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As Epstein-linked appointment sparks backlash, UK PM Starmer faces party revolt amid resignation calls

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing one of the most serious crises of his premiership after a cascade of resignations, renewed scrutiny over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to Washington and mounting unrest inside the ruling Labour Party ahead of a critical meeting of Members of Parliament Monday evening.

On Monday, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar became the most senior party figure to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation, saying "the distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change," according to the Associated Press. His intervention piles fresh pressure on the prime minister.

At the center of the crisis are newly publicized materials detailing Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein, revelations that have reshaped the political stakes and triggered questions about vetting at the highest levels of government. Documents cited by Fox News Digital report Mandelson maintained contact with Epstein after his 2008 conviction, and that Epstein transferred about $75,000 in 2003 and 2004 to accounts connected to Mandelson or his husband.

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Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff and one of the most influential figures inside Downing Street, stepped down on Sunday after acknowledging his role in recommending Mandelson for the diplomatic post. In a resignation statement obtained by The Guardian, McSweeney said the decision was "wrong" and accepted responsibility, calling his departure the "only honorable course."

The pressure intensified hours later when Tim Allan, the prime minister’s director of communications, also resigned, according to GB News. Allan, a veteran New Labour strategist, became the second senior aide to exit as the political fallout deepened.

Dr. John Hemmings, director of the National Security Center at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital the prime minister is now under escalating political pressure and that "it’s unclear as to whether he’ll survive."

"Prime Minister Starmer is coming under ever-increasing political pressure to resign here in London in the wake of the scandal around Lord Mandelson — his appointed Ambassador to the United States — and his connection to Jeffrey Epstein. He has lost two close aides and is under attack for his China foreign policy. The Chagos Deal is under scrutiny and his trip to Beijing was largely viewed as devoid of real results," Hemmings said.

Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, added: "It is extraordinary to be in a situation where a Prime Minister who won a landslide general election victory only 20 months ago is now on the verge of being forced to resign. We are here as a result of a series of policy U-turns and bad judgment calls culminating in the Lord Mandelson debacle. His fate is now ultimately in the hands of the Parliamentary Labour Party tonight. If he feels he no longer has their confidence then there is every chance that this will be the end of Keir Starmer."

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Starmer has sought to contain the damage, saying he regrets the appointment. In remarks reported by GB News on Monday, the prime minister said: "I have been absolutely clear that I regret the decision that I made to appoint Peter Mandelson. And I’ve apologized to the victims, which is the right thing to do." He added that scandals of this kind risk undermining public faith in politics.

The prime minister now faces a showdown with Labour lawmakers, with backbench MPs expected to challenge his leadership at a party meeting Monday evening U.K. time. A senior Labour MP told GB News the "clock is ticking" and called for decisive action to "cleanse politics."

Downing Street has insisted Starmer will not resign despite the double departure. A spokesperson told journalists that the prime minister is "getting on with the job in hand and delivering change across the country," remains "upbeat and confident," and retains cabinet support.

The political damage, however, extends beyond staffing turmoil. Mandelson was withdrawn from the ambassador role after additional details about his relationship with Epstein emerged, and he resigned from the Labour Party earlier this month, leaving Starmer confronting what experts describe as the most acute test of his leadership since taking office.

Fox News Digital's Ashley Carnahan and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Sanders calls Olympic skier 'proud American' despite having 'mixed emotions' about representing US

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., needled President Donald Trump on Sunday over comments he made about American Olympian Hunter Hess.

Hess faced the wrath of the president after he said he had "mixed emotions" about representing the U.S. at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Trump responded by calling the skier a "real loser."

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"Trump called American Olympian Hunter Hess a ‘real loser’ for criticizing what’s happening in our country under Trump," Sanders wrote on X. "Mr. President, this is not a monarchy. This is the United States and no one is required to bow down to you.

"Hess is not a loser. He's a proud American."

Hess’ comments came as the Trump administration faced backlash over the use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in enforcement operations. An incident with ICE agents in January left Renee Good dead in Minnesota. Border Patrol agents also had a deadly encounter with Alex Pretti.

