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Collins accuses Schumer of pushing attack ads filled with 'outright lies' in tight Maine race
Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party over what she described as a wave of false attack ads targeting her and other Republican candidates, saying she has never seen a campaign with "so many outright lies."
She made the remarks during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, just two days before Election Day in Maine, where she is seeking reelection in a closely watched race against Democratic rival Troy Jackson. According to the latest Fox News poll, the two candidates are tied at 49%.
Collins accused Democrats of following "Chuck Schumer's playbook," pointing to attack ads she said were nearly identical to those targeting other Republican lawmakers.
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"One of the outrageous, completely false ads against me had to do with Jeffrey Epstein. And it turns out, in talking to two of my colleagues who are in tough races, that they had virtually identical ads run against them. So this is part of Chuck Schumer's playbook," she said.
"There are a lot of differences between my opponent and me, but I've never seen a campaign with so many outright lies. It's very frustrating," she added.
Collins further accused Democrats of trying to shift the focus away from local issues and toward divisive national political battles.
"It's certainly an attempt by my opponent and Chuck Schumer and their allies to nationalize this race," she said.
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Turning to her own campaign, Collins portrayed herself as a bipartisan lawmaker willing to work across party lines, arguing that the Senate needs more centrists as moderates increasingly leave Washington.
"Unfortunately, a lot of them have given up and retired or decided they just didn't want to run again. And that's one reason I am running again," she said.
"We need more people who are willing to work across party lines. That is really important," she said.
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She also described herself as the "most independent senator on either side of the aisle," pointing to her voting record and saying her decisions are based on what she believes is right, rather than who occupies the White House or what President Donald Trump supports.
"There's this phony figure out there that I voted with President Trump 95% of the time. That's based on a sample of only 30% of the votes. If you look at a broader sample of 90% of the vote, that drops significantly to like 72%. And I voted against the president's policies 138 times," she said.
While Jackson previously told Fox News that he believes he has a "good shot" at defeating Collins, the longtime Republican senator touted strong voter support and said she is more optimistic than ever about her reelection chances.
"I'm feeling very optimistic based on the great response I get in visiting communities all over the state," she said.
Missing Utah teen Kylie Arellano found safe in Oregon after 500-day search
A Utah teenager who vanished nearly a year and a half ago has been found safe in Oregon, ending a lengthy nationwide search that spanned more than 500 days.
Kylie Arellano, now 17, was last seen by her family on May 29, 2025, at their home in Garden City, Utah, when she was 15 years old.
Kylie's disappearance had triggered a wide federal and state investigation that led officials through dozens of unconfirmed sightings before culminating in her recovery on Sunday.
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Law enforcement officers in Oregon, working directly with the FBI's Salt Lake City field office and the Rich County Sheriff's Office, safely recovered the teen, according to a law enforcement news release.
Kylie, they said, was found with a 39-year-old man in Oregon. The man was taken into custody without incident.
"The FBI and the Rich County Sheriff’s Office have been actively investigating this case for more than a year and pursuing every lead received from across the U.S. and in other countries.
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"As this case is ongoing, no further information will be released at this time," the FBI's Salt Lake City field office said in a statement on Sunday.
Federal authorities also credited the Oregon State Police, the FBI's Portland field office and the Utah Department of Public Safety for their assistance in the operation.
"Tonight, local police in Oregon brought a minor who had been missing for a year and a half to safety, acting on information provided by our FBI Salt Lake City Field Office," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital.
"We are grateful she can return home, and we will continue working with our partners to hold those responsible accountable," Patel added.
"To anyone using gore groups to target and exploit children: the FBI and our partners are coming for you.
"We are using every tool at our disposal to combat nihilistic violent extremism, bring offenders to justice and protect America’s children."
Kylie Arellano’s grandmother also thanked the authorities for finding her. "THANK YOU for all you and your agents and teams are doing to find our baby girl, Kylie Arellano and bring her home!!!" she wrote on X.
According to a law enforcement source, the suspect allegedly met the teenager on Snapchat before her disappearance.
Last year, Rich County Sheriff Dale Stacey said detectives had chased reports of sightings across multiple states and urged the public to preserve any photographic or timestamped evidence.
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New details about the investigation had also emerged days before Kylie was found.
