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Senate moves to rein in college sports 'Wild West' with sweeping new rules for players, schools
The Senate took a major first step to advancing standardized, federal guardrails on college sports as name, image and likeness (NIL) has transformed the landscape of collegiate athletics.
Lawmakers moved the Protect College Sports Act, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., onto the next phase, opening up the opportunity for the Senate to advance the bipartisan bill later in the week.
"I think most people acknowledge that the current landscape of college sports is a mess," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said ahead of the vote. "It needs to be addressed."
At its core, Cruz pitched the legislation as a means to corral the chaos that has unfolded in college athletics since the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) made its landmark decision in 2021 to allow student-athletes to benefit financially while playing collegiate football, basketball and many others.
"Some have asked why should Congress get in the middle of this? The answer is simple: because Congress screwed it up in the first place," Cruz said during a press conference on Monday.
"It has been the federal antitrust laws applied in litigation after litigation after litigation that have had the effect of tearing down essentially all the rules," he continued. "So right now it is the Wild West."
The Protect College Sports Act would broadly add restrictions to the transfer portal for student-athletes, create a uniform eligibility framework of five years, recruiting and tampering guardrails that establish when schools or agents can contact or recruit a student-athlete, a federal standard for NIL rules, and a revenue-sharing cap.
Opponents of the bill, including Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., contended that the Protect College Sports Act would take away bargaining power from student-athletes and create exemptions from antitrust laws for colleges.
"The ‘chaos’ is that (mostly black) athletes now have bargaining power and white coaches and sports industry execs hate it," Murphy said on X.
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And the Congressional Black Caucus, led by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., announced that it would not support the bill, charging in a statement that it would not support the legislation while "Black political representation is under attack across the country," following the Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act earlier this year.
"Several months ago, before the Senate ever reached this moment, the Congressional Black Caucus made clear that Congress should not rush to provide sweeping new federal protections and legal certainty to powerful athletic institutions while those same institutions remained largely silent as Black voting rights and Black political representation came under unprecedented attack," the group said.
Cantwell acknowledged the pushback, noting that "several are friends and allies."
"Let me be clear, voting rights are sacred, and I will stand in that fight with anyone," she said on the Senate floor. "But I cannot agree that the way to wage it is to hold thousands of student-athletes' scholarships, health protections and future hostages to a Supreme Court decision they did not make."
Clancy-fixated Illinois mom sang 'Wizard of Oz' tune after allegedly killing 2-year-old son: report
Corie Walsh, the woman who obsessed over the Lindsay Clancy case and allegedly killed her 2-year-old son, sang a rendition of a Wizard of Oz classic while being questioned by investigators, according to reports.
Walsh, 40, who allegedly told officers she killed her son because she believed he was the "devil" and the "anti-Christ," belted out "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" from the movie classic, according to court documents obtained by The Sun.
She is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the death of her son, Barrett Walsh, who was found hanging lifeless from a rafter in the basement of their suburban Chicago home.
The boy was discovered by his two siblings on Sept. 1 as they returned home from school. Upon arrival, responding police officers found a neighbor performing CPR on Barrett.
While speaking with detectives, Walsh reportedly went on an unhinged rant and singing her own version of "Follow the Yellow Brick Road."
Walsh’s attorney, Andrea Lyon, said her client was "psychotic" and rejected any connection between her interest in the Clancy case and the alleged killing.
"She was psychotic. And this is not a first-degree murder," Lyon told reporters.
Before the killing, Walsh had become "very invested" in the Clancy murder trial, which involved the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children.
She had discussed the case in text messages with her friends as recently as the morning she allegedly killed her son.
Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
Democrat rebels defy Jeffries to hand GOP critical win just before midterms
A pair of moderate House Democrats defied House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Tuesday, rescuing Republicans from an embarrassing final week before the November midterms.
Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., voted with Republicans on a procedural hurdle known as a "rule vote," aimed at allowing the House to consider a slew of other bills this week.
It’s an embarrassing blow to Jeffries’ leadership; it is almost unheard of for the minority party to break ranks and help the majority pass one of their rules, even if lawmakers on that side support the underlying legislation.
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Golden’s spokesman told Fox News Digital that the congressman’s vote was to advance a Russia sanctions bill that would have effectively been killed had the Tuesday evening rule vote failed.
