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Trump bets economic pressure can squeeze Iran as regime’s own failures deepen the pain
President Donald Trump is signaling, at least for now, he is prepared to let mounting economic pressure on Iran do more of the work rather than immediately expand military action against Tehran.
"We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money," Trump told Axios’ Barak Ravid in a phone interview Sunday. Axios reported Aug. 9 that Trump described the U.S. approach as "low-keying it" and said Iran was in severe economic distress and struggling to pay its troops.
Trump has argued that the U.S. naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has compounded Iran’s financial crisis. His comments come after weeks in which the administration repeatedly raised the possibility of renewed large-scale military action.
But as the administration increasingly points to Iran’s financial distress as leverage, a more complicated question is emerging: How much of Iran’s economic crisis is the result of U.S. sanctions, the war and blockade — and how much stems from decades of corruption, economic mismanagement and spending decisions by the Islamic Republic itself?
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Trump reinforced the message on Truth Social Sunday, writing that Iran had shown "51 years of bad behaviour" while sharing a graphic depicting the Iranian rial’s steep decline. The graphic was titled "Iran has NO MONEY" and described the currency as "trash."
The economic pressure is increasingly visible in the daily lives of ordinary Iranians. An investigation published by the Iranian newspaper Jahan-e Sanat last week described supermarket workers encountering customers who allegedly shoplifted basic groceries including bread, cheese and meat, or ate packaged food inside stores because they could no longer afford it. The accounts offered a stark glimpse of the strain on Iranian households as prices rise and purchasing power erodes.
Washington, meanwhile, has intensified its campaign against Tehran’s revenue streams. Under what the Treasury Department calls Economic Fury, the administration has targeted Iran’s oil trade, shadow banking networks, weapons procurement operations, cryptocurrency holdings and sanctions-evasion infrastructure. Treasury said June 10 that the campaign had prevented "tens of billions of dollars" in revenue from being accessible to the Iranian regime and its proxies. On July 29, Treasury said OFAC had sanctioned more than 100 vessels linked to Iran’s shadow fleet since the beginning of 2026.
A Treasury spokesperson told Fox News Digital on background that "Economic Fury has left the regime desperate for cash."
"Iran’s economy is in freefall, inflation has skyrocketed, and as President Trump said on Sunday, the regime’s ability to pay its troops has been decimated," the spokesperson said.
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A U.S. official told Fox News Digital on background that the administration still views economic pressure as one part of a broader strategy.
"President Trump has always been clear that he will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. While he has been consistent in saying he prefers a diplomatic solution, he continues to retain all options if Iran continues to engage in terrorism and refuses to make a deal," the official said.
"The United States is strangling what’s left of Iran’s economy with one of the most successful naval blockades in history – and Iran would be wise to make a deal. Otherwise, they know what will happen."
Miad Maleki, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Treasury Department sanctions official, said the pressure has accelerated Iran’s economic decline, but argued that Tehran’s own policies created many of the underlying vulnerabilities.
"Sanctions and the war have accelerated Iran's economic decline, but both are consequences of the regime's own troublemaking; its nuclear brinkmanship, missile and drone attacks on tankers, and support for terror proxies, not causes imposed on an innocent bystander," Maleki told Fox News Digital.
"It's a government's basic responsibility to provide for and serve its nation — this regime has instead served a failed revolutionary ideology that has produced nothing but suffering for ordinary Iranians," he added.
Maleki said the deeper story can be seen over decades, arguing that even when sanctions eased and oil revenues increased, Iran continued directing significant resources toward its security establishment and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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According to Central Bank of Iran national accounts data provided by Maleki to Fox News Digital, Iran’s military share of total government spending rose from 16% in 1993 to 52% by 2006, while education spending fell from 27% to 15%. Spending on health and social affairs also declined as a share of government expenditures, he said.
Maleki pointed to the 2020 budget as another example of the disparity. The IRGC received approximately $6.96 billion, compared with $2.73 billion for Iran’s larger conventional military, known as the Artesh — roughly 2.5 times as much, according to an analysis published by the United States Institute of Peace’s Iran Primer based on figures from Iran’s parliamentary research center.