Unsealed search warrants reviewed by KUTV on Oct. 29 showed that investigators had previously scrutinized Kylie's mother, Stephanie Coleman, and questioned her about a 2024 allegation of physical abuse.
There were also questions about discrepancies involving missing text messages from the night Kylie vanished and suspicious marks in the home.
Coleman had denied having any role in her daughter's disappearance or abusing her, providing timestamped "good night" text messages from May 29, 2025.
She said the marks were caused by an injured cat and maintained that Kylie had likely been groomed and lured away by someone she encountered online, the outlet reported.
Chris Pratt went from living in a van to Hollywood stardom after chance encounter changed everything
Chris Pratt's journey to becoming one of Hollywood's go-to action stars started with him living in a van in Hawaii.
In a recent post on X, the 47-year-old actor reflected on his beginnings: "Before Hollywood, I was living in a van in Hawaii and waiting tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company," revealing that a chance encounter working one night changed his life.
"One day, the incredible Rae Dawn Chong walked into the restaurant, and naturally, I went up to her table and said, 'Hey, you’re a movie star! What are you doing here?'" he recalled. "She asked if I could act, and I said, 'F- - - yeah, put me in your movie!'"
Since he didn't have a phone, he gave Chong his friend Mike's number, who told him a few days later that someone had called for him.
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"I called her back, and sure enough, she was serious," he wrote. "I drove over to pick up the script, went back to Mike’s house, and read all 120 pages three times in a row. First script I’d ever read. My character's name was Devon, and I remember thinking, 'Sweet! I could totally play a Devon!'
After the audition, he recalled Chung telling him he "could act and offered me the part."
While he lived in Hawaii, the movie was filming in Los Angeles, which made Pratt a little nervous, as he had "about $60 to my name, a bag of clothes, and some rollerblades." He then found out that Chung would fly him out to Los Angeles for production.
"I remember thinking right then and there, my life just changed forever. I'm going to be an actor," he wrote. "That little movie was 'Cursed Part 3,' a low-budget horror comedy that opened the door to Hollywood for me. I'll forever be grateful to Rae for taking a chance on a kid working at a shrimp restaurant. Everybody starts somewhere, and this is where it all began for me."
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Pratt's role in "Cursed Part 3" led to bigger projects, including his breakout role playing Andy Dwyer in the hit NBC show, "Parks and Recreation."
He then landed the role of Peter Quill, or Star-Lord, in the Marvel movie, "Guardians of the Galaxy," playing the character in the film's two sequels, as well as in "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame."
When speaking to Moviefone in May 2023, Pratt shared he is "grateful" for "Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn for casting him as the lead in the movie, saying, "He's changed my life" and the life of his children.
"He found a working actor who had already at that point done way better than most people who come out to town. I wasn't a waiter any longer, I was a series regular on a show. I was getting recognition," he said. "He brought me to a whole new level that ultimately changed the entire way the industry saw me. I no longer was auditioning. That was the last audition I ever had. So he changed my life."
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Since becoming a Marvel superhero, Pratt has starred in the "Jurassic World" franchise, voiced characters in "The Lego Movie" and its sequel, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and its sequel and "Onward," and has starred in the TV series "The Terminal List" since 2022.
He has also starred in a number of standalone blockbusters, including "Passengers," "The Magnificent Seven," "The Tomorrow War" and many others.
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Pratt was married to actress Anna Faris from July 2009 to August 2017, when they announced their separation. They share one child together, a son named Jack, 14.
He then married Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2019, and they share three children together; Lyla, 6, Eloise, 4, and Ford, 1.
"It's an incredible blessing to be a father. It's also a lot of hard work. And so I think I just want to teach them that ... I don't know, I want to do my best," he told Fox News Digital in October. "I basically want to get right everything my dad got right and get right everything my dad got wrong. And I'm sure I'll screw up both, you know?"
Ukraine says air alert system hacked after false radiation warning in Kyiv
Ukraine officials said the country’s official air-raid alert app was likely hacked after emergency alerts warned on Sunday that there was a "radiation hazard" and a "chemical attack alert" in Kyiv.
The false warnings urged residents not to go outside.
"There is a radiation hazard alert in Kyiv. Do not go outside!" read one alert.
