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DHS criticizes plea deal that could free migrant after guilty plea in teen assault case
The Department of Homeland Security on Sunday slammed a plea deal for a transgender illegal alien who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in New York City, raising new questions about a case that may result in no additional jail time.
DHS criticized the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after reports that Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old Colombian national, could receive a six-month sentence with credit for time served following a guilty plea in the case.
"DISGRACEFUL plea deal offered to transgender criminal illegal CHILD RAPIST," DHS wrote on X. "The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has offered ‘Nicol Alexandra’ Contreras-Suarez…an insane SIX-MONTH plea deal in exchange for admitting to following a 14-year-old into the bathroom and RAPING him in February 2025.
"Contreras-Suarez was let into our country by the Biden administration and then again released from jail following his arrests for armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, and prostitution," DHS continued. "This pervert should have NEVER been in our country. Under @POTUS Trump and Secretary Mullin, we will continue to put the safety of Americans first and fight to get criminal illegal aliens like this out of our communities to no longer prey on and victimize innocent children."
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Last week, Contreras-Suarez pleaded guilty to second-degree rape after initially being charged with first-degree rape of a child under age 17 and stalking.
Contreras-Suarez was promised a six-month sentence by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Tuesday. However, the defendant is expected to receive credit for time served and be released from custody at sentencing on April 27 unless federal immigration officials intervene, the New York Post reported.
"We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing due to the felony conviction," a spokesperson for the DA’s Office said in a statement to the outlet.
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The deal was reportedly reached by prosecutors working with the teenage victim’s family in an effort to keep the boy from having to testify before a grand jury and at trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.
At the time of the arrest, Contreras-Suarez was facing prostitution, robbery, and weapons charges in Massachusetts, DHS said.
But due to sanctuary policies, DHS added, the suspect was subsequently released.
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According to DHS, Contreras-Suarez was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in March 2023 after illegally crossing the border near San Ysidro, California.
Following the New York City arrest, then-DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin criticized the release, saying the suspect should not have been allowed to remain in the country and blaming federal immigration and local sanctuary policies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement later lodged a detainer against Contreras-Suarez after the Manhattan arrest.
McLaughlin said at the time that ICE would seek to ensure the defendant could not continue to pose a threat to the public.
Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
Marlins deliver walk-off win as team's teal jerseys make season debut
The Miami Marlins turned back the clock on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies and presented fans with a throwback uniform to kick start Teal Sundays.
The nostalgic look of the uniform may have been the lucky charm they needed to get a win over the Rockies. Owen Caissie came up to the plate with one on and two outs. He took a Victor Vodnik pitch deep to right field for the walk-off home run.
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Miami defeated Colorado, 4-3.
The Marlins announced the organization would be hosting Teal Sundays for their home games during the season. The jersey featured the old teal uniforms with the original Florida Marlins logo stitched in.
"This jersey is so much more than just a uniform," a message on their website read. "It’s an ode to those moments where fans fell in love with the team. It honors the Fightin’ Fish who started it all and the players who carry that legacy into the next era of Marlins baseball."
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The Marlins were established as an MLB franchise with the Rockies in 1993. While Miami has had their share of teardowns and rebuilds, the team won World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.
Miami will look to get back to the playoffs this season under second-year manager Clayton McCullough. The Marlins haven’t made the postseason since 2023.
With the win over Colorado, the Marlins moved to 3-0 to start the season. The team is back in action on Monday against the Chicago White Sox.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to what to expect on DHS funding when the Senate meets Monday
The DHS funding drama heads back to the Senate on Monday morning after the House approved a two-month stopgap spending plan for all of DHS late Friday night.
The Senate meets on Monday at 10:30 am et in what was supposed to be a brief "pro forma" session where the body simply gavels in and gavels out with a skeleton crew on hand.
But that might not be what happens Monday. As soon as the Senate gets through the prayer and pledge, it’s likely a Republican senator seeks recognition from the chair.
If that happens, we anticipate the GOP senator to ask for unanimous consent (meaning all 100 senators would agree) to take up the DHS bill passed by the House on Friday, that it be "read a third time" and passed.
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The chair will then ask if there is an objection.
If any senator – be they a Democrat or Republican – objects, the House bill is dead. That means that the House and Senate continue to be out of alignment on the DHS funding question. For instance, the House didn’t even consider the bill cleared by all 100 senators and passed by the Senate at 2:19 am Friday. The House simply wrote their own two-month interim bill, passed it Friday night and skipped town.
If there is no objection, the House and Senate are aligned and will have passed the same bill. That means they are on the same page.
Approval of the House bill by the Senate would end the DHS shutdown.
But if there’s an objection, everything remains frozen.
This is both the parliamentary magic – and dark underbelly of "unanimous consent" in the Senate. You could have 99 senators in favor of something. But all it takes is a solitary objection to foil a bill under "unanimous consent" or "UC" as it’s often called in the Senate.
