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'Burn Notice' star ditched Los Angeles for Colorado after meeting his wife and says he's 'never leaving'
"Burn Notice" star, Jeffrey Donovan, has no plans to move back to Los Angeles.
During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 57-year-old actor spoke about his move to Colorado after meeting his wife on set of one of his projects.
"I met my future wife while I was finishing a job, and she was from Colorado, and once I started visiting there, I never stopped," he explained. "It's an incredible state and, I'm raising my children there, and we're never leaving."
Donovan met his wife, Michelle Woods, in 2011, and the two got married a year later in August 2012 in a small ceremony in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Since getting married, the couple have welcomed three children together: Claire, Lucas and Ethan. The actor and his wife are raising their children in Colorado, which he says is the true sunshine state, not Florida – which he said should be called "the thunderstorm state."
"Colorado, secretly, is the sunshine state," he said. "It's a beautiful part of the country that gets more sunshine than maybe even Arizona and New Mexico. It's incredible. So that's why we're there. And it's really healthy living."
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The "Sicario" star shared that although he grew up in Boston, many of his friends currently live in Los Angeles and are raising their children there.
While he does miss his friends, he says they all agree that raising children is "a challenge," and that for him, being in Colorado makes it less so.
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"I find it less challenging in Colorado, which plays to my talent level of raising kids," Donovan explained. "If it's not hard raising kids in Colorado, then that's where I wanna be."
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The actor first gained national attention with his breakout role in "Burn Notice" in 2007. He played Michael Westen on the show, a blacklisted former CIA operative who works to find out who was behind the burn notice and why, without any of his usual contacts or resources.
He starred on the show for seven seasons and even went on to direct some episodes.
"I feel very fortunate about the show, but I also know that at the time it was the most grueling to this day job I've ever had," he told Build in November 2017. "It was difficult, but I look back at if I didn't take that job, and I wasn't there, I would never have met my future wife and had my three beautiful children."
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Donovan is currently starring in the three-part series, "The Faithful," which tells story of the Book of Genesis from the perspective of five women at the center of those stories.
The actor stars on the show as Abraham, one of the most iconic figures in the bible, telling Fox News Digital he thought taking on the role would be "a big swing."
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"There's a part in the first hour where I actually talk with God and Minnie [Driver] is playing Sarah and I, to be honest, I was lost," he recalled. "I felt the enormity, the pressure of how do I convey that I literally am talking to God to an audience that wants to talk to God or has talked to God, or wants to believe there is a God. And so I did feel that pressure."
He then credited his co-star Driver for getting him in the right mindset, saying "she kind of grabbed me" and told him he was "enough," with Donovan saying "it was really powerful for me to feel that connection."
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When it comes to portraying the marriage between Abraham and Sarah, Donovan said he "tried to approach it as realistically as possible," adding that playing a couple who have been married for that long, reinforced to him "that marriage is complicated."
"It's challenging, and if you and your partner, whoever that might be, can come to some sort of agreement that we are in it for the long haul, that our children, if you're blessed enough to have children, are even more important than you, and you put all your eggs into that basket of going, 'We are the providers, we are their educators, and they learn humanity from us,' and if you go from that kind of premise, I think your children and your family will end up all right," he said.
Republicans can fund ICE for an entire decade without a single Dem vote: Sen Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is calling for Republicans to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with enough funding to last a decade.
He believes Republicans can do that without the support of a single Democrat.
"We can do it with just 50 votes," Cruz said.
Lawmakers in the Senate agreed early on Friday to advance funding for DHS that includes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Coast Guard, the Secret Service and seven other agencies — even as gridlock over ICE remains firmly in place.
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Cruz believes that Democrat opposition to funding the agency will only continue, promoting the possibility of future shutdowns.
"I think we may very well be in a world where these Senate Democrats will never again vote to fund ICE, that they're simply saying, ‘shut down,’" Cruz said.
Like the rest of DHS, funding for ICE lapsed on February 14 when Democrats made their support for the agency conditional on a set of 10 operational reforms.
