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Judge orders Trump administration restore Ohio State grad student's visa
A federal judge on Friday ruled the Trump administration must reinstate the legal status of an Ohio State University graduate student who was arrested at a 2024 anti-Israel protest.
Ahwar Sultan, of India, filed a civil lawsuit in D.C. District Court on April 15, alleging his F-1 student visa was "abruptly and unlawfully terminated" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after his participation in protests against Israel's military action in Gaza, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
While Sultan was arrested at an April 25, 2024, protest on campus, his attorneys allege his charges were dismissed and subsequently expunged from his record.
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One week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the State Department revoked the visas of hundreds of foreign students, Sultan was told by OSU administrators he no longer had active legal status.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must immediately return Sultan's visa, and that they cannot modify his record solely based on his arrest at the protest, according to court documents.
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However, a later hearing will allow Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to explain the reasoning for the status change, and clarify if they intend to initiate removal proceedings against him.
The suit, brought by Sultan and the Students for Justice in Palestine at OSU, names President Donald Trump, Rubio, Attorney General Pamela Bondi, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and ICE Director Todd Lyons.
Sultan joins at least a dozen other Ohio State students whose visas were recently revoked.
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The decision comes days after a federal judge and Biden appointee in Georgia ordered the administration to reinstate the legal statuses of 133 international students whose F-1 visas were revoked by ICE and DHS.
OSU did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
Florida doorbell camera captures alligator up on hind legs, 'knocking' on door
A Florida woman got a pretty big – and scaly – shock this week when she looked at her doorbell camera after hearing noises at her front door.
"I heard a knock at the door and then nothing else," Nathalie Gaines, who lives in Lake Mary, Florida, told FOX 35. "I waited a while and then I hear it again.
After she looked at the camera, she realized, "There was a full-blown alligator sitting at our front door."
"It was big," Gaines told the station, estimating the reptile at seven to eight feet.
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She said after it "stood up and kind of banged on the door," it laid back down.
"We always see wildlife, but not this up close, knocking on the door," Gaines added.
The alligator waited at the door for a while before it finally decided to leave and head back to the nearby water.
Gaines said they frequently see bears and deer outside of her home, but this is the first alligator.
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Video taken by Gaines shows the gator ambling across her driveway away from her house.
"He just wants to be left alone," Gaines, who originally called a trapper before realizing they weren’t needed, told the station.
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Another Florida woman had a more contentious encounter with an alligator earlier this month when she straddled the reptile and pried its jaws open after it grabbed her dog's head in its mouth. Her dog survived.
President Trump's handshake, evaluation of Grey Zabel resurfaces after Seahawks draft him in first round
The Seattle Seahawks bolstered their offensive line Thursday by selecting Grey Zabel in the first round of the draft.
The former North Dakota State standout will soon be tasked with protecting first-year Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold.
But as attention shifts to Zabel's future, his past interaction with President Donald Trump is also coming back into focus.
Zabel and his North Dakota teammates visited Washington, D.C., April 9 in celebration of the football team's latest NCAA Division I FCS national championship.
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Before making their way to the White House, a few delegates and a special guest, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., delivered some remarks. Some Bison football players then reflected on their run to the title.
Once they made it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., President Trump eventually met the football team in the East Room. Trump addressed the North Dakota State players and posed for photos. At one point during the interaction, Zabel's teammates pointed him out.
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"Who is the best player? Let's see, who are they pointing at?" Trump asked. "Biggest guy? Come here."
Zabel then approached the president and shook his hand.
"Is he that good?" Trump asked. "Wow. Boy, he's a big sucker huh?"
Trump then asked what position Zabel played, and the 305-pound lineman replied, "Offensive line."
North Dakota State's football team also visited the White House during Trump's first term.
Zabel started 41 games in five seasons at every position on the offensive line except center. He was an FCS All-American at left tackle as a senior last season.
The 23-year-old started the final 36 games of his collegiate career and figures to slot in on the interior of the Seahawks' line, which is in need of help. Zabel could quickly replace Seattle's starting left guard from last season, Laken Tomlinson, who is now a member of the Houston Texans.