Those incidents were apparently used as the catalyst for the comments from Hess and his teammate Chris Lillis. Hess said he had "mixed emotions" about representing the U.S.

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"It brings up mixed emotions to represent the U.S. right now, I think. It’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t," Hess said.

"I think, for me, it’s more I’m representing my friends and family back home, the people that represented it before me, all the things that I believe are good about the U.S. If it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I’m representing it. Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.

"I just kind of want to do it for my friends and my family and the people that support me getting here."

Trump called out Hess on Truth Social.

"U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics," he wrote.

"If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth Amendment, dodges questions in House Oversight Epstein probe

The House Oversight Committee's deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell ended less than an hour after it began on Monday morning, when the convicted accomplice of the late Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth Amendment.

Maxwell appeared before lawmakers virtually for a closed-door interview in the House bipartisan probe into the federal government's handling of Epstein's case.

She is currently serving out a 20-year sentence at a Texas prison.

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Both House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a member of the committee, said they expected Maxwell to plead the Fifth Amendment in the lead-up to her scheduled sit-down.

The former British socialite was found guilty in December 2021 of being an accomplice in Epstein's scheme to sexually traffic and exploit female minors.

The DOJ said at the time of her sentencing that Maxwell "enticed and groomed minor girls to be abused in multiple ways."

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Comer announced lawmakers would hear from Maxwell late last month during a meeting on holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear for his Epstein probe.

"We’ve been trying to get her in for a deposition. Our lawyers have been saying that she’s going to plead the Fifth, but we have nailed down a date, Feb. 9, where Ghislaine Maxwell will be deposed by this committee," Comer said at the time.

Contempt proceedings against the Clintons stalled, however, after they agreed via their attorneys to appear in person on Capitol Hill just days before the full House of Representatives was expected to vote on referring the pair to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.

Comer's team had been in a back-and-forth with Maxwell's attorney for months trying to nail down a date for her to speak to committee lawyers.

He agreed to delay her previous planned deposition in August after her lawyer asked him to wait until after the Supreme Court decided whether it would hear her appeal. The Supreme Court turned down Maxwell's case in October.

She and the Clintons' depositions are part of the House Oversight Committee's months-long probe into how the government handled Epstein's case. 

GOP accelerates Trump judge confirmations as pressure builds to kill Senate blue slip

Senate Republicans confirmed half a dozen of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees last week, continuing a quick pace to green-light as many of his picks as possible.

While the Senate GOP is moving fast to confirm Trump's judicial nominees, the president and some of his allies want to eviscerate an over-century-old tradition in the Senate that provides bipartisan guardrails to the judicial nomination process.

They contend that the blue slip tradition is slowing down Republicans from being able to confirm picks, and that Democrats are holding the process hostage. 

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"Nuking the blue slip would be a huge mistake," Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital.

Tillis, like several other Republicans, has argued that the blue slips are a valuable tool of the minority, and that inevitably, the GOP would need to use the tradition to their advantage when Democrats regain control of the upper chamber.

The Senate has confirmed 33 judges since the start of Trump’s second term, a figure that dwarfs the number of total judicial nominees, including U.S. attorneys, district and circuit court judges, moved through the upper chamber during his first go-round in the White House.

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During the first year of his first term, the Senate confirmed 19 Article III nominees, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. 

Though Republicans are far ahead of Trump's first time clip, Democrats under former President Joe Biden still outpaced them in this metric. Biden clocked 42 total judicial nominees confirmed during the first year of his term.

Whether the Senate can outpace Trump’s final total of 234 judicial nominees from his first term remains to be seen, but for now the blue slip appears to be safe. 

Still, Trump sounded off on the practice late last year in the Oval Office, arguing that the GOP should "get rid of blue slips, because, as a Republican President, I am unable to put anybody in office having to do with U.S. attorneys or having to do with judges."

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Much of his frustration with the tradition, which has been around for over 100 years in the upper chamber, likely stemmed from the nominations of Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan getting derailed by blue slips last year.