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"There is a chemical attack alert in Kyiv. Do not go outside!" another one read.
The public air alert online map also displayed Kyiv and other areas as under a nuclear alert. The app also issued false warnings about Russia’s hypersonic Oreshnik missile and alleged street fighting in Kyiv.
Additionally, loudspeakers in the streets blasted a recorded message instructing people to take precautions.
But Ukraine’s Air Force said its air alert app was hacked and that there was no radiation hazard to be concerned about.
"The air alert app appears to have been subjected to enemy influence. There is no radiation threat! Stay calm and follow our updates on our channel!" the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement posted to Telegram.
Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications blamed Russia for the incident, although no group had publicly claimed responsibility.
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Separately, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said early Monday that its mobile application had been hit by a "massive cyberattack" that allowed attackers to send false information to the public.
"Attention! The mobile application of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia has been subjected to a massive cyberattack, enabling attackers to send false information to the public," the ministry said on Telegram.
Fox News' Simon Owen contributed to this report.
Big 12 Conference admits officials got call wrong that benefited BYU Cougars in win over Arizona State
Maybe the BYU Cougars being a religious school can pay some dividends.
The Cougars have benefited from a very fortunate run of officiating in recent weeks. At home against the then-No. 2 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, BYU pulled off a stunning upset. Thanks in small part to yet another controversial literal last second clock call this college football season.
Quarterback Bear Bachmeier found tight end Walker Lyons with 1:47 remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Cougars a 28-24 lead, putting Notre Dame's winning streak in jeopardy. The Irish drove down the field, converting a six-yard pass on fourth-and-5 to give themselves one last shot at the end zone from the 8-yard line with four seconds left. C.J. Carr's pass fell incomplete, and fans stormed the field.
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Except, eagle-eyed viewers noticed that the stadium game clock clearly read 0:01 as the ball hit the turf. And the Big 12 Conference acknowledged they were right, and that Notre Dame should have had time for one last play.
"Following the Big 12's review of the final play of Saturday's Notre Dame-BYU game, it was determined that time remained on the clock when the ball hit the ground and the play was incorrectly cleared by the replay officiating crew," they explained in a statement. "The Conference will conduct a complete review of its end-of-game officiating process in advance of next week's games."
Yes, BYU may still have stopped the Irish and won the game anyway, but it was a clear officiating mistake that benefited the Cougars. It happened again the next week.
On the road at UCF, BYU found themselves locked in a tight game late in the fourth quarter against what should have been an overmatched opponent. With the game tied 24-24 and 11 seconds left, the Knights set up for a field goal attempt on third down. Kicker Will Stone's attempted was blocked without crossing the line of scrimmage, and Stone recovered it himself.
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As he was tackled, his helmet came off, with the officials throwing a flag for a BYU facemask. Which they promptly picked up. Not only that, they then incorrectly applied a 10-second runoff for the helmet coming off. As rules analysts explained, that runoff is only required when the helmet coming off is the reason for the clock stoppage. But the clock also stopped because of a "legal kick down," per Terry McAulay, meaning that the runoff should not have been applied.
Instead of UCF having another opportunity at a game-winning field goal, the game went to overtime. That said, the Cougars did wind up losing in double overtime anyway, thanks in part to some less-than-beneficial officiating. As Stone made a field goal to go up 34-31, BYU's Kendall Wall was flagged for roughing the kicker. Instead of the Cougars needing just a field goal to tie the score, UCF converted the ensuing first-and-goal for a touchdown, making the two-point conversion as well.
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BYU had four tries from the four-yard-line, but came up empty, and the Knights pulled off the upset. Still, there's a case to be made that the game may never have reached overtime in the first place, had the rules been correctly applied.
Well, fast-forward to BYU-Arizona State on Halloween, and it happened again. Though at least this mistake wasn't in the closing seconds of the game.
In the first quarter in Provo, Bachmeier tried to run the ball in for a touchdown from the one-yard line, but fumbled immediately after the snap. Sione Moa jumped on it, advancing it into the end zone for a touchdown. Replay review confirmed that Bachmeier had indeed fumbled, and separately confirmed that Moa had scored.