"Congressman Golden has been a consistent supporter of America’s allies in Ukraine. He didn’t want to see the Russia sanctions bill die in a rule vote after passing with overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate," the spokesman said. Fox News Digital reached out to Gluesenkamp Perez’s office as well.
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It’s not the first time the two voted against their own party on a rule, having done so several weeks earlier. The pair have been known to break ranks with fellow Democrats before, but their decision to do so on procedural votes incited particular fury among fellow Democrats.
It also spurred questions over whether Jeffries will be able to control his caucus if Democrats take back the House in November, and he is elected to be the next speaker.
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Jeffries and his top deputies said in a statement the last time the pair broke ranks on a rule, "The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust. It is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order."
It’s not clear if any punishment ensued, however.
Golden is notably retiring from Congress at the end of this year. Gluesenkamp Perez is facing her toughest election yet against a Republican challenger in her Washington state district, which voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.
EXCLUSIVE: Haitian illegal alien gang member who went viral yelling ‘Biden forever’ during ICE arrest deported
EXCLUSIVE: A Haitian gang member and illegal alien who defiantly told Fox News cameras "I’m not going back to Haiti" and shouted "Biden forever" during his viral U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest has been deported to Haiti by the Trump administration after spending 19 months in federal custody.
Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles was deported on an ICE flight originating in Louisiana, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News.
Sources told Fox News that Charles was extremely combative aboard the aircraft and made crude, profane and threatening remarks about President Donald Trump and his family during the deportation flight.
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An image obtained exclusively by Fox News shows Charles aboard the plane. The photo was provided by an ICE source and was not included among the images officially released by DHS.
The deportation completes a dramatic reversal from Charles' arrest in Massachusetts on Jan. 22, 2025, when Fox News cameras captured him insisting he would not be returned to Haiti.
"I’m not going back to Haiti … you feel me?" Charles said during the arrest. "F--- Trump," he added. "Biden forever bro."
Fox News witnessed the arrest as ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers took Charles into custody in Massachusetts, just days after Trump returned to the White House.
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DHS identifies Charles as a member of the Back Block Money Gang and says he had accumulated 17 criminal convictions.
His criminal history included convictions for assault and battery on a public employee, resisting arrest, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, possession with intent to distribute a Class D controlled substance, possession of controlled substances, carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying ammunition without a firearm identification card and trespassing, according to DHS.
Charles remained in federal custody for approximately 19 months after his arrest as his immigration case proceeded.
A Department of Justice (DOJ) immigration judge issued Charles a final order of removal on Nov. 7, 2025, according to DHS.
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DHS publicly announced Charles' deportation after Fox News obtained details of his removal, specifically referencing the viral video of Charles praising former President Joe Biden during his arrest.
"This illegal alien gang member from Haiti had quite the rap sheet," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement, citing Charles' convictions for assault and battery on a public employee, resisting arrest and drug trafficking.
Mullin also criticized the immigration policies of the Obama and Biden administrations and credited the Trump administration with carrying out Charles' removal.
"Once again: if you’re here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and remove you from the United States of America," Mullin said.
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DHS said Charles had originally received Temporary Protected Status (TPS) during the Obama administration in February 2013, and was admitted to the U.S. in July of that year, according to DHS.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services terminated his TPS in July 2022, according to DHS.
The White House separately provided Fox News with a statement following Charles' deportation.
"This gang member and criminal illegal alien loved Obama, Biden, and open-border Democrats who let him enter our country with TPS and allowed him to terrorize American citizens," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said.
"Thanks to the Trump administration, he is now off our streets and back in Haiti," she continued, while contrasting Trump's immigration enforcement policies with those of Democrats.
DHS also posted a tongue-in-cheek photo of President Donald Trump at his viral McDonald's campaign trail stop waving goodbye to accompany the news.
The deportation came more than a year and a half after Charles predicted the opposite as ICE officers placed him under arrest in front of Fox News cameras.
"I’m not going back to Haiti," he said at the time.
Charles was deported by ICE to Haiti on Thursday, DHS said.
Ed Sheeran says he tried to ‘build a bridge’ over Macklemore tour spot before venues said no
Ed Sheeran addressed Macklemore’s removal from his U.S. tour Tuesday, saying the rapper’s departure was ultimately a decision made by the concert promoter and venues — not by him.
