President Donald Trump fired off a scathing Truth Social post late on Thursday night as he is once again targeted for impeachment, floating the idea that Republicans should target Democrats for expulsion from Congress.
"The Democrats are really out of control. They have lost everything, especially their minds! These Radical Left Lunatics are into the ‘Impeachment thing’ again. They have already got two ‘No Name,’ little respected Congressmen, total Whackjobs both, throwing the ‘Impeachment’ of DONALD J. TRUMP around, for about the 20th time, even though they have no idea for what I would be Impeached," Trump declared in the post.
Earlier this week Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., announced articles of impeachment against Trump.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, applauded the impeachment effort and declared during a speech, "Add my name to your articles of impeachment."
Green also plans to introduce his own articles of impeachment targeting Trump.
"These Congressmen stated that, they didn’t know why they would Impeach me but, ‘We just want to do it.’ The Republicans should start to think about expelling them from Congress for all of the crimes that they have committed, especially around Election time(s)," Trump asserted in his post.
Thanedar's resolution includes seven articles of impeachment: "OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS, AND A BREACH OF THE DUTY TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE LAWS," "USURPATION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS POWER," "ABUSE OF TRADE POWERS AND INTERNATIONAL AGGRESSION," "VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS," "CREATION OF UNLAWFUL OFFICE," "BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION," and "TYRANNY."
The House impeached Trump twice during his first term in office, but in each case the Senate vote failed to reach the threshold necessary for conviction.
The second impeachment occurred at the tail end of Trump's term in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, and the Senate vote resulting in acquittal occurred after Trump had already departed from office.
"These are very dishonest people that won’t let our Country heal! Why do we allow them to continuously use Impeachment as a weapon against the President of the United States who, by all accounts, is working hard to SAVE OUR COUNTRY. It’s the same playbook that they used in my First Term, and Republicans are not going to allow them to get away with it again. These are total LOWLIFES, who hate our Country, and everything it stands for," Trump declared in his late-night post on Thursday.
"Perhaps we should start playing this game on them, and expel Democrats for the many crimes that they have committed — And these are REAL crimes," he declared. "Remember, ‘Shifty’ Adam Schiff demanded a Pardon, and they had to use the power of the Auto Pen, and a Full Pardon, for him and the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, to save them from Expulsion, and probably worse!"
New York Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman expressed fears that his party is turning people who promote antisemitic views into "martyrs" in their rush to oppose President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration has come under fire from Democrats over its efforts to deport and revoke the visas of foreign students who have taken part in anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protests across college campuses since Oct. 7.
While Goldman said this was an overreach and "abuse of the First Amendment" by the Trump administration, he advised his fellow Democrats to be careful in defending people with antisemitic views.
"We are seeing, because of Donald Trump’s overreach, that people who have espoused antisemitism are becoming martyrs, and that scares me," Goldman said at a Jewish Democratic Council of America conference on Thursday.
He insisted that instead more time needs to be devoted to discussing the remaining American hostages in Gaza, of which only one is still alive.
"[I]f we allow our party to focus so much on these detentions of people who have espoused antisemitism, and we’re not talking about these hostages who have truly been treated as horribly as anybody and are American, in the five cases, we’re losing the forest for the trees," Goldman said.
Goldman, who co-chairs the House Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, also advised Democrats, particularly Jewish Democrats, to call out antisemitism on the left and not allow Trump to distract them.
He encouraged Republicans to do the same and called out the Trump administration for using concerns over antisemitism to advance an agenda.
"The fact that Donald Trump is abusing his power in the name of antisemitism is very troubling and so it has become harder to find common ground for the task force," Goldman said.
Goldman was one of 21 House Democrats who signed a letter in 2024 urging Columbia University’s Board of Trustees to disband "the unauthorized and impermissible encampment of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists on campus."
A suspect in a mass shooting earlier this week that left three people dead and another two injured has been arrested, Minneapolis police announced late Thursday.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara announced the arrest of 34-year-old James Ortley at a Thursday night news conference.
Ortley was behind the first of six separate shootings in a violent 24-hour span in the city that left at least six others injured, police said, adding that investigators are determining if some of the shootings are connected.
