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White House asks DOJ to consider new prosecution in Reflecting Pool case
White House officials have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explore whether it would be possible to pursue a new prosecution against the man accused of vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, weeks after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss felony charges against him, Fox News has learned.
The previous case, which U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office moved to dismiss on July 31, accused Olympic canoeist David Hearn of damaging the costly $14 million project after cracks, algae growth and peeling sealant were discovered.
Pirro's office cited findings from the Department of the Interior that concluded the damage was linked to flaws in the installation process rather than vandalism.
White House officials have since reached out to the DOJ to determine whether Hearn could instead face a misdemeanor charge, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. No final decision has been made, Fox News has learned.
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In response to the move, Hearn's attorneys said pursuing a new case would only undermine the DOJ's credibility after prosecutors already acknowledged they lacked sufficient evidence to support the original charges.
"If true, it would mark a shocking first: a case that the DOJ lost by its own admission because it lacked the evidence to convict, returning from the dead. This would add another bizarre turn to a sad chapter in the DOJ's history and further harass an innocent man," the attorneys said in a joint statement.
The statement was issued by Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund, Mary Dohrmann of Washington Litigation Group, and Steve Levin of Steptoe LLP.
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While Pirro's office has moved to drop the original federal case, prosecutors sought a dismissal without prejudice, meaning the charges could potentially be brought again.
The possibility of a renewed prosecution comes as the Trump administration has repeatedly maintained that the damage was caused by vandalism.
President Donald Trump said slashes were found in the pool's material that appeared to have been made with a knife. He also claimed people had been seen kneeling at those exact locations with their hands in the water.
U.S. Park Police identified Hearn as a suspect after he was reportedly seen grabbing and tugging on a loose section of the pool's coating on June 19. Police said he continued to do so even after National Park Service employees urged him to stop.
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The damage was estimated at about $1,000 and resulted in Hearn's indictment on July 2 on one count of felony destruction of property.
Trump has urged Pirro to reconsider her "hastily made" decision to drop that felony charge and criticized Hearn's alleged political connections, claiming he was a "big player" in the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue.
"U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen, and CREW, a group that uses ‘charity’ for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL!" Trump said.
Trump later said Pirro "choked" under pressure from a judge regarding the case and "folded like an umbrella."
Trump’s ‘firewall’ against socialism in battleground state punches ticket to election
Rep. Tom Tiffany is one step closer to capturing the governor's mansion in battleground Wisconsin for the Republican Party.
Tiffany, a hard-right member of the House Freedom Caucus who is backed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday topped medical service technician Andy Manske to secure the Republican gubernatorial nomination, the Associated Press reported.
Tiffany is expected to face off in the general election against far-left state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is likely to win the Democratic nomination for governor.
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The winner in November will succeed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who decided against seeking a third term in office. The race is a top gubernatorial flip opportunity for the GOP.
Hong, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), is running on a platform that includes guaranteed paid leave, boosting the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $20 per hour, and a one-year moratorium in Wisconsin on building AI data centers. Hong has faced scrutiny over years-old social media posts calling for defunding and abolishing the police. But she says she no longer supports cutting police budgets or abolishing police departments.
"I'm not defunding the police, not abolishing police. I am serious about public safety," Hong emphasized on Saturday as she took questions from voters.
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Hong also made national headlines over the past two weeks for a resurfaced social media post from 2020 where she argued that the country should "cancel Thanksgiving" in order to "stop celebrating colonialism."
Hong walked back her Thanksgiving comments, amid backlash, and now says that Thanksgiving is her "favorite holiday."
On her resurfaced tweets, Hong told reporters on Saturday that she has "evolved" and "learned."
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Pro-GOP super PACs, including one aligned with the Republican Governors Association, shelled out millions of dollars to boost Hong in the primary, as they viewed her as the weakest Democratic candidate.
In a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the primary, Tiffany said his state would be "the firewall… We’ll be the place that stops socialism."
And Tiffany, who grew up on a dairy farm, added, "Some people may not agree with a few of the policies that I'm for, but they know I'm genuine. They know I'm authentic."
Private equity company Apollo agrees to finance deal with New York Yankees organization for $2.6 billion
Well, it's here, private equity has entered the world of Major League Baseball.
Private equity has long yearned to make inroads into the growing and increasingly lucrative world of sports, including even college football teams or conferences. But this week became the biggest sign yet that these businesses are intent on increasing their investments into preeminent sporting organizations.