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But the review team should never have allowed the touchdown to stand, because the whistle blew on the play to signal that Bachmeier had been ruled down. Once that happened, the ball could not be advanced after a fumble. Inexplicably though, they awarded the Cougars a TD anyway.
And now the Big 12 Conference has been forced to issue yet another statement that the officiating crew had made a mistake.
"Replay was incorrect in awarding a score," the statement read. "The correct ruling should have been BYU ball for a third-and-goal from the 2-yard line."
Sure, the Cougars may have punched it in from the two, but you never know in college football, and the call handed them a touchdown that should not have happened. Understandably, ASU head coach Kenny Dillingham was furious with the officiating crew at the time, and after the game.
"I was trying to argue that he does have the right to recover it post-whistle, but that's not a clear advancement, which means the ball should be at the three," he said. "Obviously, that wasn't what happened. It's not the officials' fault. Those officials don't have say in that. That's all back home."
There's little doubt that these mistakes are simply that, mistakes, and not some grand conspiracy by the Big 12 Conference to help get BYU to the College Football Playoff. But it's a sign of the seemingly growing officiating problem in college football, and yet another example of the fact that referees can, and often do, impact a game negatively. Some Cougars fans will also be quick to point out any number of calls they believe went against their team.
Normally, over the course of a season, these things even out. It's just unfortunate when there are several high-profile mistakes all happening around the same program.
BYU has yet another massive game this Saturday, as they travel up the road to play their heated rivals, the Utah Utes, in Salt Lake City. The No. 3 Utah Utes and No. 7 BYU Cougars. Just as everyone expected. And given the tight Big 12 race, with Utah 5-0, BYU 4-1 and Texas Tech 4-1, it could have tremendous implications in determining which teams will play in the conference championship game, as well as a spot in the playoff.
Hopefully we're not talking about the refs after this one.
Michael Douglas says Jack Nicholson 'has disappeared' from the Hollywood spotlight
Michael Douglas admitted his longtime friend, Jack Nicholson, has essentially "disappeared" from the spotlight.
Douglas, 82, reflected on his storied career and missed opportunities while discussing his new memoir, "One Helluva Ride."
When asked who he never had a chance to work with, Douglas noted that he "would have liked to have acted with Jack," according to The Independent.
"He's not working any more. He's well," Douglas said. "He has disappeared. I know that."
The "Wall Street" actor added, "I still see him, but he is fine. He is up there by his house and walking around in his slippers. It happens. He deserves it. I understand. He is a few years older than me, but I understand."
Nicholson, 89, is rarely seen in public and was last credited on the 2010 film "How Do You Know."
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Last week, Crystal Hefner exposed secrets about the Playboy Mansion and its star-studded roster of attendees.
Hefner, 40, name-dropped one Hollywood heavy-hitter who was known for his frequent trips to the Holmby Hills home during an episode of her "After the Mansion" podcast.
"I think a lot of celebrities came because they were just curious, and others used it as their personal country club," she said.
"They used to call it Jack Nicholson’s drive-thru at one point because he would drive up, grab some food or whatever else he could get there and leave."
Nicholson's daughter, Lorraine, once shared her own experiences at the famous mansion where she spent her childhood playing with Hef's sons, Marston and Cooper.
"People assume that my father took me to the Mansion, but they assume wrong," she wrote in a 2024 essay for Vanity Fair. "In fact, I can venture with confidence that I spent more time there than my father ever did."
Lorraine wrote about growing up as the daughter of somewhat controversial parents, and noted that her friend's parents were "not so keen on letting their children come over to Jack Nicholson's house."
"For the Hefners, I imagine it was nice to know that my father would never be like the other fathers, lingering a little too long after their children were dropped off, marveling, open-mouthed and fully clothed, at the way the refracted light danced on the roof of the grotto," Lorraine wrote.
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"They didn’t have to worry about these things, because my father was on the list. Which meant that he could show up at the Mansion, without an invitation, at any time."
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Crystal also admitted her late husband was obsessed with Hollywood lore and stardom.
"One thing that mattered most to Hef was fame," she shared.
"Any celebrity was treated extremely well whenever they visited. He would have Bill Maher for chats, hang with Berry Gordy of Motown and then you’d see plenty of other people there. Buzz Aldrin, the original Catwoman."