Police do not believe the Tuesday night shooting that Ortley is charged with was random. Investigators are also looking into whether there were others involved in the mass shooting.
The U.S. Marshals Service said Ortley was arrested around 3:30 p.m. local time on a warrant charging him with multiple counts of second-degree murder. He was also wanted on a federal warrant for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Online records show Ortley was arrested in February on suspicion of being involved in a violent robbery spree in Minneapolis. Authorities later arrested Ortley without charges after holding him for two days.
When the Founding Fathers drafted the Aliens Act of 1798, they intended it to act as an antibody against foreign armies, criminal networks, and individuals who sought to do America harm. They understood something we have forgotten. Every nation has not just a right to act in self-defense, but a duty to do so. When a nation neglects that duty, it risks becoming a haven for vile criminal elements from across the globe, and a battleground in other nation’s conflicts. No nation is obligated to harbor foreign criminals from justice in their home nations, much less allow them to continue their crime spree right here in the United States.
Until President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act, that was what the United States was doing. Harboring criminals like Adrian Rafael Gamez Finol, Miguel Oyola Jimenez, and Edgar Javier Benitez Rubio, the three members of Tren de Aragua charged with kidnapping, torturing, and murdering Ronald Ojeda in Chile. Ojeda was a genuine political refugee, a lieutenant in the Venezuelan army, who protested the criminal tyranny of Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship and dreamed of one day returning home.
That day would never come. Rather than facing justice for those crimes, Ojeda’s three murderers currently reside in the United States, making a mockery of an asylum process designed for men like Ronald Ojeda.
Thanks to President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, Ojeda’s family may finally receive justice in Chile, and these murderers will no longer threaten the American people in their midst.
Ojeda’s murderers and their fellow members of Tren de Aragua are exactly who the Founding Fathers had in mind when they passed the Alien Enemies Act in 1798. They are not merely murderers, but members of a hostile Foreign Terrorist Organization that has committed "a predatory incursion" into the territory of the United States and engaged in "crime against the public safety," while in league with a foreign government.
The evidence is clear. TdA operates in conjunction with Cártel de los Soles, the Maduro regime’s-sponsored narco-terrorism enterprise based in Venezuela and was closely aligned with Tareck El Aissami, the Venezuelan regime’s former Vice President. Whether TdA exclusively murders, smuggles drugs, and traffics illegal immigrants over our borders on the orders of Venezuelan leaders, or freelances for self-enrichment is beside the point. It has killed on behalf of a hostile foreign government, that government has fostered its growth, and that government has encouraged it to invade the United States to advance its interests.
Critics argue that the Aliens Act is unnecessary and unjust and that it is possible to deport criminals individually. That Adrian Rafael Gamez Finol, Miguel Oyola Jimenez, and Edgar Javier Benitez Rubio remain in the country reflect poorly on such arguments. Still, those making them also fail to understand how organized crime works. While liberal law professors may quibble over whether every member of Tren de Aragua is guilty of every act, that is like pointing out that the mafia included getaway drivers and accomplices who did not take part in breaking the legs of extortion victims but merely drove other mafia members around and handled the paperwork afterward.
TdA does not allow people to join for fun because they want neat tattoos or as a form of welfare. It allows entry only to those who can contribute to its criminal campaign against the United States. By deporting TdA members under the Alien Enemies Act, the United States government is not making judgments about the contributions of individual TdA members but rather deferring to the organization itself.
The Alien Enemies Act was passed precisely because our Founding Fathers understood that the president would need to be able to take decisive action in response to threats from hostile foreign actors. In the 1790s, French revolutionary politicians raised criminal gangs in their struggles for power in Paris, many of which then relocated to America, where they supplemented their efforts to murder one another, and criminality for self-enrichment.
The United States government recognized the impossibility of differentiating between subgroups, which represented ever-shifting factions in Paris, and decided the question was ultimately unimportant. Every one of these individuals was a de facto member of a private army, and members of foreign private armies had no business operating on American soil.
