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El Grande Americano caps Triplemania 34 with AAA Mega Championship victory over Dominik Mysterio
Dominik Mysterio vowed to walk into Triplemania 34 as the AAA mega champion and walk out the same when he defended his title against El Grande Americano in Mexico City on Sunday.
The former partners-turned-bitter rivals knew the match was going to be brutal heading into the main event. Midway through Night 2, AAA broadcaster Corey Graves announced the match had no disqualifications, allowing chairs, belts and anything else to get into the mix.
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Mysterio started off with the weaponry. He took a chair to El Grande Americano’s midsection and then used Dorian Roldán’s belt to add some extra pain. Just as El Grande Americano was in control, he was distracted by Mysterio’s Judgment Day brother JD McDonagh. Still, Mysterio couldn’t get the pinfall.
Los Americanos came out to support El Grande Americano as they took out McDonagh. Bravo Americano went to the top of the video board and splashed onto Rayo, McDonagh and AAA officials trying to separate the group. El Grande Americano did his best to flatten Mysterio in the meantime, but couldn’t get the job done.
Just when Los Americanos thought they had order in the match, Omos came out to support Mysterio. Omos, who won Copa Bardahl earlier in the night, tried to stymie El Grande Americano’s momentum. El Grande Americano avoided a shoulder attack from Omos on the outside and hit Mysterio in the ring with two headbutts.
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Mysterio is the champion for a reason. He mustered up a shoulder to escape the pin.
Mexico City stood on its feet for El Grande Americano. But Mysterio dug deep to halt his opponent, at least for the time being. Liv Morgan came out to knock El Grande Americano off the top rope. Mysterio hit the 619 and a frog splash, but couldn’t pin his opponent down. Morgan was shocked. Mysterio was shocked.
El Grande Americano fought through the disruptions but ended up hitting the official with a headbutt. Mysterio knocked El Grande Americano out with the Mega Championship. But his high-risk follow up was unsuccessful. El Grande Americano hit Mysterio with a headbutt and went for the cover.
Without a referee in sight, AAA general manager Rey Mysterio rushed to the ring with a neck brace on and counted the pin for El Grande Americano.
El Grande Americano won the Mega Championship, defeating Dominik Mysterio.
Rey Mysterio enacted some revenge on his son after being brutalized by Omos on Night 1 of Triplemania 34. But Dominik Mysterio learned the hard way not to cross the boss.
El Grande Americano has come a long way to become the AAA champion. He needed to fight Original El Grande Americano to keep his mask. He needed to be betrayed by Dominik Mysterio. And he needed the fight and the will to survive all the dirty tricks that The Judgment Day and Omos sent his way.
Stefon Diggs guilty of NFL's dumbest move of Week 1 and it may have decided Commanders loss to Eagles
The dumbest thing any NFL player did in Week 1 of the regular season? That was Stefon Diggs, who was guilty of a clownish touchdown celebration that cost his team – perhaps dearly.
Diggs, 32, is one of the league's most-gifted route runners. He's elite in that respect and he showed it on a 10-yard touchdown in Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Diggs made Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean think he was going one way, and then went the other way, leaving him wide open for the score.
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But then Diggs showed everyone perhaps the reason he's playing for his fourth team in four years when he completely lost his mind after the score. Diggs, you see, celebrated his first touchdown with his new team by jumping on the goal post.
It's an old Antonio Brown celebration from more than a decade ago.
The NFL calls it using the goal post as a prop which is against the rules. So Diggs was immediately flagged for the foolish move.
"As soon as I wrapped my arms around it I was like this: 'Oh I forgot,'" Diggs told reporters at his locker stall after the game. "Back in the day, you know, I've been playing a long time, you used to could do that.
"So, update on the rules and sometimes when you've been in the game a long time, uh, I got to be better."
To be clear, there has never been a time when Diggs, who entered the league in 2015, could do this and not be penalized. Using the goal post as a prop became illegal in 2006.
Anyway, no biggie right?
Wrong.
Diggs might have helped cost his team the game because of his celebration. He certainly cost his team the opportunity to tie the game.
The Commanders trailed 17-9 with 10 minutes left in the game before Diggs scored. So his TD made it 17-15.
Washington coach Dan Quinn would have been right to follow the Diggs score by trying to tie the game with a two-point attempt. Indeed, that was his intention.
"Yeah, we were going to go for two," the coach said afterward.
