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Hollywood outlet slammed for saying Chuck Norris' politics, 'cop agenda' overshadowed his legacy
A major Hollywood media outlet is seeing backlash online from top Republicans and conservatives after publishing a column on Friday arguing that Chuck Norris’ film legacy is overshadowed by politics.
The Variety opinion piece argues that many of the roles Norris played throughout his career were centered on a lone ranger who takes the law into his own hands, which is difficult to perceive in today’s tumultuous political climate.
The headline said, "Chuck Norris Was a Great Action Star — but Politics May Overshadow His Legacy." "In nearly every Norris movie, he’s muscling into a foreign land or othered community, kicking a bunch of a--, completing his mission and hitting the road — or neutralizing the new threat that came into his town," the Variety article stated.
"An all-American loner has to gun down outsiders who threaten his way of life, or go to another country to make sure justice is done."
"Chuck Norris was an action legend and a great American. "Variety" is an example of why so many people detest the media," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded on X.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., also weighed in, blasting the outlet in a sharply worded response posted to X on Friday.
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"Chuck Norris spent an enormous amount of time celebrating what was great about America with those who kept us free and safe. And you showed in your arrogance why we hate Hollywood."
Fox News Digital has reached out to Variety for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Norris died Thursday and is remembered as an action star of the 1970s and 1980s, starring in films TV shows "Delta Force" and "Lone Wolf McQuade." He was 86.
Regarding Norris’ 1990s-era TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger," Variety said that "the black-and-white, right-and-wrong simplicity of ‘Walker’ is cop-aganda nonetheless."
Variety further contended that Norris’ roles are being remembered in a different, darker light within today’s divided political climate.
"…His roles were part of a body of work used to show American strength, might and the pernicious attraction of taking the law into one’s own hands — something that seems less fun in a year in which our country is funneling money into bombing Iran and ICE agents are acting like one-man militias."
Variety columnist William Earl suggested that, given the moral division plaguing the nation, it is easier to see Norris’ characters as justification for "fringe conspiracy" rather than a good-cop moral standing.
He added, "But it gives me hope for the future, where outrageous law enforcement and one-man militias are fantasy, only in a world seen on a VHS copy of 1985’s "Invasion U.S.A." Then we can be thankful it’s just a movie."
The piece garnered swift and pointed criticisms, with prominent conservatives knocking the publication for its critique of a Hollywood icon so soon after his death.
"This is total trash. Absolute garbage, bulls---, propaganda nonsense, leftist ideology trash. Screw you Variety," @mattvanswol wrote.
Air travelers are hacking TSA lines during hours-long major airport waits
American travelers across the nation are facing hours-long security lines as TSA workers continue to receive empty paychecks.
LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, William P. Hobby Airport in Houston and many other airports have had wait times of over 2.5 hours.
Now, some domestic passengers are "hacking the system" by going through international TSA lines, while others are taking advantage of touchless ID.
The Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta on Tuesday cautioned travelers about delays in an X-post — and called out passengers for attempting to hack the system.
"We are seeing increased congestion at the International Terminal Checkpoint caused by domestic travelers attempting to bypass lines in the Domestic Terminal," wrote airport officials.
"If you are flying domestically, please use the Domestic Security Checkpoints. At this time, wait times at the International Checkpoint are longer than those at the Domestic Terminal."
A TSA worker and union representative in Oakland, California, Joseph Cerletti, told Fox News Digital in an interview that it's "very unfortunate that people are trying to hack the system."
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He added, "It shouldn't be like this. I feel really bad for the traveling public. TSA funding needs to be prioritized immediately as [it's] a national security issue."
Many travelers who have TSA PreCheck are taking advantage of the touchless ID program, which "enhances the security screening process with facial comparison technology for faster, more efficient identity verification," according to TSA’s website.
Participants must opt in by creating a profile through their airline by uploading their valid passport information.
"Follow airport signs to the dedicated TSA PreCheck Touchless ID queue," reads the TSA website.
"When your face is all you need to verify your identity, there’s no fumbling with physical documents."
Photo and personal data are deleted within 24 hours of passengers’ scheduled flight departures.
"I think Touchless ID is the best idea for people who want to skip the line," said Cerletti.
"The longer this goes, the worse the situation is gonna get on a day by day basis," he added.
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TSA PreCheck Touchless ID will be at 65 airports by spring 2026, according to the TSA.
Cerletti said some officers are having very tough conversations with their landlords or with their banks.