Among other items, Democrats had called for a ban on masks for ICE agents, stiffer warrant requirements for apprehending suspects in public, a ban on roaming patrols and requirements for clearly visible identification — demands Republicans argued would handcuff Trump’s immigration enforcement goals.
Cruz believes Republicans can still advance funding without meeting any of those demands through a process called "reconciliation" that would allow Republicans to get around a filibuster.
"You need 60 votes to pass funding for the government. We only have 53 Republicans, and so we need at least seven Democrats. Reconciliation, which is how we passed the [Big Beautiful Bill] last year, we can do with just Republicans," Cruz said.
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"And so, what I've argued to my colleagues is let's take up reconciliation, and let's fund ICE for the next decade, because the Democrats are going to vote against ICE funding for the foreseeable future, I think, potentially forever," Cruz said.
While lawmakers can’t use that vehicle to change existing policies or set new ones, Cruz argues Republicans can certainly use it to add to ICE’s existing provisions, putting the agency’s funding beyond the influence of another shutdown.
In some ways, it’s a plan Republicans have already done once before.
Republicans funded ICE to the tune of $75 billion last year through Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. Cruz’s plan would take the same principle and extend it. At levels from 2025, base funding ICE and its removal operations for 10 years would cost roughly $100 billion.
Cruz believes passing those appropriations is consistent with the mandate Republicans received when they won over a governing trifecta in the 2024 elections.
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"The American people said, enough. President Trump and Republican Congress have an incredible record of success on securing the border. We have seen illegal border crossings drop 99%. We've seen the murder rate across the country drop 20%. We've seen the drug overdose rate nationally drop 20%.
"It is literally the case that there are thousands of Americans alive today because President Trump was reelected, and because we have a Republican House and Senate."
Having cleared the Senate, the non-ICE DHS funding package now heads to the House for a vote, where it must clear the chamber before heading to Trump’s desk for his signature.
Executed killer’s chilling claim about what she felt during pickax murders still haunts retired FBI agent
Karla Faye Tucker killed two people with a pickax before finding God behind bars — but Candice DeLong believes her fate was sealed long before the murders.
DeLong, a retired FBI agent and criminal profiler, hosts the true-crime podcast "Killer Psyche," where she dissects notorious cases and analyzes the motives of high-profile offenders. She recently explored "The Death Row Convert" and how her conversion to Christianity divided the nation.
For DeLong, there was one disturbing detail about Tucker, who was executed in 1998 at age 38, that she said stood out to her.
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"Karla was doomed from the beginning, once people found out what she did," DeLong told Fox News Digital. "And the worst thing she did, and she did not help herself by telling people this, that she had an orgasm when she was killing, while she was stabbing someone."
"It raises the thought of, ‘If she could do that once, could she do it again?’" DeLong said. "'What if she got out?' I’m not saying she deserved the death penalty or not. It would have been fine with me for her to spend the rest of her life in prison. But we, as members of society, when we are so repulsed by what someone not only did but then brags about it, we just want it gone. We want them gone. We want the memory gone. And how do you do that? The ‘Death Chamber.'"
Tucker, a Houston, Texas, native, was convicted of her role in the 1983 murders of Jerry Lynn Dean, 27, and Deborah Thornton, 32. Tucker and her then-boyfriend, Daniel Ryan Garrett, broke into Dean’s apartment intending to steal motorcycle parts.
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Dean had reportedly angered Tucker over a dispute involving a motorcycle. During the burglary, both Dean and Thornton, who had met earlier that evening, were killed. Tucker later admitted to participating in both killings.
According to early reporting cited by the BBC, Tucker told police she experienced sexual arousal during the attack — statements she later appeared to distance herself from.
"Karla was high on drugs during the crime," said DeLong. "Karla was high on drugs for years before the crime."
"Karla Faye Tucker had a pretty sad and horrible childhood," DeLong explained. "Her family broke up, and her mother became a sex worker. Now she’s got three young girls at home, teenage girls at home. And the mother's doing drugs. Karla Faye starts using drugs at a very young age.