That is also why the exact nature of the connections between organizations such as Tren de Aragua and foreign governments is irrelevant. Some critics, thinking they are clever, will argue that one of Tren de Aragua’s key patrons, the Venezuelan regime’s former Vice President Tareck El Aissami, was arrested and charged with treason in 2023. The private army of a foreign warlord does not cease to be a foreign army just because that warlord loses a battle. The assassination of Mexican politicians by drug cartels is precisely how those cartels exercise control of Mexican politics, not evidence against their political ambitions.
The Alien Enemies Act was designed to ensure that the politics of foreign nations would not spread to our shores. Whether they are currently winning or losing, Tren de Aragua is waging a terrorist campaign of murder across our hemisphere in the service of the Venezuelan regime, and we have the duty to expel anyone involved from our nation consistent with all other applicable laws.
As Secretary of State, I will continue to use every power at my disposal to protect the American people and defend our nation from foreign invasion. The Founding Fathers recognized the threat posed by foreign terrorist armies invading this nation and wisely provided the president with the power to defend America through the Alien Enemies Act. As long as it exists, I will use it to the fullest.
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Whether it’s thousands of unread emails, random screenshots cluttering your desktop or a downloads folder that’s basically a graveyard, the digital gunk adds up fast. But cleaning it all up doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
With a few smart automations and tools, you can tidy up your tech and keep things running smoothly, without lifting a finger every week.
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Sort and delete screenshots and duplicate photos
Screenshots, burst photos and accidental snaps can take up more space than you'd expect. Here's how to clean things up, whether you're on Team iPhone or Android.
Set it and forget it Every file you’ve ever opened? Probably still hanging out in your Downloads. Luckily, both Macs and PCs offer built-in tools to keep them clean.
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You’ll never have to manually empty that folder again.
Keep the clutter, but corral it Instead of letting random screenshots, receipts, memes and throwaway photos pile up in your main library, give them a home you don’t need to maintain. It’s like a digital junk drawer.
Use a password manager to audit your logins Old passwords are digital skeletons in the closet. A password manager can help you find weak, reused or outdated passwords and suggest stronger ones.
When it comes to choosing the best password manager for you, here are some of my top tips:
Taking control of your digital clutter isn’t just about esthetics, it’s about efficiency and peace of mind. Setting up filters in Gmail and Outlook automatically helps clear out emails you don’t need. Renaming and organizing your screenshots keeps your folders from turning into chaos. Automating cleanup tasks in your Downloads folder saves you time and stress. Creating a "junk drawer" album for throwaway photos helps keep your camera roll clean. And rotating your passwords with the help of a password manager strengthens your security with minimal effort.
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Trump administration "border czar" Tom Homan is slamming Democratic lawmakers for continuing to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported migrant who is now facing new scrutiny over past allegations of domestic abuse.
"It supports what we've been saying from day one. We removed a public safety threat," Homan told "America Reports" Thursday.
A 2020 protective order filed in Maryland accuses Abrego Garcia of repeated physical and verbal abuse against his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and emotional abuse toward her children. The petition lists multiple alleged incidents over several years, including claims that he kicked, slapped, shoved, and detained her against her will.
Vasquez Sura also claimed in the filing that she possessed a recording in which Abrego Garcia allegedly told her ex-mother-in-law that "even if he kills me no one can do anything to him."
She described a 2019 incident where he allegedly grabbed her by the hair in a car, dragged her, and a month later broke doors, shoved her against a wall, and damaged household items. The 2020 order was filed prior to the petition she filed against Abrego Garcia in 2021, where she claimed similar violent behaviors.
Homan said Thursday that Democrats were advocating for the wrong person.
"I hope Democrats keep going down there [to El Salvador]. I hope they keep playing this game," he said. "They’re showing the American people they're supporting a gang member, terrorist, public safety threat, wife beater rather than meeting with the angel moms and dads."
The Trump administration continues to defend Abrego Garcia’s deportation, even though it previously admitted it was carried out in error, citing evidence that allegedly links him to the MS-13 gang.
