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Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for taking part in 'toxic politics' amid Trump attacks
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., apologized for taking part in "toxic politics" during a CNN interview on Sunday, when pressed on her speaking out against threats levied against her in the wake of her feud with President Donald Trump.
"Obviously, any threats to your safety are completely unacceptable, but we have seen these kinds of attacks or criticism from the president at other people. It‘s not new. And with respect, I haven‘t heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you," CNN host Dana Bash said during "State of the Union."
Greene said the criticism was "fair."
Greene posted to social media on Saturday about threats and wrote, "I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world."
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Greene then apologized and said toxic politics were very bad for the country.
"I would like to say humbly, I‘m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics. It’s very bad for our country, and it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated, is that we, I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions, and I am committed, and I’ve been working on this a lot lately to put down the knives in politics," she said.
She said she wanted to see people be kind to one another, and added that Americans have more in common than they have differences.
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Bash pointed to specific examples, including "the Facebook post that was taken down of you in 2020, holding a gun alongside the Squad, encouraging people to go on the offense against the socialists, liking a tweet of somebody calling for the execution of Nancy Pelosi and former President Obama."
"I addressed that back in 2021, and of course, I never want to cause any harm or anything bad for anyone, so that that was addressed back then. And I very much stand by my words. I said then and I stand by my words today. I think America needs to come together and end all the toxic, dangerous rhetoric and divide. And I‘m leading the way with my own example. And I hope that President Trump can do the same," Greene responded.
Trump called Greene a "traitor" on Saturday and also announced he was dropping his endorsement of her.
The Republican lawmaker has been a vocal supporter of the president since she entered Congress, but has broken with him on the release of the Epstein files, and some of his administration's foreign policy.
Maduro sings John Lennon's 'Imagine' at rally as US warships patrol Venezuelan waters
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro broke into song during a rally Saturday, singing John Lennon’s "Imagine" and calling for peace as the Trump administration bolsters a military presence off Venezuela’s coast in what it says is an effort to curb drug trafficking.
According to The Associated Press, Maduro invoked Lennon as he spoke about peace, calling the former member of The Beatles a poet and musician who left a "gift to humanity." He urged young people to read the lyrics, describing the song as an anthem for every generation.
In the video, Maduro paused mid-speech to recall Lennon’s song, singing a few words before reflecting on its meaning.
"What a beautiful song. The lyrics—young people, look up the lyrics," he said, according to a translation. "It’s an inspiration for all time. It’s an anthem for all eras and generations that John Lennon left as a gift to humanity. Long live the eternal memory of that great poet and musician, John Lennon."
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Maduro’s appeal for peace came as tensions with Washington escalate, with U.S. warships patrolling Caribbean waters near Venezuela.
The Trump administration says the operation is part of a broader effort to fight drug trafficking, while Maduro has denounced it as aggression meant to weaken his government.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier, entered the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, the AP reported.
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The Pentagon said last month the carrier’s arrival, with more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft, would "bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities." It added that the mission aims to "degrade and dismantle transnational criminal organizations."
Venezuela has also deployed troops and begun amassing weapons and equipment in response to the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. warships in the Caribbean.
The buildup, which the government calls "prolonged resistance," involves small units at more than 280 sites carrying out sabotage and guerrilla tactics, according to sources and several-year-old planning documents reviewed by Reuters.
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Maduro has accused the Trump administration of trying to oust him and pledged that Venezuelans will defend their country from what he calls U.S. aggression.
Meanwhile, the administration has ordered strikes targeting suspected drug-running vessels in the Caribbean to stem the flow of narcotics into the United States.
President Donald Trump has even floated the possibility of ground operations in Venezuela, saying "the land is going to be next."
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
Steelers star ejected from game against Bengals for throwing punch
Two top NFL stars butted heads during their game on Sunday afternoon and one of them was forced to leave the game early.