"The effects of drugs on an undeveloped brain have been studied by neuroscientists. They’re pretty much in agreement that a human child’s brain is not fully developed until they’re in their mid-20s. Alcohol, even marijuana, even light marijuana use, can have a deleterious effect on the development of a young brain. And I think that’s what happened to Karla Faye."
"There was a lot of neglect," DeLong continued. "When mom was around, she partied with her daughter. One of the things that we know can happen — drugs, alcohol and marijuana in an undeveloped brain — can create a psychological situation where, when that child or adolescent is an adult, they may have a violent streak, violence toward others and frequently suicidal behavior. We see that as well."
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DeLong admitted that she was disturbed by discovering Tucker’s tumultuous upbringing.
"I remember saying to my writers, 'How was a kid supposed to grow up normal when the mother is buying, providing and sharing her drugs that she gets from money through sex with strangers? How is a kid — a girl, a teenage girl — supposed to deal with that and come out OK on the other side, meaning the other side of childhood?"
"Now we’re into adulthood," DeLong continued. "Karla never stood a chance, a chance of having a normal life, in my opinion. She didn’t get what she needed, and she got a lot of bad stuff from someone who was supposed to take care of her."
Some experts have cautioned that while childhood trauma is a common factor in violent offenders, it does not directly lead to criminal behavior in every case.
Tucker's defense attorney argued she was intoxicated during the crime, but she was found guilty of capital murder.
After arriving at the Texas State Penitentiary in 1984, Tucker later identified herself as a born-again Christian. In death row interviews, she appeared soft-spoken as she pleaded for mercy.
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DeLong admitted she has doubts.
"She found God, she found Jesus, so the thought among her supporters was ‘spare her,’" DeLong said. "The thing about finding God, though — I don’t think so. A lot of prisoners find God and become religious in prison, yes, but not as soon as the handcuffs go on. So it does make me question."
"Most of the killers that we present on ‘Killer Psyche,’ many of them kill more than once," she reflected. "We go into the psyche of the killer. We go way back to the day they were born, if we can get that information. And more often than not, there’s a very bad upbringing. Violence is inflicted on them. You can draw a line and say, ‘This childhood resulted in this person becoming a killer. It’s right there for everyone to see.'"
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"Regarding Karla, there’s no reason to believe, based on what she did, that there was any place in society that could be safe from her other than a jail cell or a prison cell," DeLong continued. "If I had to roll the dice, I’d say if she had not been convicted and was released, or if she escaped, she would’ve been involved in sex, drugs and violence very quickly."
However, many supporters, including religious leaders and public figures, argued Tucker’s conversion was genuine, citing her behavior in prison as evidence of rehabilitation. The case also drew significant support for clemency, with advocates arguing she had been rehabilitated and no longer posed a threat.
DeLong addressed Tucker’s conversion on her podcast.
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"Prison is exactly where she belonged for obvious reasons," she said on the podcast. "Karla needed to be contained, monitored, regimented, and above all, drug-free. Finding God helped her reconstruct her identity and separate her new self from her old murderous self. It helped her find stability after a life filled with instability and chaos.
"… There could be many reasons why Karla found God in prison. Many people do. We come across many killers who make the same claims. But with Karla, she eventually had masses of people across the country rooting for her."
"But as I see it, Karla Faye Tucker was everybody’s worst nightmare," she continued. "She was a hedonist who lived a life of drugs, sex, rock ‘n’ roll and, above all, violence.
"She was a woman who sexually enjoyed killing another person, and she was proud of it. Juries are afraid of people like Karla. They not only want them contained, but they want them gone forever from the face of this earth and from our collective consciousness."
Tucker’s case drew appeals from numerous religious groups. That didn’t stop her execution. Garrett, who was also sentenced to death, died in prison in 1993 from complications related to hepatitis.
Tucker was the first woman executed in Texas since the Civil War. Her case remains central to debates over capital punishment and rehabilitation.
IndyCar star Will Power crashes hard into wall during qualifying
IndyCar star Will Power was involved in a terrifying crash during qualifying on Saturday afternoon ahead of the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix in Birmingham.
