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Israeli ambassador, UN official shout over each other in tense exchange over sexual violence blacklist
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Danny Danon erupted at Vanessa Frazier, the U.N. Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, in a tense exchange over Frazier's role in placing Israel on a blacklist on sexual violence.
The pair shouted over each other during a Friday U.N. meeting marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict after a report Frazier helped author placed Israel on a sexual violence blacklist.
"You caved to the pressure. You caved to the Secretary General's obsession with targeting Israel. And in doing so," Danon began before Frazier chimed in.
"Wait, I'm speaking now!" Danon yelled.
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"No, you will be quiet, because I'm speaking now! You spoke, now I speak. You spoke, and now I'll speak. Shame on you, you're part of the bullying of Israel. Shame on you, you can walk out. You spoke now, I speak. You can walk out, shame on you! You're part of this, you're part of his obsession," he continued.
The United Nations Secretary-General's office listed Israeli entities in the annex of the U.N.'s annual Conflict-Related Sexual Violence report in May. The report specifically mentioned the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Prison Services and the country's border police Counter Terrorism Unit after U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres labeled the organizations "a party credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other sexual violence."
Danon had previously condemned the U.N.'s decision to add Israel to the blacklist and announced a freezing of relations between Israel and Guterres' office.
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In a statement to Fox News, Danon's office blasted the decision as a "stain" and noted that Israel was being placed on a list with terrorist organizations.
"Israel has been placed on a blacklist alongside Hamas, ISIS, and Boko Haram. This is a moral disgrace that will be remembered as one of the darkest stains on António Guterres’ legacy," he said.
On Friday, Danon also called for U.N. Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Pramila Patten to resign. He then rebuffed an apparent attempt by Frazier to defend Patten, noting that Patten was not present at the meeting.
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"Ms. Patten was invited here, she chose not to be here. You will allow me to finish my words. Shameful. You are part of this shameful behavior. You are a part of it. Shame on you. Shame on you," Danon shouted.
"I will speak and you will be quiet. You work for the U.N. and you will respect the rule of the U.N. Respect the rule. We will not allow you to bully us. We are a member state, and you work for the U.N., and you will be quiet now. You will be quiet. Shameful. You and your shameful report. We know why you took this position. We will not let you be part of this shameful campaign. I will finish my words. If you don't want to listen, go out," Danon continued.
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Danon contended that Israel cooperated with the U.N. and that the organization did not independently review the evidence or give Israel a fair opportunity to address the allegations. He also accused Patten of lending credibility to a politically motivated campaign against Israel.
"If verifying the facts is not Ms. Patten’s responsibility, then what exactly is her responsibility?" Danon asked.
"You knew Israel had cooperated. You knew you had not reviewed the evidence yourself. Yet you chose to stand behind this falsehood. You should have said no. You should have resigned. You tried to stain Israel’s name. But the stain is not on Israel. The stain is on you," he said during the U.N. meeting.
Danon's office also plans on filing a formal complaint with the U.N. over Frazier's interruptions during the meeting, his office told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital contacted a spokesperson for Patten and for Frazier but did not immediately receive a response.
Biden scores temporary court victory as Trump appointed judge delays release of Hur investigation materials
Former President Joe Biden has won another three weeks to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts tied to Special Counsel Robert Hur's classified documents investigation, after a federal judge granted a temporary injunction while a federal appeals court reviews his challenge.
The recordings stem from Biden's interviews with Mark Zwonitzer, the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir, "Promise Me, Dad." U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump-appointee, on Friday issued an injunction pending appeal that prevents the Justice Department from releasing the materials while the D.C. Circuit considers the case. The order came just hours after Friedrich denied Biden's request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped the release altogether.
The legal battle could determine whether Americans ever hear the recordings that helped shape Hur's decision not to prosecute Biden over his handling of classified documents. The audio has been the subject of intense scrutiny because Hur raised questions about Biden's memory in explaining why he declined to bring charges against Biden for mishandling classified documents.
Although the Justice Department previously released audio from Biden's interviews with Hur, the recordings at the center of the current legal battle involve separate conversations between Biden and Zwonitzer.
