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Virginia Democrats’ $70M redistricting gamble backfires after court defeat, ignites blame game
Virginia Democrats’ redistricting push was meant to lock in an advantage. Instead, it’s unraveling after a costly court defeat—triggering a growing blame game inside the party.
The high-stakes effort to redraw congressional maps, backed by tens of millions of dollars and significant political capital, briefly delivered a narrow on-paper win. But in a 4–3 ruling, the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the maps, citing legal deficiencies, and forced a redraw—wiping out those gains.
Democrats are left arguing over whether party leaders ignored legal warnings and pushed a strategy that was always at risk of collapsing.
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In hindsight, critics say the outcome was avoidable. Republicans had urged an earlier court review before votes were cast and money spent, a step they argued could have clarified the maps’ legality.
Democrats pressed ahead anyway, betting the strategy would hold.
"Violating the Virginia Constitution and bypassing the rule of law to further one’s own political power is wrong," Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., said in a statement to The Hill. "Had [Democratic Gov.] Abigail Spanberger and the rest of Virginia’s Democrats succeeded, they would have caused irreparable harm to our democracy and disenfranchised millions of Virginians."
Allies of Spanberger say legal concerns were raised early and not fully heeded, pointing to state lawmakers for pushing forward. Lawmakers and other Democrats counter that litigation was inevitable and the maps were defensible.
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The dispute reflects a broader divide within the party over how aggressively to pursue redistricting. Some Democrats argue such efforts are necessary to counter Republican-led maps nationwide.
"I feel like the system is fundamentally broken, but let’s be clear. Republicans began the redistricting arms race," Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., told Fox News Digital in an earlier interview. "And so Democrats are left with no choice but to level the playing field for the sake of democracy."
"Look, in a perfect world, we wouldn’t have political gerrymandering," Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, added. "But because we don’t live in that world, we’ve got to fight fire with fire."
Others, however, are more blunt in assigning blame.
"I put this all on Democrats," Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, said, arguing the party failed to respond forcefully to earlier GOP redistricting efforts and is now facing the consequences.
The fallout is landing at a difficult moment.
A federal raid on May 6 on the office of a powerful state senator has added to a sense of instability, while former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder has suggested the turmoil could give Spanberger an opening to reset and impose discipline on a still-fractured political operation.
The episode underscores the growing role of courts in redistricting fights—and the risks of pushing legal boundaries in a high-stakes environment, with potential implications for control of Virginia’s congressional delegation.
In retrospect, even with the narrow 4–3 decision, it’s a steep price: roughly $70 million and much of Spanberger’s political capital spent on a campaign that won the battle but lost the war.
Democrats are left to sort out not just what went wrong—but who’s responsible.
Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
Trump unhappy about NFL streaming costs for fans as government probes league's antitrust exemption
President Donald Trump has chimed in on the NFL's fight to retain its antitrust exemption amid probes by the FCC and Justice Department that could seriously affect the league's business model if it loses its exemption.
At the center of the issue is whether the NFL's shift of games onto Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and Peacock has become too expensive for average fans to access, which in turn could be a violation of the Sports Broadcasting Act and the antitrust exemption the act grants the league.
In a wide-ranging interview involving other subjects on the president's plate, reporter Sharyl Attkisson asked if the NFL is "price gouging" and whether the administration is going to do anything about it.
"It's tough," Trump replied. "You got people that love football. They're great people, they don't make enough money to go and pay this. It's tough. And [the NFL] could be killing the golden goose, I mean to have that stupid kickoff thing that you can't watch, it's unwatchable. I hate the games where they, you know, they have the new phony kickoff. I don't think it's any safer. I hope college football doesn't do that."
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Got it, the president is not a fan of the NFL's so-called dynamic kickoff that the league says has lowered the number of head injuries in its games.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand -- the NFL's growing relationship with streaming services and the cost of adding those for fans.
"...They have to be careful because others have tried this and all of a sudden you don't have a sport anymore," Trump said. "Probably will."
Did the president just say his administration will step in?