The "Shape of You" singer said he was "appalled" by the conflict between Israel and Palestine and described the suffering on both sides as "a human tragedy," according to a lengthy statement shared on Instagram after Macklemore accused Sheeran and tour organizers of sidelining him over his pro-Palestinian remarks.
Following Sheeran's note, four supporting acts withdrew from the Loop Tour in solidarity with Macklemore, including Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, Lukas Graham, and Finneas.
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"Macklemore asked to join my tour last year and I agreed, because I respect him as an artist," Sheeran wrote. "As with all my support acts, I agree that they play a setlist of their choosing."
On Monday, Macklemore had claimed that Sheeran told him Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium, had rallied other stadium owners to oppose allowing the rapper to perform. According to his account, the venues allegedly gave Sheeran an ultimatum: "if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues."
Sheeran’s statement offered a different account of the events, saying that after Macklemore’s performances at his New Jersey shows, venues scheduled for upcoming tour dates told organizers they would pull the shows if Macklemore remained on the lineup.
"After Macklemore’s performances at my New Jersey shows, venues on my upcoming tour dates communicated that they would pull the shows if he was still supporting," Sheeran wrote. "I was informed that this stance was based on how Macklemore conveyed part of his message during his performance, rather than on everything that was said. I spoke with the venues at length all week to try and build a bridge. One of those people was Robert Kraft. I was also involved in direct talks with promoters along with activists on both sides to try and find a mutual resolution for all, but the venue’s and promoter’s decision was final."
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"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter’s decision, it was not mine," Sheeran added. "Macklemore’s contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me."
Macklemore was scheduled to perform at eight of the remaining U.S. dates on Sheeran’s "Loop Tour."
Sheeran said he has deliberately avoided using his professional platform for politics because his audience includes young people and children from diverse backgrounds. Sheeran said concertgoers attend his shows expecting "a place of safety and sanctuary" rather than a political forum.
"There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics – my audience includes young people, often children, of all backgrounds," he wrote. "Those who come to my shows do not expect a political forum. I respect Macklemore’s strength of purpose to stand up and shout for what he believes. However, there is room for multiple approaches to the same end: peace. I choose to use my fame and platform to be a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open, not closed. If we only focus on shouting the loudest, nothing will ever change. There are different approaches to being an advocate for change."
Sheeran also rejected the suggestion that his decision not to speak publicly about his personal beliefs made him indifferent to the conflict.
"I am not complicit," he wrote. "I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn’t mean I don’t have them, and it doesn’t mean I don’t care."
The singer said he spent the week attempting to preserve the tour while balancing the concerns of venues, promoters, fans, crew members and support acts.
"I would never let down the fans who had made plans, nor would I abandon the touring crew and the other support acts and musicians who rely on me for work and to make a living," Sheeran wrote.
He concluded by saying he had tried to find a solution but was ultimately unable to do so.
"I have spent this week trying to build bridges, to find a solution and unfortunately, was unable to do so. I know who I am, both as a person and as an artist, and those who know my heart know my values too."
The message was heard by many, including Billie Eilish's brother, Finneas, who was slated to tour with Sheeran in South America later this year.
"Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed," he wrote. "I have decided to withdraw from my upcoming tour dates with Ed Sheeran. I stand with Palestine and its people."
Aaron Rowe wrote that the decision wasn't made "lightly" in a similar statement on social media as he withdrew from the tour.
"Ed has been a friend to me and has changed my life, I could never thank him enough for this," Rowe said. "But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation."
"I cannot stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide and who highlight the savage murder of children. I would lose all respect for myself to carry on as normal."
Rowe noted that he needed to "be true to myself and my ancestors who resisted colonization, and fought for a freedom that I enjoy today in Ireland."
"We are a traditional Irish band who never saw ourselves playing in stadiums of that size and that opportunity is not los on us," Beoga wrote on social media. "We have been friends with Ed for over 10 years now and will continue to be. We believe in dialogue as a means of progressing the plight of the Palestinian people."
Lukas Graham wrote that he was grateful for his friendship with Sheeran, but couldn't "carry on with tour as things stand," before withdrawing.
"I'm sorry we won't be there. This is a difficult decision, but it's one I need to stand by," Graham added.