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase got into an altercation in the fourth quarter of their AFC North matchup. The two stood nose-to-nose on the field when the Steelers player grabbed onto Chase’s facemask, jerked his head and appeared to punch him.
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NFL officials were watching the incident closely as a flag was thrown. Players from both teams congregated around Ramsey and Chase. The wide receiver was hot and had to be held back from escalating the incident any further.
The CBS broadcast also showed an earlier incident between Chase and Ramsey. The two players appeared to grab each other’s facemasks before their bad blood boiled over.
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Ramsey had four tackles and a pass breakup before he was thrown out. Pittsburgh was leading 20-9 at the time.
Ramsey, a seven-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion, was traded to the Steelers from the Miami Dolphins in the offseason. He’s played in nine games for the Steelers coming into the matchup against the Bengals. He has 43 tackles, an interception and two sacks this season.
Chase, despite playing with backup quarterbacks this season, had an NFL-leading 76 catches going into the Steelers game. He has 831 receiving yards and five touchdowns.
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How Harvard’s psychological experiments may have lit fuse on Unabomber: expert
In the years before Ted Kaczynski's name became synonymous with his title as the "Unabomber," he was tapped for an intense psychological experiment that has left experts with questions regarding its potential impact on his nearly two-decade career as a notorious criminal.
Kaczynski was just 16 years old when he enrolled at Harvard University in 1958, marking a significant milestone in the teenager’s life. However, it was at the prestigious university where he was selected to partake in a three-year-long psychological study that may have changed the trajectory of his life.
After investigators uncovered that Kaczynski was the mastermind behind a series of bombings that killed three people and injured 23, they focused their attention on the experiments conducted by psychologist Henry A. Murray on the impressionable teenager studying at Harvard, according to History.com.
"[Kaczynski] was very vulnerable because of his age and all," Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, pioneer of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, told Fox News Digital. "So I think it would affect him. I think it did affect him."
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At the time, Murray had reportedly enlisted 22 students to partake in his research of the human psyche – a popular point of interest during the Cold War. The group of Ivy Leaguers were tasked with writing a comprehensive essay detailing their own personal philosophies, beliefs and worldviews in the first portion of the study.
However, the experiment quickly escalated.
Once each student submitted their essay, they were wired to electrodes and seated in front of bright lights, according to History.com. Murray would then reportedly instruct his team to belittle each student's ideals, while subjecting them to what he described as "vehement, sweeping, and personally abusive" interrogations.
Participants were reportedly not fully informed by Murray regarding the nature of the experiment, which was to study useful interrogation techniques that could be used by national security agents and other law enforcement officials while in the field.
"It was clearly not ethical to do research and not to tell people, and especially to do the research where they hooked them up to electrodes," Burgess said. "I mean, now I understand what they were trying to do to see if the heart rate, blood pressure and all that would increase. So they got some measures – some hard measures – but evidently this was allowed over at Harvard and the way Murray played it, this was OK."
Burgess also added that Murray was not treating his subjects fairly while they were undergoing the experimentation, ultimately violating a string of modern ethical standards.
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"One of the whole points is that you can't do research that doesn't in some way compensate the person in some manner," Burgess told Fox News Digital. "You don't have to pay them, but you can compensate them in another way – so that always has to be part of the exchange."
However, Murray’s research did not violate any conduct codes governing psychological research at the time, according to History.com. His study reportedly fell under the Nuremberg Code of research ethics, non-legally binding standards that were established at the end of World War II at the Nuremberg Trials.
Despite the lack of ethical guardrails, Burgess insists the overall nature of the experiment was detrimental to its participants.
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"[Studies] can't be harmful," Burgess said. "You're not there to injure, and certainly what Murray and his crew were doing was injurious."
"To call them names, derogatory names, or to say that their work wasn't worthwhile – these were students. Their whole being, at that particular point in their development, is academics and knowledge. They were being demeaned for that, or devalued for that in this critical time."