"It's something, there's something very sad when they take football away from many, many people, very sad. I don't like it," Trump said.
Again, is the government stepping in?
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"I don't know," Trump said. "I don't, but I don't like it. I don't like it. They're making a lot of money. They could make a little bit less ... You've got people that live for Sunday. They live, they can't think about anything else, and then all of a sudden they're going to have to pay $1,000 a game?
"It's crazy, so, I'm not happy about it."
For the record, no one pays $1,000 to watch an NFL game on a streaming service. But the cost of adding the multiple streaming platforms the NFL is now doing business with, plus the cost of cable or satellite service to have all games available on a given game day, could easily eclipse $1,000 per season.
And while that is potentially a lower cost than, say, a family of four actually attending a game once one figures in tickets, parking and concession purchases of food and beverages, that's not the point.
The point is the NFL enjoys a government-provided antitrust exemption that has become the cornerstone of its business model.
That exemption passed by Congress in the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 and signed into law by President John F. Kennedy allows the NFL to negotiate massive league-wide broadcast deals with networks.
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And that has benefited the league in ways Major League Baseball and other leagues have not because those broadcast rights are typically the highest in American sports and the NFL shares those revenues evenly among its teams.
So there are no poor teams competing with rich teams. And that makes the NFL more competitive to the point smaller-market teams such as the Kansas City Chiefs can author a dynasty with multiple Super Bowl wins even as big-market teams such as the New York Jets or New York Giants aren't automatically good simply because they have more money to spend.
At issue is that the Sports Broadcasting Act only covers over-the-air television and not the relatively new streaming services that are expensive for some consumers.
So the government probes by the FCC and DOJ are questioning whether the 1961 act is being violated by 2020s-era broadcasting rights to pay streaming services.
So, while the NFL's business model depends on centralized control of its media rights allowed under the antitrust exemption, adding streaming to that model makes restrictive bundling harder to justify.
We now know what side the president is on.
Costco fans erupt after beloved food court item replaced by high-calorie newcomer
Costco’s new chicken tenders are gaining attention online — but shoppers aren’t exactly sold.
A TikTok video showing the oversized tenders has racked up thousands of views, with users reacting to both the portion size and calorie count. The video, filmed at a Costco location in Schaumburg, Illinois, shows a five-piece order priced at $6.99.
The item has appeared at select Costco locations across the U.S., with some customers noting it may be replacing the calzone at certain stores.
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It is unclear how widely the tenders are available or whether Costco plans a nationwide rollout.
Chicken tenders are not entirely new to Costco, however. The item has been available at some international locations, including Canada and Australia, in recent years, food-focused publication TastingTable reported.
The meal includes several large chicken tenders served with dipping sauce, quickly drawing buzz across social media as customers share photos.
The reaction online, however, has been mixed.
Some shoppers questioned what the tenders might be replacing.
"What did they get rid of? The calzone?" one user asked.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Costco for comment.
Others focused less on the menu change and more on the calorie count.
The TikTok video shows the tenders total 1,640 calories, prompting strong reactions from viewers and questions about how the number could be so high.
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Some shoppers speculated the dipping sauce may be responsible for a large portion of the calories.
Still, not everyone was critical.
"Those look amazing," one user wrote, while others said they were eager to try the item if it expands to more locations.
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Fox News Digital previously reported that Costco recently reintroduced churros in a new format, though the change drew mixed reactions from shoppers.
Instead of the traditional full-size pastry, the retailer rolled out a caramel churro sundae topped with smaller churro pieces.
Some longtime customers expressed disappointment, saying they preferred the original version that had been a staple for years.
Others welcomed the update, noting that Costco frequently rotates items on its food court menu depending on demand and availability.
Deirdre Bardolf of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
Drone delivers 2 pizzas in minutes
Want two large pizzas and drinks at your door in just over four minutes? That is now possible, as long as you live in the right place.
Flytrex has partnered with Little Caesars to roll out a new kind of delivery. Instead of a driver, your order arrives by drone, still hot and fresh from the oven.