Apart from the 15-yard penalty Diggs incurred for his tomfoolery prevented the Commanders from trying that game-tying 2-point attempt from the 2-yard line. The Commanders had to kick the extra point instead to make the game, 17-16.
Did we mention the Commanders lost the game, 24-22?
The inability to go for 2 points after the Diggs score to tie the game forced the Commanders to try a 2-pointer later. They failed on that conversion which would have been moot if they could have converted the 2-point try after the Diggs score.
An extra point later would have tied the game at 24.
No worries. A team is a brotherhood and Diggs was excused for his antics, right?
Nope.
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"You’ve just got to be smarter," quarterback Jayden Daniels lamented. "We got to know situations and situational football ... We’ve just got to be smart. There is a time and place for everything and celebrations. I'm pretty sure at that point we could have gone for two."
Daniels actually blamed himself for not reminding the other players in the huddle to avoid doing dumb stuff if they scored. But who could have predicted someone humping the goal post?
"I did have a conversation with [Diggs] about that," Quinn said.
Yes, but that talk came after the fact.
"He knows better in that space and he knows that," Quinn added. "So we did talk about that in that spot. I love his fight. I love what he stands for, but as the competitor, he knows better in that spot."
Apparently Diggs didn't know. And it cost his team.
NFL Week 1 takeaways: Bengals flash contender upside, Bears explode and Packers collapse
I love the NFL and I don't care who knows it. As sad as I am to see summer coming to an end, I couldn't be more excited that the best league on the planet is back and in full swing.
As you might imagine, I have some thoughts about the first Sunday of the NFL season. Below, you will find my biggest takeaway from each game.
Takeaway: If the Cincinnati Bengals defense is actually this good, this team is a top-five Super Bowl contender.
Yes, the Bucs scored 27 points. But that total is misleading: Tampa Bay’s defense scored on a pick-six, and the offense’s final touchdown came against a prevent defense with Cincinnati leading by two scores. The Bengals held Tampa Bay to 282 yards and forced four turnovers. If the defense is legit and Burrow stays healthy (he was sacked just once, another major positive), Cincinnati is extremely dangerous.
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Takeaway: There’s no reason for Detroit to panic over a near-historic second-half collapse because the Saints might actually be good.
Obviously, blowing a 21-0 second-half lead is less than ideal. But Tyler Shough threw for 410 yards, Chris Olave played out of his mind and New Orleans erased that deficit despite committing three turnovers. Detroit still ran for 165 yards, sacked Shough five times and stopped the potential game-winning 2-point conversion. The Lions' secondary is a concern, but that comeback probably says more about New Orleans than it does about Detroit.
Takeaway: It’s going to be a long year in Tennessee.
Tennessee was outgained 367-195 at home by a Jets team starting Geno Smith at quarterback. The Titans had 112 yards through three quarters, and Cam Ward’s only touchdown came in garbage time. Robert Saleh inherited a bad roster, but neither side of the ball offered much reason for optimism. The Jets might be better than expected, but Tennessee still looks like one of the worst teams in football.
Takeaway: Derrick Henry continues to defy all laws of physics, gravity and aging in the NFL.
Henry is 32 years old, plays the most punishing position in football and just ran for 144 yards and three touchdowns. His second score moved him past Marcus Allen into third place on the NFL’s all-time rushing touchdown list, behind only LaDainian Tomlinson and Emmitt Smith. Baltimore gained 506 yards and simply overpowered Indianapolis whenever it wanted. At some point Henry has to slow down. Right?
Takeaway: Well, one team had to win this game, but neither should be excited about their performance.
Neither offense produced more than 264 yards or 13 points; T.J. Watt supplied Pittsburgh's second touchdown with a pick-six. The Falcons at least have the excuse that the two quarterbacks who were expected to start games this season, Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr., missed the game with injuries. The Steelers got the win, but the offense was basically at full strength and didn't look impressive at all. I don't know how either fan base can feel good about this one.
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Takeaway: The Bears offense is definitely going to be good, but temper expectations after a clear outlier performance.
Caleb Williams accounted for four touchdowns, and the Bears had two 100-yard rushers. D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai combined for 224 yards on the ground and four scores. That’s absurd production, regardless of opponent. This was the highest-scoring season opener in NFL history, so anyone expecting the Bears to regularly post 50+ points is overreacting to a historic performance. Still, Ben Johnson has too many weapons for this offense not to finish among the NFL’s best.
Takeaway: Deshaun Watson has no business being a starting NFL quarterback.