According to immigration officials, police assessed that Abrego Garcia was a gang member following a 2019 arrest in Maryland for loitering. His attorneys said Abrego Garcia was looking for labor work. Authorities also cited tattoos, gang-related clothing, an arrest alongside a suspected MS-13 member, and information from an informant as supporting evidence of gang ties.
In 2022, Abrego Garcia was stopped in Tennessee for speeding in a car registered to a convicted human smuggler. Though initially suspected of involvement in smuggling, he was ultimately never charged.
Democrats, including Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, have argued that Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported and is not a gang member. In April, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision ordering the Trump administration to facilitate his return to the U.S.
While the administration has agreed to remove obstacles to Abrego Garcia’s return, they claim the decision ultimately rests with the government of El Salvador.
"Were we supposed to go into a sovereign nation and kidnap one of their nationals?" Homan said, referring to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s stance on not returning Abrego Garcia. "Bukele's made it clear; he’s a citizen national of El Salvador."
Homan also pushed back against ongoing criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration policies and mass deportation agenda.
"I knew [on] day one of the inauguration that we’re going to be fighting the courts, we’re [going to] be fighting the Democrats … We knew the fight was coming and we’re [going to] take that fight on," he said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pushed back on Wednesday against claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been removing children from school.
In a "100 Days of Fighting Fake News" news release from DHS, the agency responded to many narratives that have been reported by various media outlets since President Donald Trump was inaugurated – one of them being that ICE agents are entering elementary schools to conduct immigration enforcement.
"ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) works relentlessly to protect Americans, especially children, who are put in danger by illegal alien activity," DHS said. "This includes investigations into potential child sex trafficking."
Addressing incidents at three elementary schools specifically, DHS explained that ICE agents were on campus for reasons not related to "enforcement action."
Local news outlets in Washington, D.C., reported at the end of March that HSI agents were seen on the campus of HD Cooke Elementary School, prompting concerns over their presence.
Though DHS did not share what the agents were doing, the agency said, "ICE did not conduct any enforcement action at the school. HSI agents were present at the school unrelated to any kind of enforcement action."
There were also reports in early April of HSI agents at Russel Elementary School and Lillian Elementary School in Los Angeles.
Agents were "conducting wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border" and that the visits "had nothing to do with immigration enforcement," DHS said.
Homeland Security said it is "leading efforts to conduct welfare checks" on unaccompanied children to "ensure that they are safe and not being exploited, abused, and sex trafficked."
"Unlike the previous administration, President Trump and Secretary Noem take the responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal law enforcement to reunite children with their families," DHS said.
Nearly 5,000 unaccompanied children have been reunited with a relative or safe guardian in the past 70 days, the agency said, crediting the reunification to Noem and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
As pundits, pollsters, and op-ed writers turn to their assessment of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days -- an "artificial metric," White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles once said -- it seems fitting to examine what the Democrats have done (and failed to do) over the same period.
The Democratic Party is in complete disarray. With only 27% saying they view their own party positively, the Democrats are suffering their lowest positive rating in NBC tracking in 35 years. They continue to openly blame, name and shame each other for lying to the nation about Joe Biden’s ability to function as a successful president (and frankly, Kamala Harris’ ability, too), for not stopping Donald J. Trump from winning a second term, and for being a rudderless, leaderless, visionless mess since.
With GOP control of the House, Senate and the White House, Democrats are the party out of power. Yet they are also the party out of touch with most Americans, out of excuses as to why they lost last fall, out of reasons why core Democratic constituencies that went for President Trump in 2024 should give Democrats another look, and often out of their minds in the hateful rhetoric they use.
Lately, the causes and characters they champion include hulking men in girls’ sports and a Salvadorean national "Maryland man" with gang affiliations, whose wife filed abuse charges against him. Because nothing says "we care about women" quite like stuntman and sometime Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has dishonored the memory of constituent Rachel Morin, a mother of five who was raped and murdered in his state by an illegal immigrant, but hightailed it to El Salvador to whine about "due process" for someone whose wife detailed multiple violent assaults.