There is one catch. The service is currently live in Wylie, Texas. If you are not there, you will have to wait a bit longer. Still, this gives a clear look at where food delivery is heading.
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The process feels familiar at first, then quickly shifts into something very different. You open the Flytrex app and check if your home falls within the four-mile delivery zone. If it does, you build your order just like you normally would, choosing up to two large 16-inch pizzas along with sides and drinks, as long as everything stays under the 8.8-pound limit.
Once you place the order, it goes straight into Little Caesars' system. This is the first time a drone delivery platform connects directly to a restaurant's point of sale, which speeds things up behind the scenes. The store prepares your food as usual. Instead of handing it to a driver, the order is picked up outside through what Flytrex calls remote pickup. The drone collects it curbside and takes off.
From there, everything is automated. The drone flies to your home, usually in about four and a half minutes. When it arrives, it hovers above your yard and lowers the food down on a wire. There is no landing and no face-to-face handoff.
The system works because of the new Sky2 drone, which was designed to handle full meals instead of small packages. It can carry a full family-sized order in one trip, including two large pizzas, sides and drinks. That alone sets it apart from earlier delivery drones that could only handle lighter orders.
The drone uses an octocopter design with eight motors, which gives it redundancy in flight. If one motor has an issue, the others can keep it stable. It also runs on a dual battery system for added reliability.
Navigation relies on satellite positioning with real-time corrections, allowing it to move with a high level of precision. Its onboard AI continuously monitors the flight to keep everything running safely from takeoff to delivery. The range is designed to cover nearby suburban neighborhoods, which helps keep delivery times fast and food fresh.
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Speed is what makes this stand out. A delivery that takes just minutes changes how people think about ordering food.
For anyone who prefers picking up pizza to keep it hot, this starts to remove that tradeoff. You can get the same freshness without leaving your house. That alone could push more people to order in rather than drive.
It also removes traffic delays and long delivery routes. The drone flies directly from the restaurant to your home, which cuts out many of the usual slowdowns.
"Flytrex is laser-focused on making on-demand food delivery by drone a reality for everyday families," Amit Regev said. "A big part of advancing this market is making sure people can get the food they actually want, when they want it. Until now, drones simply weren't capable of delivering a full family meal. The Sky2 changes that."
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Right now, this service is limited. Wylie, Texas, is the first place where you can order two full pizzas by drone through this partnership.
That said, Flytrex isn’t starting from scratch. The company has already completed more than 200,000 deliveries across the United States, including ongoing operations in North Carolina, where residents place more than 1,000 orders each month.
Drone delivery is also expanding in other parts of the world and in select U.S. markets. Companies like Wing, Amazon, GrubHub and Manna, and Manna are all pushing into new areas, which suggests this will not stay limited for long.
Even if this isn’t available where you live yet, it is moving in that direction. Faster delivery could become the new expectation, especially for short distances. Food may arrive hotter and more consistently since it avoids traffic and long wait times.
Ordering could also feel easier as systems connect directly with restaurants, reducing delays between checkout and preparation. At the same time, you may start to notice more drones overhead. That raises questions about noise, safety and how often these flights will happen in residential areas.
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Drone delivery has been discussed for years, yet this feels like a turning point. The ability to deliver a full meal removes one of the biggest barriers that held the idea back. This rollout shows how quickly things can shift once the technology matches everyday needs. It may not be in your neighborhood yet, though the pace of expansion suggests it will not stay that way for long. Little Caesars' VP of innovation, Trish Heusel, summed it up this way. "Partnering with Flytrex to bring full family meals by drone delivery is a major leap forward and a clear example of how we're pushing the boundaries of convenience, speed and accessibility in our category." For now, the future depends on where you live.
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LGBTQ activists speak out after 'Save Girls Sports' rally rocks California track meet with a trans athlete
Pro-transgender activists held a news conference at a California girls' track meet on Saturday, just hours after "Save Girls Sports" protesters held a rally at the same meet.