Hur's 2024 report repeatedly referenced Biden's recorded conversations with Zwonitzer. The special counsel described some exchanges as "painfully slow" and said Biden at times struggled to recall events and relay information, observations that fueled scrutiny of the then-president's cognitive abilities amid an election year.
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The Heritage Foundation and its Oversight Project director Mike Howell have spent more than two years seeking the recordings and transcripts through FOIA requests.
Heritage Foundation officials have argued that the public has a strong interest in reviewing the materials referenced throughout Hur's report, particularly because the special counsel relied on the recordings in explaining his decision not to pursue criminal charges
Biden has been fighting to keep the potentially embarrassing recordings under wraps.
After Friedrich denied Biden's motion for a preliminary injunction on Friday, Biden's legal team immediately sought emergency relief to preserve the status quo while appealing the decision.
In an emergency filing, Biden's attorneys argued that disclosure would effectively end the case before appellate judges could review the legal questions involved. They maintained that once the recordings are released, any privacy protections would be permanently lost and the appeal would become largely moot.
The filing also stressed that the FOIA litigation has already been pending for more than two years and argued there was no urgent public need requiring immediate disclosure of conversations that occurred roughly a decade ago between Biden and his ghostwriter. Biden's attorneys noted that the former president is now a private citizen who neither holds nor is seeking public office.
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The Justice Department initially withheld the recordings and much of the transcript material under several FOIA exemptions. Earlier this year, however, the department reversed course and determined the records could be released with redactions after concluding that significant public interest existed in understanding evidence relied upon by Hur during his investigation.
After the Justice Department announced plans to release the recordings, Biden filed suit in May to stop the disclosure, claiming the audiotapes contain private conversations that should remain protected from public release and if released, would be in violation of the Privacy Act.
His legal team argued that the department's decision violates the Privacy Act and constitutes arbitrary agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Leading Biden's legal effort is Amy Jeffress, a partner at Washington-based law firm Hecker Fink and a former Justice Department national security official. Jeffress has served as the primary attorney advancing Biden's challenge to the release of the materials and signed the recent emergency filing seeking to prevent disclosure while the appeal proceeds.
Jeffress has also drawn attention because she is married to U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee who recently ruled against the Trump administration in a high-profile dispute involving the Kennedy Center. Cooper's ruling prompted criticism from some Trump allies and conservative commentators who pointed to the judge's family connection to Biden's attorney, suggesting a conflict of interest may be at play in Cooper's work.
Explosive report unearths prominent union money trail labeled a 'stunning betrayal' of MAGA members
FIRST ON FOX — A major railroad union is under fire as a watchdog report alleges its leadership funneled money to support Democratic causes that opposed the Trump administration, thus undermining many of its own MAGA members while also spending millions on questionable expenses.
Leaders of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED-IBT), one of the nation's largest rail unions representing 37,000 members, are accused of using union resources to support Democratic priorities through their spending, according to a report released by the American Accountability Foundation (AAF).
"The leadership's progressive alignment is a stunning betrayal of the large proportion of its working-class members who support the MAGA agenda and President Trump's leadership," the report said.
"BMWE's one-sided partisanship is evidenced by its attacks on the Trump agenda and its broad support for Democratic causes."
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The report described the union’s leadership as "leftward bent," citing attacks on Trump during his first term, including claims he was "undoing Obama's legacy" and that his deregulation efforts were "dangerous."
Additionally, the report found the union supported left-leaning causes such as Black Lives Matter, abortion and universal health care, while opposing Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" and maintaining ties to Democratic organizations and prominent Democrats, including Reps. Jesús "Chuy" García, D-Ill., and Dina Titus, D-Nev.
The report added that the union's leaders have displayed a "stunning betrayal" and abandoned "the will" of their large MAGA member base, underscoring a growing disconnect between organized labor leadership and many "rank-and-file" union members.
"While the broad support for the Trump-Vance agenda by industrial union members has been widely reported on, news of this nearly decade-old realignment has apparently yet to reach the leadership of the Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way Employees Division (BMWE) union whose dues-paying members repeatedly cast ballots for President Trump," the report said.
