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Spencer Pratt vows to work with federal government on ICE enforcement as LA mayor candidate
Spencer Pratt held his first rally since announcing his run for Los Angeles mayor and weighed in on some heavy topics — including ICE.
On Feb. 5, Pratt hosted his kickoff rally at West L.A.'s famed Don Antonio's restaurant and was accompanied by comedian Heather McDonald and Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is running for governor of California.
In a video shared on X by The Hollywood Fix, Pratt addressed the presence of ICE agents in Los Angeles to a crowd of people. He said the problem isn't about "enforcement" but about "defiance."
"Karen Bass's open defiance of federal law for political gain has created confusion, tension and instability," Pratt said, earning applause. "When I am mayor, I will work directly with the federal government in a firm but humane way with a clear focus on public safety. Violent criminals will be removed from our streets and law-abiding, hard-working families will live without fear."
"This approach is not extreme, but responsible," he added.
Pratt kicked off his speech by saying he'd been amazed by the "outpouring of support and encouragement."
"It's been powerful to see how many people in this city are ready for real change. Everyone here who knows Los Angeles has reached a breaking point and for a long time, I was hoping someone else would step up and fix this mess," he said.
"The Hills" alum noted that he's happy the public has "trusted" him to bring change to LA.
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"The city doesn't need another politician, brokering deals and trading favors. We need leadership that shows up, takes responsibility and delivers results. No more cover-ups and corruptions. No more self-dealing and incompetence. No more backroom deals and special interests. We are done with all of it," Pratt said, which earned an eruption of cheers from the crowd.
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Pratt noted that as mayor, he would govern and protect all the people of Los Angeles and prepare for disasters while delivering "real recovery when crisis hits." The former reality television star seemed to be referring to the Palisades and Altadena fires that devastated Los Angeles — and Pratt's residence — in January 2025.
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"We will expose and eliminate the waste and corruption that turned City Hall into a black hole for taxpayer dollars," he continued.
Pratt said that public safety would be "restored," which also earned applause from the attendees.
Pratt did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for additional comment.
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On the one-year anniversary of the Palisades fire, Pratt announced that he was running for mayor.
"On Jan. 7, 2025, Heidi and I lost our home. We lost every material possession we own. My parents lost their home too and, with it, decades of memories lost inside those walls," Pratt emotionally shared during a "They Let Us Burn!" protest, calling it the "worst day of my life."
The 42-year-old noted he grew up in the Palisades, "thinking that my two boys would grow up here just like I did with that same hometown feeling. Then, right before my eyes, that future that I envisioned burned to the ground."
After making his announcement, Pratt posted a photo of himself with his signed paperwork to run for mayor, writing, "Yes, it’s official. Papers are filed and campaign is open: mayorpratt.com."
Since losing his home, Pratt has been vocal on social media, accusing city and state leaders of mismanagement, corruption and "criminal negligence" in their response to the fires. Pratt has also been a frequent critic of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery for leg fracture after hard crash during Olympic run
Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery "to stabilize a fracture reported in her left leg," officials at an Italian hospital said Sunday hours after the Olympian crashed hard during her run.
Vonn powered through a ruptured ACL to have an attempt to medal at the alpine skiing women’s downhill event. She lost control a few seconds into her run and crashed in the first sector. She writhed in pain as medical professionals tended to her.
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A helicopter was dispatched to whisk Vonn off the mountain. She was taken to a clinic in Cortina, then transferred to a hospital in Treviso.
The Ca’Foncello hospital released a statement on Vonn, saying she was being "treated by a multidisciplinary team. The U.S. Ski Team said Vonn was "in stable condition and in good hands with a team of American and Italian physicians."
"She’ll be OK, but it’s going to be a bit of a process," U.S. Ski and Snowboard’s chief of sport Anouk Patty said. "This sport’s brutal and people need to remember when they’re watching (that) these athletes are throwing themselves down a mountain and going really, really fast."
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Breezy Johnson picked up the gold medal in the event, notching Team USA’s first in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.
"I don’t claim to know what she’s going through, but I do know what it is to be here, to be fighting for the Olympics, and to have this course burn you and to watch those dreams die," said Johnson, who missed out on the 2022 Games due to a knee injury. "I can’t imagine the pain that she’s going through and it’s not the physical pain — we can deal with physical pain — but the emotional pain is something else."