She added, "I always liked the non-womanizer celebrities. They always felt more safe."
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Crystal began dating Hefner when she was 21 years old. The couple got engaged in 2010 when she was 24 and the Playboy founder was 84.
They called off their wedding just days before the ceremony in 2011 but later reconciled. Crystal and Hefner married in 2012 and remained together until his death in 2017. He was 91.
She explained that during Hef's "final years," she did her best to "treat him with respect and dignity."
Crystal wanted the media mogul to "still feel like he was respected and revered all the way until the very end."
"The entire mansion existed to cater to Hef's needs, women included," she said. "He would cry during the romantic scenes of the old films and just look over at me to help him. Or maybe it was a performance to encourage me to believe his feelings were real."
She added, "Either way, I would wipe his tears and feel sad, too."
Josh Jacobs' lawyers call police release of previously unreported abuse allegations 'character assassination'
The attorneys representing Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs admitted that the recently released police case file that includes new allegations of domestic abuse from years ago are threatening the running back's career, but also see it as a case of "character assassination" that is easily disproven.
That is the underlying point of a statement released Sunday afternoon by attorneys David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld and Clarence F. Duchac III to the media, including OutKick and Fox News Digital.
"The three accounts are old, are hearsay, and easily disproven, yet released to the media by police without any investigation to determine whether they were accurate or contradicted by evidence," the statement reads. "Josh is answering them in detail because of the character assassination that is occurring, unfairly threatening his career."
The NFL said in a statement Saturday that it is reviewing the previously unreported allegations that Jacobs physically abused multiple women whose existence came to light amid the investigation into the May 23 incident that was well-chronicled.
The NFL was already investigating Jacobs for that May 23 incident in which Jacobs pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor criminal damage to property connected to a domestic incident with an ex-girlfriend in Green Bay.
Jacobs was convicted of the battery charge in September and spent six games on the commissioner’s exempt list this season. He has returned to the Packers, but the team has been among those keeping in contact with the Indianapolis Colts about trading for running back Jonathan Taylor.
The Packers would not be interested in Taylor if they expected to keep Jacobs.
Understanding this, the statement takes aim at the Hobart-Lawrence Police Department's case file release to the media.
"The file includes summaries of three telephone interviews describing events in 2021 and 2022," the statement from Jacobs' attorneys said. "Josh Jacobs denies all three accounts and has a substantial body of tangible evidence to back up his assertions.
"The police department’s released file contains only phone interviews, taken years after the fact, with no additional investigation, save for an acknowledgment that Josh did nothing wrong. Josh was not given an opportunity to present evidence to Hobart-Lawrence in response to the uncorroborated report, primarily because Hobart-Lawrence took no action related to the unsupported and stale allegations."
And then the details, according to the Jacobs side:
"One of these three women made a claim to the NFL, which reviewed it and decided no action was warranted. Josh has kept evidence that supports his accounts and the NFL’s decision. Nothing in the released file indicates that any such evidence was used or even sought. Indeed, the police report did not even present any of this information.
"Another woman made a claim in 2021, but only after Josh called the Las Vegas police to his home to report the woman for misconduct. A police report was written that day, which effectively undermined her claims. No further action was taken by any authority after she was removed from Josh’s home."
The police file, per NBC26 in Wisconsin, claims a third woman told the police that Jacobs slapped her in the face, threw her onto a bed, threw her to the floor, spit on her and grabbed her throat in January 2022.
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"Josh denies any physical altercation with the third woman," the statement from Jacobs' attorneys said. "She first contacted Josh and asked to visit. She came to Las Vegas and stayed at his home. Another person was present in the house during part of her stay. She stayed there overnight and left the following evening — on her own, in a car she ordered herself. The receipt for that ride is in the police file the department released, and it is consistent with Josh’s account of how the visit ended, not hers."
It's clear the Jacobs camp understands the stakes: Their client's enduring status in the NFL.
And they want to remind everyone that charges that resulted in a trial are the only history that should matter.
"Josh took responsibility for what happened in May," the attorneys said. "He entered into an agreement with prosecutors for two misdemeanors, and he is meeting the court’s requirements."