"The issue is not simply that Iran spends heavily on defense," Maleki said. "It is that an oil-dependent economy repeatedly directed enormous resources toward the military and the IRGC while basic public services and ordinary households were under increasing pressure."
And the official budget captures only part of that spending. Maleki, citing both his experience at the Treasury Department and outside research, said the IRGC benefits from significant commercial and off-budget resources. A 2017 American Enterprise Institute study estimated that the IRGC’s so-called "gray budget" could add another 50% to 100% to its military outlays.
"Ultimately, the responsibility lies not with external pressure but with structural corruption, chronic economic mismanagement, and spending priorities fundamentally detached from ordinary Iranians' needs and the country's genuine economic potential," Maleki said.
That influence extends far beyond military spending. The IRGC has also built a sprawling economic apparatus that gives it control over major sources of revenue and, critics argue, leaves it particularly well positioned to profit from the opaque channels sanctions create.
Its economic arm, Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, became a major force in the Iranian economy after the Iran-Iraq War and expanded across construction, energy and infrastructure. The Treasury Department designated Khatam al-Anbiya in October 2007, describing it as an IRGC engineering arm used to generate income and fund the organization’s operations.
Treasury acknowledged that Iran is increasingly turning to opaque financial channels to circumvent U.S. pressure, but argued that those networks are themselves becoming targets of the campaign.
"The regime is increasingly having to invent new ways to try to evade U.S. sanctions through shadow banking networks, including through exploiting crypto," the Treasury spokesperson said. "Treasury continues to monitor and aggressively dismantle these networks to ensure Iran cannot sustain its campaign of terror and regional destabilization."
On Aug. 7, Treasury announced separate actions against cryptocurrency exchanges it said were being used to finance the IRGC and against international currency networks that it said were moving hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran.
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Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American conservationist who spent nearly six years imprisoned in Iran’s Evin Prison before being released with four other Americans in September 2023, said sanctions have effectively created what he described as a lucrative "franchise" for those controlling the channels through which money and goods move.
"They have created a huge franchise for themselves because of these sanctions," Tahbaz told Fox News Digital. "Money can't flow freely to the Iranian government's treasury because of the sanctions. So what happens, everything is like a black market, gray market, illegal smuggling from the oil to everything else coming in and out."
"And of course, the people who are hurt most by all of this are the people of Iran," he added. "They're unfortunately, very unfortunately, taking the brunt of all of these in their daily lives."
Tahbaz said the entrenchment of the IRGC-linked economy may itself complicate efforts to end the confrontation because those profiting from restricted financial channels have an incentive to preserve them.
"They don't want to see the sanctions go away, because they will lose their franchise, if you will," he said. "They will lose their power, their control over the money and everything that goes along with it."
Tahbaz said the economic interests created by the sanctions also help explain some of the internal tensions within Iran.
"This is the battle going on inside Iran when you hear there is tension within factions," he said. "And I think to see a solution to this war, if you will, we have to look to what's happening in Iran," he said.
Treasury said it maintains standing authorizations intended to limit sanctions’ effects on ordinary Iranians, including certain humanitarian trade involving agricultural products, medicine and medical devices; noncommercial personal remittances; and communications-related software, hardware and services. OFAC also considers additional requests on a case-by-case basis, the spokesperson said. The authorizations are contained in OFAC regulations and General License 8A.
Mike Trout golf outing goes from team-bonding event to awkward MLB trade deadline mess for Angels
In the midst of the MLB season, when off days are few and far between, players simply have to take what the schedule gives them when it comes to getting out on the golf course. For the Los Angeles Angels, one of those days happened to be August 3, MLB trade deadline day, and with the team on the East Coast, it was as good an opportunity as any to get out to Mike Trout's private club, Trout National.
With the Angels owning a record of 43-69 at the deadline and the front office going full-on sell mode, what was meant to be a stress-free day on the links turned into a complete and total mess.
The Tiger Woods-designed Trout National is a private club with a budget of $100 million located in the 12-time All-Star's hometown of Vineland, New Jersey. The club is the definition of private, with only a select number of golfers stepping foot on the property; therefore, it's fair to assume the dozen teammates Trout welcomed to play were looking forward to the experience.
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The excitement didn't last too long, at least for four of the players teeing it up at Trout National.
According to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, relievers Ryan Zeferjahn and Brent Suter, along with outfielder Jo Adell, were traded in the middle of their rounds.
