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San Jose girl, 8, dies after living in cockroach-infested home as mother, stepfather face charges
An 8-year-old California girl died following a severe asthma attack after allegedly living for years in a filthy home infested with cockroaches, mold and pet feces, prompting felony child neglect charges against her mother and stepfather, prosecutors said.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said this week that the girl's mother, Gabrielle Hanson, 32, and stepfather, Jacob Randolph, 39, knew about the dangerous conditions inside their San Jose home and had been repeatedly warned by medical professionals and social workers about the risks to their seven children.
Despite the warnings, the couple allegedly waited eight hours before seeking medical help when their daughter, Aurora Williams, began experiencing serious medical distress in May.
"It was too late," prosecutors said in a news release announcing the charges.
In February 2025, more than a year before her death, Aurora was taken to an emergency room by a relative after experiencing asthma symptoms, wheezing and difficulty breathing, according to prosecutors.
A bug fell from her shoe and a cockroach was seen crawling on her, prompting her to tell staff, "Oh yeah, bugs just crawl on me."
Hospital staff also reported that Aurora smelled like cat urine, appeared seriously underweight and pale, and said she was hungry and had not eaten.
On May 13, 2026, San Jose police and firefighters responded to the family's home for a medical emergency involving a child.
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Six other children, ranging in age from 2 months to 17 years, were taken into protective custody by social workers.
Aurora was declared dead four days later, according to prosecutors.
The medical examiner determined that Aurora died from a lack of oxygen to the brain caused by severe asthma and an acute lung injury associated with a viral infection. Medical neglect was identified as a significant contributing factor, and her death was ruled a homicide.
Investigators determined that Aurora and her siblings had been living in "squalid and dangerous conditions" since at least 2019, according to prosecutors.
Detectives also found that Aurora's asthma equipment had not been properly maintained and that her prescribed inhaler was missing during two searches of the home.
Investigators later discovered a dirty inhaler spacer missing a rubber seal designed to prevent medication from leaking, along with a respiratory mask containing cockroaches.
"Another child is needlessly dead in this county, and once again our prosecutors will do everything in our legal power to hold the people who did this responsible," District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement.
"Prosecuting people after this kind of tragedy is necessary – and not enough," Rosen continued. "There are serious questions about how this child and her siblings lived in this dangerous squalor for so long. In the name of this lost child and the others, this community deserves honest answers and real changes."
The investigation also led to child sexual abuse charges against Aurora's maternal uncle, Jonathan Hanson, 44, involving another child in the home.
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Prosecutors charged Jonathan Hanson with two counts of molestation and one count of possessing explicit videos of the alleged victim, who was between 11 and 15 years old at the time of the alleged offenses.
Gabrielle Hanson, the alleged victim's stepmother, was also charged with knowing about the alleged abuse and failing to intervene, prosecutors said.
All three defendants were arraigned Tuesday.
Gabrielle Hanson and Randolph were released under supervised own recognizance over prosecutors' objections, while Jonathan Hanson was ordered held without bail.
Their next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 20 at the Hall of Justice in San Jose.
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt opens up about Trump, motherhood
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered a glimpse into her relationship with President Donald Trump during a candid Instagram Q&A, praising her former boss as "kind and uplifting" while opening up about personal life decisions.
Leavitt, 29, fielded a variety of questions from her Instagram followers while traveling Wednesday, touching on everything from Trump's personality to her career plans and life as a mother of two.
When asked whether Trump was nice or kind, Leavitt offered insight into his personality.
"Yes! He’s the best boss," she said.
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"People don’t see this side of him because the media doesn’t show it but he has been nothing but kind and uplifting to me, even since departing," she continued. "He’s also hilarious. Love him!"
Leavitt, who served as press secretary from January 2025 until August 2026, also addressed a question about landing another job after her decision to leave the White House to spend more time with her children.
"As Press Sec, I was working in the office 60+ hours a week, traveling the world, and always on call 24/7," she said. "Now, I am home with my kids every day and doing some TV hits. These things are not the same, ma’am."
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Leavitt also confirmed that she would officially begin working as a Fox News Channel contributor next month.
"I will be officially joining Fox News as a TV Contributor on November 1st, so I will continue making appearances on various shows!" she wrote.
FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Leavitt's new role earlier this month, and she is expected to provide commentary across the network's programming.