Van Hollen has been awkward, but not alone. Congressional Democrats like Ayanna Pressley, who have done nothing to prevent or punish anti-Semitism on college campuses, have glorified antisemitic protesters, visited them in ICE detention centers, and referred to them as "political prisoners."
Same with Teslas. Democrats want to force us all to drive electric vehicles, "EVs," but not if Elon Musk’s company produced it. Those can be destroyed by arsonists.
Democrats’ obsession with Trump continues. He’s persisting while they're resisting. Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is as incurable as it is insatiable. They are fighting the last war and poised to lose it again. They yell "bipartisanship" and vote as a pack. They talk too much and do too little. As President Trump transforms the GOP into the party of the worker, Democrats represent the elite and effete.
With each passing week, the Democratic Party finds new ways to insult, neglect, and alienate Americans, who would prefer they get on board with border security, tax cuts, deregulation, energy independence, minerals deals, trade deals and peace deals.
Democrats seem more focused on running for POTUS in 2028 than on helping the country in 2025. For four years they lied about the president’s acuity and ability. The least they can do for the next four years is lean into a president who is trying to fix what has been broken and tackle what’s been ignored.
As President Trump reflects on promises kept in his first 100 days in office, here are 25 mind-numbing things Democrats did and said in 2025 (so far):
Spring has sprung and April was a month marked by out-of-control judges and a leftist writer from the Nation calling the U.S. Constitution, "a piece of crap." On the upside, the wonderful people at Caterpillar celebrated their 100th anniversary. (Men love construction vehicles, so sue me.)
We also saw a gaggle of famous women flying to near space in the Blue Origin spaceship. Don’t blame me that it became a fashion story. Actual New York Times headlines: "Their Space Suit, Their Way" and "Lauren Sánchez teamed up with Monse to redesign the Blue Origin flight suits with its all-female launch in mind." There was lots more and, thanks to singer Katy Perry, that flight makes an added appearance below.
You’d have to live off the grid to have never heard of the movie "300" or Gerard Butler’s famous scene where he kicks the Persian ambassador into a massive pit with a bombastic declaration, "This is Sparta!" (The pit didn’t have guardrails. Ancient Greece predates OSHA.) The somewhat historical hit meant that men were suddenly thinking of Rome and Greece.
Apparently, that’s just too European. So, when a New York school was forced to ditch its Native American mascot, it chose the Spartans as a replacement, likely because students watched the film. The Islip Town NAACP president filed suit because that was all Greek to him. The complaint accused the school of picking a symbol of "White supremacy" and "male misogynists." Lawyers and Karens are why so many teams have stupid mascot names now.
Ex-Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz was interviewed by CNN "MisinfoNation" host Donie O’Sullivan and it’s hard to tell who did worse. Lorenz rationalized people who support Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. She went viral for this epic quote: "Here’s this man who’s a revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart, he’s a person who seems like he’s this morally good man, which is hard to find." I almost expected her to start performing an updated version of the meme "song," "I’m looking for a man in finance…"
And O’Sullivan didn’t bat an eye, instead joking that, "Yeah, I just realized women will literally date an assassin before they swipe right on me. That’s where we’re at." The press that treats every comment on the right like it’s the end times discussing an accused assassin like he’s a folk hero. Disgusting? Yes. Surprising? No.
Jeff Bezos, the second-richest man on earth, likes his women spacey – literally. The billionaire owner of the Washington Post and Blue Origin sent his fiancée Lauren Sanchez and five other famous women into near space in a cool stunt that Katy Perry did her best to ruin. The singer had vowed to "put the ‘a--’ in astronaut" and she certainly managed that much. When she landed, she declared, "I feel super connected to love," after kneeling and kissing the ground because she flew in a rocket for 11 minutes.
Her air-headedness generated bipartisan critique. The Atlantic headlined its slam, "The Perfect Pop Star for a Dumb Stunt." The Guardian’s Moira Donegan called it, "the utter defeat of American feminism." Perry even got fast-food mockery. Ad Week wrote up how, "Pop Crave announced that ‘Katy Perry has returned from space,’ Wendy’s replied: "Can we send her back." Who knew Wendy’s was that spicey?