Reliever Kirby Yates was lucky enough to get through his round without being dealt, but found out he had been shipped to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a car leaving the course.
Suter, who was in his first season with the Angels, had his priorities in order when he received the call, telling Rosenthal that his first question was, "Can I finish the round? Can I golf?"
The 11-year veteran did get to enjoy a round before a new reality set in as he made his way to a new organization.
Things didn't go as smoothly for Zeferjahn, however, as he found out that he had been traded to the Chicago Cubs during a rain delay with six holes left to play.
There isn't exactly a perfect place to be when finding out you've been traded to a new team, but on a golf course on an off day has to be up there on the list.
Fauci discussed COVID mRNA vaccine concerns for pregnant women in text chain released by Senate committee
Dr. Anthony Fauci privately discussed concerns about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for pregnant women in January 2021, including questions about fever after a second dose and a theoretical risk of miscarriage during the first trimester, according to newly released text messages obtained from his government-issued cell phone.
The exchange involved Fauci, then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Dr. Vivek Murthy, who would later become former President Joe Biden's surgeon general.
Fauci said, because many people experience significant cytokine-related symptoms and fever after a second dose, that reaction "theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester," according to the messages shown on page two of documents released Monday by Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rand Paul, R-Ky.
"The text chain released today could have an immediate impact [on] public health and the principle of informed consent," Johnson's press release read.
The release questioned why only three contacts were listed by name, while all other text messages are identified only with phone numbers, among the 34,000 text messages and 522 voicemails.
"It is too early to determine whether any data has been deleted," the release added.
"To protect the privacy of individuals with whom Dr. Fauci communicated, as well as personal messages unrelated to the public health issues he was involved in, it will take time to carefully review the large volume of information the senators received.
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"Chairman Johnson, Chairman Paul, and their staffs will work diligently and cooperatively to release relevant information to the public as soon as possible."
Murthy initially asked whether there was any reason to favor vaccination earlier or later in pregnancy and whether officials had seen evidence of adverse outcomes among pregnant women who had already been vaccinated.
Fauci responded that there were "no data or theoretical reason" to believe vaccination earlier in pregnancy should be preferred over later vaccination. He also said concerns that an mRNA vaccine could alter a person’s genes were a misconception.
Later that evening, however, Fauci mentioned the evidence of issues with the second shot for pregnant women.
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Walensky replied that it was "definitely a good point, esp after dose two." Murthy then wrote that he had been hearing concerns about mRNA causing mutations in a developing fetus and said Fauci’s point about a cytokine response after the second dose was "a really good point."
The following day, after Murthy flagged a World Health Organization recommendation at the time advising against use of Moderna’s vaccine in pregnant women because of limited data, Fauci emphasized that officials had to weigh the potential risks of vaccination against the risks posed by COVID-19 itself.
He wrote that more than 10,000 pregnant women had already been vaccinated with "no issues" reported, that Food and Drug Administration, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidance allowed pregnant women to choose vaccination, and that animal toxicology studies had not raised red flags.
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Murthy responded that the WHO recommendation surprised him and warned that a strong recommendation against vaccination based on a lack of data could be "potentially quite damaging to public confidence among pregnant women." Walensky agreed and said she would flag the issue for an upcoming ACIP meeting.
Body language expert says NFL fans are wrong about Justin Herbert & Madison Beer viral camp videos
Is Justin Herbert distracted? Is he compromised after getting engaged to pop singer Madison Beer? Can he possibly concentrate on football with Beer visiting him at training camp and petting his face and rubbing grass off his arm?
Last week, two videos of Beer and Herbert, who announced their engagement July 28, interacting at Chargers training camp went viral as fans reacted to what they were seeing. But what were they actually witnessing? Instead of acting like we're body language experts, we went out and found a legitimate expert to tell us what this all means and if the Chargers are about to go 8-9, as fans screamed.
"Being soft with your partner doesn't mean that you're being soft in competition," Dr. Abbie Maroño, a behavioral scientist who trains the U.S. Secret Service and FBI, told OutKick. "Real mental strength and emotional softness with your partner — they're not the opposite. That ability to be affectionate with your partner has absolutely nothing to do with how fierce you can be and how competitive you can be at work whatsoever."