Leavitt previously worked in Trump’s first administration as a presidential writer and assistant press secretary before running for Congress as a Republican in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in 2022. She also served as communications director for then-House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik.
When asked for career advice for people hoping to succeed in public relations or politics, Leavitt encouraged them to gain practical experience before graduating.
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"My advice to people who want to get into politics or comms is to get real world experience when you're in college," she said. "You'll be taught a lot of things in the classroom, but work experience is where you're really going to learn the game."
Leavitt said she interned at NBC Sports Boston because she initially considered becoming a sideline sports reporter. She also worked at a local news station before securing a White House internship.
"Just try to apply for internships, say yes to every opportunity that you can and don't spend your summers hanging out, spend your summers working and gaining that real world experience, which will help you later in your career."
Leavitt, who made history as the youngest White House press secretary, was also asked how she spends her free time.
"I don't have free time. As a mom of two littles, I'm lucky if I can take a shower in peace. But it's the season of life I'm in and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!!"
Fox News Digital's Brian Flood contributed to this report.
El Salvador's Bukele announces plan to free up to half of prisoners jailed in gang crackdown
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has unveiled a plan that could allow the conditional early release of up to half of those detained under a state of emergency that authorities used to arrest more than 90,000 people in the past four and a half years as part of an effort to curb violent criminal gang activity.
Bukele's plan to cut the prison population was announced on Tuesday night. It would focus on freeing prisoners who were deemed gang collaborators, a broad term that can include various people, including gang lookouts and those who make extortion payments.
"There are many people who have indeed committed crimes, but their crime was collaborating with gangs," Bukele said. "They deserve to be in jail, but we come from a country where collaborating with gangs wasn’t so unusual, and if we were to arrest everyone who collaborated with gangs, we would have to arrest 20% of the population."
Without offering details, the president indicated that authorities plan to analyze cases to determine potential early release with monitoring, which could apply to half of the people detained during the state of emergency.
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The state of emergency was declared in March 2022 after a surge in violence left more than 60 people dead in a single day. The measure was initially imposed for 30 days but has been repeatedly extended.
The emergency declaration has coincided with a dramatic decline in the country's homicide rate and helped make El Salvador a more appealing tourist destination while also suspending or restricting certain constitutional protections, including the right to be informed of the reasons for detention, the right to access legal counsel and the right to visitation.
El Salvador's president has maintained that the measure was needed to rein in rival gangs MS-13 and Barrio 18.
Human rights groups, meanwhile, have denounced the declared emergency, arguing that it has sparked widespread arbitrary arrests. The groups have repeatedly demanded that Bukele scrap the measure.
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Human rights organizations have recorded more than 6,000 complaints during the emergency declaration and documented the deaths of at least 575 people in government custody.
The potential release of thousands of prisoners, some argue, is not enough to repair the damage of their prolonged imprisonment.
"The victims of arbitrary detentions don’t just deserve to recover their freedom, but they also deserve to be compensated for the harms caused by the State of El Salvador: the physical and mental harm that imprisonment causes, family suffering, loss of work or studies, reputational damage, among others," exiled Salvadoran lawyer Bertha Deleón wrote on X.
Bukele dismissed widespread criticism from national and international human rights groups, suggesting that they should take the side of the victims of gang violence.
The president also defended the need to keep the state of emergency while also indicating his goal of ending it eventually.
El Salvador's homicide rate has fallen dramatically over the past decade, including during Bukele's presidency, according to government figures. The rate dropped from a peak of more than 100 murders per 100,000 residents in 2015, four years before Bukele took office, to 1.3 per 100,000 in 2025.
But the government has narrowed the definition of homicide to exclude killings by police, murders in prisons and bodies found in unmarked graves.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Pentagon sends hundreds of Army troops to Latin America for training as drug-trafficking campaign expands
The U.S. military is deploying several hundred Army soldiers to Latin America for training and joint exercises with regional forces as the Trump administration expands its campaign against drug-trafficking networks, Fox News confirmed.
The deployment involves soldiers from the Army's 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, New York, with the first troops from a roughly 600-soldier battalion expected to deploy to Panama, according to The New York Times, which first reported the deployment.
A senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that the troops are being forward-staged under U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which will determine where they are ultimately deployed.