In fact, it’s possible that Democrats could then offer their own DHS funding bill and ask the Senate to approve that by unanimous consent. It’s likely that whatever Republican senator is on duty tomorrow would object, thus blocking the Democratic request.
If the Senate blocks the House bill, it’s doubtful there’s any way to end the DHS shutdown until after both bodies return in mid-April after the Easter/Passover recess.
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Republicans truly want to fund DHS. But a Democratic objection presents the GOP with a political opportunity. They can then point to that objection as the reason DHS remains shuttered, arguing that Democrats blocked the House-approved bill.
Republicans believe this helps them in the midterms. They ran on border security and won in 2024. Republicans want to point to a Democratic objection as evidence that they don’t want to fund ICE.
But by the same token, Democrats could argue that Republicans are partly responsible for the shutdown and the long TSA lines if they object to the Democratic unanimous consent request.
And so it goes.
Kim Novak blasts Sydney Sweeney biopic casting decision: 'She was totally wrong to play me'
Sydney Sweeney doesn't have a fan in Kim Novak.
Novak, 93, confessed that casting Sweeney, 28, to play the iconic actress in her upcoming biopic, "Scandalous!" was "totally wrong."
"I would never have approved," Novak recently told The Times, before adding that the "Euphoria" star "sticks out so much above the waist."
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Among the myriad issues with the film, Novak shared concerns that the movie would hyper-focus on the sexual side of her relationship with Sammy Davis, Jr., despite the pair having "so much in common" outside physical attraction.
"There’s no way it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship because Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time," Novak said. "She was totally wrong to play me."
Sweeney's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Colman Domingo's directorial debut focuses on Novak's once controversial relationship with Sammy Davis, Jr., a romance Novak believed was perfectly normal.
"I don’t think the relationship was scandalous," the 92-year-old actress told The Guardian last year.
"He’s somebody I really cared about," Novak added. "We had so much in common, including that need to be accepted for who we are and what we do, rather than how we look. But I’m concerned they’re going to make it all sexual reasons."
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Novak's longtime manager, Sue Cameron, previously explained the "Vertigo" star never intended to marry at the time she met Davis Jr.
"Kim and I have been aware of at least four unauthorized and unapproved projects in development about the Kim Novak and Sammy Davis affair," Cameron told People.
"She never wanted to get married back then — to anyone. It was a romance based on love, respect, the things they shared in common," Cameron added. "Kim and Sammy met at a party and recognized they were both rebels and outsiders. They both had strong ties to their families and spent time with close relatives in both Hollywood and Chicago. In truth, she hoped their relationship could help break down people’s racial bias."
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Novak also opened up about her "misunderstood" relationship with Davis Jr. in a 2023 interview with Fox News Digital.
"I loved him," she recalled at the time. "He was a person that had a youthful innocence about him. Now, I know no one ever saw him that way, but I did. He had a boyish quality, and I loved that about him."
The "Picnic" actress explained she "never saw somebody with color."
"When I was a child, my very first boyfriend was Mexican. He was an altar boy at my church. He was my first love. So, I never thought of race," Novak said. "However, the studio was very much upset by it. I resisted because I didn’t believe that was correct. While people were feeling a certain way, I also felt people needed to change. And I felt that by seeing Sammy and Sammy seeing me, that we could help people understand and accept interracial relationships of any kind."
She continued, "I was feeling like I was on the edge of being able to help people to be more accepting of all races and relationships of all kinds. I felt I was doing the right thing by doing that. I felt that Sammy and I were at the start of helping people understand that this is not wrong. A man is a man, no matter what skin color he has. A woman is a woman, no matter what skin color she has."
Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
Van Hollen clashes with ABC host over what Democrats actually got from the DHS shutdown fight
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-MD., clashed with ABC News host Jon Karl on Sunday as he was questioned over what Democrats have achieved in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown fight.
The government has been in a partial shutdown for 44 days, affecting DHS. Democrats are demanding stringent reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the battle to fund DHS.
Karl asked Van Hollen about the "bottom line," noting Congress was on recess and the DHS was still not funded and that Van Hollen had issued a statement that Republicans had "finally relented" on Friday.
"So when the Senate passed that bill and there was that brief moment, it looked like, you know, dawn had broken you put out a statement saying that Republicans had, quote, finally relented," Karl said. "What did Democrats get out of this? Even if that passed, what did you get out of this this DHS shutdown‘s going on for well over a month? What have you gotten for it?"
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Van Hollen said Democrats wanted to fully fund TSA, and in turn, get rid of the long lines at airports. However, he said, ICE is a "lawless operation," and said the Democrats wanted reforms.
