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WNBA star Sophie Cunningham clarifies free agency complaint, wanted house in Indiana to bring her donkeys
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham on Monday clarified comments she made on a podcast about her free agency experience before she decided to re-sign with the team.
Cunningham said on the "Show Me Something" podcast that the ordeal was a bit "frustrating" and explained the reasoning behind it. However, she took issue with how a Yahoo Sports quote pic framed her remarks without adding context.
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"I’m gonna shut this down right now," she wrote on X. "I’m not mad about the money…. I just wanted more years because I love it here.
"I wanted to get a house so I could bring my dog and donkey to Indy with me. That’s it. That’s the truth. I think we have something very special here in Indiana!!"
The Yahoo Sports post on X said that Cunningham "was not thrilled about the contract she signed with the Fever coming off of her MCL injury."
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In the interview, Cunningham said it was tough because she was coming off the injury but she was incredibly busy in the offseason and didn’t have enough time to show other teams that she was actually OK.
"I was fully cleared. They had all the doctors. They have the numbers and everything but if you don’t get in front of these people, then it’s like, ‘Hey, are you actually good?’ And so, I’m not going to lie to you, that was a little kind of frustrating because I’m someone, I kinda shoot it straight," she said. "If I wasn’t feeling good or If I was hesitant, then I would have said something and been honest.
"I’m at the point of my career where I just want to win. I just want to win, and so, I’m not going to put my ego and everything in front of things and I know it’s a business but I think I’m just wired a little differently. And so, I think this is just a great wake up call to not get comfortable. I think it lit a fire under my a-- even more."
Cunningham re-joined the Fever on a one-year deal. She showcased her ability to become Caitlin Clark’s enforcer last season, making herself a fan favorite inside and outside of the WNBA.
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Blue state poured thousands of dollars into study on reparations as effort launches
Washington reportedly began a study on "reparative actions" for descendants of slavery on Friday after allocating $300,000 to the effort.
Last year, the Washington State Legislature funded a study to examine the history and impact of slavery in the U.S. as it relates to "the geography of the former Washington and Oregon territories."
The state also wants to analyze how residents were impacted by state laws and systems regarding criminal justice, economics and education, according to the Washington State Department of Commerce.
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State documents show that the legislature approved $300,000 to fund the project. The Washington State Department of Commerce reserved 10% of the money for administrative costs to manage the program and the remaining funds will be distributed yearly through fiscal year 2026 to 2027, beginning July 1 to the end of June.
The department is open to philanthropic or private donations to "expand the scope and depth of the study."
Ashley Gardner, the lead director of the project, vowed a thorough review of the historical injustices during an info session last month.
"We intended to leave no research stone unturned," Gardner said, according to Seattle Times reporting.
The amount of funding provided by the state resulted from consultation with the Commission on African American Affairs. The commission is a representative of the African American community in Washington advising the governor, legislature and state agencies on public policy and its execution.
Researchers must have a Ph.D. qualification in history, African American studies, sociology and several other listed social science and liberal arts degrees with a "direct focus" on "reparations or United States chattel slavery." The study sought candidates with an "expertise in calculating the present value of uncompensated slave labor for direct victims of the United States chattel slavery."
The launch of the study came after the state issued a survey to residents to help inform policy recommendations within the study.
"We’re tasked with looking at the national picture, and understanding, is Washington culpable, and if it is culpable, to what degree?" Marvin Slaughter Jr., co-lead of the valuation and policy team, said.
The research team, the Washington Department of Commerce and the Commission on African American Affairs did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Washington follows several other local municipalities and states spanning from coast to coast looking to study the harms of slavery, Jim Crow-era policies, and redlining policies that led to housing discrimination in order to issue reparations in some form. Many others have already conducted a study, which resulted in reports on a detailed review of the past that linked to researchers’ policy recommendations.
A Chicago suburb — Evanston, Illinois — went as far as paying $25,000 in cash to Black residents to address past racial housing discrimination through its program.
As far as what reparations would look like in Washington, researchers reportedly believe it is too early to determine.