It feels like Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is determined to get some value from the worst trade in NFL history, but it's a lost cause. As a businessman, Haslam should understand the concept of a "sunk cost." Watson is terrible, even if his final stat line doesn’t tell the whole story (and it doesn't, and not even half of it). His third pass was intercepted and turned into a Jacksonville touchdown, Cleveland fell behind 31-0 and his lone scoring pass was a 46-yarder with 1:52 remaining. Not only that, but he looked completely lost. I'm not the biggest Shedeur Sanders fan, but there's no reason he shouldn't be starting (or even Dillon Gabriel, for that matter).
Takeaway: The biggest win of the day belongs to the Bills, who look like a good bet to reach the AFC Championship Game.
Buffalo went on the road against one of the AFC’s best defenses, trailed in the fourth quarter and responded with a 96-yard game-winning drive. Josh Allen accounted for four touchdowns and won in Houston for the first time in five tries. The Bills defense then sealed the victory with a strip-sack after the Texans reached the Buffalo 9-yard line. That’s how a legitimate AFC contender wins a football game.
Takeaway: It’s going to be an even longer season in Miami than it is in Tennessee.
The Raiders gained only 290 yards and Kirk Cousins threw two interceptions, yet Miami never seriously threatened to win the game. The Dolphins went 2-of-10 on third down, allowed five sacks, gained only 259 yards, picked up just 13 first downs and scored one offensive touchdown. At least Tennessee is rebuilding around a young quarterback. What exactly is Miami building?
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Takeaway: The Packers need to figure out why they can’t protect second-half leads, and they need to figure it out now.
Green Bay led 22-10 in the third quarter against Carson Wentz, who was playing only because Kyler Murray was nearly decapitated in the first quarter. The Packers kicked a field goal that would have given them a 25-17 lead, but they accepted an offsides penalty on Minnesota, took the points off the board and then failed on fourth-and-1. Ultimately, Minnesota scored the game’s final 29 points.
The Packers have now lost the last three games in which they held a double-digit second-half lead: Week 16 against Chicago, the Wild Card rematch with the Bears and Sunday against Minnesota. Once is a fluke. Twice is concerning. Three times, all against division rivals, is a catastrophe of epic proportions.
Takeaway: This might sound strange, but Commanders fans should be more encouraged by this game than Eagles fans.
This isn’t to say Washington should celebrate a loss because they shouldn’t. But the Commanders went on the road against a supposed NFC contender and came one 2-point conversion from overtime after an injury-ravaged five-win season. Philadelphia can bank the victory, but its repeated second-half three-and-outs (the Eagles had only 10 first downs the entire game) did nothing to prove that last season’s inconsistency is gone.
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Takeaway: I’m trying not to overreact, but man did the Chargers look awful.
Arizona entered Sunday on a nine-game losing streak, started Jacoby Brissett on the road and completely dominated the second half. The Cardinals blocked a punt, intercepted Justin Herbert and held Los Angeles to just 117 yards of offense in the second half. Mike McDaniel’s offense was supposed to unlock even more from Herbert, but it produced only two scoring drives, and one was aided by a 48-yard penalty. It’s only one game, but no "contender" looked worse.
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Takeaway: John Harbaugh built an all-star coaching staff in New York, and it showed on "Sunday Night Football."
All offseason, Dallas was treated as the team most likely to challenge Philadelphia in the NFC East. Maybe everyone picked the wrong team. Harbaugh surrounded himself with former head coaches and longtime coordinators, and the Giants looked better prepared, more physical and more complete than Dallas in Week 1. Jaxson Dart looked comfortable, the defense gave Dak Prescott fits and, if the Giants can keep their stars healthy, New York suddenly looks capable of pushing for its first division title since 2011.
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Woman loses best friend to ovarian cancer, then receives same devastating diagnosis months later
A Minnesota woman whose best friend died from ovarian cancer was stunned when she was diagnosed with the same disease less than a year later.
Becky Drexler was there to support her best friend, Connie Dahl, when she was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in April 2015 at age 51. After a courageous battle, Dahl passed away in September 2017.
During her friend's cancer fight, Drexler began volunteering with the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA).
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After retiring in 2017, Drexler was making plans to travel, garden, volunteer and spend more time with family and friends – but those plans were interrupted by her own diagnosis in July 2018.
"I was diagnosed with stage 3B high-grade serous ovarian cancer," Drexler, now 65, told Fox News Digital.
Like her best friend, Drexler dismissed her own symptoms – including frequent urination, constipation, bloating and hip pain – as common signs of aging. She put off seeing a doctor at first.