A week after Macklemore repeatedly called to "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" while opening for Sheeran, the rapper was dropped from the remaining U.S. dates he was scheduled to perform on the "Shape of You" singer's tour.
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"As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans," Messina Touring Group, the promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s "Loop Tour," said in a statement to Rolling Stone. "After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates."
On Monday, Macklemore addressed the announcement and doubled down on his stance.
"I’m not sure how to start this. So I’m going to speak from the heart and share the truth," he wrote in a lengthy Instagram statement. "Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families."
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"The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don’t lose sight of that."
The rapper claimed Kraft told Sheeran that Macklemore "would not be allowed" to perform at the stadium.
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Kraft issued a statement defending his decision to influence the rapper's removal from the tour.
"Gillette Stadium has a longstanding commitment to providing a welcoming environment for all guests and ensuring that events held at our venue do not provide a platform for hate speech," the statement read. "Based on Macklemore’s recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran’s shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community, we determined that his participation in the September 25th and 26th concerts at Gillette Stadium would cross that line."
The statement continued, "This decision is not about diminishing the suffering of innocent Palestinians or denying anyone the right to advocate on their behalf. Their pain and loss are real. But that advocacy should not come at the expense of the Jewish community or obscure the responsibility of Hamas, a United States and globally (including Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, and Japan) designated terrorist organization whose horrific actions have caused immeasurable suffering for Palestinians and Israelis alike. I agree with Macklemore. Too many lives have been lost and there has been too much suffering, but only sharing selective information and ignoring the actions of Hamas is not honest and only advances more divisiveness and hate. Over many decades, I have directed resources to Palestine and created athletic and entrepreneurial opportunities for Palestinians who I admire and respect. Standing with the Palestinian people and standing against Hamas, antisemitism and hate should not be mutually exclusive."
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"Much of my time and attention for the last decade has been focused on the fight against antisemitism and hate of all kinds, and I feel a responsibility to stand up when I believe that line has been crossed. I have tremendous respect for Ed and his music, particularly his unique ability to bring people together and spread joy, and I have always been proud to welcome him and his fans to Gillette Stadium.
"I would welcome the opportunity to sit down with Macklemore and discuss the facts, because ultimately our goal is the same – peace for all people, an end to suffering, and an end to all hate."
While Macklemore said he hopes his relationship with Sheeran won't crumble over this, he stands by his position.
"I didn’t need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to say. Free Palestine. But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour I’ve ever been on."
High-profile Democrat breaks with party, embraces key pieces of Trump agenda
DETROIT, MICHIGAN — Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., threw her support behind three of the Trump administration’s signature economic policies in an interview with Fox News Digital.
Collaboration between ratepayers and data center developers, public stakes in high-growth industries and loan guarantees for critical mineral extraction are all areas where the Michigan congresswoman says the Trump administration is charting the right course. She also pointed to bolstering American manufacturing and deterring the nation’s adversaries from hostage taking as areas where she believes bipartisan collaboration is possible.
"It's not just about taxation," Stevens told Fox News Digital when asked how revenues can be raised to fund healthcare and infrastructure programs. "If federal dollars are used, like what Mr. Elon Musk got from the federal government, so potentially this current administration could be right that ownership stakes should be on the table."
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The Trump administration has increasingly pursued direct equity stakes, alongside grants and loans, to steer capital into industries it considers strategically important, such as semiconductors and critical minerals.
For instance, the administration converted $8.9 billion in federal funding into a 9.9% nonvoting stake in Intel, while the Pentagon took a 15% stake in rare-earth producer MP Materials. Both investments have increased in value since the government took them, although those gains are not realized until the shares are sold.
While Stevens thinks stimulating economic growth is part of the equation for balancing the federal balance sheet, she did say that the "wealthiest of the wealthy" should "absolutely" pay more in taxes.
Stevens rose to national prominence during her primary contest against Abdul El-Sayed, who has since become the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan. She cast herself as a more moderate alternative to El-Sayed, who she accused of unfairly singling out Jewish Americans.
Though the primary feud between the two was intense, Stevens endorsed El-Sayed following a narrow primary defeat and signaled that, while she may agree with President Donald Trump on some things, she still sees his broader agenda as dangerous for America.
