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Florida’s CAIR threatens lawsuit against DeSantis after he labels group a ‘foreign terrorist’ organization
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it plans to take Gov. Ron DeSantis to court after the Republican governor issued an executive order labeling the Muslim civil rights organization a "foreign terrorist organization."
Hiba Rahim, the chapter’s deputy executive director, said during a news conference that the order was an attack rooted in conspiracy theories and compared it to historical efforts that targeted Jewish, Irish and Italian American communities.
"We are very proud to defend the founding principles of our Constitution, to defend free speech," Rahim said at a news conference. "We are proud to defend democracy, and we are proud to be America first."
Rahim argued that the governor’s support for Israel played a role in the order, saying the group’s activism had caused "discomfort" to the U.S. ally. She said CAIR does not intend to back down.
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Governor DeSantis, meanwhile, defended the move, saying his administration had sufficient grounds for the designation. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, he said he welcomed CAIR’s legal challenge and described the designation as "a long time coming."
DeSantis’ order also lists the Muslim Brotherhood as a "foreign terrorist" organization. Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to begin a federal process to consider designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
The governor said he expects Florida lawmakers to pursue related legislation when the legislature reconvenes in January, calling the executive order "the beginning."
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Under DeSantis’ directive, state agencies are barred from awarding contracts, employment or funds to CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, or any groups deemed to have materially supported them.
At the Tampa news conference, attorney Miranda Margolis criticized the order and argued DeSantis had exceeded his authority by unilaterally designating a nonprofit as a terrorist organization.
"This designation is without legal or factual basis and constitutes a dangerous escalation of anti-Muslim political rhetoric," Margolis said.
Florida’s action comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a similar proclamation. CAIR has challenged Abbott’s designation in federal court, arguing it violates the U.S. Constitution and Texas law. Muslim and interfaith organizations have urged Abbott to rescind the order.
State-level designations do not carry the same legal weight as federal Foreign Terrorist Organization classifications, which can only be issued by the U.S. State Department.
CAIR argues the Florida order violates its First Amendment rights and due-process protections and that terrorism designations fall under federal jurisdiction, not state power.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
3 people arrested after 7 Providence College students overdose at off-campus party
Three people were arrested after allegedly supplying drugs to seven Providence College students who overdosed during a party outside of campus, according to police.
Providence Police said officers responded to the party last week on Liege Street in Providence, Rhode Island, where they located four students passed out in the front yard of the home, according to WBZ-TV. A total of seven people at the party overdosed, were given Narcan and then were transported to a hospital, where they reported to be conscious and alert.
Officers later searched a home on Hawkins Street and seized about 20 grams of fentanyl, $1,700 in cash, two rifles and three handguns, including a "ghost gun."
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Angel Williams, 33, Patrick Patterson, 32, and Kimsheree Simoneau, 33, were arrested. Williams and Patterson face various drug and gun charges, while Simoneau was charged with possession of a ghost gun.
Williams and Patterson are being held without bail, and Simoneau was released on a $10,000 bond.
None of the three suspects are students at the college.
"This investigation reflects the department's continued commitment to combating the deadly flow of fentanyl and illegal firearms into our community," Providence Police Col. Oscar Perez said in a statement.
"The coordinated efforts of our Narcotics and Organized Crime Bureau ensured that dangerous weapons and narcotics were removed from the streets of Providence," he continued.
The college said it would also conduct an investigation.
"We want to thank the City of Providence first responders on scene, as well as college public safety officials, who administered lifesaving care to our students," a college spokesperson told WBZ-TV.
Trump compares real wages under his admin versus Biden's during speech calling out Dem affordability 'hoax'
President Donald Trump was in Pennsylvania Tuesday night touting his administration's economic success, after Democrats swept a series of elections in 2025 while mainly campaigning on platforms focused on "affordability."
"They caused the high prices, and we're bringing them down," Trump told the crowd in attendance at a casino resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, whom he spoke to for nearly two hours. "Lower prices, bigger paychecks – you're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks, we're getting inflation – we're crushing it – and you're getting much higher wages. The only thing that is really going up big – it's called the stock market and your 401ks."
Affordability has become a flashpoint heading into the midterms, with Republicans now fine-tuning their messaging on the economy after a slew of Democrats won elections in 2025 running on a platform focused on lowering costs. Prior to Tuesday night's address in Pennsylvania, Trump told Politico in an interview that he would give his economy an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus" grade, but a November Fox News national survey found that some 76% of voters reported they view the economy negatively, up from the 67% who reported the same in July, and up from the 70% who said the same at the end of former President Joe Biden's term.