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In the first video that turned into a firestorm, Beer is seen seemingly petting her future husband who is under contract for $52.5 million per season through 2029.
"My first reaction is that social media has taken a very normal, affectionate interaction... and if you look at the comments and the discussion, they've turned into something much bigger," our body language expert noted.
"Madison is very clearly very tactile, and she's openly very affectionate and comfortable with affection. And Justin appears more reserved. But there are some comments of 'he rejects her touch and he tries to distance himself.' And that's just not what the body language shows at all.
"They sit very close together. She faces him, she's touching his hair. She's comfortable, comfortable in his space, and the kind of touch that she shows is reserved for when we feel extremely close. It's playful, familiar, affectionate."
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Some of you might think this is all ridiculous, but Dr. Abbie assures us that professional gamblers she's studied use body language as a tell before placing bets.
Those gamblers will look for body language cues during pregame routines. Studying a quarterback's body language with his girlfriend, or wife, in early August just might become a new reality.
"I actually did a lot of research in sports because there was studies showing that coaches, when they're picking a player, they actually pick them based on minor body language movements — not during the game, but prior to the game. And when it comes to betting, you're able to see who is likely to do really well prior to the game based on body language assessment," Maroño, who trains the FBI on how to read body language during raids, continued.
Does Herbert, who threw 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions a year ago, exhibit any signs that should be of concern? Are there body language weaknesses with the Chargers sitting on a 9.5 win total at many casinos? Will a pending marriage throw off Herbert's concentration?
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"I think that the public is taking tenderness and translating it into weakness, and that says more about the audience than it does about Justin," Maroño contends. She doesn't disagree that the engagement thing could present issues down the road, but based on what she analyzed in the viral videos, it doesn't prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt.
"Now, does giving time to something take time from something else? Absolutely, yes. If you are spending a lot of time with your partner, yes, you do have less time to practice, but that's up to the individual to find the balance."
Colombia building collapses on camera as earthquake brings death, destruction
A harrowing video showed the collapse of a building after a powerful 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, bringing down buildings across several cities, killing at least 73 as the death toll rapidly rose and others were left trapped in the rubble.
The video shows the building crumbling during the earthquake with onlookers screaming in horror before it ultimately gives way.
Colombia's geological service pegged the magnitude at 7.4 and said the quake struck at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). The U.S. tsunami warning system said there was no tsunami threat.
"The Trump Administration is closely monitoring the large earthquake that struck Colombia and stands ready to support the people of Colombia and President @ABDELAESPRIELLA’s Administration," Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X.
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"American citizens in Colombia should enroll at http://STEP.State.gov and follow @USEmbassyBogota’s social media accounts for the latest information."
The highest reported death toll was in Pereira, a city in Colombia's coffee-growing region, where Mayor Mauricio Salazar said 18 people had died. In nearby Manizales, Mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas said three people were killed.
One person died in Buenaventura, Colombia's main Pacific port, when a building collapsed, trapping several people, Mayor Ligia del Carmen Cordoba said.
People remained trapped in Cali, one of Colombia's largest cities, after more than two dozen structures collapsed, Mayor Alejandro Eder said. He added that the city had asked authorities in Bogota and Medellin to send disaster teams to support rescue efforts.
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"At this point, two people have already been rescued alive, one elderly woman and one young girl. There are more people trapped," Eder told Blu Radio. "We have at least 12 critical points and 25 collapsed structures that we are responding to."
The quake's epicenter was near San Jose del Palmar, in Choco, a sparsely populated province on Colombia's Pacific coast. Choco Governor Nubia Carolina Cordoba-Curi said there were injuries and significant damage in Quibdo, the provincial capital, and warned residents about aftershocks.
Colombia's civil aviation authority said flights were suspended at airports in Pereira, Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura while inspectors checked for structural damage.
The country's disaster agency said the quake, which occurred at 7:34 local time (8:34 ET), was felt in nine departments and all 32 departmental capitals, triggering evacuations and reports of damage.