"Should it be cash payments? Should it be pensions? Should it be health care?" asked Thomas Craemer, the co-lead of the valuation and policy team on the research project.
"There’s a number of ideas," he continued. "This is a research project. We’re not actually making any decisions, and we don’t want to. We want to let the community speak to us and to guide us."
Despite efforts to issue reparations, some of the programs are facing obstacles due to budgetary or legal pressures. The cities of Evanston and San Francisco have been hit with lawsuits over alleged racial discrimination due to their reparations efforts.
Mexico pyramid shooter who took hostages and killed 1 is identified
A gunman who fatally shot a Canadian tourist and wounded more than a dozen others atop a historic pyramid in Mexico on Monday has been identified, according to officials.
Authorities identified the gunman as 27-year-old Julio Cesar Jasso, a Mexican national, according to a state official who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Jasso later died by suicide after turning the gun on himself, and security officials found a gun, a knife and ammunition. Authorities said he acted alone, with the State of Mexico government confirming he was the sole assailant on Monday night.
Officials said seven of the victims were struck by gunfire, while others were hurt in the chaos as people scrambled to get down from the pyramids, with some falling during the panic.
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Those hospitalized included tourists from several countries, among them the United States, Colombia, Russia, Brazil and Canada, authorities said. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 61.
Footage circulating in local media appears to show the suspect positioned atop the structure as visitors rushed for safety below, with gunfire echoing across the site.
The Teotihuacan complex, located just outside Mexico City, is one of the country’s most visited archaeological landmarks, drawing millions of international visitors each year to its towering pre-Hispanic structures.
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The shooting took place shortly after 11:30 a.m. when dozens of tourists were at the top of the Pyramid of the Moon.
Security measures at the site have changed in recent years, with routine entry screenings no longer consistently in place, according to a local guide.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on social media that the shooting would be investigated and that she was in touch with the Canadian Embassy.
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"What happened today in Teotihuacán deeply pains us. I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families," she wrote.
Anita Anand, Canada's foreign affairs minister, said on X that as a "result of a horrific act of gun violence, a Canadian was killed and another wounded in Teotihuacán" and that her "thoughts are with their family and loved ones."
Later in the evening, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson also expressed "deep concern" and sadness over the deaths and numerous injuries, and said in a post on X that the U.S. is "ready to provide support as needed while Mexican authorities continue their investigation."
The National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement that the Teotihuacán archaeological site will remain closed until further notice.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Warsh's $226 million fortune under scrutiny as Fed nominee faces Senate confirmation
Kevin Warsh heads into his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday morning vying to be the richest-ever chair of the Federal Reserve amid mounting questions over his sizable financial portfolio.
Newly released disclosures reveal the extent of Warsh’s wealth but leave key portions of his holdings unclear, which could complicate his path toward confirmation since the position he is up for wields enormous influence over financial markets.
The disclosures are likely to draw scrutiny from lawmakers due to potential conflicts of interest and concerns over transparency, both central focuses of the confirmation process — particularly at a time when the central bank’s credibility is already under a microscope.
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According to documents submitted to the Senate last week, Warsh reported assets valued at roughly $135 million to $226 million, positioning him to become the wealthiest chair in the Federal Reserve’s history if confirmed.
The nearly 70-page filings, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics as part of the standard vetting process for senior nominees, detail a portfolio spanning investments, board roles and other financial interests.
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Still, the disclosures leave some gaps.
For example, certain holdings are listed in broad ranges or lack full detail, a common feature of such filings but one that can draw scrutiny when nominees are poised to oversee institutions with vast influence over financial markets.
In fact, a note from a government ethics official attached to the filings says Warsh is currently out of compliance with ethics rules for certain holdings where he did not disclose the funds’ underlying assets.
The Office of Government Ethics said the rest of the filing meets federal requirements and that Warsh would return to full compliance once he divests those assets, which he has pledged to do within 90 days of confirmation.
That dynamic could prove especially sensitive for Warsh as lawmakers weigh potential conflicts of interest and the steps he would need to take to avoid them.