Power was driving into a corner at Barber Motorsports Park when his wheels locked up. He couldn’t make the tight left turn he needed. Instead, Power drove through the gravel and head-on into the barrier.
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He was among the top 10 during qualifying before he crashed.
"The brake just went to the floor," Power said after he was cleared from the infield care center. "I think the fronts were working so it was a brake failure on the rear. That’s all I know."
Power maintained that the car was still good despite not having a "clean lap" during the race weekend so far. He will start 23rd when it’s time to go green on Sunday.
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Scott McLaughlin also had a serious crash during practice. He spun out going into a turn and backed his car into the fence at 150 mph.
He said after the crash that it looked a lot worse than it felt. He managed to bounce back a bit during qualifying and will be starting in 14th.
Alex Palou won the pole position with David Malukas, Graham Rahal, Marcus Armstrong and Kyle Kirkwood rounding out the top five.
The race is set to begin at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday and can be seen on FOX and FOX One.
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MAPPED: Where gas prices are rising the fastest from the Iran conflict
Gas prices are surging as the ongoing conflict with Iran drives up crude oil costs, fueling higher prices at the pump nationwide.
The national average now stands at $3.98 per gallon, up $1 from a month ago, according to AAA.
Prices are climbing across nearly every region, with some states already well above the national average.
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On the West Coast, drivers are seeing the highest costs, with prices reaching $5.87 per gallon in California and $5.32 in Washington.
Along the East Coast, gas prices are approaching or exceeding $4.00 in several areas, including $4.16 in Washington, D.C., and $3.93 in New York.
In the Midwest, Illinois stands out at $4.21 per gallon, while much of the region remains closer to the mid-$3 range.
Southern states are generally lower, though still rising, with Texas at $3.60 and South Carolina at $3.64, while Florida is higher at $3.96.
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Diesel prices are climbing faster than gasoline, reflecting their close ties to freight and industry—meaning increases can ripple through supply chains and raise costs across the economy.
Diesel averaged $5.41 a gallon, up $1.65 over the same period, according to AAA, surpassing $5 for the first time since December 2022 as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global energy supplies.
Catholic conversions rise as young adults 'hungry for truth' turn to faith and reject secularism, bishop says
Catholic leaders across the U.S. are reporting sharp increases in the number of adult converts, a trend that they say is driven primarily by young adults.
The Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, reported 1,701 individuals were preparing to join the Church, a 30% increase since 2025, according to The Catholic Standard. Other archdioceses reporting similar rises include Cleveland, Ohio, Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Oregon, according to the outlet.
"Last year, we broke the record for the number of adult converts, and then this year — so, we have what's called the rite of election, that's when all the people are entering into the church — we broke that record again. So, it's a trend that's visible all over the church and it's certainly been true in my diocese," Bishop Robert Barron told Fox News Digital.
Catholic ministries on college campuses, including Texas A&M University, University of Notre Dame and Arizona State University, are also reporting increasing converts, The Catholic Standard reported. Notre Dame saw its largest group of new Catholics in at least 25 years, with 125 receiving the sacraments last Easter, according to The Catholic Standard. The outlet noted that, this year, Notre Dame expects there to be 163 candidates and catechumens, which are unbaptized individuals undergoing conversion.
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Barron said that when speaking to new adult converts about their decision, many describe themselves as "hungry for truth." He argued the trend is, in part, a reaction to the rise of atheism in the early 2000s, with younger generations having "inherited this bleakly secularized world" and now "leading the charge" back to religion.
The bishop pointed to St. Augustine, saying the theologian’s words still ring true today.
"St. Augustine said, ‘Lord, you've made us for yourself, and therefore our heart is restless till it rests in you,’ and that remains true," Barron said. "There's a longing in the heart that can't be satisfied by anything in this world, and so religion speaks to that."
The bishop also explained that many young adults are looking for something steady with strong roots as they navigate the modern world and its online distractions. In his view, Catholicism has been attracting new converts because of its 2,000-year-old traditions.