International Ski and Snowboard Federation president Johan Eliasch called Vonn’s crash "tragic, but it’s ski racing."
"I can only say thank you for what she has done for our sport," he said, "because this race has been the talk of the games and it’s put our sport in the best possible light."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Iran’s top diplomat says nation’s power lies in defying pressure: ‘No to the great powers’
Iran is prepared to pursue diplomacy while remaining ready to defend itself if challenged, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday, arguing that Tehran’s strength lies in its ability to stand firm against pressure.
"We are a man of diplomacy, we are also a man of war; not in the sense that we seek war, but … we are ready to fight so that no one dares to fight us," he said, according to Press TV, Iran’s state-run English-language broadcaster.
Araghchi made the remarks in Tehran at the National Congress on the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Policy, two days after Iran and the United States held nuclear talks in Oman.
Fox News previously reported that negotiations between Iranian and U.S. officials in Muscat, the capital, were held face-to-face, marking the first such meetings since U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in June.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry described the talks as "intensive and lengthy" in a post on X, saying the meetings allowed both sides to present their positions and concerns.
"It was a good start, but its continuation depends on consultations in our respective capitals and deciding on how to proceed," the government account said.
It added there was broad agreement on continuing the negotiations, though decisions on timing, format and the next round will be made following consultations in the two capitals, with Oman continuing to serve as the intermediary.
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Araghchi said Sunday that Iran views its nuclear program as a legitimate right and is seeking recognition of that position through negotiations.
"I believe the secret of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s power lies in its ability to stand against bullying, domination and pressures from others," he said, according to Press TV.
"They fear our atomic bomb, while we are not pursuing an atomic bomb. Our atomic bomb is the power to say no to the great powers," the top diplomat added. "The secret of the Islamic Republic’s power is to say no to the powers."
President Donald Trump has expanded the U.S. military presence in the Middle East, deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and the USS Michael Murphy, a guided-missile destroyer.
Other U.S. naval assets, including the USS Bulkeley, USS Roosevelt, USS Delbert D. Black, USS McFaul, USS Mitscher, USS Spruance and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., are positioned across key waterways surrounding Iran, from the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea to the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea.
Fetterman expects DHS shutdown amid partisan funding feud, breaks with Democrats on voter ID
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he expects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to shut down over a partisan funding feud as lawmakers remain deadlocked on key reforms. He broke with Democratic Party leaders on the issue, backing border enforcement and tougher voter ID laws.
"I absolutely would expect that it's going to shut down," Fetterman said on "Sunday Morning Futures."
Without intervention, DHS funding will expire on Friday after being carved out of a larger government funding package. A shutdown would impact TSA workers, FEMA operations and border security enforcement.
While Fetterman said he does not support shutting down the government, he acknowledged he expects Democrats and Republicans to remain divided past the deadline.
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Democratic lawmakers have pushed for changes to DHS amid nationwide protests and heightened scrutiny. In January, DHS immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota left two Americans dead, and both deaths are under investigation.
Democrats sent Republicans a list of proposed reforms that GOP lawmakers have rejected. Their demands included a requirement for agents to unmask, mandatory body cameras and judicial warrants for arrests.
While some Democrats have called for the disbandment of DHS, Fetterman said he supports securing the border and deporting illegal immigrants who commit crimes. He urged his colleagues to focus on those shared priorities.
"Secure our border… deport all the criminals," he said.
"Those are very fundamental things that most Americans signed up for."
Voter ID is another issue dividing the two parties. Democrats refuse to support the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAFE) Act, which would require states to verify voter eligibility.
Republicans argue the act would strengthen election integrity, while Democrats say it could make voting harder for people without photo ID.
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Fetterman said voter ID wasn't an "unreasonable" ask, and pointed to states like Wisconsin that already have similar protections.
"It's not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote," said Fetterman, who also rejected comparisons to Jim Crow laws.
"I don't ever want to vote to shut our government down again," he added.
American Olympian taking social media breather over 'hate' after Trump criticism
American Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn said Saturday she will limit her social media intake after she said she received "hate."