"By early summer, I felt I was getting signs from Connie to nudge me along," she wrote in an essay sent to Fox News Digital. "Dragonflies represent Connie to me since she passed, and I saw them everywhere. I recall one afternoon being on my patio thinking, ‘Should I go see the doctor?’ when a couple dragonflies in my flower garden just wouldn’t leave me alone. I said out loud, ‘OK, Connie, I’ll go in and talk to the doctor.’"
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On Drexler's 57th birthday, her doctor called to say a CT scan had detected masses on both ovaries. After meeting with an oncologist, she had surgery four days later.
Drexler underwent six chemotherapy treatments (carboplatin and taxol) from September 2018 to January 2019.
"Those months were difficult but also filled with the support, love and laughter of family, friends, care team and MOCA," she said. "I knew Connie was part of my team as well – just in a different way."
Throughout Drexler’s cancer fight, she drew inspiration from her friend’s vow to "be positive, and to live, laugh and love to the fullest every day."
"This helped me greatly, as did attending MOCA support group meetings and talking to women who had or were experiencing the same things I was," she said. "There were times I wished Connie was still here so I could talk to her about what I was feeling physically and emotionally."
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In August 2020, Drexler’s cancer returned. She had surgery to remove the new tumor from her pelvic area.
"We discussed treatment options with my oncologist – she provided the pros and cons of standard chemotherapy, radiation, and no treatment, only monitoring," she shared.
Ultimately, Drexler decided on targeted radiation, with chemotherapy as a backup option if radiation did not work or if there was another recurrence. After radiation was completed in January 2021, Drexler was again considered to have "no evidence of disease" (NED).
"I then began taking Lynparza, a PARP inhibitor maintenance treatment – something that was not even available for ovarian cancer patients when Connie was dealing with her cancer," she said.
From January 2021 until February 2026, while taking Lynparza, Drexler remained in NED status – "although there was always the concern in the back of my mind about when I would recur again."
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In winter 2026, after experiencing gastric symptoms, Drexler underwent a PET scan. The scan revealed a tumor around her small intestine that had grown large enough to require surgery.
"Once the tumor was removed, it was confirmed to be a recurrence of my ovarian cancer," she said. "After recovering from surgery, I had another PET scan, which indicated a couple of spots were still present."
In May 2026, Drexler began an 18-week treatment cycle including carboplatin, taxol and avastin, which is expected to be completed at the end of September.
"I had a PET scan halfway through (late July), which indicated the treatment is working," she shared. "We were happy to learn that the spots were no longer visible and no new spots had appeared."
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Depending on the results of her next PET scan, Drexler said her next treatment will likely be an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) maintenance plan, a recently-approved targeted cancer therapy that has shown "exceptional results."
Throughout her cancer journey, Drexler has continued volunteering with MOCA, serving on its board of directors, participating on committees and reviewing grants for ovarian cancer research.
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"It does make me think back to when Connie was dealing with her cancer and the treatments that were not available to her but are now available for me and other women," Drexler said.
"I believe I am still here because of the advancements in treatments. Developing a reliable early detection test for ovarian cancer remains one of the most critical research goals."
Ovarian cancer was once known as the "silent killer," meaning that women would get it and not know anything until the disease was in advanced, more aggressive stages, according to Brian M. Slomovitz, M.D., director of gynecologic oncology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
About 75% of women are diagnosed with stage 3 or stage 4 disease, according to the doctor.
In recent years, researchers have identified that ovarian cancer actually does have symptoms, noted Slomovitz, who is also deputy director of the Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center.
"The problem is they are sort of non-specific symptoms, things that could occur in everyday life – stomach pains, abdominal bloating, things like that."
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"There may be an increase in abdominal girth, meaning patients complain that their pants are too tight or they're noticing something different in the way their body's shaped," the doctor said.
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Those symptoms can also come with weight loss and decreased appetite, he noted: "They could oftentimes mimic gastroenteritis or eating a bad meal."
Any symptoms that persist or worsen over a period of one or two weeks should be checked out, the doctor advised.
To other women who may be experiencing worrisome symptoms, Drexler urges them to listen to their bodies.
"The early symptoms both Connie and I had were vague, like they are for most women," she said. "They seem like normal things that we can excuse away – we are aging, we are just stressed, we just need to eat better or lose weight."
"If something isn’t feeling right or a seemingly minor issue persists, and you think you might be concerned, see your doctor. Advocate for yourself."