Not just any preeminent sporting organization, the largest, most successful and most recognizable brand in Major League Baseball: the New York Yankees.
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On Tuesday, Apollo Sports Capital and the Yankees announced that the two sides had agreed to a deal injecting $2.6 billion into the Yankees franchise, while keeping the Steinbrenner family in charge. This represents one of the largest investments into a baseball team, and a blueprint for similar investments moving forward.
It's not clear how much of a stake in the Yankees Apollo is purchasing, though Forbes estimated the organization's valuation at around $8.5 billion earlier in 2026. But Major League Baseball rules restricts any individual private equity company to 15% ownership stake in a team.
Again, though it's not been reported how much ownership Apollo is taking, it seems likely that $8.5 billion figure is far too low. And it indicates that, as usual, owners crying poor about their franchise valuations are not being fully forthcoming or honest.
Not every team is the Yankees. But when a private equity company is willing to invest $2.6 billion just to get involved with a baseball team, it's clear that there's a lot more money coming into MLB than they've let on. The San Diego Padres, for example, sold for nearly $4 billion earlier in 2026. Peter Seidler bought that organization for $800 million in 2012.
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Hal Steinbrenner issued a statement on Tuesday welcoming Apollo to the "Yankees family."
"We welcome Apollo to the Yankees family," he said in the statement. "We are continually seeking ways to strengthen our positioning, and this partnership allows us to explore pursuing strategic opportunities."
Just what fans want to hear: strategic opportunities, not "signing Tarik Skubal."
But again, this is what baseball's become; billionaire owners using their locations, investment and money to finance "strategic opportunities," not make their baseball team the best it can possibly be. Instead of blaming players or the Dodgers for doing their best to win games, more attention and focus should be placed on owners treating their organizations like real estate investments instead of competitive sports.
‘Twilight’ star Kellan Lutz traded California for Tennessee land and Bible studies
Kellan Lutz said this week that he left California three years ago for Tennessee after the pandemic.
"I love California, I really do," he explained on "Inside of You" with Michael Rosenbaum. "The whole Tennessee move happened when we had our second kid."
The "Twilight" actor said they moved from Orange County – and his wife, Brittany Lutz, hopes to eventually move back there or at least to be "bi-ish coastal."
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Lutz’s wife was born and raised in Orange County. "Her family is awesome. But post-COVID, a lot of people flew, like fled California. A lot of people lost jobs and wanted to move somewhere a little bit more peace given."
His wife’s family chose to leave California, and he said they followed them to Tennessee, mainly because otherwise she wouldn’t have had a support system when he goes on location for work, and she’s left at home with the children.
"And one of the kids got sick. She felt really out of control as far as not being able to bring both kids there or just kind of helpless. So, she's like, ‘Can we move?’ I'm like, ‘Yeah, of course," he explained.
He added that other men with kids in his life told him that new moms usually wanted to move to where their mom lives "just to help with the kids."
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"Then when they decided to move, I was like, "OK, well, we're going to do it. We're going to give it a couple years and we have, and it's great. There's a lot of great things about Tennessee, especially Franklin where we live."
The family moved to Tennessee three years ago, but he acknowledged he doesn’t know how long they’ll stay.
"We got some land, got great Bible studies that we're a part of, great churches, great community," he said. "There's a lot of actors. I've gone to probably more movie premieres in Franklin, Tennessee, than I have in L.A., you know, the last couple years since I lived there."
Admittedly though, there are adjustments.
"Like we aren't seasons people," he said. "There's tornadoes. My wife goes on red alert, especially when you have kids. And we do miss good sushi and good Mexican food."
Trump looms over blue state primary as progressive gov faces far-left challenge
Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is no fan of President Donald Trump, but his progressive primary challenger, state Rep. Josh Elliott, says he’s too cozy with the president.
Lamont defeated Elliott in a high-stakes New England primary Tuesday in a state that not long ago shifted from competitive territory to reliably Democratic.
Elliott, D-Hamden, painted Lamont as too "nice" to Trump, saying that being "nice is a problem right now."
"Nice doesn’t solve affordability. Nice doesn’t solve fascism or fight back against fascism," Elliott told the Connecticut Mirror.
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"[Ned] can be nice all day long, but that’s a liability right now."