Beyond that, the filings also underscore the scale of wealth tied to his family.
They do not include the far larger fortune connected to his wife, Jane Lauder — granddaughter of Estée Lauder’s founder — which Forbes estimates at about $1.9 billion. Separate disclosures show Lauder holds millions of dollars in additional assets, further adding to the family’s overall financial footprint.
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Warsh’s potential ascent comes at a turbulent moment for the central bank.
Senators are still weighing ethics concerns tied to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with at least one Republican vowing to block Warsh’s confirmation over the issue.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who has been holding up the nomination, said he supports Warsh but will not back his confirmation until a Justice Department investigation into Powell is resolved. But that's unlikely considering President Donald Trump's push for the probe and refusal to back off pressuring DOJ to investigate.
On Jan. 11, Powell confirmed that the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into his congressional testimony regarding the renovation of the Federal Reserve's two historic buildings on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall.
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That probe comes as the Federal Reserve faces mounting pressure on multiple fronts, including a Supreme Court case testing its independence and persistent cost-of-living concerns weighing on President Donald Trump’s economic agenda.
Against that backdrop, scrutiny of Warsh’s finances — and how he manages them — is likely to intensify as his nomination advances.
Rare Roman mosaic shows woman battling wild animals in the arena, researcher says
An ancient Roman mosaic shows a woman fighting a wild beast in the arena — a rare depiction of a female combatant and the first known visual representation of a woman battling animals, according to a researcher.
The mosaic, which dates to around 250 A.D., appears to show a woman confronting a leopard, with a photo of the damaged artwork showing her wielding a whip beside the animal.
Author Alfonso Manas, a researcher in Spain, argues that the mosaic is the first-known depiction of a woman fighting an animal in the Roman arena.
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The discovery adds to "documented evidence of women performing as gladiators and beast-fighters," Manas told Fox News Digital.
The most persuasive evidence that the figure is female is the fact that she was topless, Manas noted — which he described as "conclusive."
"Showing her topless was actually the typical resource in Roman mosaics to show that a figure was a woman, something hard to determine in [the] context of men due to the lack of fine detail of mosaics," the expert noted.
"And the strongest piece of evidence showing she is a beast-fighter is the leopard on her left, running away from her whip."
Manas added, "Thus, she is a female beast-fighter, a venatrix — the first known depiction of one of those women."
The researcher emphasized that beast-fighters and gladiators were not synonymous, however.
"To confuse them is as if we today confuse a boxer with a bullfighter — they are two completely different things," he said.
"Their only feature in common in Rome was that they performed in the same building, the amphitheatre."
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Manas said male beast-fighters were far more common, with over 1,000 known visual depictions of men compared to just one of a woman.
The historian added that women often attended shows as spectators.
Men exclusively handled organizing the games and officiating the fights — but beyond those roles, women participated in nearly every other aspect of the spectacles.
"The main difference between men and women in the arena was that men were performers, managers and spectators, whereas women were only performers and spectators," Manas noted.
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The discovery also proves that females performed topless, which was meant to intrigue men.
Doing so "would help those female performers to become more popular and, thus, earn more money in their careers," said Manas.
The researcher also noted that women were banned from taking part in gladiatorial matches in 200 A.D., on the command of Emperor Septimius Severus.
It was unclear if female beast-fighters were also impacted by the ban, but Manas said his discovery suggests they were not, as the mosaic dates to roughly 250 A.D. or later.
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"It adds 50 years or more, perhaps a whole century, to the history of women as performers in the arena," he said.
"This is very important.... Spectators wanted to continue seeing [women] performing in the arena."
Manas added that the fact that "a rich man ordered one of those women to appear in the mosaic... shows the great admiration spectators felt toward those women, something similar to the admiration we feel today for female stars of sports, music [and] cinema."
Unlike female gladiators, who faced criticism and eventual bans, beast-fighters appear to have held a different status in Roman spectacles, Manas said.
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"Diana was the goddess of hunting. She was a huntress, a venatrix, and thus it was seen as acceptable ... that women performed as hunters in the arena," he said.