According to The Times, the troops will first deploy to a new jungle training facility in Panama before eventually training with local forces in Colombia and Honduras.
The troops could also support U.S. special operations personnel who are advising local militaries conducting raids against suspected drug traffickers, the outlet reported.
Separately, several hundred soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division are expected to help staff a new Western Hemisphere military command based in Miami.
The deployment comes as the Pentagon continues military operations targeting suspected drug traffickers across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Since the campaign began more than a year ago, U.S. forces have conducted dozens of strikes, with more than 235 people killed.
Gen. Francis Donovan, commander of SOUTHCOM, previously said the military was considering operations against trafficking networks on land.
"Do I see land strikes as options? Yes. We want all options at the table," Donovan said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
"Those actions might be strikes, arrests, or the takedown of a safe house," he continued. "It could even be something as routine as increasing the use of cargo scanners at border checkpoints."
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Donovan added that the goal was to create "total systemic friction" for the cartels.
The Trump administration has pursued agreements with allied nations that could allow it to expand military operations against trafficking networks onto land in multiple Latin American countries.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth previously said during a visit to Panama in August that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups within their borders, although Guatemala denied reaching such an agreement.
Brewers steal Game 3 on Dodgers' home turf to go up 3-0, pushing LA to brink of elimination
The Milwaukee Brewers pushed the Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink of elimination Wednesday night with a 6-2 Game 3 victory at Dodger Stadium.
One win now separates Milwaukee from completing the sweep and returning the favor for last year's NLCS.
Jackson Chourio ambushed Blake Snell’s first pitch of the night for a leadoff blast, and Robert Gasser protected the lead with five shutout frames.
After the Dodgers briefly went ahead in the sixth on Will Smith’s two-run double, Milwaukee answered in three batters. Snell walked Andrew Vaughn to open the seventh before Jake Bauers won an 11-pitch battle with a go-ahead, two-run missile. Garrett Mitchell hammered the next pitch over the wall to chase Snell and make it 4-2.
A wild pitch in the eighth, a Joey Ortiz RBI single in the ninth, and 3.2 scoreless relief innings from DL Hall and Trevor Megill finished the job.
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For the first time in the Shohei Ohtani era, the Dodgers look utterly spent. This series has mirrored the 2004 NBA Finals, when the Detroit Pistons dismantled the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers through relentless collective force. There are no 2024 Tommy Edman heroics and no 2025 Ohtani masterclasses to save them.
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This year, with nobody willing to sound the alarm, an exhausted lineup is simply dragging bats through the zone with so little fight that fans online have cynically wondered if LA is throwing the series to kill the sport's salary-cap debate.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts offered the only posture left for a manager running out of runway.
"You just gotta win tomorrow," Roberts said. "We've just got to get a win and find a way to build some momentum."
After the win, Bauers noted that last year's squad "flew to LA knowing we were heading to a funeral," while this group arrived fully expecting to win.
The Dodgers built what was supposed to be an indestructible machine. Milwaukee has reduced it to a team on fumes, with a chance to lower the casket Thursday night in Game 4.
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Trump wishes Pope Leo speedy recovery after lung cancer diagnosis, speaks highly of pontiff's brother
President Donald Trump wished Pope Leo XIV a speedy recovery Wednesday following his lung cancer diagnosis, revealing that he is friends with the pontiff's brother, whom he described as an enthusiastic MAGA supporter.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Arizona to Montana, Trump expressed optimism about the 71-year-old pontiff's recovery following surgery to remove part of his right lung.
"I want to see Pope Leo get well. I hear the prognosis for that type of a problem. It's a cancer. It's big stuff. Anytime you have cancer," the president said. "But the prognosis seems to be good, I've watched. And we just want to wish him our love and our best wishes."
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Trump then discussed his friendship with the pope's brother and his wife, describing them as enthusiastic supporters of the president.
"His brother is a friend of mine, who's a great — he's a fantastic guy — and his wife. You know, they're big Trump supporters. They have MAGA all over their house," he continued. "And I can say that his brother loves him a lot. Loves the pope a lot, and that's good, but I just want to wish him well. Get better fast."
The president's remarks came one day after the Vatican announced that Leo had been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a form of lung cancer, following surgery at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome.
According to the Holy See Press Office, doctors removed the lower lobe of the pontiff's right lung during a procedure that lasted approximately 90 minutes. Doctors reported no complications.