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"You have cell phone bills, you have gas, you have groceries, you have car insurance. That [list] doesn't even account for rent or mortgage," he said.
"We deal with millions of people every day," he added, "and TSA [agents] have to make millions of right decisions every day. We have nearly 25 years in protecting this country. And funding TSA immediately would be good for the country. And again, the Democrats are nowhere near making a deal right now."
NBA champion Thunder to skip White House visit, citing 'timing' issue
The reigning 2025 NBA champions won’t be making the traditional visit to the White House due to a timing issue.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are due to play the Washington Wizards on Saturday evening, but a team spokesperson said that despite talks with the White House, the team will not be celebrating with the president.
"We have been in touch with the White House, and we are appreciative and grateful for the communication we have had, but the timing just didn’t work out," the team said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press.
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It was not immediately clear whether a formal invitation had been extended to the team. Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for confirmation.
The White House has a long-standing tradition of welcoming championship teams to celebrate their achievements. On Friday, President Donald Trump invited the Navy Midshipmen following a historic season that culminated in winning the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy.
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Teams have declined a White House visit in the past. The most notable instance was in 2017 when the Golden State Warriors had their invitation withdrawn by Trump after Stephen Curry and other players indicated they were not interested in visiting.
Trump recently invited the U.S. men’s ice hockey team to the White House and the State of the Union after their gold medal victory over Canada at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The women’s team was also invited amid controversy regarding a quip the president made during a call with the men’s team.
The women’s team declined Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union, citing "previously scheduled academic and professional commitments."
"We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement," USA Hockey said in a statement. "Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Chuck Norris credited mother's prayers for saving him from 'losing my soul to Hollywood'
Chuck Norris once credited his mother for saving his "soul" when he needed it the most.
In May 2021, the late actor and martial artist wished his mom a happy 100th birthday in an article published on World Net Daily, where he thanked her for staying by his side through the highs and lows of his life.
"My mother has prayed for me all my life, through thick and thin," he wrote. "When I was born, I almost died from complications. When nearly losing my soul to Hollywood a few decades ago, she was back home praying for my success and salvation. She even prayed for me to find a woman to change my life, and it worked."
Norris first found success as a martial artist, earning black belts in multiple disciplines before transitioning to acting in 1972 when he appeared opposite Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon."
He then starred as the main character in "Walker, Texas Ranger" from 1993 to 2001.
In the birthday tribute to his mother, he said she "has been an example of perseverance and faith her whole life," and opened up about how he lost his way for a short time during his career as an actor.
"I've always maintained my faith throughout my martial arts, movie, and television careers, but there was also a time when I lost my way. As resilient as I thought I was, I swallowed the hook of the Hollywood lifestyle," he wrote in his book, "Official Chuck Norris Fact [Joke] Book."
"Mom continued to pray for me throughout those years, and I'm convinced that's how and why God brought Gena into my life," he added, referencing his wife of nearly 30 years, Gena O'Kelley. "She is a beacon of God's light and love, just as my mom is. Gena brought me back to my childhood faith – in which compromise was unbecoming, transparency was a virtue, humility was required, and belief was daily practiced."
He further elaborated on his journey back to his faith in an interview with "The 700 Club," explaining how the death of his friend, Lee Atwater, started him on the right path.
When visiting his dying friend, Norris said Atwater told him to "trust in the Lord." Norris noted that while the moment brought him to tears, he "was still so wrapped up in" Hollywood "and trying to be more successful in my acting," that he allowed the words to "slide out of the side of my head there."
"Finally, my best friend said, 'You have got to get your act together. You are really not a happy guy. There’s a woman I want you to meet. I’m going to invite her to Dallas,'" he said.
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The girl in Dallas happened to be O’Kelley, whom he met in 1997. They were married in November 1998, and they welcomed twins Dakota and Danilee in 2001.
He is also a father to Mike, Eric and Dina Norris.
In an October 2006 article on World Net Daily, Norris addressed the many jokes made about him, such as "When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris." He referred to one which referred to him as "Superman," saying while he "didn't always" realize he wasn't, he does now.
"As a six-time world karate champion and then a movie star, I put too much trust in who I was, what I could do and what I acquired," he wrote. "I forgot how much I needed others and especially God. Whether we are famous or not, we all need God. We also need other people."
Norris' Christian values led to him founding the martial arts program Kickstart Kids, a Texas-based nonprofit operating primarily within Texas public schools, in 1990, in partnership with President George H. W. Bush.