"I personally think [Republican nominee] Mike Rogers is going to continue to rubber-stamp Donald Trump’s chaotic agenda," she said in an interview after endorsing El-Sayed. "People are going to make a personal and private decision. I am not on the ballot in Michigan."
Likewise, the White House isn't particularly warm towards Stevens.
"It’s rich that Haley Stevens claims to support President Trump’s proven economic agenda after voting against the President over 80 percent of the time in Congress – including on the Great One Big Beautiful Bill, which is the largest working-class tax cut in history," White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital.
Though Stevens is a loyal Democrat, she says that doesn’t prevent her from working across the aisle, especially on local issues.
For that reason, she threw her support behind the Trump administration’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, a collaborative framework bringing together utilities, data center developers, cooperatives and state governments to keep energy prices down amidst the massive buildout of AI infrastructure.
"I think collaboration is always a promising first step and path forward," Stevens told Fox News Digital when asked about the Ratepayer Protection Pledge. "Before I was in Congress, I had also worked on the bipartisan auto-rescue task force in the Obama administration. I was an Obama appointee, but there were also Bush appointees who stayed on, and there frankly were Republicans who were on the task force. And the reason I'm mentioning the auto task force is that we coordinated at the local level. We coordinated large-scale federal resources."
Later in the interview, Stevens stressed to Fox News Digital that she is "really fired up about critical minerals," arguing that America makes itself vulnerable to China by failing to increase domestic production. She listed loan guarantees for mining firms, a policy currently being carried out by the Trump administration, as something she supports.
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The White House did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Looking forward, Stevens — who has a strong record of bipartisan work — highlighted a few areas she believes are fertile ground for Republicans and Democrats to work together.
"[Rep.] French Hill, who's a Republican from Arkansas and a great congressman, French Hill and I have passed considerable pieces of legislation to stand up to America's enemies, to stand up to our detractors, and that continues to be an area where I believe that we will see more bipartisan collaboration," she told Fox News Digital. "I also feel very strongly and I'm very proud to serve as the bipartisan caucus chair of the manufacturing caucus, our industrial sector, and one of the areas of great success for me in the Congress was, as a midwesterner, working with colleagues on the other side of the aisle to grow our manufacturing economy."
Small-business owner urges Seattle leaders to act now on public drug use and slow emergency response
As dozens of Seattle business leaders call on the city to crack down on open-air drug markets, one small-business owner says he has been dealing with the consequences firsthand.
"It's not getting better, it's getting worse despite the statistics," Matt Humphrey, owner of Steele Barber and Steele Salons, told Fox News Digital in an interview Tuesday.
"What I've seen even this past week, I had to call 911 a couple days ago for some open-air drug use right around the corner from one of my shops, and they hijacked a whole shipment of produce from a local restaurant and had it strewn all over, were shooting up and smoking something. I called 911 and never saw the police. We just encounter this really every day or every week, and it's, it's dangerous for our staff, and it's not great for our customers, and I just keep pressing on to, you know, tell everyone we can't move, pick up and root up our businesses and just move them."
Humphrey says public drug use, harassment and slow emergency responses have become recurring problems near his businesses and home.
Humphrey said he was encouraged to see an open letter sent Thursday to Mayor Katie Wilson and the Seattle City Council.
The letter, signed by 38 business leaders in the Seattle area including executives from companies such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Nordstrom, the Seattle Mariners and Alaska Airlines, requested a 100-day public-safety action plan, more surveillance cameras, increased police staffing and faster response times. It also asked the city to prioritize treatment and shelter while pursuing arrest and prosecution for people who repeatedly refuse help.
"I saw several things in the letter, the open letter to the mayor that were published here locally, that I think are all encouraging," Humphrey said. "It's encouraging to see big companies. I'm just a small company, but it's encouraging to see big companies step forward and, and demand some accountability for what we really are working hard to do in the city, which is provide jobs."
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In a recent statement from Wilson shared by KOMO News following the shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival in July that left three people dead and others injured, Wilson said Seattle Police Department data show shootings and homicides at their lowest in a decade.