"Our culture today is very ephemeral, right? It's evanescent... Catholicism speaks to something much deeper, and older, and more permanent," he said. "I also think that people are attracted to the ritual expression of Catholicism. So, the beauty of our liturgy, we're not just gathering in a bland room and singing pop songs, we're entering into this ancient, beautiful ritual involving vestments and incense and candles and ancient prayers and ancient chants. And I do think that appeals to people's souls, especially young people."
Even as he spoke about the beauty of the Church, Barron touched on the scandals of sexual abuse that came to light especially in the early 2000s. He said the scandals were important for the Church to acknowledge and deal with, but that for young adult converts, they were "more of a memory" and "less of a lived, immediate reality."
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In 2025, Pew Research Center issued findings on Catholic converts in the U.S., saying that 1.5% of all adults in the country fit into the category. According to Pew's 2025 report, 92% of U.S. Catholics were raised in the faith, while the remaining 8% had converted. The research center said that when asked why they converted to Catholicism, "the most common response offered by converts is because of a spouse, or to get married in the Church." Meanwhile, others said Catholicism made sense to them or that it aligned with their values.
Now that the Church has attracted these new converts, it is tasked with retaining them. Barron said that first and foremost, the Church must listen to them.
"I think it needs to listen to them. You know, that's something Pope Francis kept emphasizing, correctly, that first you listen and find out what's attracted them, find out maybe what kept them away for a long time, what made a difference," Barron told Fox News Digital.
Barron emphasized that, ultimately, the Church exists for the purpose of bringing people into the faith.
"The Church is about the business of evangelization. That's what we are. I mean, every Catholic institution exists for the purpose of evangelization, meaning bringing people to Christ. And so, the people who are coming back to the Church, that makes me the happiest. That's why what the Catholic Church exists for, is to invite people back," the bishop said.
Cases of 'white plague' rising in US as doctors warn of 'rebound effect'
A potentially deadly disease known as "the white plague" has been rising in the U.S. since the pandemic, health officials have warned.
Tuberculosis (TB) gets its nickname from the pale appearance of those affected with the disease.
After a dip in 2020 with the onset of COVID – likely due to underdiagnosis and reduced screenings, according to health experts – cases of TB have increased every year since.
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More than 10,600 cases were confirmed in 2024, which is around three people for every 100,000, per the latest available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This marks the third consecutive annual increase, and the total 2024 case count is the highest annual number since 2013.
Despite the recent increase, TB rates in the U.S. remain relatively low compared to many parts of the world, as the global average is about 131 cases per 100,000, per the World Health Organization. That’s approximately 40 times higher globally compared to the U.S.
TB is a curable bacterial infection that targets the lungs, but can also infect other organs, according to Johns Hopkins. It is spread through airborne particles released when an infected person coughs, speaks or sneezes.
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Renuga Vivekanandan, MD, professor at Creighton University School of Medicine and VP and CMO of CHI Health Physician Enterprise Midwest, said the rise in tuberculosis cases in the U.S. is concerning, but noted that it was foreseeable.
"The COVID-19 pandemic effectively disrupted TB surveillance and treatment programs across the country," the doctor, who is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, told Fox News Digital.
"What we're seeing now is largely a rebound effect – latent TB infections that went undetected or untreated during the pandemic are now activating."
Another factor is a return to international travel and increased migration from countries where TB is more prevalent, according to Vivekanandan.
The uptick has also strained healthcare systems. "Local and state public health TB programs became understaffed during the pandemic, and that capacity hasn't fully recovered," the doctor said.
While around 25% of people have likely been infected with the TB bacteria, about 5% to 10% will go on to develop active disease, according to health agencies.
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A person with a latent infection has been infected with the tuberculosis bacteria, but the bacteria are inactive in the body. While latent-stage TB is not contagious, it can develop into active disease in 5% to 10% of people.
Only people with active TB disease in the lungs or throat can spread the infection.
Those who get sick with TB may experience mild symptoms, including coughing, chest pain, fatigue, weight loss, weakness, fever and night sweats, per the CDC. In some cases, however, the disease can also affect the kidneys, spine, skin and brain.
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"TB can affect any organ of the body, but it causes disease in the lung in over 80% of cases," Masae Kawamura, M.D., a former TB control director in San Francisco and a tuberculosis clinician, previously told Fox News Digital. "This is dangerous because it causes cough, the mechanism of airborne spread."