The Seahawks are optimistic Zabel can be part of the solution for an offensive line that struggled mightily in 2024. Last season, the Seahawks surrendered 54 sacks, tied for third most in the NFL. The Seahawks, who went 10-7 last season and won the NFC West, ran the vast majority of their plays out of the shotgun formation.
The versatile Zabel could slot in at any of the five starting offensive line positions, but coach Mike Macdonald said he would start out at guard.
"Hopefully, we find a home for him at one position, and he lives there for a really long time for us," Macdonald said. "But I think it just speaks to his savvy. It’s not easy to find those guys that can play interior and at tackle. So, he’s one of them, and he’s ours now."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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John Kerry claims Pope Francis rolled his eyes in private over climate change inaction
Former Secretary of State John Kerry claimed Friday that the late Pope Francis expressed private frustration over human inaction on dealing with climate change, even rolling his eyes.
Kerry, who served as U.S. Climate Envoy during the Biden administration, told MSNBC ahead of the pope's funeral about his private conversations with him on the subject. Asked if Pope Francis ever showed frustration in their chats about climate change, Kerry said, "Absolutely."
"He would roll his eyes a little bit about the human challenge, getting people to do things, but he had faith in that," Kerry said. "Obviously, he had faith. He was remarkable in his steady, calm, quiet but totally dedicated mission of dealing with this."
Kerry said Pope Francis was motivated by actual evidence of climate change's effects. He used his papacy to repeatedly call for reduced carbon emissions in industrialized countries.
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"It's really interesting, too, that this man of faith who was here to speak about the faith of the Church, and some of the beliefs that are based on faith, not evidence, but in the case of the climate crisis, it's all based on evidence," Kerry said. "It's not a matter of faith what is happening. It's a matter of mathematics, and physics, and biology, chemistry, and he knew that, and he accepted that."
In 2023, Pope Francis slammed the United States in particular as "irresponsible" on emissions compared to China.
"The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point," the pope wrote in the 12-page "Laudate Deum," which means "Praise God" in Latin, Fox News Digital previously reported.
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In a 2015 encyclical, Pope Francis wrote the planet was "beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth."
"Many of those who possess more resources and economic or political power seem mostly to be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their symptoms, simply making efforts to reduce some of the negative impacts of climate change," he wrote at the time. "However, many of these symptoms indicate that such effects will continue to worsen if we continue with current models of production and consumption."
Pope Francis' advocacy didn't go over well with conservatives, with some figures accusing him of scolding industrial progress that had made life better for humanity.
Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
Fox News Poll: Democrats’ favorability hits new low, still favored over GOP in 2026 midterms
Democrats hit their lowest favorable rating ever this month as Republicans are viewed more positively than their counterparts for the first time in a decade. Yet, voters would back the Democratic candidate over the Republican in their district if the 2026 congressional elections were held today.
The latest Fox News survey, released Friday, finds 44% have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, while 54% have an unfavorable view for a net rating of -10. For the Democratic Party, it’s 41-56%, for a -15 rating.
Results were reversed last summer, the most recent time Fox asked the question, when voters viewed Republicans negatively by 14 points and the Democrats by just 6 points.
The last time Republicans had a better favorable rating than the Democrats, albeit by 1 point, was in April 2014, when 45% viewed the GOP positively vs. 44% the Democrats.
The drop in positivity toward the Democrats comes from within. Last summer, 87% of self-identified Democrats approved of their party. Now, that’s down 10 points to 77%.
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Meanwhile, the Republican Party saw a slight improvement among their party faithful: 83% of self-identified Republicans had a favorable view in 2024 vs. 85% today.
"The higher favorable rating for the Republican Party is entirely due to Democrats feeling less favorable toward their party than Republicans do toward theirs," says Democrat Chris Anderson, who conducts the Fox News surveys with Republican Daron Shaw. "This in and of itself is unlikely to translate into midterm success for the GOP, as Democrats say they will almost universally vote for their party and Independents favor the Democrats as well."