Lamont, meanwhile, told the outlet that "talk is cheap" and said Elliott has little to offer compared with the incumbent’s record during his nearly eight years in office.
Lamont’s camp said it wants to see single-payer healthcare and additional resources for early childhood education in the state. Connecticut is increasingly becoming a bedroom community for the New York City, Providence and Boston metropolitan areas.
Lamont faces state Sen. Ryan Fazio, R-Greenwich, in the November general election.
While now reliably blue, Connecticut not long ago had several Republicans in Congress and GOP governors with staying power, including John Rowland, who was later imprisoned.
Republicans held Connecticut’s governorship for much of the period between the Reagan era and 2010, when the late Gov. M. Jodi Rell decided against seeking another term and Democrat Dannel Malloy succeeded her.
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Former Sen. Prescott Bush, father of former President George H.W. Bush, represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate for more than a decade in the mid-20th century.
Lowell Weicker, a liberal Republican U.S. senator who preceded Joseph Lieberman, also served as governor in the 1990s under the "A Connecticut Party" line, which he founded.
AOC's attempt to dismiss 'Woke 1' as 'crazy' draws criticism from left-leaning outlets
Even left-leaning and progressive media have begun to turn on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her attempts to laugh off the extreme rhetoric of the "Woke 1" era.
On Tuesday, The Atlantic published an article titled "The Democrat Can't Just Laugh Off 'Woke 1,'" criticizing Ocasio-Cortez for shrugging off the past progressive beliefs she once championed as a "crazy" time.
"I have a local city councilman that has this saying, 'Woke 1 was crazy,'" Ocasio-Cortez said while laughing on ABC's "This Week." "And I think that what’s important is that we have to assess what a candidate is saying now."
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The Atlantic writer Idrees Kahloon wrote that Ocasio-Cortez was not the only Democratic candidate who has attempted to walk back or distance herself from extreme beliefs like defunding the police but warned that those attempts could backfire as socialists continue to gain power.
"All of these avoidance strategies could fail. Woke 1 may be over, but progressives have not given up their attempt to take over the Democratic Party apparatus," Kahloon wrote. "Candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America — who have proved ascendant in primary elections this year — still take radical positions."
"Ideas never die, but they can go dormant," he continued. "The unwillingness to extirpate wokeness now may result in its resurgence later. The silence of conventional Democrats and the ascent of the DSA could make the party’s 2028 presidential-primary contest resemble the 2020 one."
"Then, candidates of all stripes competed to out-left one another, committing themselves to positions that caused their party electoral trouble for years," Kahloon continued. "Should Ocasio-Cortez become the Democratic candidate for president, she may experience that painful lesson firsthand."
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A Mother Jones report on Tuesday likewise viewed Ocasio-Cortez's comments as an attempt to appear more moderate for a 2028 presidential run and criticized her for "going backward" in terms of social reckoning.
"While this may be valuable in future elections, it raises the question of what it says to those who elected Ocasio-Cortez and are still confronting the struggle of the late 2010s and previous decades. One can win votes without laughing off progressive discussions. What if the rhetoric of six years ago evolved into a more widespread, substantial reckoning? In 2026, it’s not enough to repeat the same rhetoric — let alone signal toward going backward," the Mother Jones article read.
CNN reporter Aaron Blake described Ocasio-Cortez laughing off past political takes on Tuesday as "bad for our politics" if voters cannot trust what politicians believe.
"Implicit in these arguments is that maybe these politicians didn't believe what they said in real time — that they were just saying stuff. But the question then becomes: Does that also apply to what they're saying today?" he wrote.
"It would be better to reward politicians who have the foresight and wisdom to take positions that they actually believe in and can stick to — and can stand the political test of time," Blake added.
Though progressive outlet Vox largely defended Ocasio-Cortez's tonal shift, it also acknowledged that politicians like Ocasio-Cortez were "stepping back from things they used to say."
"The broad ideals — diversity, equity, a basic sense of fairness — still matter to Democratic voters. Criminal justice reform still has real purchase with the base. Minority and women candidates have kept winning since 2024, and even ideas like reparations still resonate with big chunks of the Democratic electorate. What’s changed isn’t who these candidates are — it’s what they choose to lead with," a Vox article read on Monday. "What has fallen out of favor is a way of talking."
In a comment to Fox News Digital, NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham remarked that liberal outlets are likely criticizing Ocasio-Cortez for inadvertently ridiculing the goal of electing more Democrats.