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It first launched in 1992 in four schools and now operates in 58 schools across the state. Since launching over 30 years ago, more than 120,000 students have been through the program.
"Our unique multi-year, intensity progressive values curriculum is delivered in the form of videos, stories and group discussion," the website states. "Through this layered methodology, Kickstart Kids teaches students to be respectful, self-disciplined, driven, confident, and hardworking. It builds resilience for the individual, loyalty for the team, and compassion for their fellow students."
Fake Google security page can turn your browser into a spying tool
A new phishing scam is tricking people into installing malware by pretending to be a Google security check. The page looks convincing and tells you that your Google account needs additional protection. It walks you through a simple setup process that appears to strengthen your security and protect your devices.
If you follow those steps, you may end up installing what looks like a harmless security tool. In reality, security researchers say the page installs a malicious web app that can spy on your device. It can steal login verification codes, watch what you copy and paste, track your location and quietly send internet traffic through your browser.
The most troubling part is that nothing is technically hacked. Instead of exploiting a software flaw, attackers simply trick you into granting the permissions they need. Once that happens, your own browser can start working for them without you realizing it.
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Security researchers at Malwarebytes, a cybersecurity company, recently discovered a phishing website that pretends to be part of Google's account protection system. The site uses the domain google-prism[.]com and presents what looks like a legitimate security page asking you to complete a short verification process. Visitors are told they should complete a four-step setup to improve their account protection. The page explains that these steps will help secure your Google account and protect your devices from threats. During the process, the site asks you to approve several permissions and install what it claims is a security tool.
The tool it installs is actually a Progressive Web App. This type of application runs through your browser but behaves like a regular app on your computer. It opens in its own window, can send notifications and can run tasks in the background. Once installed, the malicious web app can collect contacts, read information you copy to your clipboard, track GPS location data and attempt to capture one-time login codes sent to your phone. These codes are commonly used when you sign in to accounts that use two-factor authentication.
The fake security page may also offer an Android companion app described as a "critical security update." Researchers found that this app requests 33 permissions, including access to text messages, call logs, contacts, microphone recordings and accessibility features. Those permissions give attackers the ability to read messages, capture keystrokes, monitor notifications and maintain control over parts of the device. Even if the Android app is never installed, the web app alone can still collect sensitive information and quietly run activity through your browser.
The scam works because it looks like something you would normally trust. Many people expect security alerts from the services they use, especially when it comes to protecting email or cloud accounts. Attackers take advantage of that trust by presenting the fake page as a helpful security feature. When you approve the permissions and install the web app, you are essentially giving the attackers access to certain parts of your device. One of the main things they try to capture is one-time passwords. These are the short codes you receive when logging in to accounts that require two-factor authentication.
If attackers manage to capture those codes while also knowing your password, they may be able to break into your accounts. That could include your email, financial services, or cryptocurrency wallets, depending on which accounts you use. The malware also watches what you copy and paste. Many people copy cryptocurrency wallet addresses before sending digital currency, and those addresses can be valuable to criminals. The malicious app can collect that information and send it back to the attackers.
Another feature allows attackers to route internet requests through your browser. This means they can run online activity through your device so it appears to come from your home network. The app can also send notifications that look like security alerts or system warnings. When you click those notifications, the app opens again and gains another opportunity to capture information such as login codes or clipboard data.
After learning about the phishing campaign, we asked Google about the malicious site and whether users are protected.
A Google spokesperson told CyberGuy that several built-in security systems are designed to stop threats like this before they cause harm.
"We can confirm that Safe Browsing in Chrome warns any user who tries to visit this site. Chrome also shows a confirmation dialog whenever anyone attempts to download an APK. Android users are automatically protected against known versions of this malware by Google Play Protect, which is on by default on Android devices with Google Play Services."
Google also said that its current monitoring shows no apps containing this malware are available on the Google Play Store.
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Even if malicious apps are installed from outside official stores, Google says Android devices still have an additional layer of protection. Google Play Protect can warn users or block apps known to exhibit malicious behavior, including apps installed from third-party sources.
However, it is important to note that Google Play Protect may not be enough. Historically, it isn't 100% foolproof at removing all known malware from Android devices, which is why we recommend additional strong antivirus software to detect malicious downloads, suspicious browser activity and phishing attempts before they cause serious damage. It acts as an early warning system that helps block dangerous apps and websites before they gain access to your device or your data.
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If you ever come across a suspicious "security check" like this, a few simple habits can help you avoid falling into the trap and protect your accounts and devices.