If the midterm elections were today, voters would back the Democrat over the Republican candidate in their district by 7 points (49% vs. 42%), similar to the results in April 2017 during President Donald Trump’s first term (47% vs. 42%).
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The Democrats are ahead mostly due to stronger backing from their base and being preferred by Independents by a 2-to-1 margin (40% Dem to 18% GOP). They also have the backing of at least 6 in 10 Black voters (68%), voters under age 30 (60%), and women with a degree (59%).
Independents have negative views of both major parties but are more down on the Republicans (72% unfavorable) than the Democrats (66%). And while more back the Democratic candidate, a 41% plurality are unsure of what they’ll do in 2026.
Republicans’ strongest support comes from White evangelical Christians (66%), White men without a degree (54%), and rural voters (50%).
Another reason the GOP candidate is struggling is because of party loyalty: fewer Republicans (92%) and 2024 Trump supporters (86%) back the GOP candidate than Democrats (97%) and 2024 Harris supporters (91%) do theirs.
"The congressional ballot results aren’t surprising, as the out-party typically does well in the administration’s first midterms," says Shaw. "Republicans did well in 2010 and 2022, while Democrats did well in 2018, and polls showed this was mostly because their partisans were more fired up. The key for the Republicans is either keeping some of the Democrats and independents that crossed over in 2024 for Trump or ginning up their base for an election where Trump isn’t on the ballot."
The survey also asks voters how they felt about their 2024 vote choice and while 85% were satisfied overall, there has been a decline in satisfaction among Trump voters. Eighty-nine percent of those who supported Trump in 2024 remain satisfied with their choice, yet that’s down from 92% four years ago and 97% eight years ago. Among 2024 Harris supporters, 90% remain satisfied with their vote today.
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Young voters, especially those under age 30, have played a big role in the electorate over the last few cycles. The survey finds the GOP congressional candidate is underperforming what Trump got in the 2024 election among these young voters: Forty-seven percent backed Trump according to the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey in November vs. 33% backing the Republicans today.
Young voters also have a more favorable view of the Democratic Party by 2 points (50% favorable, 48% unfavorable), a reversal from last July, when they viewed them negatively by 6. Their views of the Republican Party remain negative by 20 points (38% favorable, 58% unfavorable today vs. 40-60% in July 2024).
"The bad news for the Republicans is the age gap is back in these data," says Shaw. "The good news is this is the most volatile group in the electorate: they tend not to show up for midterm elections and, when they do, they are particularly responsive to short-term forces."
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Conducted April 18-21, 2025, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,104 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (127) and cellphones (703) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (274). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data.
Bryan Kohberger case: Surviving roommate saw Xana Kernodle on floor after encounter with masked intruder
A roommate inside the home where four University of Idaho students were killed saw one of her housemates on the floor minutes after seeing a masked intruder but walked past the scene, according to a new court filing.
Bryan Kohberger is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of four students at the University of Idaho, including Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Ethan Chapin, 20. The former Washington State University student was also charged with one felony count of burglary.
D.M. and B.F., the surviving roommates, returned to their Moscow, Idaho home during the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022 after a night out. The Thursday night court filing reveals that D.M. and B.F. met in Goncalves' bedroom before resting for the night.
At 4:00 a.m., D.M. reported hearing strange noises as well as crying coming from the bathroom. According to the documents, she opened her door and "saw a man dressed in black with a ski mask on."
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After seeing the man with a ski mask on, D.M. called and texted her roommates to see if they were awake. B.F. was the only one to respond, and the two spoke on the phone for 24 seconds. They would speak again for 41 seconds just a minute after the first call, and D.M. told B.F. "she saw a man in a ski mask leaving the house," the document states.
The two would continue frantically texting each other 4:22 a.m. and 4:26 a.m.
"No one is answering," D.M. texted B.F. "I'm rlly confused rn."
"Ya dude wtf," B.F. responded. "Xana was wearing all black."
