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Crockett faces blowback from GOP, Hollywood for far-left agenda, media presence after launching US Senate bid
From Congress to Hollywood, Texans are pushing back on Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett's U.S. Senate launch as she faces scrutiny for her far-left policies and presence on social media.
Crockett, a progressive known for her viral social media clashes and sharp exchanges in the House of Representatives, rolled out her Senate bid on Monday. She framed her candidacy as an effort to stand against President Donald Trump, something she said incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn will not do.
"I'm done watching the American dream on life support while Trump tries to pull the plug. The gloves have been off, and now I'm jumping into the ring," she said.
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Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, responded to her announcement on Tuesday, blasting her record on policing and border enforcement.
"Texans want somebody representing them who's gonna stand for law and order, and that is certainly not Jasmine Crockett," Gill said on "Hannity." "If Texans support one thing, it's law and order. And listen, this is probably the most pro-criminal candidate Democrats could have possibly found."
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The congressman cited Crockett's past support for the defund-the-police movement, adding that Crockett "has said on record that just because you commit a crime doesn't mean that you're a criminal."
"This is somebody who has said on record that just because somebody crosses our border illegally, that is not a crime," Gill added.
Gill also warned that the Democrat was misreading the state's politics.
"Remember, Texas is a state where President Trump won by 14 points," he said. "She's saying she doesn't need Trump voters for her to win this. Yes, she does."
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The pushback against Crockett isn’t limited to Capitol Hill, however.
"I live in Texas, I love Texas, I really don't want her representing Texas," actor Zachary Levi said on "Gutfeld!" Tuesday.
The "Shazam!" star called out Crockett's social media habits.
"I think that a lot of people are digging themselves in some pretty big holes because they think they're taking advantage of social media, and yet they're coming out with this really bizarre stuff," Levi said. "And I think that a lot of people that might otherwise support her are cringing because of that."
Levi suggested that her participation in viral TikTok trends wouldn't age well.
"And more than that, you're supposed to be a responsible adult in the room as a politician. You should be doing things that are of more value to your constituency," he added.
Fox News' Paul Steinhauser, Peter Pinedo, Elizabeth Elkind and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.
Judge blocks Trump National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The order, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer, is a blow to the Trump administration. It comes after the president in June deployed thousands of federalized National Guard troops to the city in response to a wave of immigration protests.
Breyer had issued a temporary restraining order earlier this year seeking to block Trump's National Guard deployment from immediately taking effect, though the order was quickly stayed by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Cotton moves to loosen egg rules in bid to boost supply, ease affordability crunch
FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican wants to lower the costs of eggs by loosening certain regulations as the nation deals with growing affordability concerns.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., plans to introduce a bill that would tweak federal egg-handling rules to allow more to enter the market in a bid to lower prices of the household staple.
Cotton’s bill, the Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025, first obtained by Fox News Digital would update federal egg-handling rules to make it easier for surplus broiler hatching eggs — fertile eggs originally intended for broiler chicken production — to be diverted into the food supply as pasteurized liquid egg products.
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"Arkansas consumers have paid higher egg prices and faced egg shortages because of bureaucratic red tape that forces farmers to throw out hundreds of millions of usable eggs each year," Cotton said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "My bill will cut these excessive regulations and lower egg prices."
The legislation would require that the Food and Drug Administration, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rewrite its egg rules so that eggs intended to be hatched could also enter into the food supply as a liquid egg product, effectively creating a regulatory glide path to bolster the number of eggs in the supply chain.
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Egg prices had steadily inched upward late last year into earlier this year, reaching record highs by March of more than $6 per dozen eggs. But the cost of eggs has since been steadily dropping, thanks in part to efforts by President Donald Trump and his administration to combat the effects of avian flu.
If the virus is detected in a hatchery, the entire flock is generally killed to halt its spread. Doing so can put a dent in the supply chain, and cause prices to creep up.
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Trump ordered the USDA earlier this year to dump $1 billion into a plan to bolster the egg supply chain against avian flu, with a focus on biosecurity measures, farmer relief, vaccine research and increasing imports.
There were a spate of lawsuits against egg producers for alleged price fixing this year and notably, the Trump administration sued the state of California for allegedly going against federal law and increasing egg prices with red tape.
But egg prices have trended downward since the record highs earlier this year. According to the USDA’s most recent egg markets overview, egg prices during the first week of December dropped overall, save in some markets like California. Large white eggs, for example, dropped by roughly 17% to an average of $1.91 per dozen eggs.