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The Vatican said the cancer diagnosis was confirmed through an examination of tissue collected during surgery, consistent with findings from tests conducted before the procedure.
Leo had previously disclosed that doctors discovered a small lump in his lung at an early stage and recommended surgery. Following the operation, he awoke normally and returned to his hospital room after a brief observation period, according to the Vatican.
Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
Tony Dungy tells Sage Steele that NBC wasn't happy with his pro-life views: 'They knew where I stood'
Legendary NFL head coach and football analyst Tony Dungy is not going to apologize for being convicted in his religious beliefs.
Dungy spent years as an analyst on NBC, sharing his insight after a 13-year head coaching career in the NFL and a Super Bowl championship with the Indianapolis Colts. But curiously, despite his popularity and wealth of experience, Dungy and NBC parted ways in early 2026.
He told former ESPN personality Sage Steele that he had a sneaking suspicion as to why. During a recent, lengthy interview on "The Sage Steele Show", Dungy explained what he believed led to his exit and why he doesn't regret what he did.
Steele brought up NBC, then said from the outside, it seemed like it "was tied to you being more and more vocal about your beliefs with faith, with being pro-life."
Dungy didn't deny it, saying he felt that it wasn't always appreciated that he spoke out about his faith.
"There are some things that, I guess in TV especially, they want you to be careful because they want to attract everybody. They want to have an audience of everyone. They don’t always appreciate you speaking about your faith. But for me, I’m always going to do that. I'm going to try and do it in a respectful way, but people are going to know that I’m a Christian."
Relatedly, Dungy also spoke at the "March for Life" event, which he later told Steele was not a popular decision with the NBC brass. Steele asked Dungy if he'd asked permission before speaking, to which he confirmed he hadn't.
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"And they were not happy that I went because … their point is, ‘Hey, we’ve got audience on all sides of the spectrum. We don’t want to push away anyone just making statements like that.’ And I said, ‘Well, I get it, but this is an important topic to me. I was asked to speak and because it was important to me, I did.’"
Steele interjected, saying that he kept talking about it anyway, including making posts on social media.
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"They knew where I stood. I knew where they stood… there are some things I’m not going to try to turn an audience away, but things that are important to me I’m going to talk about. If somebody asked me a question about my faith and am I a Christian, I’m not going to say no. I’m not going to shy away from it."
When Steele wondered whether he'd thought of backing off his public statements on faith and being pro-life, Dungy again said no. "I said I've got to do it in the right way, and I can't do it in a belligerent manner."
Then he makes the important distinction: "You're also not doing it on 'Sunday Night Football.' I'm not going to use that platform as, 'Oh, by the way, stop talking about the game tonight. Let me just make a point about abortion.'"
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A few minutes later, Dungy admitted that he was "pretty sure" his time at the network would be coming to an end over publicly sharing his religious views.
"I was pretty sure it was. There were things that they didn't want me to talk about and we had a good understanding. They knew who I was when I got hired and, you know, it is what it is."
Though he knew it was coming, Dungy didn't go as far as saying that's definitively why he was let go. When asked directly, he said, "I don't know. And it really doesn't matter."
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Another "job" Dungy lost? He was taken off the Hall of Fame voting committee. When Steele brought that up, potentially wondering if that too was related to his public comments, he said he was told it was completely unrelated, "I don't know exactly, they said that they wanted to go from 50 voters to 25. They thought it would make an easier process."
It's interesting to contrast how NBC apparently handled Dungy's public statements of faith, and how that relates to his views on abortion, with how many networks have little problem with comments supporting the political left or left-wing issues.
Does anyone really believe that NBC would have a problem if one of their football analysts appeared at a "No Kings" protest? Or a pro-choice march? Or spoke about gun control? Of course not. The concerns over political topics only ever go in one direction. Because the right is viewed as divisive by liberal corporations, and the left is viewed as empathetic common sense.
NFL says first regular-season game in France remains on track despite growing unrest in Paris
Earlier this season, the NFL sanctioned its first regular-season game in Australia, extending the league’s international reach beyond its longstanding presence in England.
The 2026-27 season is also set to feature a record number of games outside the United States. In addition to Australia and England, games will be played in France, Brazil, Spain, Germany and Mexico.