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Real-wages were among one of the several statistics that Trump shared with voters Tuesday to prove how much better the economy is under him than Biden. According to Trump, real wages "plummeted" by $3,000 under Biden, while under Trump's second administration, the president said, the typical factory worker has seen their real wages increase by $1,300, construction workers by over $1,800, and miners by $3,300. Trump added that, under Biden, real-wages for construction workers dropped by $3,500.
To put things into perspective for the audience, Trump also touched on the price of everyday goods, and shared charts with the audience showing how the prices differed under his predecessor's term. Citing a report from Walmart, Trump said the cost of a full Thanksgiving meal, trimmings, turkey and all, is 25% cheaper under his administration than it was under Biden. He said the price of Thanksgiving turkeys specifically was also down 33%.
Trump added that egg prices have "dropped like a rock" under his second term, noting their price point is down 80% since March.
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"One of the most important ways we're defeating inflation is by unleashing American energy, including oil, gas and clean beautiful coal," Trump also said, citing data he said shows 22 different states have lower gas prices today than they ever have in the last seven years. Three of them, Trump noted, have gas as low as $1.99 per gallon.
Trump also touted lower mortgage rates under his administration, $18 trillion in new private investments compared to Biden's less than $1 trillion, and a hot stock market as examples of how his economy is doing well.
"I can't say affordability hoax because I agree the prices were too high. I can't call it a hoax because they'll misconstrue that. But they use the word affordability and that's their only word," Trump said while bashing Democrats on the economy Tuesday night. "They say, ‘affordability' and everyone says, ‘Oh, that must mean Trump has high prices.’ No. Our prices are coming down tremendously from the highest prices in the history of our country."
Trump added during his speech Tuesday night that Democrats talking about affordability, "is like Bonnie and Clyde preaching about public safety."
Meanwhile, amid his barbs at Democrats on their "affordability" messaging, Trump posited that he doesn't have to "sell" his administration's policies to anyone, because they are "the right policy."
"We don't have to sell men in women's sports. We don't have to sell transgender to everybody. We don't have to sell open borders where the whole world is allowed to come into our country from prisons and everywhere," Trump told the crowd. "That's our message. They gave you high prices. They gave you the highest inflation in history. And we're giving you we're bringing those prices down rapidly."
Trump gives update on wounded National Guard member 2 weeks after DC ambush shooting: ‘He got up from bed’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that West Virginia National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who was critically wounded in a Thanksgiving eve ambush-style shooting in Washington, D.C., has begun showing incredible signs of recovery.
Speaking at an event in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, Trump told supporters he has remained in close contact with Wolfe’s family since the shooting that also killed 20-year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom.
The president described Wolfe's parents’ unwavering belief that their son would survive even as physicians warned that the odds were impossibly slim.
"The night that he was so badly hit and the doctors gave him almost no chance, I called their hospital room and spoke to her, and she said, sure, he'll be fine," Trump said. "Oh no, I'm telling you, he's going to. I'm praying, the whole country is praying, sir. I'm telling you, don't worry about it. He's going to be fine.’ This is the mother talking to me."
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"And the father is like, devastated," he continued. "He's an incredible guy too, both. And I went and invited them to the Oval Office, and they came in."
Trump said Wolfe’s mother never wavered.
"She said, 'sir, he's fine.' It was amazing, actually."
Then Trump shared a significant medical update on Wolfe's condition since he was rushed into critical care.
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"And today, Monica — she said, 'we're all praying' and I'm praying. And then she called to say, ‘Sir, he moved his finger today.’ This is like three days later — ‘he moved his finger.’
And today I got a call that he got up from bed. Do you believe that? He got up, he got up," Trump told the crowd.
"Now, he didn't speak. He's not ready for that yet. I mean, you got hit in the head, but he got up, and boy, they're so happy."
Trump praised the medical teams watching over Wolfe. "It's amazing. And the care that they've given him — the hospital and the generals that have been there, the military that's been there — it's amazing," he said.
Wolfe, 24, and Beckstrom were ambushed near the Farragut West area of downtown Washington on Nov. 26.
Beckstrom succumbed to her injuries, and Wolfe has remained in critical care since the attack.