Fans of the 1984 hit "Ghostbusters," remember when Ray had to choose his "form of the Destructor," he summoned the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. That’s because Ray said he was, "something I loved from my childhood." Forty-one years later, kids still love marshmallows and, in that spirit, the fabulous folks in Royal Oak, Michigan, hold a marshmallow drop every year. For the kids. (I guarantee the parents enjoy this just as much.) Helicopters drop mountains of marshmallows, and the kids pick them up to trade them in for prize bags. The choppers rained down 15,000 marshmallows in all. Now, someone needs a giant cup of hot chocolate to go with it.
Organizers of the annual concert fest Coachella were allegedly "blindsided" when a band named after a violent act by the IRA (The Irish one, not your retirement.) took the side of Palestinian terrorists. The obscure Irish band Kneecap declared "F--- Israel, Free Palestine" in big bold letters during their set. According to the BBC, "Their name is derived from so-called kneecapping - where young people are shot in the legs by paramilitaries in republican and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland."
The Coachella incident caused people to do a little digging on the band. According to GBN from the U.K., "Footage emerged earlier this week from a 2024 gig showing one band member apparently shouting ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ while draped in the terror organisation's flag." I am shocked that gambling is going on in this casino.
This month’s liberal outrage is the PETA people suing for the First Amendment rights of monkeys. (I could write this whole column about PETA but that’s not good for my health.) PETA’s legal lunacy stems from their concern "about macaques and their communications, including specific insight into Beamish, Sam Smith, Nick Nack, and Guinness."
According to PETA, "No lawsuit has ever tried to enforce the constitutional right to receive communications from animals who are undoubtedly willing speakers." Maybe someone could just show them a couple Dr. Doolittle movies and they’d go away. If not, maybe we can hire Nick Nack to run to Peta. It would probably be more rational.
Amid the left’s anti-Tesla madness, the Washington Post ran this story: "Clean energy exec, ex-federal worker charged with defacing Tesla vehicles." That’s right, Justin and Emily Fisher were charged with "defacing private property, police said in a statement," according to the Post. But here’s the best part, "Emily Fisher is listed in a biography posted on the website of the nonprofit Smart Electric Power Alliance as its chief strategy officer."
Yep, a top exec for a smart power organization was accused of vandalizing Teslas, which are electric vehicles. If true, that’s hardly smart. The alliance represents some of the biggest names in energy. Her name isn’t on their website now, but she still lists the job on LinkedIn. Just remember that the next time climate weenies claim to care about Gaia or Mother Nature.
Bill Belichick's back-and-forth with CBS News over his girlfriend Jordon Hudson shutting down a question about their relationship became the latest dispute for the network, as CBS and Paramount are also battling a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump.
The former New England Patriots coach, now head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels football team, spoke to "CBS News Sunday Morning" about his new book, and was asked by CBS host Tony Dokoupil about how he and Hudson met.
Hudson, who was sitting off to the side as Belichick was questioned, shut down the question about their relationship and said, "not talking about this."
After the moment was widely criticized, Belichick released a statement, accusing the network of creating a "false narrative" with "selectively edited clips." CBS News fired back at Belichick on Wednesday.
"When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview," CBS' statement read. "There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed."
CBS News published a lengthy article on the interview, which included discussion about the book and his football career. The show's X account published a clip focused on Hudson's interruption.
"I agreed to speak with ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ to promote my new book, ‘The Art of Winning — Lessons from My Life in Football.’ Prior to this interview, I clearly communicated with my publicist at Simon & Schuster that any promotional interviews I participated in would agree to focus solely on the contents of the book," Belichick said in his statement.
The coach said in the statement that he was surprised when non-book-related topics were introduced and said Hudson jumped in to reiterate that the discussion was supposed to be about the book.
"She was not deflecting any specific question or topic but simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track. Some of the clips make it appear as though we were avoiding the question of how we met, but we have been open about the fact that Jordon and I met on a flight to Palm Beach in 2021," he said.