He’s taken his frustrations out on Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a vocal proponent of the practice, and other Republicans that want to maintain the tradition. 

Notably, Grassley modified the tradition in 2017 to allow for circuit court judges to skirt the process, further boosting the number of judges Republicans were able to confirm under Trump despite Democratic objections. 

When asked if the Senate’s pace in confirming judicial nominees further affirmed that the blue slip was here to stay, Grassley told Fox News Digital, "It doesn’t need to be a present question."

"Because it's a question of 110 years, and everybody in the Senate wants to maintain the blue slip," Grassley said.

Country star Tracy Lawrence survived being shot four times during mugging, says anger nearly wrecked his life

Country star Tracy Lawrence reflected on the life-altering trauma he endured more than 30 years ago. 

While recording his debut album "Sticks and Stones" in May 1991, Lawrence was walking a girlfriend back to her hotel in Nashville when they were mugged by multiple gun-wielding assailants. The "Stars Over Texas" singer was shot four times during the robbery and required major surgery to remove the bullets. 

He didn't know it then, but Lawrence — who is kicking off his 2026 No Alibis Tour this year — admitted that he now knows he should have sought professional help after surviving the shooting.

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"I was angry back then," Lawrence exclusively told Fox News Digital. "I felt like… they were trying to take my opportunity away from me, and I didn't get the mental help that I needed. I'm much more aware of the consequences, whether it's, you know, if you go through a physical altercation or family trauma or whatever those things are."

"I'm a big believer in taking care of your mental health these days, and I didn't do that at the time. That was a very traumatic experience for me."

He added, "I just suppressed it and shoved it down, and it caused me a lot of problems in my personal relationships, problems in my career."

The "Can't Break It to My Heart" musician acquired a "bit of a God complex" following the incident, something that also created pain in his life.

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"When you overcome a life-altering experience like that, I think there's a little bit of a God complex that comes with it when you survive something that you probably shouldn't have," Lawrence said. "It caused me to push things to the edge a lot more than I would have if that had not had happened to me. 

"I try to make it a point when people bring that up, and I talk about it now to make people aware that one of the most important things you can do when you go through something like that is to talk to somebody about it. Don't suppress it. Purge that thing out and get it out and deal with it and confront it, because if you don't, eventually it's going to come out in a way that you can't control."

Lawrence spent days in the hospital at Vanderbilt Medical Center where he underwent multiple surgeries to remove a bullet from his knee. Doctors decided against removing a bullet that was lodged in his hip.

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"Once I got past the realization that I wasn't going to die, the next thing that I worried about was, was I going to lose my leg… I didn't know how severe the bullet impact was on my leg because I got shot right through the joint in my left knee," Lawrence said. "I really thought there for a while that they were going to have to amputate my leg and that was pretty traumatic in itself and I still struggle with that injury too." 

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He added, "I've had a total knee replacement and once I got past that, it's caused me to have ankle issues. I'm probably going to have ankle surgery at the end of this year that I've been putting off for a while, so that's caused residual issues over the years that just had to linger that I've never really been able to completely get over."

Lawrence was a rising star in the industry at the time of the near-death experience, and could have let the incident change his trajectory, but his love for music and trust in God kept him going.

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"I'm blessed that I found something like this that I'm so passionate about in life that I've been able to enjoy for the better part of my life," Lawrence said. "I think I've started this dream when I was about 12 years old. And I just turned 58 and still love it and am as passionate about it now as much as I was when I was a kid. I think that's a pretty rare thing."

He added, "I've had a roller-coaster relationship with my Creator more than once. 

"I still have the highs and lows of it. I'm still a struggling Christian, and it's something that I counsel with my pastor on a regular basis about. But I know that God's always there. He's had his hand on me since I was a little child and I've been blessed to have a lot of prayer warriors. My mother and ladies from the church where I grew up, and even people in my life today that are praying for me constantly. I feel very blessed to have them in my life. It's definitely had an impact on my relationship with God."