For those who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Drexler emphasized that it’s important to see a gynecologic oncologist, as they have additional training in diagnosing and treating cancers.
Researchers have spent decades studying early detection and screening for ovarian cancer, Slomovitz said – "but unfortunately, no reliable method has been identified to diagnose women at an earlier stage."
There is currently no recommended routine screening test for ovarian cancer in women at average risk, because available tests have not been shown to reliably detect the disease early enough to improve outcomes.
When ovarian cancer is detected at stage 1, the cure rate approaches 90%, Slomovitz said, underscoring the need for continued research into earlier detection.
The coming AI war will be about whether truth can triumph over propaganda
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes how we learn and understand the past, America and China are competing over systems that will shape what billions believe.
A library gave you 10 books. Google gave you ten links. Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly gives you one answer.
Generative AI is becoming the layer between us and the record itself. It reads and synthesizes information before we see it. We ask what happened, what it means and whom to believe, and the model answers.
As billions of people use AI to encounter history, politics, science and culture, the contest between the United States and China extends beyond chips, compute and energy to the information from which AI learns and the rules that shape what it tells us.
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Billionaire businessman Marc Andreessen argued early that the fight over what AI is allowed to say could become more consequential than the censorship battles of the social-media era and warned that China sees AI as a tool of authoritarian control. OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman later described the contest as one between democratic and authoritarian visions of AI.
AI researcher and entrepreneur Dario Amodei has argued that democracies must maintain leadership because advanced AI will translate into economic, military and geopolitical power. Tech entrepreneur Ben Horowitz has focused on diffusion, warning that Chinese open-weight models can carry political assumptions and values as they spread around the world.
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The research now shows several ways political power can enter an AI system. A 2026 Nature study found Chinese state-coordinated media inside major AI training datasets. Researchers added more of that material while training an open-weight model, and its answers became more favorable toward Chinese political institutions and leaders. Influence can begin before training, through the information environment that supplies the data.
It can also enter during development. Jennifer Pan of Stanford and Xu Xu of Princeton tested China-originating and non-China-originating models on 145 questions about Chinese politics. Chinese models were substantially more likely to refuse sensitive questions, give shorter answers or provide inaccurate information.
One disputed that Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng was a democracy activist. Another discussed internet regulation while omitting China’s Great Firewall. Asked about Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was jailed for criticizing China, one falsely described him as a Japanese scientist associated with nuclear weapons.
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Other research finds censorship later in the pipeline. A study of DeepSeek across 646 politically sensitive topics found cases in which sensitive information appeared during the model’s reasoning and was then omitted or reformulated before the answer reached the user.
A separate study of 36,000 political prompts found that model origin and the language of the question affected political responses, particularly on Chinese sovereignty and human rights. The research identifies at least four points of influence: training data, development rules, output filtering and the language of the query. Better transparency may reveal others.
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These are first-order effects: political systems can shape the model. The second-order effect begins when the model shapes the user. In two experiments presented at the 2025 Association for Computational Linguistics annual meeting, people who interacted with liberal-biased or conservative-biased models were more likely to adopt opinions and decisions aligned with the model’s bias, even when it ran against their own political affiliation.
A Nature Communications study involving 4,829 participants also found that AI-generated political messages shifted attitudes on an assault-weapons ban, carbon taxes and paid parental leave.
The third-order risk comes with scale. AI is moving into schools, journalism, government, medicine, business and scientific research. Models increasingly summarize, rank, recommend, evaluate and advise. The same tendency repeated across millions of interactions can work its way into institutions and decisions, and eventually into the information environment future models learn from.
American AI has biases and restrictions too. xAI calls Grok a "truth-seeking" assistant and has pushed toward greater openness. Anthropic has chosen a different philosophy for Claude and publishes Claude’s Constitution, which explicitly shapes its values, priorities and hard limits.
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Those competing philosophies are possible because no single authority sets the permissible answer for every American model. Free societies can still come under political pressure. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior Biden administration officials repeatedly pressured Meta for months to remove certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and he later called that pressure wrong. The difference is that such pressure can be exposed, challenged and reversed. Researchers can test the models, consumers can switch products and entrepreneurs can build alternatives.
President Donald Trump has translated parts of this principle into policy. In 2025, he directed federal agencies to procure large language models that prioritize truth-seeking, historical accuracy and ideological neutrality. He also created an American AI Exports Program to push U.S. models, hardware, software and standards into allied markets.