Minnesota college administrator accused of impeding ICE arrest to protect student sexual predator
A small private college in Minneapolis is at the center of controversy after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused staff members of impeding ICE operations in order to protect an illegal alien student who the department says is also a registered sex offender.
On Monday night, DHS, responding to a local news report, said on X that ICE agents arrested Jesus Saucedo-Portillo, a criminal illegal alien and registered sex offender with a prior conviction for driving while impaired.
That arrest was hindered when a school administrator teamed up with campus security and attempted to prevent ICE agents from doing their job.
Saucedo-Portillo is an undergraduate student at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
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"Our officers told the school Administrator and campus security that ICE had a warrant for the illegal alien's arrest. The school Administrator told ICE officers they were violating university policies," the statement said. "Our officers informed them that federal law supersedes any University policy and that if campus security would not stop blocking the law enforcement vehicle from exiting, they would be obstructing justice."
Despite the warning, the administrator refused to back down and ordered campus security to block the ICE vehicle, according to DHS.
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"Our officers followed their training to use the minimum amount of force necessary to clear the area and successfully arrested this criminal illegal alien," the statement finished.
In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Augsburg President Paul Pribbenow corroborated that Saucedo-Portillo is a student and claimed that the arrest was "illegal" and that ICE did not have a warrant.
He also said ICE agents drew their weapons on a group of staff and students who had gathered near the incident. The students then called campus security, which "set off a protocol for when ICE is on campus."
He also praised students who participated in the anti-ICE action.
"We’re proud of [students] for the fact that they did that, despite the kind of hectic and traumatic nature of the event itself," Pribbenow told the news outlet.
He also reportedly said that no staff or students violated the code of conduct at the Evangelical Lutheran affiliated school.
Augsburg officials did not return multiple requests for comment.
'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah freed early from prison sentence for wire fraud scheme
Reality star Jen Shah was released early from prison Wednesday, Dec. 10, after serving nearly three years behind bars for federal crimes, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a representative for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said, "We can confirm that Jennifer Shah transferred on December 10, 2025, from the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan to community confinement overseen by the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) Phoenix Residential Reentry Management (RRM) Office. Community confinement means the inmate is in either home confinement or a Residential Reentry Center (RRC, or halfway house). For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not disclose an individual's specific location while in community confinement."
The former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star was sentenced in 2023 to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to committing wire fraud in a telemarketing scheme targeting the elderly.
Shah, 52, served her sentence at FPC Bryan in Texas, a minimum-security federal prison where Ghislaine Maxwell and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes currently serve time.
Her initial release date was set for Aug. 30, 2026, but the reality star’s initial 78-month sentence was reduced twice on good behavior.
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During the sentencing in January 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein also ruled Shah must forfeit $6.5 million and pay more than $6.6 million in restitution.
She originally faced up to 50 years in prison.
Shah and her longtime assistant, Stuart Smith, were "each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing through which they victimized 10 or more persons over the age of 55, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years," the Department of Justice said in a release published at the time of their arrests.
The pair used third-party names for their business entities, according to the initial indictment. Shah and Smith allegedly told victims to use encrypted messages as forms of communication and instructed users to send payments to offshore accounts.
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The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s El Dorado Task Force with support from HSI Salt Lake.
"Shah’s fraud scheme targeted and exploited vulnerable, often elderly, working-class people. She and her co-conspirators built their publicly lavish lifestyles on the false promises of financial independence offered to their victims – victims who to them, were merely ‘leads’ to be bought and sold," said Ivan J. Arvelo, special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in New York.
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"Shah’s crimes have had deep, lasting impacts on the lives of her victims and today’s significant sentence and forfeiture reflects the seriousness of her crimes," Arvelo continued. "HSI, along with our partners at the New York City Police Department & the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, remains committed to using our expertise in financial investigations to investigate and prosecute those who prey on the most vulnerable members of our society."
She initially pleaded not guilty to the charges in 2021. One year later, Shah entered a guilty plea as part of an agreement in which the money laundering charge was dropped. She agreed to forfeit $6.5 million and also pay restitution up to $9.5 million.
Bravo cameras were rolling when authorities stepped into a "Housewives" production in search of Shah. Only minutes before Homeland Security arrived in the Beauty Lab parking lot, Shah had received a phone call from an unknown person and abruptly left the shoot.
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Shah was arrested on her way home March 30, 2021.