Google does not ask you to install security tools through pop-ups or unfamiliar websites. If a page claims your account needs a security check, close the tab and go directly to Google's official account page by typing the address yourself. Visiting the real account settings page prevents attackers from redirecting you to a fake site.
Phishing pages often use domains that look similar to real companies. Attackers rely on people clicking quickly without paying attention to the address bar. If the website address is not an official Google domain, do not trust it. Even a small change in the spelling can indicate a fake site designed to steal information.
If you installed an app through a website and it opens like a standalone program, check your browser's installed apps or extensions list. Remove anything you do not recognize or do not remember installing. Uninstalling the app immediately prevents it from collecting more information or running commands through your browser.
Researchers say the malicious Android app may appear as "Security Check" or "System Service." If you see unfamiliar apps with these names, review the permissions they request and remove them if they look suspicious. Apps asking for extensive permissions such as SMS access, accessibility features, and microphone control should always be investigated.
A password manager helps you create and store strong, unique passwords for every account you use online. If attackers obtain one password, they will not automatically gain access to other accounts. Password managers can also help prevent you from entering credentials on fake sites because they usually refuse to auto-fill on lookalike domains.
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Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds an extra layer of protection beyond your password. Even though this attack tries to capture SMS verification codes, many services allow you to use authenticator apps instead. These apps generate login codes on your device and make it much harder for attackers to intercept them.
If you think you interacted with a suspicious security page, keep a close eye on your accounts over the following days. Watch for login alerts, password reset emails, or transactions you do not recognize. Acting quickly after suspicious activity can help prevent attackers from gaining full control of your accounts.
Scammers often gather personal details from data broker sites to make phishing messages look more convincing. A data removal service can help remove your personal information from many of those databases, reducing the amount of information criminals can use to impersonate companies or craft targeted scams.
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Attackers are changing tactics. Instead of breaking into systems through technical flaws, they are relying on convincing security messages that persuade people to install tools themselves. All of us rely on familiar brands like Google when making security decisions, and attackers know that. Preventing these scams will likely require faster action against impersonation sites and stronger safeguards around what web apps are allowed to do once installed.
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DAVID MARCUS: Democrat logic: Chicago raises hotel tax ... to attract tourists
Just when you thought that the hare-brained schemes of the Democrats who run our beleaguered big cities couldn’t get goofier, Chicago has passed a new doozy. The Windy City is raising hotel taxes to, get this, increase tourism.
Ordinance 2026-0022544 will raise the tax on hotel rooms within that district to 19% from the rate of 17.5%, with the proceeds going to an organization called Choose Chicago, which will use the cash for tourism marketing campaigns.
The top target on Choose Chicago’s wish list of events is the 2028 Democratic National Convention, and now, everyone who books a room in Second City gets to chip in a bit on the effort.
It’s quite a thing: Only a leftist Democrat could possibly think that making it more expensive to visit Chicago will increase tourism. Maybe they should throw in a complimentary mugging to sweeten the deal.
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Now, everyday working-class tourists and business travelers will be paying directly out of pocket to pay for a campaign run by Democrats to attract the Democratic Party to town.
What we are really seeing at play here is not so much an effort to woo travelers to Chicago, but rather a kind of Tammany Hall-style patronage program in which the Democrats who run the city hand out expensive jobs to their friends.
This is, on a somewhat smaller scale, is exactly the type of scandal that helped to sink Kristi Noem’s tenure as secretary of Homeland Security, after she allegedly gave advertising contracts worth hundreds of millions to those close to her and her reported paramour, Corey Lewandowski.
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Let’s be honest here, who are the Democrats who run Chicago likely to hire to attract the DNC? Probably exactly the same people who make their political ads.
It is telling that this costly effort to sell Chicago as a travel destination is not focused on the average family taking a trip to one of our nation’s great cities, but rather, on conventioneers racking up more hotel points.
It is the far-left Democratic Party in a nutshell: working class families paying the bills for the liberal elites.
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It is not just higher hotel taxes that keep the average Joe from packing up the minivan and heading to Chicago with the wife and kids. It's that our urban centers are fast becoming playgrounds for the wealthy instead of family-friendly environments.
In big blue cities like Chicago, Portland, San Francisco and Philadelphia, one expects to walk over half-dead vagrants with needles in their arms, not a sight that any parent cherishes explaining to a young one.
But for the convention class, it's no bother at all, they just step into their Uber X on the way to the steakhouse and fly right past the wrong sort.