As the NFL’s inaugural game in the Paris area approaches, social unrest and protests in France have entered their third week, creating a broader security backdrop for the event. However, the league said Wednesday that the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints is still expected to take place as scheduled Oct. 25 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
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There is precedent for the NFL relocating games, although past changes have typically been prompted by extreme weather or field conditions.
"We're excited for the first-ever regular season game in Paris, and preparations continue as scheduled for NFL events and the game at Stade de France on Oct. 25," the NFL said in a statement obtained by ESPN. "As we do for every NFL game, including our international games, we work closely with local authorities and partners on all operational and security matters. We look forward to welcoming fans to Paris later this month."
Calls for broad changes to France’s education system have been at the center of the unrest. Protesters want the government to address schools that have been considered under-resourced, as well as deteriorating facilities and teacher shortages. Some students have described buildings in disrepair and reported seeing rats inside.
Some demonstrations have escalated into violence, prompting French authorities to deploy tear gas, stun grenades and other crowd-control measures, CBS News reported.
France will hold presidential elections next spring.
The Saints will be the designated home team for the game in France. New Orleans enters its Week 6 matchup with the New York Giants on a three-game losing streak.
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The Steelers picked up their third win Sunday by defeating the Indianapolis Colts and will travel to Tampa this weekend to face the Buccaneers, who earned their first victory of the year last Thursday by upsetting the Dallas Cowboys.
Parents speak out on The Ingraham Angle after girls forfeit race over biological male runner
Roughly a dozen high school girls took their spots at the starting line of a Washington cross-country meet and walked off the course in protest. The Oct. 13 protest, reported by Fox News Digital's Jackson Thompson, at a Camas High School dual meet against Battle Ground followed a decision allowing a male athlete to switch from the boys' team to the girls' varsity roster midseason.
On Sept. 5, the athlete finished 76th in an Oregon boys' junior varsity race. Just ten days later, that same runner was competing in the girls' division, as reported by OutKick's Matt Calkins.
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School officials were fine rubber-stamping the decision, but the young Camas runners weren't about to pretend it was a level playing field. They walked off the course.
Parents Kevin and Sarah Burns appeared on "The Ingraham Angle" to explain why their daughter Holly and her teammates decided they had seen enough.
"Well, we told her that they should do what they feel is best and that they feel is right. And they got the support from their teammates, and they decided to make a difference," Kevin Burns said.
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"I think if only a couple of girls had walked off it, they would have lost some opportunities. And I don't think it would have mattered so much. But so many of them," he added. "And I want you to remember that several of the girls, such as the team, team captains, had quit before this. So there really was a lot more girls than you see in the video that were protesting this."
When families questioned the runner's eligibility, the Camas School District said its hands were tied by state rules.
Officials explained that Washington law and high school athletic regulations require schools to let athletes compete in divisions matching their gender identity.
Holly's father explained that the school's response effectively shut down the issue.
"The school sent us out a letter stating that, based on Washington law, it prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and expression," he said. When Ingraham summarized the letter as telling families they were out of luck, he agreed: "I guess it's okay to discriminate against actual gender."
With athletic institutions and legacy sports figures largely silent, the burden of taking a stand fell on teenagers.
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Holly's mother addressed the emotional weight placed on young competitors who simply wanted to run.
"They're children, they're, you know, they're 16 to 17-year-old girls that shouldn't have to deal with this at all, shouldn't even be on their radar," Sarah Burns said. "You know, they should just be able to go out there and race and have fun and not deal with this adult issue."
The friction carried straight onto the sidelines during the meet.
When the parents arrived with signs to support the runners, security attempted to remove them.
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"We've actually received a lot of support. I think that there's a big silent majority on this," Kevin Burns said. "I think people are afraid to speak out, but that was one of the reasons why we went down there and we held up signs."
The couple stood their ground and refused to leave.
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"We got a lot of pushback showing up there. They said the signs weren't allowed. We had to leave. My wife Sarah was being very brave and did not care. And I don't think they had a legal reason to actually push us out," he recalled.
"So we ended up actually staying there and holding our signs, and it gave the girls a boost of self-esteem. And we had a lot of parents coming up and saying, thank you for doing this. I was, I wanted to do this also. So this is kind of the start, I think."
Her mother laid bare what is at stake: "I want to stand up for girls that need someone to stand up for them."