Federal prosecutors charged 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal in connection with the shooting, including first-degree murder.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Musk shares that if he could have a do over, he wouldn't join DOGE
Elon Musk said during a Tuesday interview that while he was proud of what he accomplished at DOGE, it would have been better if he avoided controversy associated with the group and instead focused on his companies.
The concept of "DOGE" took Washington — Republicans in particular — by storm earlier this year, when President Donald Trump tapped Musk to lead an initiative called the "Department of Government Efficiency."
Musk said at the time that he was committed to finding as much as $2 trillion in savings for the federal government. That goal was not reached by the time Musk reached the end of his tenure, however. All the while, Tesla vehicles, dealerships, and factories were being attacked by left-wing activists as backlash for Musk working with the Trump administration.
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On the Katie Miller podcast, Musk was asked he thought DOGE was successful.
"We were a little bit successful. We were somewhat successful. I mean, we stopped a lot of funding for that really just made no sense, that was just entirely wasteful," he said citing around $100-$200 billion dollars worth of "zombie payments" per year.
"Would you do DOGE again knowing what you know now?," Miller asked.
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"I mean the thing is, like, I think instead of doing DOGE, I would have basically built, you know, worked on my companies essentially," he said. "So and not and the cars would they wouldn't have been burning the cars."
"You gave up a lot to do DOGE," Miller observed.
Musk agreed, noting that when one targets the flow of money amid political corruption, they can expect to face massive backlash.
Giants’ Jameis Winston criticizes alma mater Florida State football, applauds championship women’s soccer team
Last month, Florida State announced the football program’s decision to retain head coach Mike Norvell despite a 5-7 record.
Former FSU star quarterback and current New York Giants player Jameis Winston took a moment to sound off about the state of the football program he once led to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship.
In a pointed message shared to X, Winston congratulated FSU’s women’s soccer team for winning its fifth championship while also taking a jab at the school’s other football team.
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"Thank you @FSUSoccer for you consistently being our best football team over the years!" the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner wrote.
The soccer team recently celebrated its fifth NCAA title, hoisting the trophy in 2018, 2021, 2023 and now 2025.
Winston was much more accustomed to winning games than he was losing them during his stint in Tallahassee.
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Including the national title game win, Winston put together a 27-1 record in college. Winston declared for the NFL Draft after the 2014 season and became the No. 1 overall selection in 2015.
In the 11 seasons since Winston's departure, FSU has compiled a 76-60 record. Norvell has coached the team to just two winning seasons in his six years at the helm.
The Seminoles' 2025 season started on a high note, with the team celebrating an upset win over Alabama. FSU proceeded to win the next two games, but the 3-0 start was followed by a four-game losing skid.
Florida State is just 7-16 over the past two years, failing to win a road game in that span. In a statement released shortly after the school announced Norvell would return, Florida State President Richard McCullough acknowledged the football program’s need for improvements.
"Coach Norvell embraces our support in that process and agrees that success must be achieved. He continues to demonstrate an unwavering belief in this program's future, and so do we," McCullough said. "This decision reflects a unified commitment to competing in the rapidly evolving landscape of college football, while maintaining continuity within the program."
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Eagles legend threatens to leave franchise's Hall of Fame if offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo returns
One Philadelphia Eagles legend is sick of seeing his old team struggle on offense, and he’s pointing the finger at who he believes is the culprit.
No, it wasn’t quarterback Jalen Hurts, who had a career-high five turnovers in the 22-19 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, marking the Eagles’ third straight loss.
Instead, LeSean McCoy believes the blame sits at offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo’s feet amid a poor offensive output this season despite the team’s 8-5 record.
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"If he’s back, I’m leaving the Eagles," McCoy said bluntly on the "Speakeasy" podcast with Emmanuel Acho and Kieran Hickey-Semple.
It’s worth noting that McCoy is a member of the Eagles’ Hall of Fame, with his No. 25 retired by the franchise.
But McCoy doesn’t care if it means Patullo would come back next season.
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"Take me off," McCoy said when reminded of his retired number. "Nobody has ever asked. I’m going to say, ‘Mr. [Eagles owner Jeffrey] Lurie, it’s either me or Kevin.’ …If Kevin is not fired, put 25 back out there on the street. Let one of the rookies get it."
It’s a bold take by "Shady" McCoy, but he sides with many Eagles fans who have gone after Patullo all season with the reigning Super Bowl champions not producing on offense like they believed they would in 2025.