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America should build on that. We must remain the global leader in advanced AI, with the energy, chips, computers, capital and talent that requires. American AI must also diffuse globally. We should improve visibility into training data and state-directed information as attribution tools advance, while avoiding any government authority empowered to decide which account of history is true.
China understands the strategic importance of artificial intelligence. America must understand the informational importance just as clearly. Political power can shape the model. The model can shape the user. At scale, those interactions can shape institutions and the information environment that comes next.
The country that leads AI will influence how billions of people retrieve the past, understand the present and make decisions about the future. A free society has one decisive advantage in that contest: no answer has to be final.
Unearthed clip shows Talarico calling parents 'abusive' for denying children's gender identity
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, once described parents who refused to acknowledge their children’s gender identity as potentially engaging in "abusive" behavior.
"I think there are some folks that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity, that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we label it with the term abuse, it's abusive for sure," Talarico said while speaking at a committee hearing in the Texas Legislature in 2019.
Talarico’s resurfaced comments add to a growing pile of past remarks that cut against his efforts to paint himself as a moderate on issues like gender, policing and border security as he attempts to win over Texas, a historically Republican-leaning state.
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In the clip, Talarico had been speaking about HB 1910.
The legislation aimed to ensure that parents who refused to affirm their child’s gender identity would not be considered guilty of child abuse in cases deciding custody.
"In determining whether to appoint a party as a sole or joint managing conservator of a child, the court may not consider evidence regarding whether the party demonstrates a history or pattern of acknowledging or declining to acknowledge the child’s gender identity or expression," its text read.
Talarico opposed the bill, arguing that he would not rule out an overlap: that, in some cases, the lack of acknowledgment could border on abuse.
"My concern is ruling it out as not being abuse, I think, is dangerous and could certainly harm some of our most vulnerable kids in the state."
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"Some of us I think really do consider this abusive behavior… an unwillingness to identify, acknowledge a child's gender identity. We consider that abusive to the child, abusive and destructive," Talarico said.
At least one Republican slammed Talarico's stance.
"Only perverts and pedophiles think about what is in little kids' pants as much as James Talafreako. He is a truly sick individual for dedicating his life to pushing sex changes on other people's kids," Zach Kraft, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC), said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Although that version of the bill died in committee, a later, stronger version of it eventually passed out of the Texas House in May 2025 and became law.
Talarico also opposed that version — one of 59 nay votes on the matter. Notably, Talarico also voted in favor of an amendment to sunset the law in 2030 and in support of a separate amendment clarifying that, in the words of its author, "rejecting a child's gender identity or sexual orientation is abuse" and "should be treated as such under Texas law."
When asked about the bill and his statements in committee, the Talarico campaign said he supported and respected parental decisions about their children.
"James believes parents have the most important say in decisions about their children, which is why he sponsored a bill to protect parental rights and ensure parents are responsible for the upbringing of their own kids. While James has fought for Texas parents and families, Ken Paxton has endangered them by allowing pedophiles back on our streets," JT Ennis, a spokesperson for the Talarico campaign, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
DSA-backed candidates are winning primaries and their vision for America is very different
The Democratic Socialists of America is seeking to reshape some of the most basic features of the U.S. economy — from who owns major corporations to how long Americans work and whether families pay for healthcare, college and housing.
The agenda is drawing renewed scrutiny after DSA-backed candidates gained ground in the 2026 midterm primaries and progressive socialism became a central Republican target at the GOP's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas.
Below are some of the biggest economic proposals in the platform.
DSA calls for public ownership of major corporations and essential industries, arguing public ownership would give Americans greater democratic control over the economy.
Adam Lehodey, a policy expert at the Manhattan Institute, said nationalizing major corporations would cost billions of dollars and shift accountability from customers to government officials.
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He argued nationalized industries have historically suffered from waste, corruption and lower productivity, adding that reducing regulations would be a better way to encourage competition.
DSA also wants to establish a 32-hour workweek without reducing workers' pay or benefits, effectively giving full-time employees an additional day away from work while preserving their compensation.
The proposal is paired with a living minimum wage, paid family leave and stronger protections for workers to form unions and strike.
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The agenda does not explain how a shorter workweek would be implemented across industries or how businesses would be expected to absorb the additional labor costs.
Lehodey said a 32-hour workweek without higher productivity could increase labor costs and reduce economic output.
Among DSA's biggest proposals are universal healthcare, publicly owned social housing, free public education through college and cancellation of all student debt.