"Whereas it was shameful for a woman, and man, to perform as a gladiator, essentially because gladiators killed fellow humans, which was always seen as reproachful."
The new research comes as discoveries from ancient Rome continue to surface.
In England, excavators recently found a large Roman industrial complex in northern England, complete with hundreds of well-preserved tools.
In March, Swiss archaeologists found well-preserved ancient Rome treasures at the bottom of a Swiss lake.
Trucking company owner suing state over 'millionaires tax' says policy hits small businesses
Washington state’s newly signed income tax on high earners is already facing a legal challenge, with critics arguing it violates the state constitution and could hit small businesses.
The measure implements a 9.9% tax on income of $1,000,000 or more for individuals and households, marking a major shift for a state that has resisted traditional income taxes. The law that established the tax was passed on March 11 and was signed by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on March 30.
While the tax was pitched as one that would hit "millionaires," some critics argue the measure could impact small businesses, not just high-income individuals and major employers based in Washington, such as Amazon and Starbucks.
Curt Nuccitelli, the owner of Spirit Transport Systems, which has 14 employees, is one of the plaintiffs suing Washington over the tax. Nuccitelli told Fox News Digital that the tax could directly impact his business, as his profits are taxed as personal income.
"Washington state is already very unfriendly to small businesses, as far as taxes go," Nuccitelli said. He added that the new tax would impact his ability to invest in his employees and equipment for his business.
"If I give them a dollar an hour raise, that's over $2,000 by the end of the year, so it really limits my ability to continue to grow my company and pay my team a livable wage," Nuccitelli told Fox News Digital.
Washington has treated income as property, following a 1933 ruling by the state Supreme Court. This means that under the Washington state Constitution, income must be taxed uniformly and capped at 1%, far below the new law’s 9.9% rate.
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Despite what critics have said, the Washington Attorney General's Office has stood by the law, with deputy communications director Mike Faulk telling Fox News Digital, "We will be defending the constitutionality of this law in court and expect to prevail. We’ll preserve our legal arguments for the anticipated filings."
Nuccitelli joined a lawsuit launched by Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF), a watchdog group that helps Washingtonians hold state and local governments accountable. Former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna and former Washington state Sen. Phil Talmadge are working on the case with CADF.
"Our state's constitution is really clear that if you're gonna have an income tax, it's got to be capped at 1%, and it's gotta apply evenly to everybody in the state, uniformly, and this doesn't do that," Jackson Maynard, one of the attorneys on the CADF lawsuit, told Fox News Digital.
Maynard said he believes the lawsuit presents a "strong argument" against the tax based on the precedent set by the state Supreme Court.
Beyond the legality of the tax under the state constitution, Maynard told Fox News Digital that the law itself is bad policy, as it takes away a major advantage that has allowed the Evergreen State to be the home of massive companies.
"One of the reasons that Washington state has been such a part of the innovation economy, and we have tech and we have Starbucks and all these great companies, is that we don't have an income tax. It's been a huge competitive advantage for us and the fact that we're giving that up and potentially expanding it to everybody in the state is going to be bad for business."
Fox News Digital reached out to Ferguson's office, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
REP CLAUDIA TENNEY: Why is New York punishing nuns who care for the dying?
For more than a century, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne have quietly cared for the sick, accompanying them in their final days with dignity and compassion at the Rosary Hill Home in New York. These Catholic nuns provide free hospice care to terminally ill cancer patients who have nowhere else to go. They do not take a dime from patients or taxpayers, they simply serve, guided by their faith and a commitment to charitable care for the most vulnerable among us.
Instead of supporting these dutiful servants of God, the State of New York is threatening these nuns with fines, loss of their license, and even jail time for refusing to give up their faith.
Under a law signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, New York State imposed new radical gender identity mandates on long-term care facilities. In practice, that means these facilities are being forced to adopt policies on room and bathroom assignments based on gender preference, not biological sex, pronoun usage, and internal procedures that directly conflict with the sisters’ religious beliefs.