Harvard University did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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As investigators worked to unravel the life of Kaczynski, his arrest led to Murray’s professional reputation being marred by the details of the unorthodox experiments conducted three decades earlier. However, despite Murray’s death in 1988, his research reportedly remains prevalent in modern psychological examinations.
Kaczynski was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, and in 1998, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his 17-year bombing rampage. He died inside his cell at a federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina in 2023, in what was ultimately ruled a suicide, according to The Associated Press.
However, the question regarding whether Murray’s intense experimentation on Kaczynski exacerbated his mental condition in a way that drove him to commit nearly two-decades of heinous crimes remains unanswered, with experts left to only speculate on the long-term impacts of the study on such a young, fragile mind.
"Did any of this affect him?" Burgess said. "Evidently, his defense lawyers at his trial wanted to make the argument that this did affect his thinking – and it very well could have."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
NFL disciplines Lions' Amon-Ra St Brown for role in altercation with Commanders player
Amon-Ra St. Brown's wallet will soon be slightly lighter.
The NFL ordered the Detroit Lions wide receiver to pay a $12,172 fine for his role in a Week 10 in-game altercation, according to NFL Network. St. Brown appeared to hit Washington Commanders defensive lineman Daron Payne's facemask last week.
Despite his insistence that St. Brown was the antagonist in the situation, Payne was ejected from the game.
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The Commanders ultimately suffered a 44-22 loss to the Lions.
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Referees did not throw a flag against St. Brown on the play. It was unclear if officials saw the receiver's initial actions. However, Payne's punch was seen, prompting his ejection.
Payne was not in uniform Sunday as he served a one-game suspension during Washington's 16-13 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in the NFL's first-ever game in Madrid.
St. Brown made more headlines during last week's game at Northwest Stadium when he performed a celebratory touchdown dance. After hauling in a 9-yard pass from quarterback Jared Goff in the first quarter, St. Brown broke out into a dance that served as a nod to President Donald Trump, who was attending the game.
Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend a regular-season NFL game since Jimmy Carter in 1978.
St. Brown later addressed his actions and offered an apology to anyone who may have taken issue with his dance selection.
"If I offended anyone, I do apologize. I did not mean to offend anyone. It was just, we're having fun," the Lions wideout said on the "St. Brown Podcast," which is co-hosted by his brother Equanimeous St. Brown. "If any president was at that game, if they had a dance, I would have done it. It had nothing to do with who the president was."
St. Brown has 693 receiving yards and has hauled in eight touchdowns this season. The Philadelphia Eagles host the Lions on Sunday night.
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Ex-NFL player offers warning about New York City after Jets cornerback is reportedly wounded in shooting
Jack Brewer, a former special teams captain with the Minnesota Vikings, reacted to the shooting that reportedly left New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd wounded on Sunday morning.
Brewer told Fox News Digital that he was "praying" for Boyd’s recovery and that NFL teams should make sure their players aren’t out past midnight in a "lawless city."
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"Today, New York City is even more lawless," Brewer said. "With upcoming leaders who are openly anti-police and anti-law-and-order, the direction of that city is only going to get worse. In fact, (if) I were coaching there right now, I’d write it into every contract: you’re personally liable for anything that happens after midnight, and your deal is terminated if you break curfew.
"Teams invest millions into these athletes, they’ve got no business being around in the middle of the night in a lawless city."
Brewer drew on his own experience playing for the New York Giants to express that he knows that danger lurks once the night gets later.
"I played for the New York Giants, and just like these Jets players, I was out in New York City late at night," he added. "I’ve been in those clubs at 2 a.m. I know exactly what happens; fights, shootings, and chaos. You understand the environment before you even walk through the door.
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"Now, looking back as a retired player, I can say with absolute confidence that none of us had any business being out around 2 a.m. Every college and pro coach drills the same message into their players’ heads, nothing good happens after midnight."
Brewer was in the NFL from 2002 to 2005 with the Vikings, Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.