Reuters witnesses in the Venezuelan border state of Tachira and the central-western city of Barquisimeto reported the quake had been felt there. Venezuela was hit by devastating twin earthquakes in June, which killed more than 6,000 people, mostly on the coast near the capital, Caracas.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Trump wins permission to file amended complaint in $10B defamation lawsuit against BBC
President Donald Trump notched a legal victory on Monday when a district judge granted his Leave to File First Amended Complaint in Trump v. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), allowing the president’s legal team to amend his complaint against the global broadcaster.
Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC in December in a personal capacity for both defamation and for a violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for $5 billion apiece, seeking $10 billion total. Trump was seeking permission to modify his original lawsuit, but the BBC insisted he missed the deadline and was playing tactical legal games to avoid financial disclosures.
United States District Judge Roy K. Altman sided with Trump, granting him permission to file an amended complaint and wiping out the BBC's previous motion to dismiss as "moot."
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"Today’s strong and thoughtful ruling is a major win for President Trump’s powerhouse lawsuit against the formerly respected and now disgraced BBC, which defamed President Trump by intentionally, maliciously and deceptively doctoring his speech in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 Presidential Election. President Trump is holding the leftist BBC, along with all of its comrades in the mainstream media, accountable for their peddling of Fake News through deception and maliciously defamatory conduct," a spokesman for Trump’s legal team told Fox News Digital.
The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The BBC has faced scrutiny over the 2024 "Panorama" documentary about Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, as the documentary — titled "Trump: A Second Chance?" — stitched together remarks Trump made nearly an hour apart during his address that made it appear as if he had told his supporters to "fight like hell" at the Capitol, shortly before the riot there that day.
The issue surrounding the documentary’s editing integrity comes after a report from The Telegraph revealed excerpts from a whistleblower dossier compiled by Michael Prescott, a communications advisor hired by the BBC to review its editorial standards.
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The whistleblower alleged the network’s documentary spliced two separate comments made by Trump nearly an hour apart on the day of the Capitol riot, which erroneously implied that the president was calling for violence from his supporters.
"We're going to walk down to the Capitol. And I'll be there with you. And we fight — we fight like hell," the documentary showed Trump saying, without noting that the statement had been edited.
In reality, Trump said, "We're going to walk down to the Capitol. And we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong."
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Trump called on his supporters 54 minutes later to "fight like hell" for election integrity. The controversy ultimately led to the resignations of BBC CEO Deborah Turness and Director-General Tim Davie last year.
Trump must file the new version of the complaint by Monday. He is expected to focus on personal reputational harm and is still seeking $10 billion in damages. The BBC will have the opportunity to file a new motion to dismiss targeting the revised allegations.
Fox News Digital’s David Rutz contributed to this report.
Florida woman loses arm in Silver River alligator attack as boater races to save her life
A Florida woman lost her arm in a terrifying alligator attack Saturday, but a quick-thinking boater who happened to be nearby may have saved her life.
The woman was among a group of swimmers on the Silver River near Ocala when she spotted an alligator approaching and tried to fend it off with a paddle. Instead, the gator grabbed her right arm and dragged her underwater.
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Nearby, John Gamache was eating lunch on his boat with his father when he heard the commotion.
"I looked just upriver from us a couple hundred feet and saw an alligator head way above the water and going full speed towards the swimmers," Gamache told FOX 35 Orlando.
Gamache immediately raced his boat toward the group, and the approaching vessel apparently scared the alligator away.
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What he found when he reached the woman was gruesome.
"It was a terrible injury, bones poking out, blood everywhere. Obviously, the minutes mattered," he said.
With the woman losing blood, Gamache used rope from his boat to tie off her injured arm while his father helped get the other swimmers, including children, out of the water and onto the boat.
The pair then rushed the group back toward a nearby boat launch, where first responders were waiting.
The woman's family told FOX 35 on Sunday that she survived the attack, had been released from the hospital and was recovering at home. She lost her right arm.
Gamache, who said he has visited the Silver Springs area for decades without ever witnessing an alligator attack, later spoke with the woman's family.
"They called earlier, and we talked for a while, and it was heartwarming to hear them explain their emotions," he said. "We're glad that it happened as good as it could have. Like the result is just the sustained injury and nothing more."
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers later located and removed the 9-foot-8-inch gator. Officials reopened the area on Sunday.
The attack comes just about a month after another Florida woman lost an arm in an alligator attack that proved fatal.