Beyond the union's political alignment, the report examined BMWED-IBT's spending practices.
The union allegedly sent more than $441,098 to "left-wing" organizations, including the Center for American Progress, a leading progressive think tank, more than $100,000 to the National Democratic Club across multiple years, and the National Teamsters Hispanic Caucus, according to the report.
The report said both the National Democratic Club and the National Teamsters Hispanic Caucus are known for their stances against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
The report further examines the Teamsters' Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education (D.R.I.V.E.) PAC, which BMWED-IBT joined after its political action committee merged into the PAC in 2004, saying the PAC heavily favored Democrats in its political spending by donating about $13.76 million to Democratic Party committees compared with about $729,846 to Republican committees.
Recent polling shows that labor unions like BMWED-IBT consist of a large number of workers who support Trump, including Teamsters polling that shows a 60/40 breakdown in favor of Trump and exit polling from the 2024 election that shows working-class voters without a college degree went 56% for Trump and 42% for Harris.
Not only did the report point to the union's Democratic associations, but also what it described as "massive wasteful spending," claiming that roughly two-thirds of headquarters employees earned six-figure salaries in 2024, while the average BMWED-IBT member earned $61,692.
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The report said that Cardwell earned $233,492 and Secretary-Treasurer Dale Bogart earned $206,709 that year, adding members of BMWED-IBT Local Lodge 1020, a local union, pay nearly $100 per month in dues "that goes to subsidizing the salaries of union leadership."
Additionally, the report alleges BMWED-IBT spent more than $18 million from 2017 to 2024, including $7.25 million on hotels and conferences, $5.44 million on legal fees, $2.71 million on promotional items and merchandise, and $2.11 million on travel.
The union allegedly spent $2.33 million at casinos and resorts alone during the same period, including a $522,281 payment to Caesars Entertainment in 2023, according to the report, which argues the spending shows leadership's priorities are not in the right place.
"While hardworking rank-and-file members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way Employees Division Union are busting their backs making an average of $60K per year, woke union bosses live like kings and have wasted millions in union dues on progressive activism, hotel stays, and casino trips," AAF President Tom Jones told Fox News Digital.
"The BMWE Union is completely out of touch with its members and is actively betraying the very Trump-supporting workers it claims to support."
The union pushed back strongly against the report in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Since taking over leadership of the BMWED-IBT in 2022, our union has operated at a budget surplus," BMWED-IBT President Tony D. Cardwell said. "In fact, it was one of our most prioritized goals to become fiscally responsible and diligent stewards of the memberships’ money. We are accomplishing this goal."
Cardwell said the union's work "on Capitol Hill or in any statehouse nationwide" is focused on "securing the best policy and protections" for members, saying that it donates to lawmakers from either party who support railroad workers, as "Party affiliation is not a determining factor for our political arm – support of working railroaders is the only thing that matters."
"No dues dollars are allocated to political lobbying," Cardwell said. "The only money donated to politicians comes from our Teamster PAC, which is and has always been voluntarily funded. It is vital that we have a voice in the political realm and this is how we accomplish it, with impartiality and the goal of achieving the best policies and legislation possible for our members."
Despite the union's Democratic ties, BMWED-IBT has collaborated with Republicans on key rail safety legislation, including Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who recently introduced the Secure Tracks Act, which would require railroad companies to use both human and automated track inspections.
Cardwell said that the union has "garnered more Republican support on the Hill than in the past" and that its relationship with President Donald Trump "has been strengthened," saying Vice President JD Vance also supported rail safety legislation while serving in the U.S. Senate representing Ohio.
A review of the BMWED-IBT's social media accounts by Fox News Digital shows the union reposting and applauding Trump and Vance's push for the Railway Safety Act, legislation the union has fought for after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, three years ago, causing a major chemical spill.
Earlier this year, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) released a similar report involving the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), one of the nation’s oldest labor unions, alleging the organization is run by leaders who are endorsing and promoting Democratic policies and candidates despite a membership base that data suggests largely supports the president.