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Kevin also pressed political leaders to take up the cause, arguing that defending female athletics bridges partisan divides.
"This is a big issue that most Americans on both sides of the political aisle agree with. And I don't know why, party members, especially on the right, aren't grabbing this more and pushing it.
"I know they have in the past, but this is such a winning issue," he said. "We have friends on both sides of the aisle that agree with the girls' rights to not have to compete against boys."
The adults in charge won't do their jobs, so high school girls are doing it for them. Welcome to high school sports in 2026.
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Tension erupts during House midterm debate as Lawler fact-checks New York Democrat opponent on immigration
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., faced off against Democrat opponent Cait Conley Wednesday night in a one-hour debate filled with interruptions and fiery accusations less than three weeks before Election Day.
Lawler is vying for a third term representing New York's 17th Congressional District, a politically moderate area in the New York City suburbs that could decide the fate of who controls the House of Representatives for the final years of President Donald Trump's term.
Lawler called out Conley for misrepresenting his voting record, Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act and her own stance on immigration enforcement. Conley, meanwhile, tried to paint Lawler as a Trump acolyte who put the needs of Washington Republicans ahead of the people of his district.
Their most heated clashes came on the immigration front, when the moderator referenced the recent shooting of an illegal immigrant by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week in New York City while the man's 5-year-old child was in the car.
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"I believe that border security is national security and that we do need immigration enforcement to ensure that violent criminals and drug cartels and human traffickers and terrorist organizations aren't in our communities and that they are deported," Conley said.
"But what we are seeing right now with the conduct of ICE is posing a public safety hazard. To your point, last week, they shot into a car where there was a 5-year-old child. I'll tell you, as a law enforcement officer, you're not permitted to do that kind of stuff."
Lawler, however, pointed out the man has a lengthy criminal rap sheet and was seen by some as a danger to his community. He also argued the shooting would never have happened had local law enforcement not been barred from handing him over to ICE by New York's sanctuary laws.
He said Conley "supports making New York a sanctuary state, prohibits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials."
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Lawler later pivoted the discussion to Sheridan Gorman, the college student from his district who was killed while out with her friends near her campus in Chicago earlier this year. The illegal immigrant accused of killing her was previously charged with shoplifting, but Chicago sanctuary laws prevent local law enforcement from handing him over to ICE.
Conley called Gorman's death "an atrocious crime" while repeatedly pointing out it took place in Chicago.
Lawler attempted to intervene multiple times to call it "preventable," to which an irate Conley responded, "Can I finish?"
"And I do support federal agents and federal law enforcement, federal immigration enforcement, making sure that we deport violent citizens," she said.
Lawler then argued, however, that Conley's support of sanctuary policies runs counter to that.
"If you think he should have been deported when he was arrested for shoplifting, he should have been turned over to ICE. Under the new law that you support, he will not be turned over to ICE, and he will be released under cashless bail," Lawler said.
It prompted the moderator to step in, telling Lawler there was no "cross-examination round."
Elsewhere in the debate, Lawler accused Conley of having "literally just lied" that Lawler voted with Trump "100% of the time."
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"I've been rated the third most independent member of my conference. And I have taken on the president on numerous issues, including lifting the cap on SALT, including extending Haitian TPS, including passing an extension for the ACA enhanced premium tax credit despite his objections," Lawler said.
Earlier in the debate, Conley tried to accuse Lawler of supporting tax breaks for companies that build data centers as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Lawler shot back, "I know you just moved here from Virginia, so it's hard for you to understand the local communities, but the fact is ... the provision you referenced in the Working Families Tax Cut Act is $80 billion for 100% expensing for every business in America to expense plant, property and equipment.
"Are you against our small businesses in the Hudson Valley being able to expense their plant, property and equipment and hire more people? Your attack on that rings hollow. You clearly don't understand what's actually in the tax bill. And part of the problem is you don't pay property taxes."
Amid the drama were moments of civility.
Both candidates shook hands after their spirited debate and thanked each other for appearing. Lawler also thanked Conley for her military service.
The district is a pivotal one for control of the House next year. Lawler is one of three House Republicans who won a district that former Vice President Kamala Harris also won in 2024.
And in an election that's expected to be brutal for the GOP, both sides are pouring millions of dollars into the fight.