according to the Franklin Police Department.
The suspects fled the area but were spotted by responding officers a short time later. A vehicle pursuit followed, ending with all three men in custody, police said.
Authorities identified the suspects as Ivan Lagos-Espinoza, 22, and Jose Paiz-Godoy, 23, both of Nashville, and Rubel Rodriguez-Lisa, 19, of Lebanon.
All three face multiple charges, including aggravated robbery, felony evading and tampering with evidence.
The robbery unfolded in a community known for its wealth and high-end homes. Franklin’s city website describes it as "one of the wealthiest cities in one of the wealthiest counties in the United States."
Franklin's median home sale price reached $903,410 in September 2026, while the median listing price stood at $1.1 million, according to Realtor.com.
Across Williamson County, where Franklin is located, the median home sale price was $929,990, the real estate website reported.
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Police credited the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office with helping investigate the robbery and apprehend the suspects.
The case also prompted a warning to online sellers about the risks of bringing strangers to their homes, particularly when expensive merchandise is involved.
Police urged buyers and sellers to arrange exchanges in public, well-lit locations with other people nearby and surveillance cameras whenever possible. For valuable items, authorities recommended meeting at a police department or another law enforcement facility.
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Sellers should also bring someone along, avoid carrying large amounts of cash and limit the personal information they share, including details about their homes, schedules and other valuables, police said.
Authorities warned that jewelry, electronics and other expensive items can make sellers attractive targets for criminals.
"If something about the buyer, seller or proposed meeting location does not feel right, cancel the transaction," the department advised.
Fox News Digital reached out to Meta for additional information.
NATO warns Russia: 'We will break' forces, destroy 'anything and everything' if you attack
NATO's top military commander warned Monday that what he called the "lethal alliance" would destroy "anything and everything" supporting an attack on allied territory and "break" enemy warfighting systems to thwart any potential future Russian assault.
"Should the adversary choose to press the attack or commit his reserves, we will break the warfighting system engaged against us," U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland, in an apparent warning to Moscow.
"This includes not just the attacking force itself, but anything and everything that supports, sustains, and controls that force," he said during a panel titled "Theory of Victory: How Do We Achieve Military Success Against Russia in Deterrence and Defence?" on the first day of the forum.
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Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, also outlined a three-pronged strategy of "blocking, blunting and breaking" enemy forces, making clear that while NATO is a defensive alliance, it is prepared to respond decisively to an assault on any of its 32 members.
"If someone is foolish enough to attack us, we will fight," he said. "We will stop the attack and deny them the ability to achieve their objectives, whatever those might be. We will, in short, ensure any attack, against any ally, proves utterly futile."
The warning came amid heightened tensions between Russia and Western nations following a series of drone incursions and suspected sabotage operations that European countries have linked to Moscow.
"We stand here together in Poland today stronger than ever united in our common vision of a more balanced, more ready and more lethal alliance," Grynkewich also said.
European officials have accused Russia of waging a campaign of hybrid warfare involving sabotage, arson and cyberattacks, alongside increasingly provocative military activity near NATO territory.
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In 2025, multiple Russian drones entered Polish airspace during a large-scale attack on Ukraine, prompting a response from Polish and allied aircraft.
NATO launched Operation Eastern Sentry to strengthen defenses along its eastern flank.
Romania has also reported Russian drone incursions, while Estonia has accused Russian military aircraft of violating its airspace.
Grynkewich's remarks had followed a tense weekend between Russia and Ukraine, with Moscow launching fresh strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite diplomatic efforts to reduce hostilities.
President Donald Trump had announced that he had reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to increase Russian diesel supplies to the U.S. and global markets.
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The reported agreement included a waiver of certain U.S. sanctions on Russian energy exports.
Zelenskyy went on to accuse Russia of continuing attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, casting doubt on prospects for a broader ceasefire.
The tensions have also been accompanied by recent nuclear warnings from Moscow.
On Sept. 30, Russia warned NATO that it could use nuclear weapons if the alliance attempted to isolate Kaliningrad, its heavily militarized Baltic Sea exclave between Poland and Lithuania.
In a diplomatic note obtained by Reuters, Moscow accused NATO of pursuing a "dangerous and reckless course" that carried "high risks of the outbreak of a direct armed conflict."
According to the note, Russia warned it could use its full military arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend Kaliningrad and raised the possibility of strikes against decision-making centers in NATO countries at the outset of a conflict.
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte rejected the threats, emphasizing the alliance's defensive mission and calling on Moscow to end its war in Ukraine.