In more severe cases, patients may cough up blood, noted Kawamura, who serves on the board of directors of Vital Strategies, a global public health organization.
"Often, there are minimal symptoms for a long time, and people mistake their occasional cough with allergies, smoking or a cold they can't shake off," she added.
"The good news is that TB is both preventable and treatable," Vivekanandan said.
"People who are at higher risk – including those born in or traveling frequently to high TB-burden countries, individuals living in crowded conditions, or those who are immunocompromised – should speak with their doctor about TB testing."
Other high-risk groups include people who have diabetes, are malnourished, use tobacco and/or drink excess amounts of alcohol. Babies and children are also more vulnerable to the disease.
Doctors typically use a skin or blood test to detect TB infection, followed by imaging or sputum (mucus) testing to confirm active disease, per the CDC.
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The disease is treated with antibiotics that are taken every day for four to six months, the CDC states. Some of the most common include isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol.
Failure to take the complete course of medications can cause the bacteria to become drug-resistant, which means it does not respond to standard antibiotics. Drug-resistant TB is more difficult and costly to treat and requires longer, more complex medication regimens, according to experts.
If TB goes untreated, it is fatal in about half of its victims.
"Latent TB, which causes no symptoms and is not contagious, can be treated and cured before it ever progresses to active TB, which is infectious," Vivekanandan said.
"Identifying and treating latent infection is one of the most powerful tools we have for protecting both individual patients and the broader community."
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening only for populations at increased risk rather than for the general population.
DHS shutdown putting Americans at risk as World Cup security prep ‘significantly behind’: Sen Fetterman
Amid a funding standoff that went into overtime on Friday, Sen. John Fetterman is stressing the need for lawmakers to end travel delays and support the country’s weakened airport security as he warns that security preparations are "significantly behind" for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup.
"I could never justify this from the start, but here we are day 39, 40? It's like, how long are you gonna continue that?" Fetterman told Fox News Digital this past week.
Fetterman raised concerns that the shutdown — the second for TSA workers in just three months — has wreaked havoc on the country’s transportation security workforce that won't be easily undone ahead of high-profile U.S.-based events.
"Preparations are significantly behind and now we're 77 days out and this is still shut down. And you have millions of people from abroad coming and millions of Americans joining these two," Fetterman said, referring to the World Cup.
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Fetterman’s comments come as the Senate advanced most of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) funding in the early hours of Friday morning. Their bill looked to supply the many agencies that operate under DHS such as the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), TSA and more — but at the exclusion of funding for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Funding DHS first ran dry on February 14, when Democrats made their support for the agency conditional on a set of reforms to rein in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The Senate's bill didn't include any of the Democrats' reform, but also didn't include funding for ICE, either. That proposal ran into fierce resistance in the House of Representatives, where even U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted the attempted resolution.
"This gambit that was done last night is a joke. I'm quite convinced — it can't be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill. It's pretty alarming. It says, quote: ‘the contents printed under the headings of this bill: U.S. immigrations and customs enforcement and border security operations … an amount specified in the final bill shall be zero’," Johnson said, reading from the Senate bill's text.
"We're not doing that," Johnson added.
The agency has, however, already received $75 billion through Trump's Big Beautiful Bill in July of 2025 — enough to fund the agency's operations at least through 2026. House Republicans stressed that it's unclear if those funds can legally be used to fund all of ICE's operations.
Instead of passing the Senate's plan, the House advanced its own package late Friday night, which would extend DHS funding at current levels for two months, buying more time for lawmakers to continue negotiations over ICE.
The House version is likely dead on arrival in the Senate.
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As lawmakers continue the back-and-forth over the ICE funding standoff, spokespersons from DHS also echoed Fetterman’s calls to restore travel operations, slamming the compounding effects of the repeated shutdowns.
"Now, 366 TSA officers have left the force. Because of this DHS shutdown, Americans are facing HOURS long waits at airports across the country. Democrats must reopen DHS now," Lauren Bis, a spokesperson for the agency said in a press release.