Viral World Cup fan Freddy gets stranded at airport, airlines start bidding war to fly him to Canada
Freddy, the viral World Cup fan and Germany soccer supporter, has broken the internet once again. He recently shared on X, "Our connecting flight from Dallas to Canada has been canceled due to weather. They rebooked us on a flight tomorrow evening. We‘re gonna miss the Germany match."
Then, private jet owners, major airlines, and even the governor of Utah flooded to Freddy’s replies offering to help.
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It was like a soap opera, honestly. John Owen, the president and CEO of Airshare, a U.S. private aviation company, offered to help by replying, "What time do you need to get there by? and eventually posting, "your chariot awaits," accompanied by a look at the inside of the luxury private jet.
American Airlines replied, "Not on our watch, Freddy. Check your DMs."
Air Canada said, "Hi Freddy, let’s get you to Toronto. Can you send us a DM?"
The governor of Utah, Spencer Cox offered his assistance saying, "Hey Freddy, I’m the governor of Utah. I’m assuming someone has reached out to help you make [it] to your match tomorrow. If not, DM me and I’ll help get you there."
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What made the story especially interesting was not just the fact that there was a bidding war for who would fly Freddy and his buddies to Toronto, but the fact he was radio silent for almost four hours. I, like millions of others, was on the edge of my seat waiting to see how this stranded saga would end. Would he fly in private luxury? Was Air Force One on the way to pick him? (I’m only half joking).
Eventually, Freddy gave the world a much-needed and heartwarming update. He posted on X, "UPDATE: We’re on the plane to Buffalo!!! American Airlines was incredibly helpful and made it possible for us to get on this flight. A special thank you to @JJWatt for organizing it while we were in the air to Dallas. Big thanks as well to everyone else who offered their help."
Notably, J.J. Watt hooked Freddy and his friends up with a suite at a nearby hotel in Houston, a signed jersey, and has struck up a friendship with Freddy that has proven again to be extremely valuable.
This is Freddy’s world, we’re just living in it. He has the world’s biggest airlines, millionaires, country music stars, the whole sports world in the palm of his hands. He’s quite literally a rockstar. I feel like this is the script for a "Most Interesting Man in the World" Dos Equis commercial. He’s the subject of the coolest sports fan story we’ve ever heard. The level of stardom is unmatched right now.
DAVID MARCUS: How Crockett's last stand in Texas could bring down Talarico
There is a tradition in Texas of people named Crockett making famous last stands. For Davey Crockett, it was at the Alamo, but the hill that Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, seems inclined to die on is stopping James Talarico, who beat her in the primary, from winning his Senate race.
The famously sassy Crockett told the Dallas Morning News this week that she has "no idea" when asked if she would support Talarico in November, saying she is focused on the down-ballot races.
Crockett also declined an invitation to speak on Talarico’s behalf at the upcoming Texas Democratic Party Convention. In fact, she is just skipping the whole thing.
On one hand, this refusal to play ball could just be the ire of a woman scorned, but even if that is so, there are a few reasons for Democrats to be worried about Crockett taking her endorsement and going home.
The first reason why Crockett's refusal to endorse Talarico would hurt is that it takes away an important political weapon, specifically, the fact that long-serving GOP Sen. John Cornyn, who lost his party's primary, is also refusing to endorse the man who beat him, Ken Paxton.
Talarico would love to slap on a smug smile and tell Texas voters, "Even John Cornyn, who is as Republican as it gets, won’t back my extreme opponent," or whatever. But if his own primary opponent, a sitting member of Congress, is snubbing him too, it just evens out.
The deeper problem for the party that Crockett’s recalcitrance reveals is a growing worry among Black Democrats that their power in the party is being marginalized and diminished.
In our deep-blue cities, the Democratic Socialists of America are actively replacing old Black power within the party with immigrant candidates. The voters most aggressively fueling this shift are well-off, well-educated White people who always rank most progressive-leaning in polls.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a rally this week for his slate of wacky Congressional candidates in Gotham, none of whom are Black, all of whom are socialists and most of whom are opposed by the Black Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, who lives in Brooklyn.