It was the first round of the state tournament, as a trans athlete competed for Jurupa Valley High School, winning first place in high jump, triple jump and long jump.
The athlete's mom, Nereyda Hernandez, spoke at the pro-transgender press conference, which was hosted by LGBTQ-rights groups "Rainbow Families Action," and "Pride at the Pier" addressing the earlier protesters.
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"My daughter is a minor," she said. "Their conduct disrupted our peace."
The mother went on to claim the attention and controversy surrounding her child competing in girls' sports caused issues for her whole family, and the athlete's teammates, classmates and their families.
"The impact was so severe that I was forced to take a leave of absence from work because my focus had to shift to protecting my daughter's safety and emotional wellbeing," the mother said at the news conference.
"No parent should have to choose between their livelihood and protecting their child from public harassment."
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The parent of another California high school trans athlete, Trevor Norcross, thanked Gov. Gavin Newsom for "denouncing" the "Save Girls Sports" protest, and requested an audience with him.
"Governor Newsom, I appreciate that you have denounced the protest earlier this morning from the anti-trans group here. But for far too long, this debate has occurred without the voices of the trans athletes and their families. I'm here today to ask for a meeting with you, and have a respectful conversation," Norcross said.
"The people that this has impacted the most have not been included in the conversation... we're asking you for a seat at the table."
A source at the governor's office provided a statement to Fox News Digital in response to news that the "Save GIrls Sports" protest had been planned for Saturday.
"The Governor has said discussions on this issue should be guided by fairness, dignity, and respect. He rejects the right wing’s cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to vilify individual kids. The Governor’s position is simple: stand with all kids and stand up to bullies," the statement read.
"California is one of 22 states that have laws requiring students be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school sports consistent with their gender identity. California passed this law in 2013 (AB 1266) and it was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown."
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Trump-backed Board of Peace, Israel 'will take action' if Hamas remains out of compliance: Netanyahu advisor
Michael Eisenberg, a top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says Israel and the newly-created Board of Peace will "take action" against Hamas if it does not comply with the peace terms it agreed to.
Eisenberg made the comments during an interview with Fox News on Sunday. He said Hamas is currently out of compliance with a wider peace agreement and is refusing to give up its weapons to "demilitarize" Gaza.
"I think all the options are on the table since Hamas is noncompliant with the 20-point plan, and they haven't delivered their weapons like they were supposed to. And so we'll have to wait and see. But like I said, this is incredibly well thought out. Give President Trump a tremendous amount of credit and his team of people credit. They've literally thought through every stage of this from beginning to end," Eisenberg said.
"And by the way, and as President Trump said, there's an easy way and a hard way. Everyone prefers the easy way, which is Hamas. With the help of the mediators delivers the weapons, but if they don't, there's a hard way too.," he added.
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Eisenberg went on to say that Iran must also eventually give up control over Gaza under the 20-pont plan agreed to between the U.S., Israel and Hamas.
"Hamas is still there. But the 20-point plan says they cannot be there. They cannot be a part of government. They cannot bear arms. They have to become Swedish, basically, in order for them to stay in any role in Gaza. And so I suggest they do that sooner rather than later. And I think progress is slow. You can't microwave a 30-year problem. It doesn't work. Sociologists," he said.
Eisenberg's comments come amid multiple peace negotiations across the Middle East. Israel is hashing out an agreement to deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the U.S. is in talks with Iran.
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Netanyahu said last week that Israel and the United States remain in "full coordination" as negotiations continue.
"We share common objectives, and the most important objective is the removal of the enriched material from Iran, all the enriched material, and the dismantling of Iran’s enrichment capabilities," Netanyahu said at the opening of a security cabinet meeting.
On the nuclear issue, former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror said Israel’s position remains uncompromising.
"Weaponized uranium must leave Iran," Amidror said. "The Iranians must not be allowed to enrich uranium."
Alongside the nuclear issue, Israeli analysts say Iran’s ballistic missile program has become equally central to Israel’s security concerns.