Although Trump signed an executive order on Friday that looks to fund the salaries of TSA workers, the agency also noted that even with the resolution to the shutdown looking hopeful, the country’s travel security would take time to recover.
"TSA does not have the luxury of time. The FIFA World Cup is kicking off on June 11 – less than three months away. We are anticipating a significant influx in passenger volume as fans travel through our airports to see the games," DHS said in a press release.
"Even if TSA were to hire new officers upon the conclusion of the DHS shutdown, those officers would not be able to work on the checkpoint until well after the World Cup has concluded."
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Fetterman urged members of his own party to focus on the country’s outstanding travel needs instead of continuing to pursue their demands.
"[It’s] just getting harder and harder to justify extending this shutdown," Fetterman said.
African nation calls for Ilhan Omar to be extradited after Vance's fraud claim
An African nation is calling for Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to be extradited after Vice President JD Vance claimed during an interview that the lawmaker committed immigration fraud.
The Republic of Somaliland, a partially recognized state in the Horn of Africa, reacted in a post on X to the claim that Vance made in a podcast interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson.
"Deportation? Please you’re just sending the princess back to her kingdom. Extradition? Say the word …" the post read.
In the interview, Vance said he has spoken with White House immigration advisor Stephen Miller about potential legal action against Omar, saying, "We think Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America."
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"We’re trying to look at what the remedies are," Vance said. "That’s the thing that we’re trying to figure out is what are the legal remedies now that we know that she’s committed immigration fraud — how do you go after her, how do you investigate her, how do you actually do the thing, how do you build a case necessary to get some justice for the American people?"
Omar has denied accusations from President Donald Trump and the White House that she married her brother to enter the United States. In December, she called the accusations "bigoted lies," writing on social media that Trump was obsessed with her.
"He needs serious help," Omar wrote on X at the time. "Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead."
Fox News Digital has reached out to Omar's office for comment on the vice president's claim.
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Somaliland’s post about Omar, who is from Somalia, comes amid criticism over her opposition to the recognition of an independent Somaliland and her defense of Somalia’s territorial claims.
Somaliland has acted as a self-governing territory since 1991, maintaining internal security and building its own democratic institutions.
While most in the international community, including the U.S., do not recognize Somaliland as an independent country, Israel became the first UN member state to recognize the self-declared state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last year that Israel had established full diplomatic relations with Somaliland, describing the move as being in the spirit of the United States-brokered Abraham Accords.
Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
With 10 kids at home, comedian Kountry Wayne says real life writes the jokes
Ahead of the release of his second stand-up comedy special, "Nostalgia," Kountry Wayne sat down with Fox News Digital to talk through his rise to headliner status as a self-made star, the faith he said delivered him there and the 10 kids who inspired his material along the way.
The self-proclaimed "country boy" hails from Millen, Georgia, an easygoing place where the residents are satisfied with "backyard barbecues, playing cards and eating coon and rabbits," Wayne said. Born Dewayne Jamarr Colley, he first pursued rapping before he began posting comedy sketches on Instagram in 2014. In less than a year, he amassed more than 1 million followers.
Kountry Wayne has been called a "clean" comic because he doesn't drink, smoke or swear, but that doesn't mean his act shies away from what's real. He said his unconventional family, including his 10 children and their mothers, supplies plenty of material he can take to stage, all of it in line with his guiding ethos of keeping comedy lighthearted and relatable.
"I'm trying to bring back just comedy, man. Just making people laugh, not trying to be controversial," Wayne said. "The gut laughter, people escaping from their bills and their heartaches and pains."
"Nostalgia" aims to be a return to the form of "good comedy, how it was back in the day," in an age when some stand-ups try to act a little too cool, he said.
"I'm not coming up here to try to be no politician. That's not what I do. I make you laugh, and it's for everybody."
He pointed to heavy hitters like Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Nate Bargatze and Sebastian Maniscalco as sources of inspiration, adding that he had focused on refining his storytelling and pacing since releasing his first stand-up special, "A Woman's Prayer," on Netflix in 2023.