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Chicago is sending the same message to working class Americans that Democrats all over the country are, that travel and tourism is not for you, that you should stay at home, watch Netflix and order UberEats while the rich people frolic.
Can Democrats just one time pass a city law that makes things less expensive for the middle class?
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The Left’s concept of governance seems to be to make everything basically free for the poor, and immigrants, show some thigh to the wealthy, and stick the ever-shrinking middle class with the bill.
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But don’t worry, the consultant class will do very well in this deal, as Choose Chicago offers them taxpayer-funded perks to bring their conventions which also pay the tax that goes right back to giving them perks.
Nice work if you can get it.
The family road trip is a staple of middle America, and Chicago, with its museums and fabulous architecture, should be the jewel of such trips. But the government of the city doesn’t seem interested in that. After all, those families have no political connections.
If Chicago scores the DNC then I will likely be there, my company paying the new hotel taxes as I schmooze with expensive suits sipping pricey martinis. But if I want to take my son for a week, that just got more expensive.
It is the same old story with the Democrats, always taking money from hard-working Americans to hand over to their friends, and now, everyone who visits Chicago gets to chip in.
Creepy robot mom that gives birth is training future midwives
Most hospital training labs use basic dummies or simple mannequins to teach medical skills. Students practice procedures, learn techniques and move on to real patients later. But a new childbirth simulator called Mama Anne takes training to a very different level. This lifelike robot blinks, breathes and even talks while helping midwifery students practice delivering babies before they ever step into a real delivery room. And if the idea of a robot going into labor feels a little creepy, you are not alone.
At York St. John University in York, England, educators have introduced the simulator as part of a new approach to hands-on medical training. The technology allows students to experience complex labor scenarios in a safe environment where mistakes become learning moments instead of medical emergencies. And yes, the robot actually gives birth.
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The simulator known as Mama Anne looks and behaves much like a real patient in labor. Developed by Laerdal Medical, the high-fidelity mannequin was designed to recreate real childbirth conditions with startling realism.
Students interact with Mama Anne as if she were an actual patient. Her eyes blink and react to light. Her chest rises and falls as she breathes. She even has pulses that can be felt in multiple places across the body. Most importantly, she can deliver a baby mannequin during a simulated birth.
Unlike older training models that stayed mostly static, this simulator moves and reacts during labor. It can deliver in several positions, including lying back or on all fours. It can also display vital signs that change in response to medical complications. In short, it turns a classroom exercise into something that feels much closer to a real hospital scenario.
For decades, midwifery training relied heavily on textbooks, observation and limited hands-on practice. That approach left a major gap. Many students encountered their first true emergencies only after they began working in clinical settings.
Now technology is filling that gap. Simulation tools like Mama Anne allow students to practice high-risk situations repeatedly before they ever treat a real patient. As a result, students build confidence while instructors guide them through difficult scenarios.
For example, the simulator can recreate several dangerous childbirth complications, including:
Students also practice everyday clinical skills such as monitoring fetal heart rate, giving injections and managing labor from start to finish. Because the training environment is controlled, instructors can pause a scenario, explain a mistake and run it again.
Medical training is not only about technical procedures. Communication with patients matters just as much. Mama Anne helps with that, too.
The simulator can speak using recorded responses or real-time dialogue through hidden speakers. Students must explain procedures, ask for consent and reassure their patient just as they would in a real delivery room.
If someone touches the simulator without asking first, it can react and vocalize discomfort. That feature reinforces one of the most important lessons in modern healthcare: patient consent and respectful care always come first.
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Educators believe simulation training dramatically improves how healthcare students prepare for the real world. Rebecca Beggan, midwifery program lead at York St. John University, says hands-on simulation helps students build both competence and confidence before clinical placements.
Students can experience an entire labor scenario from beginning to end. They learn antenatal care, labor management and postnatal care in a single immersive exercise. Instructors also say the technology helps protect students from the emotional shock of encountering their first medical emergency without preparation. Instead of facing those situations cold, students enter clinical placements with real practice under their belt.
The arrival of hyper-realistic simulators like Mama Anne suggests medical education is entering a new era. Instead of learning mostly through observation and experience, future healthcare professionals may train through realistic simulations that mirror real hospital conditions.
That shift could change everything from how nurses train to how surgeons rehearse complex procedures. Technology will never replace human caregivers. However, it can help prepare them better than ever before.
Even if you never step into a medical classroom, this technology could still affect your life. Better training often leads to better patient outcomes. When healthcare providers practice emergency scenarios in advance, they react faster and make fewer mistakes during real emergencies.