Anna Nicole Smith's daughter turns heads at Kentucky Derby: What to know about Dannielynn Birkhead
Nearly two decades after Anna Nicole Smith’s death, her daughter is stepping into adulthood in her own way.
Dannielynn Birkhead, now 19, has largely grown up outside Hollywood’s spotlight under the care of her father, Larry Birkhead.
But recent public appearances — including a striking look at this year’s Kentucky Derby weekend — have renewed interest in Dannielynn carrying on her mother’s legacy, even as she has largely stayed out of the public eye for most of her life.
Most recently, Dannielynn turned heads during Kentucky Derby weekend after debuting a dramatic goth-rock-inspired makeover alongside her father in Louisville, Kentucky.
On the day of the famous horse race, she wore a strapless black gown with oversized white floral designs and a black-and-white fascinator, while also rocking platinum blonde hair tipped in jet black.
The day before, she made an appearance at the exclusive Barnstable Brown Derby Eve party, in a dramatic transformation.
She sported a Gothic dress from Punk Rave — an embroidered, strapless corset gown with a sheer draped skirt.
But while fans continue to marvel at how much she resembles her famous mother, Dannielynn’s story stretches far beyond fashion moments and Derby appearances.
Born Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's daughter was born on Sept. 7, 2006, in Nassau, Bahamas.
At the time, Anna Nicole Smith publicly named attorney Howard K. Stern as her daughter’s father. Larry disagreed and pushed for DNA testing, setting off a public paternity dispute.
The story then took a deeply tragic turn.
Three days after Dannielynn’s birth, Smith’s 20-year-old son, Daniel Wayne Smith, died from an accidental overdose while visiting his mother and newborn sister in the hospital. Months later, in February 2007, Anna Nicole Smith herself died at 39 from an accidental drug overdose, leaving her infant daughter at the center of yet another wave of public scrutiny — this time over custody.
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In April 2007, DNA testing confirmed Larry Birkhead as the biological father.
"I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I told you so," Larry said at the time after a closed-door hearing. "My baby's going to be coming home pretty soon. I'm the father."
Soon after custody was granted to Larry, he moved his daughter to Kentucky and raised her away from the Hollywood spotlight.
"And then it came to kind of people look for my daughter there because I really don't let her do any public events," he previously told Fox News Digital. "And, so, in all honesty, the Kentucky Derby is kind of the growth chart for Dannielynn."
Outside those carefully chosen appearances, her life has been strikingly ordinary with school days, family routines and travel that looks more road trip than red carpet.
Over the years, she and her father have built a shared world around music and low-key traditions — concerts, theme parks and trips.
They’ve seen Janet Jackson and Duran Duran together, moments Larry often documents.
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On Father’s Day in 2023, he posted a photo of a Duran Duran concert with Dannielynn, joking he'd been "trying to school her on good music way back since she was a baby."
In 2021, she joined Larry for an ABC "20/20" special that revisited Anna Nicole Smith’s life, including a trip to Mexia, Texas, her mother’s hometown. There, they met people who knew Smith before fame reshaped her identity entirely.
"When we talk about Anna Nicole, there were a lot of happy moments for her," Larry said. "There were a lot of highs before there were a lot of lows."
Meanwhile, Dannielynn has begun choosing her own connections to her mother’s story.
At the 2025 Barnstable Brown Gala, she wore one of Anna Nicole Smith’s black gowns — an unmistakable piece of her mother’s history that Smith wore on the same event’s red carpet more than two decades earlier.
"She said she chose the dress because it was her mom’s and ‘super cool,’" Larry shared on social media at the time.
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That same event carries its own emotional weight — Larry first met Smith at the Barnstable Brown Gala in 2002.
What began as a chance encounter at a Derby weekend gathering has now become an annual tradition with their daughter.
"That’s where I met Anna Nicole Smith," he previously told Fox News Digital. "And it’s something that I’ve taken my daughter back every year since."
Outside of Kentucky Derby traditions, Dannielynn is an impressive scholar.