"Putin knows that he can never win from NATO," Rutte said during a Sept. 30 appearance at the Euronews Defence and Space Summit.
Putin has also maintained that Russia has no plans to attack European countries and wants peaceful coexistence with its neighbors.
Grynkewich did not mention Russia by name during his Warsaw address, but his warning appeared directed at Moscow and with NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept also identifying Russia as the most significant and direct threat to allied security.
"My theory of victory is simple: we will block the initial attack. If the attack persists, we will blunt it and prevent enemy advance," Grynkewich said on Monday.
"And if required, we will break the enemy's forces and the operational warfighting system that is arrayed against us."
Grynkewich said NATO was already putting the strategy into action through military exercises, enhanced military readiness and investments in new capabilities.
"If attacked, we are ready to fight tonight, but we are not complacent," he said.
The general made clear that NATO's response would not necessarily be limited to enemy troops directly involved in an assault, but could extend to the broader military infrastructure enabling the attack.
Meanwhile, Trump has pressed European allies to increase defense spending and has questioned whether countries that fail to meet their obligations should expect U.S. protection.
Grynkewich sought to downplay concerns about Washington's commitment, recalling Trump's positive remarks about the alliance during the 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands.
"I was in the room and I felt the love," Grynkewich said of the 2025 event.
"What I want to do is assure the one billion citizens of our alliance that we've got this. We know what we need to do. We know how we would do it," he added.
He also indicated a willingness to discuss suspected hybrid attacks more openly if individual NATO governments wanted him to address their concerns.
"If a nation wants me to, I'm happy to talk about it," he said.
The Warsaw Security Forum brought together European political and defense leaders as the continent grappled with Russia's continuing war in Ukraine and the growing threat of confrontation along NATO's eastern flank.
NPR CEO who previously called First Amendment a 'challenge' to receive 'First Amendment Award'
NPR CEO Katherine Maher will receive Harper's Magazine's "First Amendment Award" later this month despite her past criticism of the amendment.
"As president and CEO of NPR, Katherine Maher has guided one of America’s most important public media institutions through a period of extraordinary political, legal, and financial scrutiny, reaffirming journalism’s essential role in a democratic society," the magazine said in a press release earlier this year about Maher receiving the James C. Goodale First Amendment Award on Oct. 26.
Harper's Magazine also claimed that Maher led NPR "through a period of heightened scrutiny and challenge" along with "successfully battling" President Donald Trump's efforts to defund NPR, though Congress still rescinded $1.1 billion in federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2025.
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Although the magazine hailed Maher as an advocate for journalism, Maher has not always been supportive of the First Amendment as a whole.
In 2021, when Maher was the CEO of Wikimedia, which oversees Wikipedia, she discussed efforts to combat disinformation and considered the First Amendment a "challenge" in that goal.
"The number one challenge here that we see is, of course, the First Amendment in the United States. [It] is a fairly robust protection of rights and that is a protection of rights both for platforms, which I actually think is very important that platforms have those rights to be able to regulate what kind of content they want on their sites," Maher said.
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She added, "But it also means that it is a little bit tricky to really address some of the real challenges of where does bad information come from, and sort of the influence peddlers who have made a real market economy around it."
NPR has also had a history of questionable journalism. Most notably, NPR declined to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 ahead of the presidential election in what many critics saw as an effort to protect then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Maher, who was not appointed NPR CEO until 2024, later conceded that the publication "made a mistake."
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"I do want to say that NPR acknowledges we were mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively and sooner," Maher said during congressional testimony in 2025.
Fox News Digital reached out to Harper's Magazine for comment.
Tim Graham, executive editor of the media watchdog NewsBusters, told Fox News Digital, "Harper's Magazine is demonstrating the usual liberal impulse, that being fiercely critical of Trump and the Republicans is what the First Amendment is all about. But NPR didn't hold President Biden accountable. Instead, they insisted that covering corruption in Biden's family was a 'distraction.'"
"Their explanation for this pride is that Maher courageously fought off defunding NPR, which, of course, is not true. They are defunded. Liberals believe depriving NPR of taxpayer subsidies is some sort of First Amendment violation. But it's not a First Amendment violation for NPR to avoid having any Trump-supporting conservatives on their airwaves to push back on all their liberal bias," he continued.
"These people have no shame that Maher championed aggressive censorship of ‘bad information,’ just as European socialist countries have done. Maher said in a 2021 TED Talk that the First Amendment was a ‘challenge,’ a hurdle, something that makes censorship ‘a little bit trickier.’ How does that deserve a First Amendment award??" he asked.