"The liberal journalists who aren't accepting ‘Woke 1’ excuses are the ones who want the AOC wing of the Democrats to come to grips with how they will lose in red or purple states by taking cartoonishly extreme positions like defunding the police. That may work in deep-blue Queens, but not in Nebraska," Graham said.
"They're saying 'we agree on our shared goals, but we don't like your lingo or your rhetorical poses,'" he added. "You can't get away from it just by claiming it's now passe. It may have aged badly, but it never went away. Woke 1, if it was repealed, was repealed by [President Donald] Trump when he won in 2024 and set out to dismantle DEI ideology as it was installed in government-funded institutions."
Ocasio-Cortez previously faced intense backlash from conservative commentators and politicians for laughing off her past support for extreme rhetoric or policies.
South Carolina GOP Senate showdown heads to runoff in race to succeed Lindsey Graham
Appointed Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman have advanced to a runoff election in the special Republican Senate primary in South Carolina, the Associated Press reported, in the race to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
With no candidate topping 50% of the vote, Graham and Norman will face off in the runoff in two weeks. Rep. Russell Fry and former Gov. and former Rep. Mark Sanford, as well as other contenders, fell short in Tuesday's primary, which was held one month to the day after the late longtime senator suddenly died at age 71.
The nomination showdown is the latest test of President Donald Trump's immense grip over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican primaries, as the president backed Graham, who is the late senator's younger sister. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster last month appointed Graham to fill the remainder of the current Senate term, which concludes at the end of the year.
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Graham, as she voted on Tuesday, said she's running to help "President Trump get his agenda passed."
Norman, who unsuccessfully campaigned this year for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the race to succeed term-limited South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, and Fry, a two-term congressman, are both House allies of Trump and also showcased their support for the president in their Senate campaigns.
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Sanford, who briefly launched a long-shot and unsuccessful White House GOP nomination challenge against Trump in the 2020 presidential primaries, is known as a fiscally conservative budget hawk. Sanford pointed to the nation's debt as a key motivator behind his decision to launch a Senate campaign.
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The large field of GOP contenders also included businessman Mark Lynch, who lost to Lindsey Graham by nearly 30 points in the June Republican Senate primary.
The Trump endorsement hasn't proven to be a sure bet this cycle in solidly-red South Carolina.
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Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette for the GOP gubernatorial nomination — in the race to succeed the term-limited McMaster — ahead of the state's early June primary.
Evette was the top vote-getter in the primary but lost the ensuing runoff election against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a landslide. And Trump, ever hungry for a victory, endorsed Wilson in addition to Evette days before the runoff.
The winner of the Senate runoff election in two weeks will be considered the clear front runner in the midterms against Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a pediatrician.
Pat McAfee attends sporting event with President Trump wearing jeans and a backwards cap
President Donald Trump, without a doubt the most sports-minded president in recent memory, is in Ohio on Tuesday night for the culmination of the 2026 Patriots Games – and he brought Pat McAfee in tow.
So the most beloved and most hated politician in the country, and the most beloved and most hated sports personality in the country (sorry, Stephen A.) hung out Tuesday evening.
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McAfee, the former NFL punter and prolific ESPN personality, sports show host, and soon-to-be highest-paid employee, met Air Force One when it landed in the Midwest.
And, God bless McAfee, he was wearing a baseball cap. Backwards.
The dude is meeting the most powerful man on the planet and he wore jeans, a T-shirt, sneakers and a backwards cap to the meeting.
Told you he is at once beloved and bemoaned.
Trump got off the plane and stepped into a consistent rain shower. He held his umbrella with one hand and pointed at McAfee with the other. And McAfee stood in the rain and similarly pointed at Trump.
This is game recognizing game.
And this is going to set off some people. Because, did we mention? McAfee works at ESPN and the former World Wide Leader is not known for being a bastion of conservative political principles.
So there could be internal backlash for McAfee.
Don't think so? Ask New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, or Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph what followed their meetings with Trump.
Chances are good McAfee won't be moved. He's been here before because he was criticized for having Trump on his show last November as a bow to Veterans Day and he defended the move.
McAfee actually sat next to Trump at this event.
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When the crowd cheered, "We love you, Mr. President," McAfee applauded.
And about that event: The White House said Trump's return to the Buckeye State for the Patriot Games finals was "to celebrate 250 years of American Independence by honoring the excellence, grit and competitive spirit of America's youth."