Jeffries is supposed to be the boss of Black political power in New York City, but it sure looks like he doesn’t have much of it anymore.
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The far-left rally came on the same day as the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, a funeral for the old party establishment on the shores of Lake Michigan, a baptism of the new socialist party in Brooklyn.
On Friday, on CNN, Corey Booker, a Black senator from New Jersey, was shown a clip of Commie Mamdani calling the Democrats a party of the past that has to be replaced. His response: "I don’t want to talk about the Democratic Party."
In other words, total surrender.
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Meanwhile, in purple state Senate races, such as in Maine, and Crockett’s own Texas, the Democrats have decided this cycle that "relatable" White guys are the ticket to success.
Graham Platner, in the Pine Tree State, is as scandal-scarred a candidate as we have seen in a long time, yet Democrats think they have found a White guy who knows how to load a gun.
In Texas, race was the underlying theme of the Democratic Party primary. In one viral clip from the contest, we saw a middle-aged White woman voter in tears, telling a reporter she loved Crockett but had to vote for Talarico because Texas is too racist to elect a Black woman.
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It was astounding, actually, here was this woman all but saying, "I have to commit an act of racism to fight racism."
Feckless Congressional Democrats who continue to feed the communist tiger of their party’s Hasan Piker wing, hoping to be eaten last, might want to consider Crockett’s example. She may have committed political Hari Kari but at least she is standing up for herself.
Even Crockett’s promise to focus her energy on down-ballot races shows that she is not convinced that either the national or Texas Democratic Party are really listening to her supporters, but instead, taking them for granted.
Republicans should also be paying attention to Crockett’s rebellion here, and offering Black voters who aren’t communists and don’t believe men should be in women’s sports or shelters a way back home to the GOP.
Davey Crockett did not survive the battle of the Alamo, and Jasmine Crockett’s political career might not survive her Senate primary loss and her antics since. But in the end, Texas carried the day, and we remember the Alamo because it was not a loss in vain.
Maybe Crockett is waiting for some concessions from the Democrats and Talarico, but for right now, it does not look like she is going to surrender and put her hands up to endorse her rival. For Republicans, this is very good news.
Yankees star Cam Schlittler fires back at Red Sox fan who harassed him for months after dominant start
New York Yankees ace Cam Schlittler brought the heat both on and off the field Friday, as he put a trolling Boston Red Sox fan on blast.
Schlittler, 25, posted a career-high 13 strikeouts in six shutout innings in the Yankees’ 5-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Yankee Stadium and made sure his fastball stayed hot on social media. The Walpole, Massachusetts, native first drew the ire of the Red Sox fan before Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Game last season in October.
He quieted the Red Sox hitters that night, striking out 12 hitters across eight scoreless innings, but the noise from Boston fans has only grown. After his start Friday, Schlittler exposed one fan who had crossed the line.
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He screen-recorded all of the fan's insults and posted them to his Instagram Story, captioning the post "Rent Free" with two laughing emojis.
The insults began the day of his Wild Card start, when a Red Sox fan with the Instagram handle "Kyle_Lynch11" started chirping at Schlittler, calling him a clown. Lynch’s messages didn’t stop there.
"Never forget where u came from," one message read.
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Lynch’s messages continued throughout October and November all the way through March and April, when he frequently called the Yankees star a "p---y."
Lynch then sent a message with vomit emoji’s after seeing one of Schlittler’s outfits, and the Yankees pitcher finally responded.
"Stop glazing lil bro," Schlittler said.
Schlittler was then once again called a "p---y," and Lynch declared that the Reds would light him up on Friday, which was far from what happened.
In the win, Schlittler lowered his American League-leading ERA to a sparkling 1.71. He is 8-3 with 109 strikeouts in 95 innings, overpowering hitters with his lethal fastball, sinker and cutter combination.
Lynch’s chirps were not like some of the death threats that Schlittler told reporters he and his family received from Red Sox fans.