In his two games since returning to the 5–3 Packers, Jacobs has rushed 32 times for 75 yards and a touchdown, averaging just 2.3 yards per carry. The three-time Pro Bowler has been more productive as a receiver, catching 11 passes for 68 yards and two touchdowns.
After scoring one of his touchdowns in the Packers' 27-19 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday, Jacobs had a controversial touchdown celebration. He insisted he wasn't making light of his recent arrest and that the celebration was instead inspired by a gospel song.
Iranian ‘ghost fleet’ filmed evading US blockade en route to China, UANI says
Small Iranian "ghost fleet" tankers are slipping past the U.S. naval blockade and smuggling sanctioned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to China through a shadowy maritime hub off Malaysia, according to U.S. investigators who covertly filmed one of the vessels en route in September.
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which conducted the months-long probe, said at least nine similar tankers carrying Iranian oil or LPG have also evaded U.S. restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz since Washington reinstated the Iranian port blockade in July.
UANI identified one of the sanctioned tankers as the SOGL. It allegedly escaped the blockade on Sept. 1 carrying approximately 500,000 barrels of Iranian LPG after collecting it at an Iranian port in August.
The vessel then traveled thousands of miles to a Malaysian offshore anchorage, where UANI filmed the vessel receiving fuel and other services offshore. The ship then traveled on to China, where the organization said it discharged its Iranian cargo.
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"This tanker had loaded its Iranian LPG from Assaluyeh Port, Iran, in late August. It then breached the U.S. blockade and made its way to a Malaysian anchorage," Jemima Shelley, a senior analyst at UANI, explained.
"What this shows us is that some vessels are managing to breach the U.S. maritime blockade," Shelley said of the footage shared exclusively with Fox News Digital.
"Most vessels aren't, but since the reinstatement in mid-July, we have seen only nine small tankers being successful in their breach of the U.S. blockade and departing the Gulf of Oman laden with oil or LPG."
At the center of the operation is the Malaysian Eastern Outer Port Limits Anchorage, known as the EOPL, an offshore shipping area approximately 70 kilometers from Malaysia’s coastline.
The anchorage has become a critical staging ground for Iran’s sanctioned energy trade with China, Shelley said.
The area allows vessels to wait offshore, receive supplies and transfer cargo between tankers, providing a logistical lifeline for Iranian energy exports as American naval forces patrol waters closer to Iran.
UANI had been monitoring the SOGL before its arrival in Malaysian waters, Shelley explained.
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"On September 16th, United Against Nuclear Iran chartered a supply vessel and transited 100 nautical miles into the Malaysian Eastern Outer Port Limits Anchorage," Shelley said.
"Here we witnessed firsthand the illicit activities of ghost fleet tankers, as well as some Iran-flagged cargo ships that were located in this anchorage, one of them being the SOGL."
She described the SOGL as "a Handymax small tanker that was laden with 500,000 barrels of Iranian LPG."
The U.S. maritime blockade was first imposed April 13, temporarily lifted in mid-June and reinstated July 14 after diplomatic negotiations collapsed. The operation has largely stopped Iran from exporting crude oil, depriving Tehran of a major source of revenue as the country faces intense economic pressure.
"The U.S. blockade is an overwhelming success at preventing vessels laden with Iranian oil and petrochemicals from leaving the Gulf of Oman," Shelley said.
She added that since the blockade was reinstated, "no Iranian crude oil has managed to depart and be a successful export for Iran, which is a huge economic pressure for the Iranian regime."
"It's just that there are some opportunistic small tankers that are just managing to breach the blockade."
The United States, she said, is primarily prioritizing Iranian crude and very large tankers, which often carry "two million barrels of Iranian crude."
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LPG is a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons, primarily propane and butane, used for heating, cooking, transportation and industrial production.
"LPG carries a lot of risks," Shelley said. "The U.S. blockade's first course of action is to try to attempt to turn around these vessels, which is their main technique for enforcing the U.S. blockade."
"However, sometimes they do have to use military force and this would be incredibly high risk on far more volatile cargo such as LPG."
According to Shelley, the smaller vessels exploit those challenges while using tactics commonly associated with Iran’s ghost fleet.
"So what they'll do is they will turn off their AIS. They will often fly a false flag so they're completely stateless vessels," she added.