At one point between 4:22 a.m. and 4:26 a.m., D.M. texted Goncalves, but received no response. D.M. also attempted to contact Kernodle and Chapin, who both didn't respond.
D.M. then left her room and began "running" toward B.F.'s room and saw Kernodle "laying on the floor of her bedroom" with "her head towards the wall and her feet toward the door" at 4:17 a.m.
At the time, D.M. thought Kernodle was drunk.
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Between 5:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., D.M. "engaged in activity on her phone, primarily creating, editing and deleting images and videos," the filing stated. Her phone activity ended at 8:05 a.m. At 10:23 a.m., D.M. texted Mogen, but got no response. She used Instagram up until 11:29 a.m., when she texted Goncalves asking if she was up.
B.F. would eventually call 911 at 11:56 a.m. once several of her friends arrived.
Heather and Jared Barnhart, digital specialists retained by law enforcement to analyze Kohberger's cell phone and PC, determined that there were "abnormal" gaps in data on the devices, according to the court filing.
In the Barnhart's joint report, they observed "gaps" in Kohberger's PC which "may be consistent with cleaning up or using anti-forensic methods to clear evidence," the court filing indicated.
The documents also disclosed that Brent Turvey, a crime scene analyst called by the defense, said that there were attempts by the suspects to "clean up the crime scene after the homicides," which he claims "would have taken far longer than the time interval alleged by the state.
Judge Steven Hippler ruled that the Barnhart's testimony is admissible during the trial, as well as most of the 911 call placed by the roommates.
Nancy Mace torches Clemson University over 15-gender menu: 'Not on my watch'
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is once again charging into battle to defend women and basic biology — this time taking aim at Clemson University over a form that listed a whopping 15 gender identities.
In a fiery video posted to her social media on Friday, Mace slammed Clemson for offering a health portal menu that included terms like "genderqueer," "two-spirit," "cis female" and "cis male."
"Hey everyone, just learned this morning from Libs of TikTok, not from your state legislature, that Clemson University in South Carolina has 15 genders on one of their applications," Mace said in a video on Instagram. "We want to make sure South Carolina is following science and not some radical, woke, leftist, lunatic ideology. Not on my watch."
Mace wasn’t just venting online.
She immediately took action, leaving a voicemail and sending a text to Clemson President Jim Clements demanding answers. "Since there are only two genders," she said, "I just had this issue with USC, and I would like to make sure that you guys are following suit."
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The form in question, first flagged by Libs of TikTok, showed a dropdown menu allowing students to select from 15 different gender identities.
However, Clemson responded exclusively to Fox News Digital, clarifying that "Clemson University does not have this type of menu in its housing application."
Instead, the menu appeared in an external vendor's health services portal, was optional, and has since been taken down. The university said it is now "consulting with medical professionals to determine what information is needed for medical care purposes."
Mace made it clear in her social media posts that she believes state universities should reflect two genders, male and female, if they want to keep receiving taxpayer dollars. "If it were me and Clemson University had 15 genders, they would not get a dime in the state of South Carolina," she warned.
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"Cis is a slur," Mace emphasized in her Instagram video, adding, "Women are women, men are men."
This isn’t Mace's first stand in the gender wars. She recently made headlines by leading the effort to block Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., a biological man who identifies as a woman, from using women's restrooms on Capitol Hill. Her campaign to "protect women’s spaces" has not come without backlash.
"All the violence and threats keep proving our point," Mace posted on X. "Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women! Not now, not ever," she declared.
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Late last year, Mace reported being physically accosted on Capitol grounds, an incident that led to the arrest of a 33-year-old Illinois man. She is the first woman to graduate from the Citadel.
Mace's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Former Dem congressman suggests Shedeur Sanders fell in NFL Draft because 'America fears strong black men'
After NFL quarterback prospect Shedeur Sanders was not selected in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday, many critics debated why on social media.