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"They call me a clean comedian because I don't curse like that... but it's pretty raw when it comes to the family," Wayne said.
With relatability at the heart of his act, Wayne draws on something everyone can connect with: family. He said his loved ones are aware that anything, within reason, could make it to the stage.
"I don't write material. It'd be right there. I just have to figure out a way to structure it. If I see it, hey, I'm talking about it," he told Fox News Digital.
Wayne recounted an instance when a former partner of his was angered by a story he once included in a performance.
"One of my baby mama's teeth had got knocked out by her ex — and she was whistling. When she told me about it... there's no way that I'm not going to bring that up. And I called her a referee."
"She got mad, but I got her teeth fixed, so we're good," he said.
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Even though Wayne finds humor in his family life, to him, raising his kids is no laughing matter.
"Fatherhood changed me from the day I had my first child," said Wayne. "I didn't play with no opportunity."
He said becoming a father provided motivation to take big swings, "because I got another human being that's hungry and needs some money, needs some clothes, needs guidance, needs inspiration."
More than anything, he wants his children to know he takes his business seriously, he said.
"So I don't play. When I walk out the house to work, I don't play with those minutes and hours."
Kountry Wayne doesn't drink and has only smoked once in his life — a story he tells on stage — not to mention he's been vegan for more than a decade. But discipline and skill alone didn't take him this far, he said.
"There's no way you can have come from where I come from, that small town, to be where you're at now with everything that I've been through — don't just talent get you there," he told Fox News Digital.
Looking back on his journey thus far, Wayne said keeping his faith was the one thing he did right through it all.
"Only thing I had then that I still got now — I didn't have no bunch of money, I didn't have no fame, I wasn't known as Kountry Wayne. I always had my faith, and that's what got me through," Wayne said.
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This spiritual grounding acted as a shield against the temptations that come with money and fame. For Wayne, maintaining his clean-cut lifestyle wasn't a struggle of willpower, but a byproduct of the values he had already solidified long before the spotlight found him.
Having grown up around drug use, he said it wasn't hard to stay away from substances, even after rocketing to success. In fact, he doesn't think fame has changed him much.
"I peel my apples now," he said. "You know, it's little things like that."
Wayne has built his brand around keeping it real. That refusal to conform to an industry mold became the engine for his unconventional rise, allowing him to pivot from a stalled music career to a digital comedy empire built entirely on his own terms.
Around 2014, Wayne was attempting to break into the music industry as a rapper, but before long, he hit a ceiling.
"I knew I couldn't rap that good to be at the top of the game. So I started doing videos [in] September of 2014," he said. "I felt like I could be the ‘Drake of comedy.’"
The gamble paid off with startling speed. Within a month of posting his first comedic clips, he had gone viral. By March 2015, he had amassed more than a million followers, in part by pioneering the now-ubiquitous vertical video format.
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While his digital "mini-network" now pumps out roughly 40 videos a day across YouTube and Facebook, social media has more recently taken a backseat to live performance. For Wayne, the true validation of his career came not from a view count, but from the raw — and lucrative — reality of a live audience.
He recalled earning $20,000 in two days performing stand-up at comedy clubs. That's when he felt like he had "made it."
"When that check cleared in my bank account, I said, 'Oh man, I've made it,' because I can do this as long as I got God, I got good health and I'm here on Earth. I could do stand-up for the rest of my life. It was the easiest thing I ever attempted."
He credits his authenticity for his following. People can tell he's not "industry pushed," he said.
"It's like, we've seen you on social media. And we could go back and check and remember when the chain was a little duller, you know? Things were a little different."
And since that worked for him, he said anyone could follow in his footsteps.
"I'm basically saying, you can do this too. I'm telling you what your granddad and grandmama told you: have faith and work hard."
He believes people connect to him because he shows up as himself onstage, and audiences are hungry for sincerity.
"I think people connect to that more because it feels more realistic with me. And it's an unrealistic life, but it feels so realistic... you don't have to kiss nobody's behind, you could be who you are."
"You still could be positive in this negative world. And I just think people relate to that because it gives them hope."