Glenn was critical of the Trump administration in a pre-Olympics press conference earlier in the week, saying it had been a "hard time" for her and members of the LGBT community. It was one of a handful of political remarks U.S. athletes made in the lead-up to the Winter Games.
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She received criticism for the remarks, but wrote on her Instagram Stories that the comments she received crossed the line.
"When I chose to utilize one of the amazing things about the United States of America (Freedom of speech) to convey how I feel as an athlete competing for Team USA in a troubling time for many Americans, I am now receiving a scary amount of hate/threats for simply using my voice WHEN ASKED about how I feel," she wrote in a since-expired post.
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"I did anticipate this but I am disappointed by it. I will be limiting my time on social media for my own wellbeing for now but I will never stop using my voice for what I believe in."
Glenn made the post as she shared the comments she made to reporters in Milan, Italy.
"It's been a hard time for the (LGBTQ) community overall in this administration," she said, via USA Today. "It isn’t the first time that we've had to come together as a community and try and fight for our human rights. And now especially, it's not just affecting the queer community, but many other communities, and I think that we are able to support each other in a way that we didn't have to before, and because of that, it's made us a lot stronger."
Glenn added that the issue she was talking about was something she wasn’t going to be quiet about.
She is coming off a gold medal in the U.S. Championships and is among the top stars in the figure skating event in this year’s Games.
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Kid Rock's Rock the Country festival canceled in South Carolina after Shinedown pulls out over unity concerns
Days after Shinedown pulled out of the Rock the Country festival, the Kid Rock-led music event canceled its show in South Carolina.
The festival, originally scheduled to be held in Anderson, South Carolina, on July 25 and July 26, was reportedly canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances," according to Fox Carolina.
"Anderson County has been proud to host Rock the Country for the past two years," the Anderson County administrator, Rusty Burns, said in a statement to Fox Carolina. "The event was a huge success drawing tens of thousands of visitors, making a multimillion-dollar economic impact on the Upstate. An event of this caliber proved what a great venue and exceptional hospitality we have here in Anderson County. Of course, we are disappointed that Rock the Country will not return to Anderson this year."
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"We are already planning additional major events and look forward to exciting announcements to come. Anderson County is committed to bringing high quality arts and entertainment to our community."
According to the festival's website, the lineups vary by city.
The Anderson, South Carolina, lineup had Kid Rock and Jason Aldean headlining and also featured Creed, Shinedown, Brantley Gilbert, Ludacris, Gretchen Wilson, Parmalee, Morgan Wade, Chase Matthew, Lakeview, Fox N’ Vead, and more, Fox Carolina reported.
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On Friday, Shinedown took to X to announce their sudden exit from the festival, which is being touted as "a celebration of community, tradition, and the spirit that’s carried America through 250 years," explaining that their mission as a band is to "unite, not divide."
"Shinedown is everyone’s band. We feel that we have been given a platform to bring all people together through the power of music and song. We have one boss, and it is everyone in the audience."
"Our band’s purpose is to unite, not divide. With that in mind, we have made the decision that we will not be playing the Rock the Country festival," the statement read.
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"We know this decision will create differences of opinion," Shinedown continued. "But we do not want to participate in something we believe will create further division."
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Rock the Country will be traveling to various states in 2026, including Georgia, Texas, Florida and New York.
The festival is a celebration of the 250th anniversary of America's independence. According to its website, "It’s a chance to look around and appreciate the strength of our towns, the stories that shaped us, and the moments we’ll be talking about long after the lights go down."
Rockets star's explicit outburst toward female ref sparks apology
Houston Rockets star Alperen Sengun was ejected from Wednesday night’s blowout loss to the Boston Celtics after he appeared to call a female referee a "b----" during the game.
Sengun appeared to use the explicit words at Jenna Reneau after she said the ball went off him and out of bounds while he tried to establish position in the paint. He addressed the remarks after the Rockets’ win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
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He said he apologized to Reneau.
"Sometimes, you can’t control yourself, but I should have known better," he said. "But I fixed it, and then I went to the locker room and I apologized. I shake (her) hand and said that would never happen again. It just happened in the heat of the moment and she understood, and it was good by both ends."