NPR celebrated Maher receiving the award, pointing to its past statement when reached for a comment by Fox News Digital.
"Public media exists to serve the public interest, and I can think of no greater service to the public than the defense of the First Amendment," Maher said in a comment. "The freedom, imagination, and initiative of all Americans flourish with its protections, so that we may better understand the world and one another. The compact of citizenship asks that we each step up to defend our constitutional rights if they are threatened. On behalf of NPR and the NPR Network, I am deeply honored to accept this award."
Abdul El-Sayed's alleged family ties to Muslim Brotherhood surface after denying any link during NBC interview
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing new scrutiny after he denied that he or his family had any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," NBC's Kristen Welker pressed El-Sayed whether he could "set the record straight" on allegations that his family had connections to the controversial Islamist group.
"No," El-Sayed replied.
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"No, you don't have any ties, and your family doesn't?" Welker followed up.
"No," El-Sayed repeated before suggesting his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, was floating Islamophobic attacks against him and his family.
However, according to his half-sister Eman Abdelhadi, their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
"Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect," Abdelhadi wrote in a 2012 X post, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon.
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Their mother, Fatten Elkomy, had attended Egypt's Alexandria University, which, according to a report from the Brookings Institution, had strong Muslim Brotherhood activity back in the 70s.
In another 2012 post, Abdelhadi, a professor at the University of Chicago, wrote: "My family has long been MB, but I've always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively."
In a third post from 2013, she wrote, "Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in #Egypt. Lie low, stay safe."
An El-Sayed campaign spokesperson issued a statement to Fox News, saying, "Abdul is a dad and a doctor. He has spent his entire career working to keep Michiganders healthy and safe. Independent fact checkers have repeatedly debunked Mike’s lies, but their campaign continues to use bad faith attacks on Abdul's faith and family. Mike wants to distract from Trump’s agenda that is terrorizing Michigan families at the pump and at the grocery store."
The campaign has also said the Muslim Brotherhood accusations have been "debunked as racist and untrue."
NBC News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Pro wrestler's reference to deadly Saudi airport attack during match entrance costs him job at TNA Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling’s (TNA) pay-per-view Bound for Glory was an exhilarating ride that saw multiple championships change hands, including the world championship in the main event.
One moment, however, left the company with a bitter taste in its mouth.
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Pro wrestler Max Caster made his TNA debut in a match against Moose. It was his first match after he had a run with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and it appeared he was going to be a mainstay on the roster. Caster, who is known for performing a rap song during his ring entrance, brought the rhymes with him.
In one lyric, Caster made mention of the attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia over the weekend that left more than a dozen dead. The Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, raising tensions even further in the Middle East.
"… And it’s the firing squad. I drop bombs. You don’t even have to fly to Riyadh," he said.
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Caster got immediate backlash on social media for the mention.
On Monday, TNA said it deleted everything related to Caster from its social media and will no longer welcome Caster at its company.
"During Sunday’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view, insensitive comments were made by Max Caster referencing attacks in Riyadh that killed and injured many people," the company said in a statement. "Making light of violent attacks is wrong. This should never have made it into the show, and that responsibility is ours. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected. We sincerely apologize.
"We have removed the segment from replays and our social channels and are taking steps to ensure something like this never happens again. Max Caster will no longer be wrestling in TNA."
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Eric Trump trashes ABC over 'bulls--- hit piece,' backs call for FCC probe into revised story
Eric Trump expressed support for a federal probe into a botched story from ABC News about his family's business dealings with defense contractor Anduril Industries.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate what led to an erroneous report published on the Disney-owned network's website last week with the headline "Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election." The report was initially deleted without explanation and then republished with a correction.
"Thank you @berniemoreno — can’t wait to participate!" Eric Trump reacted Monday on X.
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"You can’t publish a bulls**t hit-piece, let it spread and go viral, then delete it 24 hours later, under the cover of darkness with no explanation or apology. Who approved it? Has the author been fired? @ABC owes us answers," he continued.
In a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Moreno demanded accountability for the network's report and questioned whether ABC News violated its obligations as a broadcaster.
"Thus, I urge the Commission to open a formal investigation into ABC News's political hit job. We must know who signed off on the publication of this false story, who may have asked to profit from the attack, and whether ABC News's conduct violated its obligations as a licensee," Moreno said.