Automatic Identification System, or AIS, transponders broadcast a vessel’s identity, position and movements to other ships and maritime authorities. Switching them off can make a vessel more difficult to track.
"Often they will load, and then they will transit the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and then in the Gulf of Oman, they will conduct a ship-to-ship transfer there," Shelley said, describing it as a "very high-risk ship-to-ship transfer because it's LPG, not crude oil."
"And then the other tanker that's receiving the LPG will then transit and attempt to breach the blockade."
The overall scale remains relatively small compared with Iran’s historical energy exports.
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The SOGL, identified by IMO number 9208227, was added to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions list Oct. 8 over its alleged involvement in transporting Iranian petroleum products since 2025.
The vessel has operated under multiple flags, including the Comoros and Zimbabwe, and has been linked in sanctions records to Gravion Maritime Co.
"Most of these tankers are very emblematic of what ghost fleet tankers do and so are flying false flags, which means they're completely stateless and will have very complicated front companies running them," Shelley said.
Meanwhile, the EOPL anchorage in Malaysia — roughly a 10-day-to-two-week journey from Iran — has become an important logistical center for Iranian vessels traveling toward Chinese buyers and a "key node in Iran's oil trade to China," Shelley said.
"It is used by ghost fleet tankers, Iran-flagged tankers that will load Iranian crude and then transit eastwards from Iran all the way to this anchorage where they will often conduct ship-to-ship transfers with the final tanker bound for China."
"Often this anchorage is also used for floating storage, which is how Iran managed to survive for so long with the U.S. blockade being reinstated in July," Shelley said.
She also clarified that since the blockade has been enforced, Iranian floating storage has fallen to "zero to seven million barrels."
"So you can see how they have survived from having this offshore anchorage where illicit ghost fleet tankers have been able to wait laden with Iranian products."
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UANI’s video also shows the SOGL sitting low in the water and receiving bunkering services from a smaller tanker off Malaysia, where Shelley said authorities appear to be "looking the other way."
"This is a common thing that you will see in this anchorage, because not only is this anchorage used for ship-to-ship transfers, but also these ghost fleet tankers, as well as some cargo ships in this anchorage, require various services, whether that is food, logistics or bunker fuel."
China is the dominant destination for Iranian oil and LPG, providing Tehran with a critical economic outlet despite U.S. sanctions and the naval blockade.
"For years, China has made up 80% of Iran's liquid cargo exports, and we have seen that only grow since the beginning of the Iran War. Now China is importing almost 100% of Iran's oil and LPG exports."
"It has created a system and trade that has allowed Iran to avoid sanctions, U.S. and OPEC sanctions, whilst China is able to buy highly discounted Iranian oil and LPG."
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"After United Against Nuclear Iran's trip to the EOPL, interestingly, this small LPG tanker SOGL did not conduct a ship-to-ship transfer," Shelley said.
"Instead, it transited northbound into the South China Sea, where it finally discharged its Iranian LPG at Xinzhou Port in China."
The G Summer, a U.S.-sanctioned LPG carrier with a capacity of approximately 7,000 cubic meters, was also separately tracked transmitting signals from the Arabian Sea beyond the American blockade line in April, according to Bloomberg.
The vessel broadcast a message indicating it had an "all Chinese crew" aboard, while shipping analytics identified Iran as its last cargo country and Galle, Sri Lanka, as its reported destination.
Fox News Digital has reached out to CENTCOM for comment.
'SNL' co-host Michael Che turns Israel voter turnout into 'genocide' punchline on 'Weekend Update'
On NBC's "Saturday Night Live," "Weekend Update" co-host Michael Che joked about genocide while discussing voter turnout in Israel's elections, referencing voters on the right and left of the country's political spectrum.
"This week, a record number of people voted in Israel’s election, which is great to see regardless of if you’re on the right side, or the left side, or the genocide," Che said.
A spokesperson for the Campaign Against Antisemitism acknowledged that the comment was a joke but challenged its premise.
"There's always a lot of latitude with comedy, and this joke is hardly an exception," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The problem is that it's playing on what has become a widespread but baseless belief that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza."
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The organization argued that allegations of genocide against Israel portray Jews as perpetrators of the same crime committed against them during the Holocaust and are "motivated in no small part by a desperation to assuage global guilt for a real genocide against the Jews by casting the Jews as perpetrators of this grave crime themselves."