"Jennifer Shah, who portrays herself as a wealthy and successful businessperson on 'reality' television, and Stuart Smith, who is portrayed as Shah’s 'first assistant,' allegedly generated and sold 'lead lists' of innocent individuals for other members of their scheme to repeatedly scam," said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss.
"In actual reality and as alleged, the so-called business opportunities pushed on the victims by Shah, Smith and their co-conspirators were just fraudulent schemes, motivated by greed, to steal victims’ money. Now, these defendants face time in prison for their alleged crimes."
Prior to her guilty plea, Shah spent more than one year professing her innocence on "RHOSLC," even using "The only thing I’m guilty of is being Shah-mazing" as a tagline for her "Housewives" introduction in Season 2.
Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.
Urban Meyer's advice for Marcus Freeman as Notre Dame coach's name appears in NFL rumors
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish getting snubbed from the College Football Playoff and then forgoing a bowl game may have ended their regular season in the sport, but the rumors around head coach Marcus Freeman are still as hot as ever.
Yes, the college football coaching carousel wrapped up its last ride. Lane Kiffin went to LSU, Jon Sumrall took the Florida job, and Matt Campbell is the new sheriff at Penn State. But the rumors around Freeman don’t involve another school, rather the NFL.
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Freeman’s name has popped up in the rumor mill since last season after the Chicago Bears started their pursuit of a new head coach and before they ultimately hired Ben Johnson. Now, Freeman’s name has been linked to the New York Giants’ job, as they will embark on their own head-coaching pursuit once the clock hits triple zeroes in their Week 18 game.
Urban Meyer had some thoughts about Freeman possibly jumping to the NFL. Meyer coached Florida and Ohio State to national championships but completely flamed out in his one season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
"I would say, ‘You stay in college 100%.’ You have controllables in college as a head coach. In the NFL, there’s so many uncontrollables that you don’t have, whether it’s the GM, the owner … In college, it’s you," he said on FOX Sports’ "The Herd with Colin Cowherd."
"Plus, you’re gonna lose in the NFL. It’s built — and I’m not sure the Marcus I know — he can’t take losing like I can’t take losing. You’re gonna win at Notre Dame."
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Freeman spoke to Complex News about the possibility of jumping to the NFL.
"I often, not all the time, but when I feel like I can weave it into a message to the players I do address and I say, ‘You don’t let somebody else’s noise become your noise.’ You don’t have to allow somebody else’s noise become my noise, right? And somebody might say something to me, ‘Hey, your name’s up for this job, OK?’ But that doesn’t have to be my noise. That doesn’t have to be the things I think about. I need to think about value in the moment for the opportunity that we have but also use it as a sense of gratitude.
"One, I have the utmost respect for the Giants organization. You talk about the history of the NFL, what a special organization. But two, it’s also gratitude for the job you have because you wouldn’t have said that if we stunk. So, I know we’re in this position because of the people. It’s not a person. It’s because of the people."
Freeman is someone the Giants hold in "high regard," the New York Post reported.
The Giants have Mike Kafka as the interim head coach, but with the immense talent on offense, a solid hire could elevate the team back into playoff contenders.
Cause of death confirmed for Mitt Romney's sister-in-law
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The death of former Sen. Mitt Romney's sister-in-law has been confirmed to be a suicide, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office announced Tuesday.
Carrie Elizabeth Romney, 64, died of "blunt traumatic injuries" after plunging from a five-story parking garage in California in early October. She had been married to Mitt Romney's older brother, George Scott Romney, 81, and the pair had been going through a months-long divorce.
"Our family is heartbroken by the loss of Carrie, who brought warmth and love to all our lives," Mitt Romney said in a statement after Carrie's death.
"We ask for privacy during this difficult time," he added.
Carrie and George had been married since 2016. They had been separated since late May, and George filed a divorce petition in early June.
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Mitt Romney served as a Utah senator until 2024, when he decided not to run for re-election.
"I have spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid-eighties. Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders. They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in," Romney said at the time.
"We face critical challenges — mounting national debt, climate change, and the ambitious authoritarians of Russia and China. Neither President Biden nor former President Trump are leading their party to confront them," Romney said.
"It is a profound honor to serve Utah and the nation, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do so."
David Letterman crowns Jimmy Kimmel 'the leader of the resistance,' calls Trump a 'fool'
Former "Late Show" host David Letterman appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday, where he crowned Kimmel "the leader of the resistance" against President Donald Trump, whom he later called a "fool."