Brittany Clark, 31, was hiking with her boyfriend and best friend at Little Big Eco State Forest near Orlando in early July when the group entered the Econlockhatchee River to cool off.
They were kneeling in roughly three feet of water when an alligator attacked Clark and bit both of her arms, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Clark's boyfriend, Chance Allison, fought to free her from the animal while calling 911, but one of her arms was severed and the other was nearly torn off. Clark died before rescuers could get her to a hospital.
Allison later remembered Clark as "the strongest and most outgoing person" he had ever known and said she loved spending time on the water.
Insanely lucky golfer recovering after taking video of himself being struck by lightning on Ohio golf course
A golfer in Ohio considers himself to be "very lucky and blessed" after he and his buddies got caught in a storm on a golf course last week. While recording their attempt to get an apparently stuck golf cart moving, he was struck by lightning.
The video he took of his own lightning strike starts off with him laughing at three of his presumed buddies. They're getting poured on trying to get a golf cart moving up a small grassy incline.
Their attempts aren't working at all. The golf cart actually rolls backwards at one point before lightning steps in and completely changes the video.
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The guy taking the video is making a couple of mistakes here that you don't want to repeat. Aside from not getting off the course before the storm moved in, and not helping out with the golf cart at all, he's standing under a tree holding an umbrella.
As you can see in the video, that's not an ideal place to be. There's a loud bang and the video ends after a flash of light.
According to meteorologist Matt Devitt, the golfer was struck on the arm by the lightning. He wasn't severely injured and is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.
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The golfer was struck on Friday on a golf course in Cincinnati, Ohio. He told Devitt that he was "unbelievably lucky" and the meteorologist had some advice to pass along to the rest of us.
He wrote, "Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!"
That's right. Turn this near tragedy into an opportunity to learn something. Head indoors when you hear thunder. Don't duck under a tree while holding an umbrella. Help out when a golf cart is stuck.
And this is right up there with all the rest; you don’t gain any extraordinary gifts from being struck by lightning. It seems like you should be able to shoot lightning out of your fingertips. You can't.
You can't move things with a wave of your hand or summon a fireball in your palm either. You have to settle for being known as the guy who was struck by lightning and lived to tell about it.
UNC wanted the Deion Sanders effect with Bill Belichick, along with wins. It got something much different
Two years ago, North Carolina decided it was in the best interest of its athletic department to hire Bill Belichick as its next head coach after firing Mack Brown.
While there was plenty of fanfare surrounding the hire — something Tar Heels administrators were counting on to sell season tickets and usher UNC into a new era of college football in Chapel Hill — the results and off-field drama have done little to inspire optimism around campus.
I somewhat get it.
This was the splash hire that a few among the board of trustees were hoping would launch North Carolina into the same spotlight as Deion Sanders did for Colorado in year one.
And sure, the Tar Heels were a major part of the conversation of the 2025 season, but for all the wrong reasons following the opener against TCU.
A stadium filled with celebrities, like Michael Jordan, made for great television that also led to reporters flocking to Chapel Hill to cover the Belichick era in college football.
It was as if North Carolina was using the Deion Sanders playbook in garnering the national attention that was worthy enough for the legendary New England Patriots coach making his college football debut.
But, unlike what was happening during Colorado's first season under Deion Sanders, the North Carolina football team looked as though they had taken numerous steps backwards.
Rebuilding a team through the transfer portal was not going to be an easy task, with over sixty new players on the UNC roster.
The problem is that UNC did not need to be vaulted onto the national college football scene, with a brand that had already established a name behind past success, even if that spotlight had dimmed in previous years.
When some North Carolina board of trustee members decided to kick the tires on bringing Bill Belichick to college football, I'd imagine they did not expect the onslaught of bad public relations to come with it.
I don't suspect that the UNC athletic department thought it would be fielding more questions about Belichick's relationship with girlfriend Jordon Hudson than the actual football team midway through his first season as head coach.
In what might have been the wackiest time in North Carolina football history, and that's saying something, the presence of a 25-year-old woman roaming the sidelines actually became one of the main storylines of the 2025 season, to the dismay of those writing the checks to fund this roster.
Fast-forward to the opening game of the 2026 season against TCU in just three weeks, and we are staring down one of the biggest disasters in recent college football memory.