"I guess what’s confusing here is you have fought and blocked the funding for the Department of Homeland Security because you object — as you just outlined — to what ICE has been doing, and you wanted to force changes," Karl said during an interview with Van Hollen. "And yet, the only thing that has been assured throughout all of this is that ICE already has the money. Because as you said, $75 billion passed in the budget bill last year. So you’re holding up the entirety of the Department of Homeland Security because you object to ICE and you want changes to ICE, but through it all, ICE continues to have the money."
Van Hollen accused Karl of making a "false statement" in saying that they were holding up the DHS funding.
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"We have said repeatedly, repeatedly, repeatedly, we should fund TSA, we should fund FEMA, we should fund the Coast Guard. We are not prepared to give ICE another $10 billion on top of the money they already have and are using in many of these lawless operations," Van Hollen said.
Karl interjected, "and fighting over that additional $10 billion, you are—you are holding up the rest of Department of Homeland Security."
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"We're not holding it up," Van Hollen shot back.
"You’re holding up unless it doesn’t include money for ICE. That’s just a fact," Karl responded.
The House passed a stopgap measure that would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security late Friday.
The two-month funding extension approved by the House is likely dead on arrival in the Senate, where any funding bill needs to overcome a 60-vote threshold, meaning buy-in from a handful of Democrats. That hurdle has not stopped House GOP leadership from arguing that their rejection of a Senate-passed deal — and pitching a subsequent rival DHS funding proposal — is the way out of the shutdown.
"We're not going to split apart two of the most important agencies in the government and leave them hanging like that," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters leaving the U.S. Capitol on Friday night. "We just couldn't do it."
Golden Knights make major coaching shakeup as Stanley Cup Playoffs near
The Vegas Golden Knights only have eight games remaining in the 2025-26 season, but decided to make the stunning move to fire and replace their head coach.
Vegas announced on Sunday that they relieved Bruce Cassidy as head coach and replaced him with John Tortorella.
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"We thank Bruce Cassidy for his dedication to our hockey club and community over the past four seasons," Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon said in a news release. "Under Bruce’s leadership, we reached our ultimate goal in 2023 by bringing a Stanley Cup to Vegas. Bruce will forever be remembered with the utmost regard by our organization for what was accomplished here. With the stretch run of the 2025-26 regular season upon us, we believe that a change is necessary for us to return to the level of play that is expected of our club.
"With John Tortorella, we bring in a Stanley Cup Champion as well as one of the most experienced and respected coaches in the NHL. His guidance will be a great asset to our team at the pivotal point in the season we currently face. We look forward to welcoming John to Vegas."
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The Golden Knights fell to the Washington Capitals, 5-4, on Saturday in a shootout. It marked the team’s third straight loss and sixth defeat in their last seven games.
Vegas is 32-26-16 this season and in third place in the Pacific Division. If the season ended Sunday, the team would be in the playoffs and have a series against the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.
Tortorella was not coaching in the NHL this season. He spent time as an assistant for Team USA at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The Americans took home the gold medal.
He is 770-648-37 as head coach. He won a Stanley Cup title with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Michigan routs Tennessee to win regional final, enter NCAA men's Final Four
The Michigan Wolverines got off to a hot start in the first half against the Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday and never looked back as the Dusty May-led squad punched their ticket to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four.
The Wolverines were on a 21-0 run in the first half and ended it on a 34-10 run. Michigan led Tennessee 48-26 when the first half was over.
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Michigan won the game, 95-62.
It will be the first Final Four appearance for the Wolverines since 2018. Michigan lost the national championship that season to the Villanova Wildcats.
Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg dominated the offensive side of the court for the Wolverines. He led all scorers with 27 points on 10-of-19 from the floor. He added seven rebounds and four assists to his stat line.
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Three other Michigan players had at least 10 points in the game. Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 12 points and five rebounds. He was 8-of-11 from the free-throw line. Aday Mara added 11 points and four rebounds and Nimari Burnett had 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Elliot Cadeau nearly had a double-double. He had eight points and 10 assists.
Tennessee only shot 32% from the floor and 19% from the 3-point line.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie led the Volunteers with 21 points, four rebounds and four assists. Felix Okpara was the only other Tennessee player in double figures. He had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Michigan will now meet Arizona in the Final Four.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Cory Booker confronted with old clip of himself saying he loves Donald Trump
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was confronted Sunday with a clip of himself from 2016 declaring, "I love Donald Trump" while he was running for president, as NBC's Kristen Welker asked the senator if he still loved the president.
"You have run for president before in 2020 on a message of love. It’s the same message you had back in 2016. I want to play you a little bit of something that you had to say back in 2016," Welker said.
In the clip, Booker said, "I love Donald Trump. I’m going to say that. I don’t want to answer his hate with hate. I’m not going to answer his darkness with darkness. I love him."
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Welker asked, "Do you still love Donald Trump?"