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'Send them back' chants rock European Parliament after landslide vote to speed up deportations
The European Parliament erupted into chants of "send them back" after lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul of the European Union’s migrant return system, marking the latest sign that Europe is moving toward tougher immigration enforcement after years of growing anger and frustration from voters.
Members of the European Parliament voted on Wednesday 418 to 218, with 30 abstentions, to approve the Return Regulation, a measure designed to speed up the removal of third-country nationals who are staying illegally in the European Union.
The moment quickly turned explosive. After the vote was announced, right-wing lawmakers stood, applauded and chanted "send them back," according to a video of the meeting. Lawmakers on the left responded by chanting "shame on you."
The legislation still requires formal approval by the Council of the European Union and publication in the Official Journal before it enters into force, but the confrontation underscored how sharply divided Europe remains over migration, even as the bloc’s institutions move ahead with policies once seen as politically taboo.
The new rules would allow member states to detain some migrants for up to 24 months, with a possible six-month extension, and create a framework for "return hubs" outside the European Union in third countries willing to receive migrants with return decisions.
Supporters say the rules are necessary because European Union countries have struggled to enforce deportation orders. The European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), citing the European Commission, said only around 20% of migrants who receive a return decision are actually returned.
The vote comes after Fox News Digital reported earlier in June that the European Union appeared to be moving toward tougher border and asylum rules amid growing concern over illegal immigration across the continent. The new measures include stricter screening, identity and security checks, and the use of biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition.
Conservative leaders hailed the Parliament vote as a victory. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the result a "great success," calling the legislation a "historic measure," according to her post on X.
Other right-wing figures in France and Austria praised the moment as evidence that pressure from the right was reshaping European Union policy.
Critics, however, accused lawmakers of dehumanizing migrants and weakening core protections.
The Guardian reported that socialist vice president of the European Parliament Javi López called the plenary session "disgraceful," while Italian Green and Left Alliance Member of the European Parliament Ilaria Salis described the celebration as "horrifying."
Human rights groups have also raised alarms.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk warned the new rules risk expanding detention, Reuters reported, creating offshore return hubs and weakening safeguards against forced returns.
Paraguay's Miguel Almiron becomes first player ejected under FIFA's new mouth-covering rule at World Cup
The World Cup has its first red card for mouth-covering.
Before the tournament, FIFA rolled out some new rules that give officials the latitude to issue players red cards if they cover their mouths during a confrontation with an opponent.
Well, Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almiron did just that against Turkey on Friday night, and it warranted him a red card — and possibly cost him the remainder of his World Cup.
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The infraction came during first-half stoppage time in the Group D match when Almiron and Mert Mulder exchanged words following a foul near midfield. Almiron covered his mouth while saying something to Mulder, who immediately appealed to referee Ivan Barton for punishment.
Barton went to video review and quickly ruled that Almiron would be given a red card and ejected under a new rule put in place for this year's World Cup.
"According to the law, if you cover your mouth you’re sent off. Red card," coach Gustavo Alfaro said. "There’s nothing I can do about that. Unfortunately, we can’t issue a new opinion on this."
The red card left Paraguay with just 10 players for the rest of its match, but it still came away with a 1-0 win to clinch the group for the United States.
However, Paraguay could be out of the tournament with a loss next week against Australia, and the red card means Almiron will be suspended for the contest. The winner of that match will clinch second place in the group, and the loser's fate would rely on other third-place finishers in other groups. It's unlikely Paraguay is out (84% chance to advance, via The Athletic), but it's not off the table.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino pushed for the new rule after Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni tried to hide verbal insults directed at Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior in a Champions League game.
This is the second time in two games at the World Cup that Almiron was carded under a new rule in place this year. He got a yellow card in the opening match against the United States after video review overturned a yellow card issued to Tim Ream and issued one to Almiron instead for diving.
OutKick's Matt Reigle and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Florida Gators recruiting Knox Kiffin months after failed coaching search involving his father Lane
If you followed college football at all last season, you are likely intimately familiar with the Lane Kiffin Saga.