In 2023, Larry praised his daughter for being an honor-roll student with an interest in forensics. She’s additionally navigating adulthood while carrying a legacy she didn’t ask for but has begun to interpret on her own terms.
On her 17th birthday, Larry wrote simply: "You are funny, crazy smart, pretty and just about everything I could ever imagine. Your mom would be so proud of you, I sure am."
LeBron James congratulates Caitlin Clark after she shatters Diana Taurasi's WNBA career milestone record
Despite a less-than-ideal season opener, Caitlin Clark is still piling up career milestones.
This time, the Indiana Fever star became the fastest player in WNBA history to record 1,000+ points, 250+ rebounds and 250+ assists — reaching the mark in just 54 career games and surpassing the previous record of 62 games set by Diana Taurasi.
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And at least one basketball legend took notice.
LeBron James gave Clark a shout-out on Instagram after the accomplishment, posting, "CONGRATS @caitlinclark22," along with several clapping emojis.
The milestone came during Indiana’s season opener against the Dallas Wings on Saturday — a game the Fever ultimately dropped, 107-104, despite a furious offensive performance from both teams.
Clark finished with 20 points, seven assists and five rebounds in her first regular-season game since July 15, 2025. She shot 7-of-18 from the field and just 2-of-9 from beyond the arc, including a missed game-tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds.
The game itself was a shootout from start to finish. In fact, it was the first season opener in WNBA history where both teams scored more than 100 points.
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There was also a brief injury scare when Clark headed to the locker room multiple times during the game. But afterward, she downplayed any concern.
"Just getting my back adjusted," Clark said postgame. "Gets out of line pretty quickly. Other than that, I feel great."
And if anyone still had doubts about Clark feeling fine, she pretty quickly erased them Saturday night.
Just hours after the loss, Clark appeared onstage with Morgan Wallen at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as part of his Still the Problem tour. Wallen traditionally brings out a local celebrity before his shows, and Clark got the honors for night two in Indy.
The country music superstar posted a video of the walk-out on his Instagram account after the show with the simple caption, "22."
"We did that 🔥," Clark replied in the comments.
So it seems like Clark isn’t letting a cold shooting day get her down. The Fever will look to bounce back on Wednesday when they take on the Sparks in Los Angeles.
Energy Secretary Wright says Trump administration open to suspending federal gas tax amid price surge
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday the Trump administration is open to suspending the federal gas tax as Americans face rising fuel prices tied to the ongoing conflict involving Iran and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
"We are open to all ideas," Wright said on NBC’s "Meet the Press" when asked whether President Donald Trump would support temporarily suspending the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gasoline tax. "All ideas to lower prices for American consumers and American businesses."
Wright framed the potential gas tax suspension as part of a broader effort by the administration to respond to higher energy costs that have followed months of military and economic tensions with Iran and disruptions to global oil shipping routes.
"We are working every day to offset this rise in prices because of a critical conflict in Iran to drive prices down and we’re open to all such ideas," Wright said.
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The comments came after host Kristen Welker noted that several states, including Georgia, Indiana and Utah, have temporarily suspended state gas taxes to provide relief to drivers. Members of Congress have also floated proposals to suspend the federal gas tax temporarily as gasoline prices climb nationwide.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the federal gasoline tax has remained at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993 and helps fund highway and infrastructure programs.
Wright declined repeatedly to predict whether gasoline prices could rise to $5 per gallon, despite analysts warning that refinery constraints and ongoing instability in the Persian Gulf could push prices significantly higher during the summer travel season.
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"I’m avoiding price predictions," Wright said. "Gasoline and diesel prices are up, and they’ll remain up while this conflict is in place, and then they will come back down, and ultimately they’ll come back down lower than they were before."
Wright said the administration has already taken several steps aimed at stabilizing fuel markets, including coordinated releases from strategic petroleum reserves and regulatory adjustments intended to boost refinery output.
"We’re releasing oil from our strategic petroleum reserves and getting 30 other nations to do that in coordination with us," Wright said. "We revised the EPA regulations on summer gasoline blend to make it easier for American refineries to produce more gasoline."