"I’m a Christian, and my faith is very clear: Love your enemies, love your adversaries. Never let someone pull you so low as to hate them. That doesn't mean I won't fight him with ferocity to try to defend and protect people's healthcare and public education," he responded.
Booker went on to quote the Declaration of Independence.
"God bless America," he said. "Our Declaration of Independence ends with those profound words: If we’re going to succeed as a nation, we must, quote, 'mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.' He may be abandoning that ideal of sacred honor, but we need a return to it—an urgency to return to it in our country."
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Booker said hate was tearing America apart and argued that Americans didn't want leaders who
"So, yes, I will not hate my adversaries in Congress," the congressman said. "I'll be doing a better and better job, I hope, of reaching out to people, pulling them together, and reminding them that in this American moment, the definition of our success ultimately will come down to: 'Are we able to put more indivisible into this one nation under God?'"
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The Democratic senator was also asked about whether he was planning to run for president in 2028.
"I am definitely not ruling it out. I’m running for re-election; I hope New Jersey will support me for another six years," he said.
In February, the senator said he hadn't "dismissed" a possible presidential run.
Sleeping 11 minutes longer each night shows surprising health benefit, study finds
The secret to a healthier heart may not be a major lifestyle overhaul, but rather a series of small, sustainable daily habits.
New research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that combining modest shifts in daily habits is associated with a significantly reduced risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attacks, stroke and heart failure.
The study, which followed more than 53,000 adults over an eight-year period, highlighted how even the smallest increase in rest can yield clinically meaningful benefits.
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Researchers found that sleeping for just 11 minutes more per night was a key component of a lifestyle shift associated with a 10% lower risk of major cardiovascular events.
This modest increase in sleep was most effective when paired with an additional 4.5 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and eating an extra quarter-cup of vegetables every day.
"We show that combining small changes in a few areas of our lives can have a surprisingly large positive impact on our cardiovascular health," said lead author Nicholas Koemel, a research fellow at the University of Sydney.
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While every extra minute counts, the study identified an ideal range for maximum heart protection that could slash the risk of heart disease by 57% compared to those with the least healthy habits.
The primary pillar of that profile was achieving eight to nine hours of sleep per night, the study noted.
This optimal routine also included completing 42 minutes or more of moderate physical activity per day and maintaining a diet high in fish, whole grains, and dairy while remaining low in processed meats and sugary drinks.
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"Making even modest shifts in our daily routines is likely to have cardiovascular benefits as well as create opportunities for further changes in the long run," Koemel added. "I would encourage people not to overlook the importance of making a small change or two to your daily routine, no matter how small they may seem."
Researchers utilized wearable devices to track the sleep and movement of participants, providing more accurate data than previous self-reported studies.
Several limitations were noted for the research.
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The study was observational, meaning it showed a strong link between these small habits and heart health but could not prove that one directly caused the other.
The findings were also based on participants reporting their own dietary habits, which may not always be perfectly accurate.
The researchers emphasized that studying these behaviors together is more meaningful than looking at them in isolation because sleep, diet and movement are constantly influencing one another in a daily cycle.
Vacation rental near Yosemite allegedly used to secretly record guests, 4,000 illegal files found
A vacation rental near Yosemite National Park is at the center of a disturbing investigation in California after authorities uncovered thousands of files of alleged child sexual abuse material, along with a "lifelike child doll" intended for sexual use.
Christian Parmalee Edwards, 44, was arrested on March 19 after detectives executed a search warrant at a home on Granite Butte Way in Oakhurst — roughly 15 miles south of Yosemite National Park, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators allege the property was being used as a short-term rental where guests may have been secretly recorded during private moments without their knowledge.
During the search, detectives said they discovered more than 4,000 files of suspected child sexual abuse material.
"Detectives also found Mr. Edwards to be in possession of a lifelike child doll designed for sexual use," a spokesperson for the Madera County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital. "The dolls hands were bound."
Authorities also reported finding new children’s clothing.
"This showcases the escalation in behaviors from viewing digital images to filming to physical behaviors," the spokesperson said.
Officials added that Edwards was watching a recently recorded video when detectives arrived to serve the warrant.
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The investigation began after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which flagged suspected distribution of illegal material originating in Madera County.
Detectives worked alongside the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to carry out the search, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.
Edwards was booked into the Madera County Jail and faces multiple felony charges related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
Authorities say more charges — including invasion of privacy — could be added as the investigation progresses.
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Officials said electronic devices tied to Edwards have been collected and will undergo further forensic review.
A judge reduced Edwards’ bail from $225,000 to $75,000 during his initial court appearance, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.
"Protecting the innocent, upholding the law, and holding offenders accountable remains a top priority of the Madera County Sheriff’s Office," Sheriff Tyson Pogue said in a statement. "We stand ready for when our community needs us most."