The Eagles head into the final four games of the regular season ranked 24th in yards per game (309.4) in the NFL after finishing eighth in that category in 2024. Philadelphia is also 22nd in rushing yards totaled per game (110.5) despite Saquon Barkley running for over 2,000 last season in his first year as an Eagles star.
Finally, the Eagles are 19th in points per game (22.2), which has gotten the job done most nights thanks to tremendous defensive play. The Eagles’ defense gave Hurts and company numerous opportunities on "Monday Night Football" at SoFi Stadium, but the turnovers ultimately came back to haunt them, including a game-sealing interception by Tony Jefferson at the Chargers’ goal line, marking Hurts’ fourth pick of the night.
The struggles have even led some radical Eagles fans to throw eggs at Patullo’s New Jersey home, which was seen in a viral video.
During the podcast’s segment, McCoy was defending Hurts despite playing one of his worst games of his career on Monday night, while also not throwing shade at head coach Nick Sirianni.
In his eyes, it’s all Patullo, and he wants him gone by next season.
"Give the kicker my number if Kevin is still there. Kevin bee on some bullc—," McCoy added.
With four games remaining until the playoffs, the Eagles find themselves still in playoff position as leaders of the NFC East. If the season ended today, they would have the No. 3 seed in the NFC and face the San Francisco 49ers at home in South Philly.
But with such a tight playoff race — the Dallas Cowboys at 6-6-1 are still in play for the division title — the Eagles could be facing desperation mode if they don’t figure things out offensively moving forward.
It’s an easier schedule than most, though, for the Eagles in their final four games, as they’re set to face the Las Vegas Raiders (2-11) at home in Week 15, followed by the Washington Commanders (3-10), Buffalo Bills (9-4) and Commanders one last time in Week 18.
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Jasmine Crockett walks back claim Hispanic Trump voters have 'slave mentality'
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, denied believing that Hispanic Trump voters had a "slave mentality" when asked about her past claims on Tuesday.
CNN's Jake Tapper reminded the Texas Senate candidate of comments she made to Vanity Fair in 2024, when she compared Latinos who voted for President Donald Trump to slaves who would "hate" themselves.
"It almost reminds me of what people would talk about when they would talk about kind of like ‘slave mentality’ and the hate that some slaves would have for themselves," she said.
"It’s almost like a slave mentality that they have. It is wild to me when I hear how anti-immigrant they are as immigrants, many of them. I’m talking about people that literally just got here and can barely vote that are having this kind of attitude."
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Tapper asked if all Hispanic Trump voters still have a "slave mentality."
"No, and that‘s not what that said at all, to be clear," Crockett said. "It did not say that every Latino has that type of mentality."
"No, no, but the ones that vote for people that believe in strong or Trump‘s immigration policy," Tapper clarified.
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"So, I don‘t believe that the people that voted for Trump believe in what they‘re actually getting. That is No. 1. What Trump said is that he was going to kick out the bad guys. And that‘s what I was talking about," Crockett said.
Crockett reiterated that she didn't "understand what's happening" with Latinos who insisted that there were people who entered the country "the wrong way."
"At the same time, I knew what Trump meant because Trump had a record. Trump had a record of locking up kids and putting them in cages. So, I knew what Trump meant. And, so, that‘s why it wasn‘t making sense to me," Crockett said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett and her campaign for comment.
In the Vanity Fair interview, Crockett also disparaged White women, claiming they "retreated" and failed Democratic candidates.
"I said I don’t trust White women. I said I’m just telling you, and I think you need to have conversations with your sisters because they are the group that failed Hillary Clinton. I mean, when you go back and look at the numbers, White women were the ones that failed her. And, so, in my mind, if they failed Hillary, I don’t know that I can believe that they won’t fail Kamala," Crockett said.
She also accused Black men of "flaking" on former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Crockett is trying to become the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate race in Texas since 1988. Trump carried the state easily in 2024 over Harris as he made major gains with Latino voters, and no Democratic White House candidate has won Texas since 1976.
US deploys fighter jets to Gulf of Venezuela in closest known approach yet, amid rising tension
The U.S. deployed two fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela Tuesday, marking what appeared to be the closest known approach of military aircraft to Venezuelan airspace to date, according to reports.