"It has fueled abuse and violence against Jews worldwide — including terrorism and murder," the spokesperson added.
NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck also criticized the joke, questioning whether viewers understood the meaning of genocide and criticizing the use of the term in discussions about Israel.
"We're now at the point where it's a punchline to refer to Israel as a genocidal state," Houck told Fox News Digital. "SNL's ill-informed viewers are unlikely to know the actual meaning of the word, and that it's more applicable to how many Arabs view whether Israel should be allowed to exist."
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Houck argued that the segment could instead have highlighted Arab participation in Israel's election to challenge accusations of genocide.
"One could have framed it as a dig against the calls of genocide that a country held free and fair elections in which Arabs could vote and did, to the point their parties won 19 seats in the Knesset, but that would have been too large of a bubble to burst for the far-left in America," Houck said. "Simply put, use of the word ‘genocide’ shouldn't be something to joke about."
In Israel's recent election, the nation's two Arab-led parties were projected to secure a combined 19 seats, according to preliminary results.
Che delivered the remark alongside co-host Colin Jost during a segment that also targeted President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Republican messaging ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. Che previously drew criticism in February 2021 for suggesting that Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign favored Jewish citizens.
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"Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population. I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half," Che said.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said the joke "not only missed the mark, but crossed the line."
The American Jewish Committee separately sought a retraction and apology from NBC over that segment, saying Che’s suggestion that Israel prioritized Jewish citizens misrepresented vaccine eligibility. The organization said vaccines were available to Israeli citizens regardless of religion or ethnicity.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Israeli government and the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers win NFL game without completing a pass, first time that's happened in half a century
The joke will be that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers set back the modern-day NFL offense by decades on Sunday by failing to complete even one pass, something which had happened only one other time during the Super Bowl era.
But the Bucs get the last laugh.
They came away from Sunday's rain-drenched, mud-soaked meeting with the Atlanta Falcons with a 16-0 victory where they set a new club rushing mark of 324 yards. On top of that, they have renewed life in the NFC South.
Afterward, coach Todd Bowles was asked if he informed his offensive coordinator or quarterback Baker Mayfield they weren't going to throw the ball a lot.
"The conditions told him that," Bowles said. "I mean, you could see it as a downpour down there and the wind's blowing. You can kind of see the ball wasn't going anywhere."
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So much for the space-age passing inside an air conditioned dome.
This was three yards and a cloud of dust. Or rather, because this game at Raymond James Stadium was played in that unrelenting rain, it was three-yards-and-a-lot-of-slush.
So, a lot of running football. And, just to be accurate, for way more than three-yards a pop.
But no passing.
Quarterback Baker Mayfield attempted three passes without a completion.
"All right, let's get this over with because you don't want to talk to me," Mayfield told reporters to open his postgame news conference.
This was some surreal stuff and that was obvious when Mayfield was asked questions about his lead blocking on one play.
"You know, if you're not going to throw the ball, I got to get active somehow," he said.
The last and only other time a team failed to complete a pass in a game since the NFL began playing Super Bowls was on Sept. 29, 1974 by the Buffalo Bills, according to the Associated Press.
It was O.J. Simpson's Bills that did it that time with quarterback Joe Ferguson attempting only two passes without a completion.
Simpson ran for 117 yards in that long-ago game.
Bucky Irving and Kenneth Gainwell went bonkers in this game. Irving gained 170 yards and averaged 6.3 yards per carry against the Falcons. Gainwell gained 140 rushing yards and averaged 5.6 yards per attempt.
Historic.
But Irving didn't see it that way.
"I'm not going to lie to you. I don't know the last time I checked the weather for a football game," he said. "We're going to have to play in it anyway. That's how I think about it.
"Rain, snow, muddy, you're going to have to play in it anyway."
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It could be argued the Bucs would have been more productive, if perhaps, they had tried a pass sometime in the second half. But the Falcons tried doing some of that.
Their quarterback, Michael Penix Jr. completed only eight of his 24 attempts, throwing four interceptions.
The Bucs, on the other hand, didn't try to hit their heads against the proverbial wall like that. They were too busy running up and down the field.