The incident occurred in Midtown Manhattan around 2 a.m. ET, the NYPD said.
Boyd was the victim in the shooting, sources told the New York Post. The Jets later released a statement on the matter.
"We are aware of the situation involving Kris Boyd and will have no further comment at this time," the team told Fox News Digital.
Boyd was described as being in critical but stable condition, according to ESPN.
It’s Boyd’s first season with the Jets. He’s been on the injured reserve since August.
Fox News' Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
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Trump's $5 billion lawsuit threat against BBC comes amid spate of legal wins over media companies
President Donald Trump's 10-figure legal threat against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is not mere bluster, if his recent spate of legal victories against media and big tech is any indication.
Trump said Friday he was planning to sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over a network documentary's misleading edit of his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021. A similar edit was found on the network's "Newsnight" program in 2022.
While the amount is eye-popping, Trump has managed to score large settlements from CBS, ABC and Meta over the past 12 months. To Trump allies, it's well-deserved for their malign behavior against Trump, while to his detractors, it's no better than ransom money or bribes to the most powerful person on the planet.
Trump's settlements with Paramount-owned CBS and Disney-owned ABC over his respective suits touched off a firestorm of liberal criticism that their parent companies were wilting to administration pressure and selling out their own journalists.
Paramount Global and CBS agreed in July to pay a $16 million upfront sum to settle the president’s lawsuit against the network over how "60 Minutes" edited and released an interview with then-Democratic rival Kamala Harris in 2024. Trump’s team, which initially sought $10 billion, claimed the network’s use of edited clips from a single response about Israel constituted "election interference."
The same month as the settlement, the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media, leading figures like CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, a fierce Trump critic, to say the settlement was essentially a "big fat bribe."
Trump's legal team championed the settlement as a win for media accountability and the American people.
"With this record settlement, President Donald J. Trump delivers another win for the American people as he, once again, holds the Fake News media accountable for their wrongdoing and deceit," a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team told Fox News Digital at the time.
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That win came on the heels of ABC's apology and $16 million settlement with Trump last December after he sued for defamation over "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos' claims on the air that the president had been held "liable for rape." The jury in the E. Jean Carroll case to which he was referring had actually ruled he was liable for "sexual abuse."
In addition, Trump's team has won nearly a combined $60 million in settlements from X, Meta and Alphabet-owned YouTube this year over his prior account suspensions by the respective tech giants in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Shortly after Trump took office again in January, Meta settled with Trump for $25 million over his account suspensions on its platforms in 2021.
X, owned by off-and-on ally Elon Musk, agreed in February to pay about $10 million to settle Trump's lawsuit after he was banned from Twitter in 2021. Musk reinstated Trump's account when he bought Twitter, now known as X, in November 2022.
In September, Trump won a $24.5 million settlement from YouTube over the platform’s suspension of his account. According to a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital, $22 million of the settlement was to be contributed on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit supporting construction of the new White House State Ballroom.
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Trump told reporters on Friday he will sue the BBC this week for somewhere between $1 billion and $5 billion, after a Panorama documentary from the network edited together remarks he made on Jan. 6, 2021. The network later apologized and admitted it "gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action," although it contested the notion it had defamed Trump.
The edit made it seem like Trump uttered a single thought about supporters going down to the Capitol, "cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we fight, we fight like hell."
In reality, those remarks came nearly an hour later in his lengthy address that day.
His full remarks were, "We're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."
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Near the end of his speech, which lasted for over an hour, he said, "And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
The controversy has already led to the resignations of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness and BBC director-general Tim Davie.
It's also not the only legal action Trump has going on against a major media outlet. Trump refiled a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times last month, alleging defamation pertaining to The Times' reporting on Trump's stint as star of "The Apprentice" and allegations he engaged in suspect tax maneuvers. The suit named individual Times reporters and Penguin Random House, the publisher of the book, "Lucky Loser," by reporters Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner.