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State regulators have made clear this is not optional. These women must abandon their faith and surrender to the political machine of Albany or risk legal consequences. New York State would rather shut down a free care center for the terminally ill than allow religious freedom.
This is not about protecting the vulnerable. That is what the sisters already do, freely and without condition. This is about forcing compliance and obedience to the woke mob in Albany, even on those who dedicate their lives to serving others. No one is spared.
This is part of a broader pattern.
Across New York, state officials have bulldozed anyone in their way of implementing this radical agenda. Attorney General Letitia James has pressured hospitals to provide genital mutilation surgeries for minors, warning of legal consequences if they refuse. State agencies have issued guidance to schools mandating adherence to gender identity policies regardless of federal requirements. To make matters worse, Albany politicians are working to erode parent’s rights by allowing schools to hide critical information from parents. New York is using its full power to go after those who refuse to fall in line.
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This is happening at a time when New York is facing serious challenges that demand real leadership and focus. New Yorkers are paying some of the highest taxes in the country, energy costs continue to rise, and families and businesses are leaving the state in record numbers in search of opportunity and affordability elsewhere.
Instead of addressing these issues, Albany is more focused on pushing gender policies to be more radical than the last. Instead of addressing rising costs of healthcare, Albany wants to shut down a free hospice clinic, all while using taxpayer dollars to give free healthcare to illegal aliens. Instead of serving New Yorkers, Albany wants to go after anyone courageous enough to speak against its radical gender identity platform.
That contrast is impossible to ignore.
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New York State is focused on shutting down a charitable institution that provides care, compassion, and dignity to those at the end of their lives, while they allow New Yorkers to suffer from the consequences of their own policies.
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne do not discriminate; they care for anyone who comes through their doors with compassion and respect in their final days. But in today’s New York, compassion and respect are not a priority. Neither is commonsense public policy.
This is the chilling message being sent by Kathy Hochul, not just to these sisters, but to every faith-based organization, every caregiver, and every institution that does not align with Albany’s ideological agenda.
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It raises a simple question: Who is Albany standing for?
Is it standing for those who dedicate their lives to caring for the sick and dying? Is it standing for New Yorkers? Or is it standing for their ideological system that prioritizes woke mandates over compassion and ideology over service?
The answer matters.
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Because if New York is willing to threaten servants of God who provide free hospice care, then it is clear that they will stop at nothing to quash all dissent. And if this is where the state’s focus lies at a time of rising costs, failing systems, rampant crime, and continued outmigration, then it is clear something is deeply wrong.
Let’s call it for what it is: An attempt to silence the faithful.
New Yorkers deserve better. They deserve leadership that focuses on the problems facing our state, supports those who serve their communities, and respects the fundamental freedoms that define this country.
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne should be honored, not targeted.
And New York should remember that compassion cannot be mandated, and it should never be punished.
NASCAR's Kyle Busch says he wants to beat competition 'into the ground,' does not make friends with drivers
Kyle Busch said life on the NASCAR circuit can feel like a "traveling trailer park," but that doesn't mean he feels neighborly toward his fellow drivers. They are his competition, not his friends, he said on "Hang Out With Sean Hannity."
Busch said he spent a lot of time around other NASCAR drivers as they moved from one race to the next.
"We're a traveling circus... or a traveling trailer park, whichever you want to call it, because we're in the same motor home lot every single weekend," he told Sean Hannity on Tuesday's podcast episode.
Busch pointed out that a lot of the drivers who were friendly with one another grew up racing together. Even his own 10-year-old son made friends at the racetrack, he said. But not Busch.
"I grew up in Vegas and when I went to the racetrack... I kind of grew up the way of like, you bring your friends with you, and you hate everybody else that's there, because they're your competition, right?" he told Hannity.
"You want to beat those guys. You want to beat them into the ground. You want to go home with the trophy and the money and come back and do it all again next week, you know?"
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Busch's comments come amid tension between himself and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, who mentioned Busch on his podcast, "Actions Detrimental."