The F/A-18 jets were observed on Flightradar24 flying for roughly 30 minutes over the waters north of Venezuela, the Associated Press reported.
A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the short mission as a "routine training flight" designed to demonstrate the aircraft's operational reach.
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The official also did not disclose whether the jets were armed but did emphasize that the operation remained entirely within international airspace.
Tuesday's dual flight follows months of heightened U.S. military activity in the region.
Although the U.S. has previously flown B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer bombers along Venezuela’s coastline, those aircraft did not appear to approach as closely as Tuesday’s F/A-18s.
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The increase in activity in the region first began after U.S. strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels in both the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific.
The first reported U.S. military strike on a vessel that allegedly departed from Venezuela carrying drugs was in September.
The Trump administration said the operations were essential to curbing illicit drug trafficking, though Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro continues to deny this.
Tensions surrounding Venezuelan airspace escalated in November after President Trump instructed airlines to treat the region as effectively closed, aligning with FAA warnings to civilian carriers.
Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation previously told Fox News Digital that Venezuela’s most significant military threat stems from its own air-naval systems.
He said that included fighter jets, limited surface vessels, and Russian-made surface-to-air missiles.
"Reasonably speaking, in the first day or two of a campaign plan, we can eliminate the air and maritime threat to U.S. forces," Montgomery said.
Isaias Medina, an international lawyer and former Venezuelan diplomat, also said Venezuela's own military capabilities look better on paper than in reality.
Michigan man dies of rabies after receiving kidney from infected donor who saved kitten from skunk: CDC
A tragic series of events led to a fatal case of transplant-related rabies earlier this year.
Health officials announced Thursday that an organ recipient who underwent transplant surgery in Ohio died of rabies in February. Further investigation revealed that the donor had become infected with the fatal virus after saving a kitten from a skunk.
The unnamed patient, from Michigan, received the donor’s kidney in December 2024, and later developed severe symptoms that prompted hospitalization and "invasive" procedures, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
He reportedly experienced fever, tremors, difficulty swallowing and fear of water and died 51 days after the transplant.
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The CDC said the donor, whose donated tissue went to three other recipients, was infected with the silver-haired bat variant of rabies, suggesting the skunk had been infected by a bat.
Records revealed that the organ donor, from Idaho, was scratched on the shin while fending off a skunk that displayed "predatory aggression" six weeks before his death.
"In late October 2024, a skunk approached the donor as he held a kitten in an outbuilding on his rural property," the CDC said. "During an encounter that rendered the skunk unconscious, the donor sustained a shin scratch that bled, but he did not think he had been bitten. According to the family, the donor attributed the skunk’s behavior to predatory aggression toward the kitten."
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In the following five weeks, the donor began experiencing hallucinations, trouble swallowing, difficulty walking and a stiff neck, the agency said.
Two days later, he was discovered unresponsive at home after a suspected heart attack, according to health officials. He was reportedly revived at a hospital but was declared brain-dead and removed from life support.
The CDC said his organs were donated after the family documented the skunk encounter in a donor risk assessment. However, health officials noted that the form did not screen for rabies, citing its "rarity in humans."
"In the United States, potential donors’ family members often provide information about a donor’s infectious disease risk factors, including animal exposures," the CDC said. "Rabies is excluded from routine donor pathogen testing because of its rarity in humans in the United States and the complexity of diagnostic testing. In this case, hospital staff members who treated the donor were initially unaware of the skunk scratch and attributed his pre-admission signs and symptoms to chronic comorbidities."
Health officials added that three other patients received corneal tissue from the same infected donor. They all underwent graft removal, received rabies treatment and remained asymptomatic, the CDC reported.
Health officials also reached out to 370 people who could have been in contact with the donor, according to the agency. Forty-six of them were recommended to undergo rabies procedures.
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Health officials said the kidney recipient’s death marks the fourth documented case of rabies transmission through an organ transplant in the U.S. since 1978, emphasizing that the risk of such infections remains extremely low.
Transplant teams are now advised to consult public health officials if a potential donor has recent bites or scratches from rabies-susceptible animals, especially if the donor has had unexplained neurological symptoms.
However, "no standard guidance currently exists for addressing reported donor animal exposures by transplant teams," the CDC said.
About 1.4 million Americans receive care for possible rabies exposure annually, and fewer than 10 die from the disease due to effective prevention efforts, according to the agency.
Fox News Digital reached out to the CDC for more information.