"As we said when this was first filed and again after the judge’s ruling to strike it: this lawsuit has no merit. Nothing has changed today," a Times spokesperson told Fox News Digital last month. "This is merely an attempt to stifle independent reporting and generate PR attention, but The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics."
A Penguin Random House spokesperson told Fox News Digital: "With a second attempt, this lawsuit remains meritless. Penguin Random House will continue to stand by the book and its authors just as we will continue to stand for the important fundamental principles of the First Amendment."
Who is Kris Boyd? What to know about the Jets player reportedly wounded in shooting
New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd was reportedly shot and wounded early Sunday morning in New York City.
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. ET along West 38th Street, the NYPD said. Responding officers found a 29-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was rushed to the hospital.
Boyd was the victim in the shooting, sources told the New York Post. The Jets later released a statement on the matter.
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"We are aware of the situation involving Kris Boyd and will have no further comment at this time," the team told Fox News Digital.
Boyd was described as being in critical but stable condition, according to ESPN.
Boyd joined the Jets after spending the 2024 season with the Houston Texans. However, he has yet to play a snap in the regular season for the team because of an injury. He was placed on the injured reserve on Aug. 18.
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The veteran NFL player was born in Gilmer, Texas, on Sept. 12, 1996.
He played high school football at Gilmer as a running back. He was the "Offensive Newcomer of the Year" in District 16-3A football after he ran for more than 1,200 yards, scored 19 touchdowns and had 18 tackles on defense.
Boyd’s abilities on offense and defense landed him in the 2015 U.S. Army All-America Bowl. He committed to Texas to play for the Longhorns.
Boyd was a defensive back with the Longhorns for all four seasons. He played in 51 games and recorded 191 total tackles, 6.5 tackles for a loss and led the Big 12 in back-to-back years in pass breakups in 2017 and 2018.
In 2017, he was named to the Associated Press’s All-Big12 Second Team and was named to their first team all-conference in 2018.
He decided to try his hand at the NFL level and entered the draft pool in 2019.
The Minnesota Vikings selected Boyd in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He was chosen 217th overall. He played the first four years of his career with the Vikings.
In Minnesota, Boyd had 95 total tackles, three pass breakups and four fumble recoveries as a defensive back. He saw a lot of time on the team’s special teams unit.
Boyd didn’t return to the Vikings after the 2022 season. Instead, Boyd signed a deal with the Arizona Cardinals. He played four games with the Cardinals, spending most of his times on special teams. He was released on Oct. 2, 2023.
The Houston Texans signed Boyd 25 days later. He was promoted to the active roster in December of that year. He would sign a one-year deal after playing two games with the team.
He made his presence felt in the 2024-25 postseason when he knocked the ball loose on a Kansas City Chiefs kick return. However, he drew attention when he shoved his special teams’ coach. Boyd said at the time he was excited about the play.
Boyd signed with the Jets in March.
Boyd's one-year deal with the Jets was reportedly worth about $1.6 million.
He's earned just over $8 million in his career, according to Spotrac.
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Marjorie Greene says Trump's 'traitor' label could put her life in danger
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., reacted Sunday to President Donald Trump calling her a "traitor" after their recent political break, calling the jab "hurtful" while warning such language could have implications for her safety.
"The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor, and that is so extremely wrong," Greene told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
"Those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger."
Trump announced Friday on Truth Social that he was withdrawing his endorsement of Greene, calling her a "ranting lunatic" and accusing her of "complaining" instead of celebrating what he described as his administration’s "record achievements."
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He claimed that Greene, a longtime MAGA ally, was "upset" that he hadn’t returned her calls, insisted she had "gone far left" and pledged total support to any conservative primary challenger heading into the 2026 midterms. Greene was first elected to represent her north Georgia district in 2020 and has since been re-elected twice.
However, Greene insisted that she had not called the president at all, but provided screenshots of text messages she had sent to him instead, claiming that mention of the Epstein files was "apparently… what sent him over the edge."