With more than a dozen albums under his belt and dozens of hit songs, Lawrence brings all his best lines to the road this year on his headlining 2026 No Alibis Tour.

"I think it's a good time to go back out there," he said. "You know, I've never really stopped touring, but you know, to reconnect with some of those fans that I haven't seen in 25 years, and folks that followed me in the early '90s, and just to reconnect with that audience out there."

Lawrence's 2026 No Alibis Tour kicks off in March and will run through August, with Lawrence stopping in his hometown of Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium. 

Left-wing influencer spreads false claim about boy at Bad Bunny halftime show

Left-wing influencer Ed Krassenstein falsely claimed on X on Sunday that the kid featured in Bad Bunny's halftime show was Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old boy who was detained by ICE along with his father in Minneapolis in January.

"Many of you may have missed this, but the little boy who Bad Bunny handed his Grammy to at the Super Bowl was Liam Ramos! Amazing!" Krassenstein wrote on X.

The left-wing commentator, who has 1 million followers on X, also posted a photo of the child featured in Bad Bunny's performance and a photo of Ramos.

But the boy featured in the halftime show was Lincoln Fox Ramadan, a child actor, who posted about his experience on Instagram, according to multiple reports.

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During the performance, Bad Bunny handed Ramadan a Grammy Award as the child was watching Bad Bunny on television accepting the award. The Puerto Rican performer won a Grammy last week and spoke out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during his acceptance speech.

"UPDATE: There are conflicting reports on whether this really was Liam Ramos or if it was a child that was intended to represent Liam Ramos," Krassenstein's first update read.

He posted a follow-up that said, "UPDATE: according to the latest reports the young child was Lincoln Fox — a child actor."

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Krassenstein's original post has garnered 10 million views on X, and over 300,000 likes.

Multiple reports quickly sprouted up explaining that the boy at the show was not Ramos. "No, that wasn't Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show," read one NPR headline, confirmed by the boy's family and a representative for Bad Bunny.

Ramos and his father were released from a detention center in Dilley, Texas, in late January after a judge issued a ruling ordering the release. 

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, posted on social media Feb. 1 that he picked up the family Saturday night and escorted them back to Minnesota the next morning. 

Bad Bunny's halftime performance was met with criticism from President Donald Trump, among others.

"The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence. Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World," Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

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During his Grammy acceptance speech last week, Bad Bunny said, "ICE out."

"We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens — we are humans and we are Americans," he added.

Krassenstein didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Patriots' Will Campbell avoids questions following Super Bowl LX loss

New England Patriots offensive lineman Will Campbell refused to speak to the media following the team’s Super Bowl LX loss to the Seattle Seahawks, while having a putrid performance.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who received a pain-relieving injection in his throwing shoulder before the game, was sacked six times and had three turnovers in the 29-13 loss. Campbell gave up two of the sacks on Maye. He allowed 14 pressures during the game, according to Next Gen Stats. It was the most allowed by an NFL player in a game this season.

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He declined to answer questions after the game and left the locker room without speaking to reporters, according to the Boston Globe.

The 22-year-old Louisiana native was a highly touted prospect coming out of LSU. The Patriots must have thought so as well, since they selected him with the No. 4 overall pick of the 2025 draft.

However, he came under tremendous scrutiny for his play in the 13 games he appeared in.

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Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel declined to put the blame on just one person.

"We can sit here and try to put in on one guy. You'll be disappointed because that will never happen," Vrabel said. "It starts with us as a coaching staff. ... That's never going to change."

Ultimately, the Patriots couldn’t get enough offense going. New England was down 12-0 at halftime and didn’t score until late in the game when Maye connected with Mack Hollins for a touchdown.

"We couldn't gain any rhythm, any field position," Vrabel said. "Defensively, we were really good against the run and we weren't. We were just playing catch-up."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Turning Point USA declares 'All-American Halftime Show' a 'massive success,' commits to 2027 return

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) spokesperson Andrew Kolvet announced the organization plans to stage another alternative Super Bowl halftime show next year, calling the inaugural effort a "massive success" and citing at least 20 million views across social platforms as data continues to roll in.