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined the debate Friday, suggesting the reason Sanders slid was because "America continues to fear strong black men." Bowman also compared the 23-year-old quarterback to former NFL star Eli Manning, who refused to play for the San Diego Chargers after being selected with the No. 1 pick in 2004.
"The NFL doesn’t like [Shedeur]Sanders because he wears gold chains and talks like a rapper. They don’t care that he’s a leader, intelligent, tough and completed 77% of his passes with no O-line and no running game. He’s entitled but Eli Manning wasn’t entitled when he refused to be drafted by San Diego?" Bowman wrote on X.
"He’s not athletic, but that didn’t stop Joe Montana, Drew Brees or Tom Brady. America continues to fear strong black men who come from means and have a strong sense of themselves without submitting to the 'dominant' culture."
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Bowman added in the video that he expects the Cleveland Browns to select Sanders with the first pick of the second round Friday night.
"It's the way Shedeur dresses. It's the way he talks, and it's his culture, in my opinion. You see him at the draft last night. He's wearing all black. He got the L chain on, and he talks like a rapper," Bowman said.
The first player selected in the draft was former Miami quarterback Cam Ward, who is also Black. In fact, 26 of the 32 players selected in the first round Friday were Black men.
Broadcasts of the draft offered regular shots from inside the Sanders household in Texas as the family waited for Shedeur's name to be called.
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The shots showed the family had installed a multi-layer shelf that included a cap for all 32 NFL teams. But the 23-year-old aspiring pro did not get to put any of them on in celebration Thursday.
At one point during the quarterback's slide, his other brother, NFL safety prospect Shilo Sanders, insisted "something is going on" with Shedeur not being selected.
"Bro, if they don't take you right now, it's something going on," Shilo said. "If they don't take him right now, it's something going on. I don't know what's going on, but it's something."
In footage posted by Deion Jr., Shedeur addressed not being taken in a speech to his family when the first night of the draft was over.
"We all didn't expect this, of course, but I feel like with God, anything possible, everything possible. I don't feel like this happened for no reason. All of this is, of course, fuel to the fire. Under no circumstances did we all know this was going to happen, but we understand we on to bigger and better things," the quarterback said.
"Tomorrow's the day. We going to be happy regardless. Legendary."
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Former Taliban commander pleads guilty to kidnapping of journalist, killings of US soldiers
A former Taliban commander has pleaded guilty to taking hostages, including an American journalist, and the deaths of U.S. soldiers, the Justice Department said Friday.
Haji Najibullah, 49, pleaded guilty to hostage taking and providing material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death in connection with his role in the hostage taking of an American journalist and two Afghan citizens in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009, as well as his leadership of Taliban fighters who carried out attacks on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, between 2007 and 2009, resulting in the deaths of American soldiers.
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"Najibullah committed his crimes in Afghanistan over 15 years ago, and now faces justice in an American courtroom," U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement. "Today’s guilty plea serves as an emphatic reminder that this Office, and our law enforcement partners, will aggressively pursue those who harm Americans through acts of terror, no matter where in the world they may be, and no matter how long it may take to achieve justice for their victims."
The charges against Najibullah stem from the kidnapping of the journalist and attacks on a U.S. military convoy that resulted in the deaths of three Army soldiers — Sgts. 1st Class Matthew L. Hilton and Joseph A. McKay, and Sgt. Mark Palmateer — and their Afghan interpreter in June 2008.
Several other soldiers were injured in the attack.
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He was also charged with an October attack that same year in which a U.S. military helicopter was shot down. In November of that year, fighters under Najibullah's command took hostage an American journalist and two Afghan nationals at gunpoint in Afghanistan.
They were forced to hike to neighboring Pakistan, where they were forced to make videos demanding ransom payments and the release of Taliban terrorists held by the U.S. government, federal prosecutors said.
The Taliban commander was responsible for the Jaghato district in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province, court documents state. He had over 1,000 troops under his command, who he had conduct attacks on American and NATO troops outside of Kabul.
Najibullah was arrested and extradited from Ukraine in October 2020, and is now in federal custody in the U.S.
He faces a life sentence in prison.