"I think it's getting worse," Humphrey said. "I don't think it's getting better, and that's the tough part. It's like when people throw around statistics, that's not what I see, it's not what I see driving around. I see the tent encampments moving around, blocks from my business, from my home. You know, I called 911 last week with a guy, 20 feet from my house, that looked like he was dead. And what I get is bounced around between the 911 operator and the EMS people. And they're like, would you, ‘Are you comfortable talking to this guy to see if he's OK?’ And I'm like, ’No, he could have a weapon.’ We don't know what's going on. This is the kind of stuff that we're living with in the city of Seattle."
Any change, however, would not be effective, according to Humphrey, without the support of the police.
"And employee security for our own employees, and we can't do that if we're not supported by the police," Humphrey said. "So, increased police on the streets, increased response times to when we do call. I think those are all really simple things that we can get in place quicker if the — if the mayor and the city leaders put this into action."
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He said he would want to tell Wilson to view the issue as a concerned parent would.
"I would just simply say, 'Gosh, you're a mom, you don't want your kids walking by people with needles laying on the ground or walking into your business," Humphrey said. "If you were getting your hair done in one of my salons and getting harassed by people that are completely out of their minds and high on drugs. I deal with that all the time."
"I know you're a parent," he added. "It's — you just can't get caught up in the cog of process and stuck with all the policy and all the nonsense that's going on. We just have to make the change now. It just — I've been saying this for six years — we just have to make a change, or we're just going to lose the city."
Fox News Digital reached out to Wilson and the Seattle Police Department for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Jemele Hill suggests this NFL team should sign Colin Kaepernick to start right now
Colin Kaepernick claims he wakes up every morning and still trains as if he were in the NFL. He reiterated to Jemele Hill at the Black Footwear Forum on Saturday in Detroit, Michigan, that he still believes he can play in the league and is waiting for that opportunity.
Unfortunately, despite our attendance, OutKick could not ask him about his position because he and Hill chose not to take questions from the crowd.
Hill, of course, did not challenge Kaepernick on his statement. Instead, she suggested that she agreed with him, name-dropping the Atlanta Falcons as a team that should consider signing him.
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Hill referenced Atlanta as a "Black city" and noted that the Falcons were down to Cooper Rush at quarterback for Week 1 following injuries to Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix.
Comments like those from Kaepernick and Hill show how unserious these conversations are.
Rush is not an ideal starting quarterback. But he is at least an active NFL quarterback. He has played every season, mostly due to injuries to starters, since 2021.
In Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the Steelers, Rush went 12-of-22 for 143 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. He is functional.
Colin Kaepernick, after 10 years away, would not be functional. Presumably, no quarterback would be after such a long break.
Hill knows that. However, she also knows the Falcons will not sign Kaepernick, which gives her plausible deniability. At this point, Hill is simply trying to stay relevant on Threads, Bluesky, and racially hysterical message boards on Reddit.
Interestingly, Hill’s suggestion about the Falcons invites mockery of the idea that Kaepernick could play in the NFL at this stage.
Saying Kaepernick could not make an NFL team in 2026 is hardly a knock on him. He turns 39 in November and has not played professional football in 10 years.
A player cannot simply go from not playing football for a decade to playing professionally, regardless of how fit they are.
Yet, because of their conversations, here we are mocking the idea that Kaepernick could.
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Further, NFL teams have no reason to give Kaepernick a shot.
The NFL did not pass on Kaepernick simply because he was the face of the kneeling controversy. Teams passed on him because he had become a distraction on a level his play did not justify.
Imagine signing Kaepernick as a backup. With him would come a media circus. In most cases, you can sit or cut a backup, and no one says a word. Do that with Kaepernick, and he and Jemele Hill would likely respond with accusations of racism.
Put bluntly, Kaepernick was not worth the trouble 10 years ago. He certainly is not worth it now.
Perhaps the Falcons can upgrade over Cooper Rush. We do not doubt that. But Kaepernick would not be one of those upgrades.
TRACE GALLAGHER: Common sense is alive in America. We just need to listen
During the first-ever Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas last week, there was a lot of talk about the "common sense revolution." It was familiar territory to me because every night on my evening newscast, "Fox News @ Night," we join the common sense revolution — you could say we started the common sense revolution more than four years ago. We like to call it "The Fox News @ Night Common Sense Department."