Kolvet broke the news on "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade" on Sunday night and predicted that the 20 million view tally would rise to 40 or 50 million over the next 24 hours.

"So I can tell you, that's a shot across the bow. People are paying attention. And if you give us a year to plan this thing, I'm really excited to see what we can pull off," he said. 

"We gotta do it for the country. And this was a massive success, and we were grateful to do it."

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TPUSA’s "All-American Halftime Show" featured Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett. It streamed on YouTube at the same time as the NFL’s halftime show starring Bad Bunny.

The organization also paid tribute to TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk during the NFL halftime alternative. The tribute took place as Kid Rock finished up a song, and read: "In remembrance of Charlie Kirk," showcasing photos of Kirk’s wife, Erika, and their children.

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Kolvet said Kirk had strong opinions about the halftime show.

"He wanted it to lift up the best ideals of our country, as opposed to pulling us down or being kind of the lowest common denominator. He wanted it to lift us higher. He wanted to be about our highest ideals."

Kolvet called the performance "good music for Americans, for people that wanted to feel proud about their country, wanted to love their country, love their God, and love some great music."

Bad Bunny’s halftime show drew criticism from President Donald Trump and boxer Jake Paul, in part because it was performed almost entirely in Spanish. Others, including country artist Kacey Musgraves, criticized TPUSA’s show and praised Bad Bunny’s performance.

Fox News Digital’s Sarah Sotoodeh and Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

Super Bowl champion Barry Wilburn dead at 62

Barry Wilburn, a Super Bowl champion defensive back who played eight years in the NFL, has died, one of his former teams confirmed on Sunday. He was 62.

The Washington Commanders announced Wilburn’s death in a post on social media. He played in the organization, then known as the Washington Redskins, for five years and was a part of the team’s 1987 Super Bowl-winning team.

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"We're saddened to learn of the passing of former Washington All-Pro and Super Bowl XXII champion Barry Wilburn," the team said. "Sending our deepest condolences to his family and friends."

Wilburn was a victim of a house fire in Tennessee, his family told Action 5 News.

The former Ole Miss standout was taken in the eighth round of the 1985 NFL Draft. He played in all 16 games his rookie season and had 39 tackles that year. He improved massively over the course of his career, earning an All-Pro selection in 1987 as he led the NFL with nine interceptions.

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During the 1987 playoffs, Wilburn had three interceptions. Two of the three came in Super Bowl XXII against the Denver Broncos. The Redskins won the game, 42-10.

Wilburn played with the Cleveland Browns in 1992 and the Philadelphia Eagles in 1995 and 1996.

He played multiple seasons in the Canadian Football League in between his time in the NFL. He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 1994, he became one of a handful of players to win a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Federal judge orders Fulton County election raid documents to be unsealed

A federal judge in Georgia has ordered the unsealing of documents tied to an FBI raid that seized 2020 election ballots from a Fulton County facility, potentially shedding new light on the bureau’s investigation.

Judge J.P. Boulee, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in 2019, gave the government until Tuesday to file the documents, including the search warrant affidavit with redactions.

"Although Petitioners originally filed this case under seal, both parties have now indicated to the Court that they do not oppose unsealing the docket or the motions filed by Petitioners," Boulee wrote in the order. 

"Moreover, Respondent has stated that it does not oppose the unsealing of the search warrant affidavit and any other papers associated with the warrant subject to the redaction of the names of nongovernmental witnesses," the order continued.

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The FBI raid took place Jan. 28 at Fulton County’s main election facility in Union City, near Atlanta, and focused on records connected to the 2020 general election. A warrant cover sheet provided to the county listed items agents sought, including ballots, tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images and voter rolls.

Last week, Fulton County officials filed a motion seeking the return of around 656 boxes of original 2020 election materials that the FBI had seized.

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The heavily Democratic Fulton County has come under scrutiny following President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss to former President Joe Biden. Biden carried Georgia, but Trump has insisted that widespread voter fraud contributed to him losing the state. 

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.