"People are aware of the fact that you are the leader of the resistance?" Letterman asked Kimmel, who lightheartedly replied that he is "the totally ineffective leader of the resistance."
The former "Late Show" host then jokingly asked whether the show would be televised tonight, adding that he "can never keep track with [Kimmel] getting yanked off" the air — poking fun at the host's temporary suspension in September.
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ABC and its parent company, Disney, pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in September following the backlash the late-night host received for suggesting that the suspected murderer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was a Trump supporter.
Kimmel returned to the airwaves the following week and said he had never meant to make light of anyone's death or give a false impression.
On his show last month, Kimmel claimed that Trump "tried to get me fired in September" but the effort failed. He joked that he admired the president's "tenacity" in trying to get him removed.
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Continuing their discussion, Letterman went on to criticize how "the leader of the free world" should expect to be treated when behaving foolishly, making a pointed reference to Trump.
"I’m going to suck up to you because I feel like if I kind of tag along with you, I’ll be glorified in retrospect... Now, this is irrespective of the party or political ideology, irrespective of party or political ideology. If the leader of the free world is a fool, the leader of the free world then should expect and examine every bit of ridicule he receives," he asserted. "Irrespective! You see how that makes me look good."
"It does make you look good," Kimmel replied. "Well, if I’ve done anything right, I definitely learned it from you."
Letterman also congratulated Kimmel on his recent contract extension.
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Fox News Digital has confirmed that ABC will be renewing the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host's contract into 2027.
Bloomberg was first to report Kimmel's contract extension.
Fox News' Gabriel Hays and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
House Democrat introduces impeachment articles against RFK Jr
A House Democrat filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., announced the move on Wednesday, arguing Kennedy has failed in his role. Stevens had previously vowed to file the articles in September.
"Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos," she wrote in a statement posted on social media.
HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon reacted to the impeachment effort in a statement to NBC News.
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"Secretary Kennedy remains focused on the work of improving Americans’ health and lowering costs, not on partisan political stunts," Nixon said.
The move comes just days after Stevens' fellow Democrat, Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., filed articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Thanedar pointed to reports that Hegseth issued orders to "kill everybody" onboard a small vessel that was allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
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"Pete Hegseth has been using the United States military to extrajudicially assassinate people without evidence of any crime," said Thanedar. "Former military attorneys have come out and asserted that his conduct constitutes war crimes. We cannot allow his reprehensible conduct to continue, which is why I have filed these articles to impeach him."
Both Michigan Democrats are facing hotly contested Democratic primaries for the upcoming 2026 elections.
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Nancy Mace vows to 'fight like hell' to rename old Black Lives Matter Plaza for Charlie Kirk
FIRST ON FOX: A new bill could see part of the national capital renamed after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, introduced three months after his assassination.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is introducing legislation to rename the area that until recently had been known as Black Lives Matter Plaza, she first told Fox News Digital.
"Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization that wants to defund the police and take your speech away," Mace argued. "And what I want to do on the three-month anniversary of Charlie Kirk's political assassination is celebrate him and the First Amendment and freedom of speech by renaming the plaza after him."
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Black Lives Matter is a far-left activist group that gained traction after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a White police officer.
It is not designated as a terrorist organization, but people on the right and even some Democrats have criticized it for going too far with calls to "defund the police," while questions have also been raised in the past about how it spends its funding.
A two-block area of Washington, D.C., was renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza by the city's government in June 2020 amid nationwide protests over Floyd's killing.
It was marked by a massive mural depicting the words "Black Lives Matter" in the middle of the street.
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That was reversed in March of this year after pressure from Republicans, including President Donald Trump, amid a crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the country.
Mace suggested she was not optimistic that her bill would get a House-wide vote but said she would "fight like hell" for it.
It comes three months after Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a college free-speech event in Utah. Both Republicans and Democrats have condemned the killing as a tragedy and an attack on free speech.
Prosecutors in Utah are seeking the death penalty against Tyler James Robinson, Kirk's accused killer.
Mace's bill is one of several pieces of legislation introduced to memorialize Kirk in the wake of his death.
"I think members of Congress have done their part, rank-and-file members. But there's still more to do yet. And we need to make sure that we continue his legacy forever," Mace said.
A resolution honoring Kirk passed the House of Representatives in September with support from all Republicans and 95 Democrats. Fifty-eight Democrats voted against it, while another 38 voted "present."