This is not worth a 5-year contract worth $10 million per season, and those within the athletic department are well-aware of what could happen if UNC puts together back-to-back abysmal seasons.
And then, it was the human resources investigation into general manager Michael Lombardi that sent this entire saga into new waters, thanks to a tip from a former North Carolina staffer.
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Before Fall camp had even got underway, the school had announced that Lombardi was under investigation. No, this did not come from the athletic department, but the school itself, which put an even bigger spotlight on the problems currently plaguing the Tar Heels football program.
"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed Michael Lombardi, general manager for the Carolina football program, on paid administrative leave, effective immediately," the school announced at the time.
Outside counsel had also been hired to investigate the HR complaint against Lombardi, which is still ongoing, as the general manager hired noted attorney Tom Mars to handle this inquiry.
So, we wait, just like UNC officials are waiting to see their investment pay off.
That's the question athletic department staffers, along with donors who have spent a lot of their own money on this experiment, are contemplating before the ball is even kicked off in Dublin, Ireland, later this month.
Only three years of Belichick's contract were guaranteed, meaning the school would have to pay out the last season of that deal if they were to decide this saga was not worth the hassle any longer.
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Don't forget, the Tar Heels have a new athletic director in Steve Newmark, who took over for outgoing AD Bubba Cunningham. So, there are already questions as to whether the new man in charge would want to bring in his own hire if things continue trending in this direction under Belichick.
And yes, North Carolina can afford it. We are in the midst of a changing landscape in college football, with revenue-sharing and NIL soaring to new heights.
There are also plenty of experienced college football coaches who would jump at the opportunity to take the UNC job if it were to open, and probably find success in quicker fashion than Belichick.
When this all started, some North Carolina board members thought the Super Bowls won by the legendary NFL coach would translate into success at the college level.
Now, heading into year two of this wild experiment, those same folks are just hoping to win enough games to secure a decent bowl game in December.
If only they had given Mack Brown the same resources during his time in Chapel Hill.
Trump announces aide will soon step into White House counsel post
President Donald Trump announced in a Sunday Truth Social post that assistant to the president and White House staff secretary Will Scharf will soon serve as White House counsel.
"It is my Great Honor to announce that, effective September 1st, Will Scharf will become Assistant to the President and White House Counsel, replacing a man, David Warrington, who has done a truly outstanding job as White House Counsel and, before that, for my Presidential Campaign. David will be going on to the Private Sector," Trump said in the post.
"Will has done an amazing job in his current role as White House Staff Secretary, and has also served as Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission. I know Will well! He previously represented me in numerous cases, including at the Supreme Court, during the Biden Administration’s corrupt and illegal campaign of Weaponization," the president continued.
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"He also previously served as a Federal Prosecutor, worked as an attorney in private practice, clerked for two Federal Appeals Court Judges, and was a top student at both Princeton University, and Harvard Law School. Will is Tough, Strong, and Smart! He also loves our Country, and respects the Law. Will Scharf will do a great job as White House Counsel!" Trump added.
Scharf is the man who has sometimes been seen handing the president documents to sign and explaining the purpose of each item.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles congratulated Scharf in a post on X, which White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt retweeted.
"Warmest congratulations to Will Scharf as he will soon take the helm as White House Counsel. There is so much winning ahead!" Wiles wrote.
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"And to my friend Dave Warrington: thank you for your tenure as White House Counsel, Trump-Vance campaign counsel, and President Trump’s loyal attorney. The White House Counsel’s Office helped deliver 24 Supreme Court victories and the confirmation of 54 judges. And much more. I can’t wait to see what’s next for you. It will most certainly be fantastic!" Wiles added.
Conservative commentator Josh Hammer, who in 2023 announced that he and Scharf had co-founded "Jews Against Soros," told Fox News Digital during a Monday phone call that he thought Trump "hit a grand slam home run with" Scharf, who will be a "tremendous boon to the White House counsel's office."
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Hammer indicated that they did not really have the time to develop the Jews Against Soros effort, but said that he and Scharf were "fed up with the idea that" criticism of left-wing political megadonor George Soros represents "a dog whistle for antisemitism," while Soros, Hammer asserted, funds "a ton of antisemitism and anti-Israel activity worldwide."