Together, the proposals would shift a much larger share of healthcare, housing and education costs from individuals to the federal government.
A Cato Institute analysis estimated that a Medicare-for-All-style healthcare system alone could increase federal spending by between $40 trillion and $75 trillion over a decade, though the estimate is not specific to DSA's proposal.
DSA says wealthy Americans and large corporations should shoulder more of the cost of its vision.
The platform calls for "aggressive wealth taxes" on the richest individuals and corporations, with the proceeds directed toward public goods and infrastructure.
Lehodey questioned whether wealthy taxpayers alone could finance the agenda, arguing broader taxpayers would likely bear some of the cost.
DSA's platform does not estimate the total cost of its agenda or how much revenue its proposed tax increases would generate.
Baby boomers crown their favorite casual dining chain as Gen Z chooses a different winner
Olive Garden is good for more than just unlimited breadsticks, and a recent survey found the Italian restaurant chain is a top choice among baby boomers.
YouGov's U.S. restaurant brand rankings asked 7,500 adults ages 65 and older which casual dining chain they would consider visiting next.
Of those 7,500 adults, 33.8% responded that they would choose Olive Garden, which beat out other major casual dining chains, including Texas Roadhouse, Applebee's, Cracker Barrel and Outback Steakhouse.
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Olive Garden was the top answer among adults 65 and older when asked from which casual dining chain they would consider purchasing food and drinks.
The Florida-based chain, which first opened in 1982, was also the top-ranked brand for service (12.8%) and dining experience (12.1%) among all Americans surveyed.
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"In an environment where consumers are increasingly selective about how they spend their hard-earned dollars, quality, hospitality and the overall dining experience play a critical role in where they choose to eat," Chad Moutray, chief economist for the Washington, D.C.-based National Restaurant Association, told Fox News Digital.
Olive Garden's appeal extends beyond older diners, with the chain ranking highly as an option for family outings, avoiding cooking and satisfying a specific food craving, according to an analysis by Morning Consult's Most Trusted Brands report of 2026.
It also has the broadest emotional resonance of any brand, per the report.
"More people think of Olive Garden — and feel good about it — than any competitor," according to Morning Consult.
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Olive Garden leads the casual dining category for going out with family (40%), not wanting to cook (37%) and generous portions (32%), per the report.
The YouGov study showed that Olive Garden rose to the top of the ranks not just for baby boomers, but for Gen X and millennials, as well.
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Olive Garden was the most considered casual dining brand for ages 30–44 and 45–64.
In fact, the only age group where a casual dining restaurant other than Olive Garden took the No. 1 spot was Gen Z, who crowned Chili's as the favorite.
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Chili's narrowly edged Olive Garden with 29.6% of all those surveyed in the 18–29 age group. Olive Garden was second with 28.7%.
Other top casual dining brands favored by baby boomers are Texas Roadhouse (28.2%), Applebee's (24.7%), Cracker Barrel (24%) and Outback Steakhouse (22.1%).
King Charles draws ‘line in the sand’ with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle after couple caught off guard: expert
King Charles III has drawn a firm "line in the sand" with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after sending a letter spelling out their royal standing.
The claim was made by British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told People magazine they were "surprised" by the timing of a letter circulated by Buckingham Palace clarifying their non-working royal status.
"King Charles' narrative is decisive as he draws a line in the sand — nothing new here, no more discussion required," Chard told Fox News Digital. "I'm sure the Sussexes expected flexibility. Prince Harry may be the king's son, but he lacks power to amend and dictate the monarch's statement."
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On Sept. 7, a senior palace official reiterated that Harry and Meghan are non-working royals, according to People magazine. The letter, which was issued on behalf of the king, was said to have been shared with the Sussexes. A spokesperson for the couple said they were "a little surprised not to have been told about this in advance," the BBC reported.
Those close to the couple told People magazine they received the letter and, 20 minutes later, sent back some questions. However, they were told that the letter had already been circulated to the media.
The letter issued by the Lord Chamberlain, Richard Benyon, Lord Benyon, at the king's direction, pointed out that the couple were "private citizens" and their His and Her Royal Highness styles remain in abeyance and are not used.
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Chard told Fox News Digital the guidance made one thing clear: they "do not represent the Crown."
"There is no ambiguity about who is in and who is out," she said. "The king is protecting the institution. The public has made it clear they do not want the monarchy to be undermined or damaged by confusion. The letter's statement puts minds at rest."