She doubled down on that Sunday, telling Bash that "unfortunately, it has all come down to the Epstein files."
"I stand with these women, I stand with rape victims, I stand with children who are in terrible sex abuse situations, and I stand with survivors of trafficking and those that are trapped in sex trafficking, and I will not apologize for that," she said.
"I believe the country deserves transparency with these files, and I don't believe that rich, powerful people should be protected if they have done anything wrong."
Greene described herself as a longtime Trump ally and said she supported him through the darkest points of his presidency, including multiple impeachments.
She also campaigned with Trump across several Republican-led states.
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"I stood with President Trump when virtually no one else did," she told Bash.
"I campaigned with him across the country, spent millions of my own dollars helping him get elected, and I think that's incredibly important," she added.
Greene said she still supports Trump and his administration in "delivering the campaign promises" made to the American people.
"His remarks have been incredibly hurtful. However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country, and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics," she continued.
When reached for comment, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson provided the following statement:
"Democrats and the mainstream media knew about Epstein and his victims for years and did nothing to help them while President Trump was calling for transparency, and is now delivering on it with thousands of pages of documents. But Democrats and the media are desperately trying to use this as a hoax and as a distraction to talk about anything other than President Trump’s many wins, including the Democrats getting utterly defeated by President Trump in the shutdown fight.
"We won’t be distracted, and the entire Administration will continue fulfilling the promises the President was elected on, including cutting the Biden-era price hikes."
Fox News' Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
Chicago homeowners demand answers, speak out at 'property tax bonfire'
Chicago homeowners are asking for answers as property tax bills continue to climb, with several residents saying they’ve seen little improvement in return.
In Lawndale, a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, residents told ABC7 Chicago that despite higher property tax bills, little has changed on their streets, leaving them frustrated over where their money is going. Community leaders and the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation gathered citizens at a local church for what they called a "property tax bonfire," the local station reported.
"There's been a divestment in this community for the most part, but it seems like now that people have found an interest in reclaiming the neighborhood, now it’s like we're being taxed for prosperity," Lawndale resident Milton Clayton told the outlet.
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Thomas Worthy, another Lawndale resident, said he received a bill in mid-November that was $977 more than what he paid last year.
"The tax increase is tied to a TIF that I have no idea why," Worthy said. "It's collecting money from our neighbors and our streets, but we're not being notified for why it's in the bill."
A TIF, or tax increment financing, is a funding tool that uses the increase in property tax revenue within a designated area to fund local redevelopment and infrastructure projects, according to the City of Chicago’s government website.
"We understand utilities are going up and things of that nature, but it's a valuation issue," Worthy added. "We don't have the schools we need. It's economics that are not here, but we're being charged to pay for economics in other people’s communities."
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The Illinois Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research organization, found more than half of a Chicago homeowners’ property tax bill goes to Chicago Public Schools.
"Illinoisans pay the second-highest property tax rate in the U.S., shelling out about 2.07% of their property’s value each year. That’s more than double the national rate," the organization noted. "It’s even worse in Cook and the collar counties. Cook County in 2022 ranked among the nation’s 100 most expensive for property taxes, with property taxpayers spending more than the typical homeowners in California’s Orange County, Los Angeles County or San Diego County."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing pushback from City Council members over his proposal to extract a record $1 billion from TIF districts to balance his $16 billion 2026 budget, The Chicago Tribune reported in late October.
The proposal would draw funds from 68 of the city’s 108 TIF districts, including several on the South and West Sides, raising concerns among aldermen about potential delays in long-promised neighborhood improvements.
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Supporters say the move would shore up city finances and boost school funding.
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said at a Chicago Rainbow PUSH Coalition event Saturday that homeowners can find property tax bill payment plans for up to 13 months.
"You do not have to pay your bill on Dec. 15," she told residents. "You hear that? You don't have to pay it. Let me tell you why. We went to Springfield last year and set up a payment plan."