For expectant parents, that can mean safer deliveries and more confident medical teams in the room. Simulation training also reflects a broader shift in healthcare education across the United States. Many hospitals and universities are adopting high-fidelity simulators for surgery, emergency care and trauma response. The goal is simple. Let students practice difficult situations before lives are on the line.
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A robot that gives birth may seem a little creepy at first. Still, tools like this could become common in medical training down the road. Students gain hands-on experience. Instructors guide them through emergencies. Patients benefit from better-prepared medical teams. The next generation of midwives may enter the delivery room with far more practice than any class before them. As medical simulators grow more realistic and more widespread, one question naturally follows.
If robots can train doctors to deliver babies today, what other parts of healthcare might soon be practiced first in simulation labs instead of hospitals? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.
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Families of Iran's elite live lavishly abroad while ordinary citizens suffer at home
For decades, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and ruling clerical elite have relied on a system critics say is as strategic as it is cynical: denounce the West in public, while quietly securing a future there for their own families.
"The Islamic regime in Iran is corrupt to its core," Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, told Fox News Digital. "While regime clerics and IRGC commanders violently Islamize Iranian society and export anti-Americanism globally, their sons and daughters live lavish lifestyles on blood money in Western capitals."
Iranian journalist Banafsheh Zand still remembers the girl from her school, the kind of memory that only becomes meaningful years later, when a familiar face reappears in a completely different context.
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They sat together in classrooms at Tehran’s elite Iranzamin School, an institution designed for the children of diplomats and Iran’s upper class, where students spoke multiple languages and moved easily between cultures. The girl was quiet and studious, already shaped in part by years spent in the United States, where she had lived as a child and picked up fluent English that would later define her public role.
Years later, Zand would see her again, not across a desk or in a school hallway, but on television screens around the world. Her former classmate had become the voice of the 1979 U.S. embassy hostage crisis.
The girl was Masoumeh Ebtekar, the English-speaking spokesperson for the extremists who held 52 Americans hostages for 444 days, and who would go on to defend the takeover of the U.S. embassy and later describe it as "the best move" for the revolution.
And yet, decades later, the story did not end in Tehran. It continued, quietly and almost predictably, in California.
Ebtekar son, Eissa Hashemi, was living in the United States, pursuing graduate studies and eventually building a career in academia in Los Angeles, Zand exposed on her substack "Iran So Far Away" — a trajectory that stands in stark contrast to the ideology his mother helped articulate to the world.
For Zand, this is not an anecdote or an isolated irony, but a window into how the system itself functions.
"They take the money from corruption inside the country and use it to live a better life elsewhere," she said. "It’s not a few cases. It’s how they operate."
What Zand is describing is widely referred to inside Iran as the "aghazadeh" phenomenon, a term used for the children of the Iranian regime’s elite who live lives of privilege abroad while their families enforce ideological restrictions at home, and who have come to symbolize for many Iranians the gap between the regime’s rhetoric and its reality.
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Exiled Iranian journalist Mehdi Ghadimi, now based in Canada, argues that this phenomenon is structured.
"When we talk about the presence of agents of the Islamic Republic, especially the IRGC, here in Canada, we should understand this is not random," Ghadimi told Fox News Digital. "It operates in layers."
The system functions as a three-tiered structure that allows regime-linked individuals to embed themselves across Western societies, according to Ghadimi, beginning with those who arrive as students and academics, often presenting themselves as ordinary immigrants while maintaining ties to the regime or its security apparatus.
"They come as students or professors," he said, "but many have prior connections to the IRGC, and part of their role is to normalize the Islamic Republic in universities and gather information on activists."
That category includes individuals identified in recent reporting across U.S. campuses, such as Leila Khatami, daughter of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at Union College in New York, Zeinab Hajjarian, the daughter of Saeed Hajjarian, a founder of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, according to a March 18 New York Post report.
The second layer, Ghadimi explained, is financial, consisting of former insiders and trusted affiliates who enter Western countries as investors or business figures, often carrying significant capital that raises questions about its origin.
"In Iran, a monthly salary might be $100 or $200, while an apartment costs $100,000," he said. "So when someone arrives with millions, they are not an ordinary individual."
These individuals, he said, often serve as conduits for moving money out of Iran, operating under the cover of private enterprise while maintaining ties to the system that enabled their wealth. "They change their professional status and enter as private-sector investors," he said. "But they are trusted by the system."