"Kyle Busch, I can’t hold the guy’s helmet talent-wise. But [him losing races] is not new. He’s struggled for five years now. We have to be honest about our expectations. If you’re expecting Kyle Busch to just go back to victory lane on a regular basis, you are kidding yourselves, and you’re going to be very disappointed," said Hamlin.
Busch replied in a video posted to X by journalist Jeff Gluck, in which the NASCAR star said he would switch vehicles with Hamlin any time.
"People don’t know what the hell they’re talking about, and in this instance, I don’t feel like Denny Hamlin even knows what the hell he’s talking about," he said. "So he can bash me all he wants — and I can certainly make his life hell."
Indicted Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick refuses to resign as expulsion vote looms
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., may be running out of road as Republicans lay the groundwork for an expulsion vote as soon as Tuesday.
The House Ethics Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon to formally recommend punitive action against the embattled lawmaker. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has vowed to force a vote on Cherfilus-McCormick’s expulsion regardless of the committee’s suggested sanction.
Despite the looming expulsion threat, Cherfilus-McCormick has resisted calls to quit Congress on her own terms.
"For those asking whether I plan to resign, the answer is no," Cherfilus-McCormick recently told Fox News Digital. "This is not the time to abandon the district, not when they too are fighting for their future."
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A successful expulsion vote would make Cherfilus-McCormick the first lawmaker since former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., in 2023 to be expelled by the House. Just six lawmakers have been expelled from the House in U.S. history.
Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty of more than two dozen ethics violations involving financial misconduct during a rare House ethics trial in March. She has denied any wrongdoing and is facing a separate criminal trial after being indicted by a federal grand jury in 2025.
The guilty ethics verdict centered on a charge that Cherfilus-McCormick funneled more than $5 million in disaster relief funds to her campaign that was improperly paid to her family’s healthcare company.
She did not try to return the money, which amounted to more than 100 times what the government owed the family-run company.
It takes a two-thirds majority to expel a member of Congress, meaning Steube’s resolution would have to receive buy-in from Democrats.
Former Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, who are facing sexual misconduct allegations, both resigned last week to fend off expulsion threats. Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., is also facing a looming expulsion vote.
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The vast majority of Democrats have yet to voice support for Cherfilus-McCormick’s expulsion, though a swath of moderates and progressives broke their silence after the House Ethics Committee’s verdict.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told reporters last week that she would vote to expel Cherfilus-McCormick if she did not resign, citing the House Ethics Committee’s verdict.
However, top Democrats have continued to stand by their indicted colleague.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Democrats would convene following the conclusion of the Ethics Committee’s proceedings to discuss Cherfilus-McCormick’s fate.
"We will proceed in a manner consistent with our approach to these types of ethics matters, which is to always and at all times follow the facts and apply the relevant law without fear of it," Jeffries told reporters Monday.
The Congressional Black Caucus, an influential group among Democrats on Capitol Hill, has also been largely silent on the allegations facing Cherfilus-McCormick, who is a member of the group.
The CBC notably contributed $5,000 to Cherfilus-McCormick’s campaign during the first fundraising quarter of 2026, which runs from January to March.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., signaled his support for the expulsion effort last week, citing "alarming facts" identified by the bipartisan ethics panel.
Cherfilus-McCormick has defied calls to suspend her re-election campaign, despite having just $11,000 in the bank, according to recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. Her campaign entered April with nearly $4.4 million in debt, some of which is due to mounting legal fees.
The indicted lawmaker represents a safe blue seat that could be carved up if Florida’s Republican-controlled state legislature moves forward with redistricting. A growing number of Democrats are vying to unseat her during the August 2026 primary, including Gen Z activist Elijah Manley, rap artist Luther Campbell and former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness.
Cherfilus-McCormick is facing a separate 15-count criminal indictment that could result in her being sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if convicted. In addition to allegedly stealing FEMA money, federal prosecutors have also charged her with participating in a straw donor scheme to allegedly conceal illicit money flowing to her campaign and conspiring to file a false federal tax return.
A federal judge last week approved a delay in the proceedings until February 2027 at the request of both Cherfilus-McCormick’s legal team and the prosecution.