The Patriot Games is a national youth athletic competition held at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. It brings together teenage athletes ages 14 to 17, representing all 50 states, U.S. territories, and tribal nations to compete in sports and physical challenges as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebration.
The competition will award a $250,000 scholarship prize pool to one male and one female champion, creating opportunities for young Americans in the hope it inspires millions of others across the country.
McAfee discussed the Patriot Games on his show Tuesday. One might expect he will discuss the event on his show Wednesday. And he might tell everyone what he thought of Trump.
This is going to break some brains at ESPN.
Former WWE Diva and Torrie Wilson rival has taken her talents to OnlyFans at the age of 55
Dawn Marie is the latest former WWE star to launch an OnlyFans. She joins several others who have taken their talents behind a paywall to connect with fans. One of the most notable and successful to do it is Mandy Rose.
Marie, now 55, got her start in the ECW before moving to the WWE in the early 2000s and making a name for herself during the WWE Divas Era, better known to wrestling casuals as a time of elevated storytelling.
Marie became a rival of WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson during that time of storytelling thanks to an incredible storyline involving Wilson's real-life father, Al,. He became her on-screen love interest before a staged marriage.
Obviously, that created tension between the two that carried over into the ring. Like I mentioned, a different time for storytelling in the WWE.
Marie left the WWE in 2005. She filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the company that alleged she was fired for being pregnant.
That lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount in 2007. A few years after that she retired from wrestling and became a nurse in New Jersey.
Now the WWE legend, as she referred to herself, is on OnlyFans, and she set the expectations for any of her fans who were geared up for her to come flying off the top rope with explicit content.
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"Please note only sexy shoots and implied nudity will ever be shown here," Marie wrote. "No full nudity or overtly sexual/adult content is allowed."
Keep it classy, people. This is her source for all her exclusive content, but she's not going off the rails with it. This isn't a free-for-all. She wants to interact with her fans, but you have to act like you have some sense.
"I’d love to hear from you in DM’s so don’t be shy, send me a message!," she adds. "Keep it fun, flirty and respectful."
That's not too much to ask. This isn't the work of someone trying to make a name for herself. She's a retired wrestler who was there during the Diva Era, show her some respect.
‘The Office’ star Lucy Davis ‘at peace’ with 'incurable' cancer diagnosis after nearly ignoring warning sign
Lucy Davis revealed a devastating Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis after quietly battling the disease for the past year and a half.
"The Office" actress said the cancer had metastasized to her spine, right hip and ribs and was now "incurable," with chemotherapy no longer an option.
"The initial lump that I felt, wasn’t a ‘lump’ as such; rather a kind of hard spot. Really tiny," she wrote on Instagram. "I almost didn’t bother getting it checked. So I guess I’m saying don’t ignore anything – get everything checked out."
Rather than dwell on her prognosis, Davis said she was determined to embrace whatever time she had left.
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"As of now, I’m trying to live out whatever might be left of my life in as fun a way as I possibly can," she explained. "I always like to find the teachable moments in anything negative that happens. And cancer has not disappointed in that regard; there’s a lot I have learned from it, and I’m grateful for that."
Davis said maintaining that outlook had not made the physical realities of cancer any easier.
"As some of you will know, the pain can really be something else," Davis wrote. "Standing and walking for too long a time can be hard, and I need to use a wheelchair sometimes (so if you see me toddling around in one, feel free to give me a push!)"
Despite the pain, Davis said she had found peace with what could come next.
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"I’m not scared of whatever comes next," she said. "I’m at peace with it. I’ll see my Gracie sooner than expected, and for me, leaving my physical body just means going home. Any and all grieving is for my family; it’s far harder for them than for me."
But Davis made clear she had no plans to stop pursuing the work and causes she loved.
"I’m still going to keep up all my work for animal rights," Davis noted. "It’s so important to me. And I still would like to keep working. I’m perfectly able to do so, and acting is one of the biggest joys in my life."
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Davis began acting in the 1990s, with an early role as Maria Lucas in the BBC’s acclaimed 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." Her major breakthrough came as receptionist Dawn Tinsley in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s original British version of "The Office," which ran from 2001 to 2003 and became an international comedy phenomenon.
Davis later built a career spanning British comedy and major Hollywood productions including, "Shaun of the Dead," "Wonder Woman," "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and "The Villains of Valley View."