The third layer involves individuals who receive explicit approval from the regime to move large sums abroad, a process that, according to Ghadimi, requires a "green light" from the security apparatus and often comes with expectations in return. "In order to move that level of money, you need permission," he said, "and in return, they help finance networks connected to the regime."
One of the most prominent examples is Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former chairman of Bank Melli Iran, who fled the country in 2011 after the bank was implicated in a roughly $2.6 billion embezzlement scandal, one of the largest corruption cases in Iran’s history.
Khavari later settled in Canada, where public reporting shows that he and his family acquired millions of dollars in real estate, including properties in Toronto, where he remains more than a decade later.
For Zand, the pattern is unmistakable.
"It’s a mafia structure," she said.
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As previously reported by Fox News Digital, Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, the daughter of senior Iranian political figure Ali Larijani and a conservative force within Iran’s theocracy, who was killed in an Israeli strike this week, held a position at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta before leaving earlier this year following public pressure.
At the same time, a February 2026 report by The Guardian highlighted how relatives of Iranian elites have built lives not only in the United States, but also in Britain and Canada, including members of the Larijani family and relatives of other senior officials, even as the regime continues to position itself in opposition to the West.
Thousands of relatives of Iranian officials were believed to be living across Western countries, IranWire reported in 2022, though precise figures remain difficult to independently verify, underscoring both the scale of the phenomenon and the opacity of the system behind it.
"The problem is even more visible in Europe," Aarabi said, "Governments, not least the U.K., have turned a blind eye."
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Mojtaba Khamenei, who is slated as the country’s new supreme leader, has been linked to a network of overseas assets, including high-value real estate in Europe.
A March 2026 investigation by The Times of London, identified two luxury apartments in London’s Kensington neighborhood, acquired in 2014 and 2016 through intermediaries, that sit directly adjacent to the Israeli Embassy compound.
The findings are part of a broader probe into Khamenei’s alleged overseas holdings, with a Bloomberg investigation estimating a portfolio spanning multiple countries and totaling roughly $138 million in assets across Europe and the Gulf, pending verification of full ownership structures.
"He has been operating behind the scenes, managing a large part of the Revolutionary Guard’s security and economic cartel," Ghadimi said. "His hands are deeply stained with corruption and crimes, and the same Revolutionary Guard is now the main force backing his rise."
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Inside Iran, the contrast with everyday life is stark. Women are arrested for violating dress codes, protesters are jailed and economic hardship has deepened across much of the population. Outside Iran, the children of the elite live differently.
"They’re telling people how to live, what to wear, what to believe," Zand said. "But their own families don’t live like that."
For her, the issue is not only hypocrisy, but strategy. "It’s also about influence," she said. "They integrate into societies, they build networks, they learn how the West works."
Aarabi believes Western governments have failed to respond accordingly. "The Islamic regime’s oligarchs should be treated no differently from Putin’s oligarchs," he said. "The West should identify, sanction and deport these individuals."
Iran funding emerges as key test for Johnson's razor-thin House majority
The Trump administration’s anticipated multibillion-dollar funding request to bolster its Iran campaign could face resistance from GOP fiscal hawks.
Though congressional Republicans have been broadly supportive of the Trump administration’s conflict in Iran, some conservatives are drawing a red line that an emergency cash infusion, known as a supplemental, cannot increase budget deficits. Multiple House Freedom Caucus members, for example, told Fox News Digital that such a funding bill would have to be made up for by cutting spending elsewhere.
"I think the big thing there is going to be making sure that there's a pay-for," Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., told Fox News Digital.
"I'd like to see how this is paid for," Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., said, adding that he’d like to see Iran ultimately cover the costs.
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Neither the president nor Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth has attempted to dispute reports Thursday that the administration is considering an infusion of roughly $200 billion to help finance the Iran campaign and restore depleted munitions. However, no formal request has been sent to congressional leaders yet.
"Our national debt just surpassed $39 trillion. A potential supplemental for Operation Epic Fury — or any supplemental funding for that matter — must be offset," Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital when asked about the prospective $200 billion request.
Clyde said he supported the mission but that any resources Congress signs off on must be done "in a fiscally responsible manner."
Meanwhile, another House conservative granted anonymity to speak freely about the Freedom Caucus’s thinking told Fox News Digital that fiscal hawks were likely to be "skeptical" about the price tag.
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"America isn’t signing up for a $200 billion war. The White House needs to give details of a plan regarding boots on the ground and how much is for replenishing our own arsenal, and how it’s being paid for," that lawmaker said.