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Wright also said administration officials have been communicating directly with refiners to encourage shorter seasonal maintenance schedules.
"We’ve been in contact with all American refiners asking them to do shorter maintenance work this spring so they can keep pumping out more products," he said.
The interview also focused heavily on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil transit chokepoint where shipping traffic has sharply declined during the conflict. Wright argued that resolving the standoff with Iran would ultimately stabilize energy markets.
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"Ending Iran’s nuclear program, that is massively positive for the flow of energy," Wright said. "Meaning more energy will flow in the future, meaning lower energy prices for Americans and the rest of the world."
"Short term it’s causing discomfort," he said.
DAVID MARCUS: New York Times announces the end of the climate change hoax
For almost the entirety of the half century I have lived on Earth, I have had experts, teachers, politicians and activists hectoring me about how climate change is going to destroy the planet. But this week, in The New York Times, of all places, is evidence that climate alarmism is finally cooling down.
"Democrats Do Not Have To Campaign On Climate Change Anymore," blared the headline, this week, as author Matt Huber argues that voters are rather turned off by the subject. I would like to suggest that this is because it is the single most expensive lie in human history.
In elementary school, I endured warnings of a coming ice age, then by high school it was global warming that was minutes away from ending humanity. By the time I was an adult, the warming having failed, surprisingly, to occur, we settled on "climate change," as the vague name for the inevitable apocalypse.
In 2018, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was coming into prominence, she told us that we had a mere 12 years to fix the climate problem or we would all die. In that time, untold trillions of dollars have been spent by the government, along with basically every business in the country, to hold the weather at bay, even though every prediction the alarmists have made has fallen flat.
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Miami, my friends, is not underwater.
It's not just the expense of climate alarmism, it's what it has kept us from doing, as well. How much would a gallon of gas cost today had we been drilling for oil instead of pretending the "emergency" meant we all had to switch to electric cars by next Tuesday?
With precious few exceptions, every single thing in our lives has been made much more expensive by the cult of climate and its constant lamentations about the end of days. Entire generations of our youth have been terrorized, just as their parents were by nuclear bomb drills, into thinking they may be the last human beings to ever live.
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We have all seen the reports of young adults who say they don’t want to have kids because they expect the world to end. It's ridiculous. Travel sports might be a plausible reason to avoid having children, but climate change is not.
Now, finally, after 50 years of hysteria, The New York Times, the very Grey Lady with her hair on fire over climate change this whole time, tells us it's not such a big deal after all?
Even Greta Thunberg, whose entire existence, it seemed, was predicated upon berating us for destroying the planet, has moved on to radical Islam, and traded in her Birkenstocks for a keffeyah.
Say what you will, but as an apocalyptic hoax, climate alarmism has had an absolutely historic run. Overpopulation nonsense had a few years in the 60s, but nothing compared to the decades of pure insanity that we have lived through thanks to Al Gore's unhinged predictions.
Everyone wants to be a good steward of Mother Nature. Littering is bad and all that, but performative nonsense like paper straws that melt in your cocktail or cars that shut themselves off every 10 seconds are meaningless gestures.
Expensive meaningless gestures.
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The climate debate has always hinged to some degree on whether our greatest love should be for nature writ large, or for humanity, because we know that cheap energy is the doorway out of poverty, but also poison to the climate alarmists.
This battle became religious for the secular Left, with taxes instead of tithing and environmentalist slogans instead of prayers. It wasn’t just a scientific issue, but a moral one. If you failed to join in the hysteria, then you were a bad person.
Nothing about American climate policy or attitudes towards it have ever made any sense. We tighten our belts and pay through the nose to keep our emissions low while the rest of the world basically fires huge carbon dioxide cannons up into the sky.
For once, I agree with The New York Times. It is time for this madness to end. We do not need to saddle our children with the emotional and economic damage of make-believe climate disasters.
Americans are smart enough to know that, whatever the looney Left might tell them, the end is not nigh.