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It’s unclear if Sengun will face discipline from the league. On Sunday, he was announced as an All-Star Game replacement. He and Kevin Durant were the Houston players selected for the game.
He’s started 44 games this season for Houston and is averaging 20.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.4 steals and a block per game. It will be the second time in his career that he will be an All-Star.
The Rockets are 32-19 this season after the 112-106 win over the Thunder. Houston is in fourth place in the Western Conference, trailing the Denver Nuggets by one game for third place and Oklahoma City by seven games.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Duke staffers 'got punched in the face' as UNC fans stormed court after upset win, coach says
Duke Blue Devils staff members "got punched in the face" as North Carolina Tar Heels fans stormed the court in celebration of their rivalry win, head coach Jon Scheyer said Saturday.
No. 14 North Carolina topped No. 4 Duke, 71-68, after Tar Heels guard Seth Trimble hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left. Tar Heels fans hit the court thinking the game was over but had to be corralled back to their seats once officials added less than a second back to the clock.
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Scheyer said some of the team’s staff members took hits during the fracas.
"For me it's hard to talk about the game when I was most concerned just for the safety of our players after the game," Scheyer said. "I don't want to make it about that, because Carolina, they played a great game to win. And that's a heartbreaking loss for our team.
"I got staff members that got punched in the face. My family, pushing people away, trying to not get trampled. That's not what this game is about."
North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham said he apologized for the incident, but didn’t have details on any injuries.
"When they rushed the court, a number of people got knocked over," Cunningham said. "But then we had to clear the court again. So when we normally have something like just rushing the court and the game is over, we do have a line by the benches to get people off safely.
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"Obviously, if somebody got injured, that's just really, really disappointing. We'll do the best we can to make sure that doesn't happen, but again, my apologies to Duke for that."
A Duke official told multiple outlets that one person tied to the program had been injured but had no other details.
Scheyer and Duke had a similar incident happen after their lost to Wake Forest in 2022. Then-Blue Devils player Kyle Filipowski was shaken up after a Demon Deacon fan collided with him during their celebration.
Scheyer, who wondered in 2022 when court-storming was going to be banned, was asked whether he still believed it should be prohibited.
"Just shouldn't have people getting punched in the face," he said. "Shouldn't put our players in position where they're face-to-face with people who can do anything at that time. It just takes one reaction. Even today, I had to push people away just to try to protect our players.
"They won, they should celebrate. They want to court-storm, court-storm. But just let's get our guys off safely, that's it. That's where I'm at with that."
Duke fell to 21-2 on the season with the loss. North Carolina improved to 19-4.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Bill Maher laments rise of gambling culture among young Americans during 'Real Time'
"Real Time" host Bill Maher lamented the rise of gambling on Friday during his HBO show and told viewers that people still have control of their own destiny in America.
"So I gotta ask, is this what we’re doing now instead of having an actual economy? I get it. Too many people feel that even clawing their way to the middle class is impossible. Forget fantasy football. Owning a home — that’s the real fantasy," he said.
Maher said gambling was mostly done by younger men during the monologue.
"And yet, half of all millennials do own a home," the comedian continued. "And most of the gambling is done by really young men, to whom I say: Why don’t you let life kick you in the a-- before you give up on it?"
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The comedian said gambling allows people to stop believing they can control their own destinies.
"I’m sure that an afternoon doing scratch-offs at the gas station is a great way to signal to women, 'I’m not marriage material,' but it’s not a retirement plan. Gambling isn’t just bad because you lose the rent; it’s bad because it gives permission to stop believing that you control your destiny," he added.
Maher said, "But this is still America, and you still do."
"We're the 'we don't accept fate, we make it' people, not the 'we're up all night to get lucky' people," Maher said.
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Maher also took aim at singer Billie Eilish during his show over remarks the star made about "stolen land" during her acceptance speech at the Grammys.
Eilish, who won Song of the Year, condemned ICE during her acceptance speech. The 24-year-old went viral when she declared, "No one is illegal on stolen land."
"You don’t know facts," Maher said of the singer.
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Maher picked apart a transcript of Eilish’s speech, which began with the singer saying, "It’s hard to know what to say."