Following a few high-profile firings at LSU and Florida, former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was presented with a choice of either staying with the program he helped build into a superpower, or jump ship for perceived greener pastures.
What ensued was a six-week wild goose chase in which all three programs -- as well as the public at large -- were kept in the dark about Kiffin's next move.
The whole thing turned into a media circus, and at one point, each team thought they had the guy in their grasp.
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When Kiffin finally made his decision and settled on Baton Rouge as his next coaching destination, fans and officials at both Ole Miss and Florida felt the sting of being spurned by the Lane Train.
There's certainly no love lost for the Tigers' new head coach in Oxford and Gainesville, but what if I told you a Kiffin is on campus at the University of Florida as we speak.
That's right, folks. It looks like the Gators won't let the sins of the father affect who they target on their quarterback board for the 2028 recruiting cycle, because Lane's son, Knox Kiffin, was seen at Florida's indoor practice facility for its Friday Night Lights showcase, slinging bombs to other recruits in his class.
No, that's not AI.
A source I spoke to who was at the event on Friday confirmed to me that Knox Kiffin was, in fact, in the building.
It looks like Florida fans (myself included) are pretty torn about this development.
On one hand, Lane burned the fanbase pretty badly.
Whether it was fair or unfair, Kiffin was seen as the prodigal son (with familial ties to the state and the university) and was supposed to be the next savior of Florida football -- a spiritual successor to Steve Spurrier, as it were.
When he pivoted to LSU seemingly at the last moment and left all of Gator Nation looking foolish, it stung.
Conversely, though, how funny would it be for Knox to sign with the Gators and be the quarterback to finally end the football national title drought in Gainesville?
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Granted, Knox has admitted to being a Gator fan in the past, and his mother, Layla, is a UF grad and daughter of Florida legend John Reaves.
Either way, it is an absolute trip seeing an immediate member of Lane's family on Florida's campus so soon after he and super agent Jimmy Sexton burned every bridge in Alachua County.
Whether Knox ends up a Gator or not remains to be seen, but as a fan of chaos and storylines, I definitely will be rooting for it.
Then we can all salivate over a Knox vs. Lane showdown in The Swamp or Death Valley in three or four years.
Provided, of course, if Lane actually stays in Baton Rouge for that long.
JD Vance uncovers hidden threat to American workers as he warns Democrats embrace 'radical fringes'
Vice President JD Vance warned that the Democratic Party is surrendering to its "most-radical fringes" following a wave of local victories by self-described progressive and socialist candidates.
Speaking on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Vance argued that Democrats learned the wrong lesson following their 2024 election loss.
"My genuine hope was that the lesson the Democrats learned from the 2024 election is maybe we should stop being so crazy," Vance said Saturday. "And unfortunately, the lesson that Democrats seem to have learned from the 2024 election is to lean into the most radical fringes of their party."
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His comments come after a wave of socialist candidates won high-profile races nationwide. Janeese Lewis George, a socialist member of the Washington, D.C., City Council, won Thursday's Democratic mayoral primary in the nation's capital.
Last month, Maine progressive Graham Platner appeared alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally. Platner has since won the Democratic Senate nomination and will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.
New York City's socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, also teamed up with Sanders for a get-out-the-vote event in Brooklyn this week. The two supported several socialist and progressive candidates ahead of Tuesday's New York primaries.
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But Vance said the latest party shift has left many moderate Democrats in the dust.
"I was raised by patriotic Christian blue-collar Democrats who loved this country, but they weren't Republicans," Vance said.
"But I feel, unfortunately, that those patriotic blue-collar Democrats, they increasingly don't have a place in that party anymore, at least among the elected senior leadership ranks."
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He pushed back on the idea that socialists are advocating for the working class, arguing that efforts to abolish ICE would hurt prospects for American workers.
"I always find it interesting when socialists tell me that they really stand up for working people, and they want to protect working people, but they want to abolish ICE," Vance said.
"That means a flood of low-wage immigrants coming into this country, competing for wages against the working people, Black, White and Brown of the United States of America," he said, adding, "You do not care about working people if you refuse to enforce the border. Stop pretending that you do."