With Democrats’ expected opposition to an Iran supplemental, some Republicans believe putting defense spending in a second "big, beautiful bill" via the budget reconciliation process could be the path of least resistance for the GOP.
Top congressional Democrats were sharply critical of a massive supplemental Thursday — a position that could harden if the conflict drags on.
"They are certainly not going to spend an additional dime on the military, on security, on any of the things that we care about," Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital in an interview last week, referring to Democrats. "This conflict right now and the future of our country and our Western values have to be secured by additional defense spending, which can only happen in a reconciliation bill."
Pfluger did not comment specifically on the prospective $200 billion request when asked on Friday, but he reaffirmed his support for another reconciliation bill. He also pointed out that reconciliation means that the new spending would be mostly or fully paid for.
"Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, and I strongly support the administration's efforts to ensure the United States and our allies cannot be threatened," he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "The pathway for additional military funding could be through a second reconciliation bill, with commonsense offsets that ensure the president's request is fully paid for. Our warfighters will not be left waiting while the left plays politics with national security."
The budget reconciliation process allows the majority party to steer around the Senate’s 60-vote requirement and pass legislation via a simple majority. Republicans used the legislative maneuver to advance Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act through Congress in the first half of 2025.
Budget reconciliation would also allow Republicans to identify offsets to a substantial increase in defense spending. However, intraparty divisions are likely to emerge over spending cuts.
There is also skepticism among some Republicans that the Pentagon needs a massive infusion of money.
The "big, beautiful bill" gave $150 billion to the Pentagon. The president has also requested a $1.5 trillion defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year — more than a 50% increase from current levels.
Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital that he would like to see the specifics of the supplemental request before committing to supporting one.
"The DoD hasn't passed an audit for a while," Self said. "I would like for them to scrub things before they start asking for more money after the $150 billion and before the appropriations get passed."
And some Republicans are doubtful that the House GOP’s razor-thin majority will be able to pass any reconciliation bill at all, particularly in an election year.
"We’ll see," Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., who’s already signaled skepticism over the prospect of a second reconciliation bill, told Fox News Digital when asked specifically about military funding in such a vehicle.
And Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital of a second reconciliation bill, "I don’t know how well the prospects are, because there’s some people saying that we aren’t going to do it, and given our small majority, it’s going to be challenging."
'Love Story' executive producer says show struggled to cast JFK Jr due to lack of 'old school masculinity'
The creators of "Love Story" struggled to find a modern actor who could portray the ‘80s-era masculinity of JFK Jr., to the point they nearly had to shut down production.
The FX limited series "Love Story" dramatizes the 1990s romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette before their deaths in 1999. The show has also faced its fair share of controversies since its release. But even before it officially premiered, the show had a major hurdle to overcome as its creators encountered America’s modern crisis of masculinity.
Executive producer Brad Simpson spoke about this directly to People magazine last month, in an interview that resurfaced thanks to the conservative women’s news outlet Evie Magazine.
"JFK [Jr.] was hard," Simpson said. "We were three weeks away from shooting and we still [had] not cast him. We'd seen every male actor between the age of 25 and 38. [Creator] Connor [Hines] was coming in every day with models he'd found on Instagram, sending cold emails."
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Fellow executive producer Connor Hines told the same news outlet that he was desperate to find a good fit for the role, to the point he was "approaching people on the street, at the gym, 'Would you like to read for John? Please. We need him.'"
While the series has become a cultural phenomenon, Simpson recalled that the struggle to cast the role brought the show to the very brink, saying, "We were about to shut down production and pause because we couldn't find him."
Actor Paul Anthony Kelly is somewhat of a newcomer to mainstream fame, but was seen as a perfect choice because he not only looks like JFK Jr. did, but also has one other rare quality that even seasoned Hollywood creators struggled to find in the acting world.
The magazine summarized, "It wasn't an issue of not liking the actors who were in the running, Simpson says, but there was simply something missing with all of them until they saw Kelly."
"Part of it was just that sort of '80s, old school masculinity — a man with hair on his chest, sort of Richard Gere, Tom Selleck, the classic chiseled looks — we're not making those guys anymore, for some reason, and he really needed to have that," Simpson said.
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Kelly was among a final group of potential choices who were called in to read from the script in person, as was done in the past in what the creators called an "old-fashioned screen test."
"I remember at the screen test, one of the hair and makeup people passed by me, and was like, 'You're crazy if you don't cast him,'" Simpson said of Kelly’s audition. "It was just clear that he was JFK."