"Then, don’t say anything, ‘cause you don’t know things," he charged. "You didn’t go to school, I don’t think, and you don’t know facts."
DAVID MARCUS: In rural Virginia, mixed signals for Trump and the GOP
President Donald Trump’s poll numbers are a bit all over the place these days. The averages have him about seven points underwater, while some surveys show him down as much as 19. And then, one poll, the most accurate of 2024, has him up one point at 50%.
Likewise, large majorities of Americans say in polls that they want all illegal immigrants deported, but large majorities also say that the Trump administration is going too far in executing this policy.
So, what do the American people actually want?
I traveled to Lexington, Virginia, to get a feel for what the reality is on the ground, below these shaky and inconsistent poll numbers, and what I found was good news and bad news for both parties and a midterm that is still wide open.
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Brian, from nearby Lynchburg, was visiting town with his wife Erin. A chef in his early 50s and a former Republican, he finds Trump’s coarseness, and what he would call his racism, such as the recent social media post featuring the Obamas as monkeys, to be a dealbreaker.
Brian was very interesting because, while he knew he could not tolerate Trump, he was also quite forthright about the negative tradeoffs in voting for Democrats. When I asked him, as a business owner, about Virginia’s new governor, Abigail Spanberger, his response was telling.
"I voted for her," Brian told me. "Part of me wishes I hadn’t had to, but I did, given the alternative."
The alternative here seemed to be Trump, not former Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, Spanberger’s actual opponent, and something that any Republican thinking of running by distancing themselves from Trump should consider. It probably won’t work anyway.
I pressed a bit on Spanberger, asking Brian if the wave of new taxes she supports worries him.
"Absolutely it worries me," he said. "I’m a fiscal conservative. I have to balance my budget, and the government should too. But if the alternative is racism, then I have to reject that."
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Never mind that Earle-Sears is African American. Brian was the perfect example of why Democrats focus so much on race and racial issues. For some voters, alleged racism on the president's part will trump even their own policy beliefs and preferences and taint the party he rules.
This phenomenon can also look like fool's gold to pollsters who see a voter with some conservative leanings who should be obtainable. But some, like Brian, just flat-out will never support Trump or the GOP so long as Trump leads it.
As Brian bluntly put it, "If it's men in women’s sports or racism, I have to go with men in women’s sports."
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But it wasn’t all bad news for Trump in rural Virginia. Alice, who is in her 40s and works in real estate, thinks the Trump economic measures are starting to pay off.
"I can just feel it," she told me. "Gas prices are low, more stuff is on sale at the grocery. That's what we voted for."
When I asked about Trump’s gruff manner, the one that bothered Brian so much, she just said, "If you aren’t used to it by now, you’re not getting used to it."
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Others, like Peter, in his 70s and retired, are feeling a real political fatigue. Apathy is the wrong word, but perhaps frustration fits.
"Today, it's like who you vote for is your whole identity," he said. "But I can’t fall out of a tree every time Donald Trump opens his mouth."
On Friday afternoon, a small protest of mostly older White people was gathered on a street corner in pretty-as-a-picture Lexington. Annette, the leader and spokesperson, was handing out cookies. Unlike their peers in Minneapolis, they were happy to talk with the press.
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"This is what we feared all along," one man holding the Virginia state flag with its motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis, told me of the Trump administration’s handling of Minneapolis. "It’s why we have been out here protesting for a year."
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Generally speaking, the huge shifts that pollsters are so ardently looking for appear to exist more in the world of numbers than that of flesh and blood, where it continues to be very rare to meet anyone who has changed their mind politically in the age of Trump.
No, the fear for Republicans today is not that Trump or the party are bleeding support. It's that the Democrats on the ground seem far more motivated to stop Trump than the Republican voters are to reward slow and steady progress.
Importantly, there does not appear to be anything that Trump could do, any position he could soften, be it on immigration enforcement, tariffs or his own rhetoric, that will sway the third of voters who just detest the man. But both Trump and the party have proven they can win without them.
From now until the midterm, we will be in the field with our ear on the ground, listening to the things that voters never tell the pollsters. And if Lexington is any indication, this is still anybody’s ballgame.