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The letter followed ABC News' decision to remove a report examining investments tied to both Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. The original Wednesday article claimed companies connected to the president's sons had secured billions in government contracts, including through venture capital firm 1789 Capital.
Moreno specifically challenged the original report's characterization of Anduril's financing, arguing that the network had misrepresented the company's investment activity and unfairly associated the Trump family with federal contracting decisions.
The controversy centered on ABC News' original claim that 1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. serves as a partner, acquired a major strike in Anduril through a $2.5 billion investment. The figure instead represented Anduril's broader fundraising round, while 1789 Capital's investment was approximately $50 million.
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ABC News republished a substantially revised article Friday, acknowledging errors involving investments, government contracts and the chronology of events. The updated version also clarified that Trump Jr. does not serve on the firm's investment decision-making committee. The new headline reads, "New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns about potential conflicts of interest," though the original reporter's byline was replaced with "ABC News."
A 1789 source told Fox News Digital that an ABC News journalist involved with the story defended it over the phone before the story itself was deleted. Semafor similarly reported Sunday that editors initially stood by the published story, according to emails between ABC News investigative reporter Nathan Lee, who authored the original story, and an Anduril spokesperson. That would contradict the network's notion to other media reporters that the story was published "prematurely."
ABC News did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Fox News' Brian Flood and CJ Womack contributed to this report.
Cowboys hire longtime NFL coach out of retirement to address team's brutal defensive start
The Dallas Cowboys have yet to resolve their defensive struggles, which stretch back to the 2025 campaign, and an upset home loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on "Thursday Night Football" has prompted a new addition to the coaching staff.
Long-time NFL coach Mike Pettine has been hired by the Cowboys to serve as a senior defensive assistant who will be working alongside defensive coordinator Christian Parker, the 34-year-old who has seen struggles from his unit so far in his first year at his post.
"It’s something we’ve been talking about for a long time. I think as we looked at everything, we had a chance to convince Pett that it made sense for him," head coach Brian Schottenheimer told reporters about the hiring of Pettine.
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"I think he's excited about coming in and adding experience and value. The most important thing for us was making sure we got the right guy, and I feel very, very confident that we did."
It feels as though this was a long time coming for the Cowboys, as Parker himself approached Pettine about joining his defensive staff when he was hired for the job in January. Parker marked the youngest defensive coordinator hire in Cowboys history, and wanted someone he was familiar with on his staff.
Parker’s first NFL job was a quality control coach in 2019 with the Green Bay Packers. Pettine was the team's defensive coordinator at the time. Schottenheimer also knows Pettine well, as the two previously worked together on Rex Ryan's New York Jets staff.
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Pettine, though, had retired before the 2026 season when Parker was putting his staff together. But after the Cowboys' loss to undrafted rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels and the Bucs this past Thursday, which gave Tampa Bay its first win of the season, Dallas went back to Pettine, who came out of retirement to join the staff.
From 2022 up until last season, Pettine served as an assistant head coach for Kevin O’Connell on the Minnesota Vikings. He was also a senior defensive assistant with the Chicago Bears during the 2021 season.
The Cowboys do not plan on Pettine supplanting Parker as defensive coordinator, but rather allowing the both to work together again in hopes of changing the brutal results on the field over the first five weeks.
Dallas, which moved to 2-3 on the season after the loss, has allowed the second-most yards per game (395.4) in the NFL thus far, with only the Detroit Lions giving up more. The Cowboys also have the worst run defense, giving up 168.4 yards per game in that area, while being 26th in points allowed per game (27.2).
Just like last season, the team’s wins have been because Dak Prescott and the offense have been able to put up points, ranking seventh in the league per game in that respect (27.6).
Pettine has the notable experience to perhaps change what’s going wrong despite players and coaches alike saying Parker’s communication and scheme have been solid thus far. Owner Jerry Jones and the rest of those invested in the team’s success want the results on the field, though.
"When you bring someone into this role, you want it to be someone that the coordinator, the head coach trusts," Schottenheimer continued, "because otherwise I could put two people in a room and say, ‘OK, well he’s in charge, but I want you to give him feedback,’ if they don’t have any relationship, then how are they going to ever get anything done? That doesn’t help anybody.
"So, that’s how it started, and Pett was excited about retirement. He’s been doing this a long time, and as we’ve been talking about this over the past couple weeks, it began to make more sense for him."
The Cowboys will see Pettine and Parker’s former Packers squad in a primetime matchup on "Sunday Night Football" in Week 6.