Common sense gives us a chance to take a deeper and sometimes snarkier take on one of the day’s big topics. The goal of the Common Sense Department is not to accuse Americans of not having common sense, but to remind Americans that we share a great deal of common sense. And when somebody or some group steps outside the boundaries of what we consider societal norms, we love to point out exactly why those boundaries exist. Those boundaries were built over many generations by people whose moral code was instilled through faith, family, friends and fortitude.
When I wrote my new book, "Turns Out They Were Right All Along," I first thought of naming the book "A Trace of Common Sense," a play on my name and the name of my segment. I soon realized that my stories are about more than common sense; my stories are about wisdom that has been gifted, sometimes forced upon me, by a group of amazing people. Some famous, some not, but all of them taught me that hard work and skill are important, while teamwork and luck are also extremely relevant. That means that, at some point, everyone needs to ride on the shoulders of giants — whatever shape or size those giants happen to come in.
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The reason the subtitle of my book is "Life Lessons I Learned Eventually" is because it often takes me a while to recognize solid advice. I have a tendency to wave off wisdom, thinking that I’m better off doing it my way. The problem is, my way is often the wrong way, which on second blush has reminded me to accept good wisdom at face value.
So, after spending years ignoring wisdom before finally accepting it, I now spend a great deal of time passing it on — not only in my book but also by mentoring young people, including young television news correspondents. I labor to convince these young people that America is filled with common sense as long as we are occasionally willing to listen to great wisdom, accept great wisdom and use great wisdom to achieve greatness.
Michael Rapaport cheers Macklemore getting dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour, says 'f--- you'
Actor Michael Rapaport celebrated singer Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour on Monday after Macklemore repeatedly called for a "Free Palestine" and performed his anti-Israel song "Hind’s Hall" as his opening act.
"Macklemore don't rap no more, you got kicked off the tour. That's a better verse than anything you've done in your ridiculous career as a non-rapper," Rapaport said in a video on X.
"Anti-Jewish 'rapper' Macklemore was kicked off the tour with Ed Sheeran," he added. "Now you can go back to your home in Washington State that's on stolen land and take up an instrument. Take a dance class. Take a singing class. Learn how to tinkle the piano. Because when people come out to see a musical performer, you need to perform music, not spread bulls--- lies about a fake genocide, a fake occupation and a fake apartheid. F--- you, OK?"
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"You got plenty of time now. I want you and all your 'Free Palestine' p---- a-- motherf---ers to go back and watch some of these videos from Oct. 7. OK, motherf---er? Macklemore, you non-singing, non-dancing bulls--- artist and the rest of you 'Free Palestine' propaganda-pushing motherf---ers. Oh yeah? L'shana Tova!" Rapaport concluded.
Fox News Digital reached out to Macklemore's representation for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Rapaport previously attacked Macklemore after the rapper appeared in a video giving a speech defending his use of the stage to push political messaging.
"A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart: Free Palestine," Macklemore said in a video shared on social media.
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"I said, ‘Free Palestine!’ I want those words to be loud and clear, so that people all the way in Gaza to the occupied West Bank know that we have not forgotten about them," he continued.
"Imagine going to see Ed Sheeran & this absolute no-talent non-singer, non-rapping, non-dancing clown, Macklemore, is opening & because he actually has no act or specific skill set, he’s jumping around like dkc carrying on about a genocide that never happened in Gaza," Rapaport wrote, adding, "This is a nightmare."
Rapaport, who is Jewish and has frequently spoken out in defense of Israel, told Craig Carton on his new OutKick program, "The Craig Carton Show" that his pro-Israel stance has been an "issue" for him in 2026.
"No, the — yeah, the career stuff has been a problem," Rapaport said. "There's been an issue. The show's being boycotted. Sucks. It doesn't make anybody comfortable. It doesn't make the club comfortable. It doesn't make the other comedians comfortable."
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He added that he has been verbally attacked and threatened for his stance in New York City.
"Anti-semitic, anti-Jewish stuff," Rapaport said. "That hurts me, it embarrasses me, I don't want any other Jewish people behind me to feel uncomfortable, or scared or hesitant to fight, stand up and be proud, however they do it."
However, several prominent figures criticized the decision to remove Macklemore from the tour, including far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
"Absolutely ridiculous position from an ultrazionist trump supporter, who's been awarded by bb for combating israel's critics. its clear that our billionaires are placing their emotional support apartheid state and its genocide over free expression. we must not let this happen," Piker wrote on X Monday.