"In part, yes, the monarchy can only have one voice," Chard shared. "Prince William and Princess Catherine are the future king and queen. They officially speak for the crown alongside King Charles and Queen Camilla. It's constitutional, and the crown takes precedence."
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said there's another, more silent message the king wants to convey.
"The letter states the palace’s position, but it’s clearly intended as a put-down after the way the royals were blindsided by the Sussexes returning to Britain," he claimed.
"The Sussexes see themselves as public figures, not private citizens," he said. "So, they are ‘surprised,’ but are unlikely to alter their plans. The king was never going to debate anything with the Sussexes. The royals don’t debate, although Queen Elizabeth’s ‘recollections may vary’ is legendary."
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The couple relocated to Britain in August ahead of their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, starting school.
"It is well known that in January 2020 the Duke and Duchess stepped down from undertaking representative duties on behalf of The Sovereign, and are no longer working Members of The Royal Family," stated the letter, as quoted by People. "This position, distinct from the State and Royal duties undertaken by the working Royal Family, and with the personal latitude it brings the couple in respect of financial independence and protection of their privacy as they would wish, will continue to be fully respected."
"It follows that there is no change to the current status of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex," it continued. "Their styles as His and Her Royal Highness remain in abeyance and are not used. The charitable work of the Duke and Duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests."
Chard called it a "reality check" for the Sussexes.
"It shouldn’t have been a shock," she said. "The update was inevitable and warranted. Harry and Meghan unexpectedly swanned back to the U.K. and seemingly hoped to continue as if they were still working royals. The blurred lines created an air of confusion, with the majority wondering if Harry was back in the fold of the institution. The petty comment batted back from Team Sussex highlighted bruised egos."
"Allegedly the Sussexes were caught off guard. The irony when you consider Harry’s book ‘Spare,’ their Netflix documentaries and the Oprah interview catching the British royal family off guard over the years."
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According to People, Harry is preparing to kick off a series of charitable engagements that were planned well ahead of the couple’s return to the U.K. These events will highlight charities and causes he supports, including the Invictus Games. The next iteration of the sporting competition is taking place in 2027 in Birmingham, England.
However, Harry is already facing a rocky arrival.
On Sept. 9, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and head of the country's armed forces, announced that his country was withdrawing from the Invictus Games.
"In order not to be construed as being opposed to His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom, whom we deeply revere, Uganda hereby withdraws from the Invictus Games," he wrote on X. "We shall not participate in anything that does not have His Majesty's approval."
Gen. Kainerugaba also told The Times of London, "I have factions in the Ministry of Defence that support that Harry-Meghan nonsense. I had to quash it straight away. I support the monarch. Period."
A source close to Harry went on to tell People, "They made it very clear that the reason they pulled out was a direct result of perceived guidance from the Lord Chamberlain. This was an unintended or intended consequence of the letter — and that was always going to happen. Hence the wish not to rush it out."
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"The only people suffering as a result are the competitors from Uganda who would have been taking part in next year’s Invictus Games," the insider added.
British royal expert Hilary Fordwich wasn't buying it.
"Harry blaming this letter for Uganda pulling out of the Invictus Games is a ghastly move on his part," she said. "No doubt Harry and Meghan thought King Charles would accommodate their return or at least consult with them. But their expectations weren't relevant for the royals."
Royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital he believes the letter has caused more harm than good in any peace talks Harry is willing to have with his estranged family.
"My personal opinion on the decision by King Charles to make public a letter conceived by the Lord Chamberlain to reiterate that Harry and Meghan were not working royals was an act of malicious intent initiated by those intending to disrupt their return," he explained.
"The message was unjustified," said Turner. "I hope Harry and Meghan will not rise to the bait and retaliate but calmly move on."
People reported that the king remains supportive of organizations and initiatives, like the Invictus Games, that help wounded service personnel. Palace insiders also pointed out that the letter does not represent a new policy but instead reiterates the terms agreed to at the 2020 "Sandringham Summit" led by the late queen. The family meeting took place shortly before Harry and Meghan stepped back as senior working royals and moved to California.
Royal author Robert Jobson previously told The Daily Mail that "there won't be any war of words" between the king and his younger son.
"Perhaps predictably, there was an immediate response from the couple," he told the outlet. "But don’t expect to see anything similar coming from the palace. The king has no intention of being drawn into responding further."
While the Sussexes have returned to the U.K. for an extended stay, they won't resume their roles as working royals. They will live in a private, nonroyal residence outside London while maintaining their California home and a property in Portugal.