"The final eight-minute segment does not reflect the productive 35-minute conversation we had, which covered a wide range of topics related to my career. Instead, it presents selectively edited clips and stills from just a few minutes of the interview to suggest a false narrative — that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation — which is simply not true," the statement added.
Dokoupil faced internal backlash at CBS after a contentious interview he did with anti-Israel author Ta-Nehisi Coates in October 2024. The CBS anchor pressed the author on his book, which he said read like something you would find in "the backpack of an extremist," as well as whether he felt Israel had a right to exist.
CBS staffers were upset by the grilling from Dokoupil and network leadership, according to the Free Press, concluded that the interview did not meet the company’s "editorial standards."
Paramount CEO Shari Redstone later acknowledged CBS made a "mistake" in its response.
"As hard as it was, frankly, for me to go against the company, because I love this company, and I believe in it, and I think we have a great, great executive team, I think they made a mistake here," Redstone said during a panel discussion in October 2024.
CBS' parent company, Paramount Global, was sued by Trump ahead of the 2024 election over a "60 Minutes" interview they did with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump is seeking $20 billion in a lawsuit against CBS, alleging election interference over its handling of the interview. The president accused CBS of aiding his 2024 Democratic opponent through deceptive editing just weeks before the presidential election. Paramount Global agreed to mediation, signaling the courtroom showdown would result in a settlement.
The raw transcript of the interview, which the network released in February 2025, showed CBS News had aired only the first half of her response to "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker's question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not "listening" to the Biden administration in a preview clip that aired on "Face the Nation," but aired only the second half of her response during a primetime special on the network.
"As the full transcript shows, we edited the interview to ensure that as much of the vice president's answers to 60 Minutes' many questions were included in our original broadcast while fairly representing those answers. 60 Minutes' hard-hitting questions of the vice president speak for themselves," CBS News said when they released the transcript.
There was speculation Paramount was hoping to settle the suit ahead of a planned merger with Skydance Media in hopes of preventing potential retribution by the FCC, which has the authority to halt the multibillion-dollar transaction.
Trump feuded with "60 Minutes" while running for re-election in 2020 as well, and released a video of his full interview with Lesley Stahl, conducted in October of that year, which he described at the time as a "vicious attempted ‘takeout.’"
Trump declined to do a "60 Minutes" interview during the 2024 election, citing Stahl's dismissal of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal during the 2020 interview.
CBS was also accused of editing a clip of Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., during an exchange between the Florida governor and a reporter aired on "60 Minutes" in April 2021.
Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi accused DeSantis of a "pay-for-play" scheme over allegations that he rewarded Publix, a Florida supermarket chain, with COVID vaccines after the company made a sizable donation to his campaign.
"That's a fake narrative," DeSantis said during the interview. Conservative writer A.G. Hamilton pointed out at the time that the CBS program "cut out several minutes" of the governor's comments explaining what led to the deal with Publix.
"First of all, the first pharmacies that had [the vaccine] were CVS and Walgreens, and they had a long-term care mission, so they were going to the long-term care facilities. They got the vaccine in the middle of December. They started going to the long-term care facilities the third week in December to do LTCs," DeSantis told Alfonsi.
"So that was their mission. That was very important, and we trusted them to do that. As we got into January, we wanted to expand the distribution points," he added.
CBS stood by the reporting despite the criticism it received from two local Democrats in addition to Publix and DeSantis rejecting the narrative.
Jesse Kesler had years of positive and personal memories from working as a contractor for Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman.
The owner of MudCity Builders, who worked with the Hackmans for more than 15 years, realized something was wrong after his "very strange" final email exchange with Betsy nearly three weeks before the couple was found dead in their home.
"The last email I had with her, I asked a question and I never got a reply to that question, which was very strange," Kesler said. "At that time, I knew something was wrong. I thought maybe I was in trouble, thought maybe I had done something wrong. As time went on, it started to sink in more that something is definitely not right."
After not hearing back from Betsy over a two-week period, Kesler became more concerned for the couple and knew that something was "seriously wrong."
"I started reaching out to other people and asking them if they had talked to them, and it was all the same thing ... two and a half weeks, three weeks," Kessler said. "It was not like them at all to just go out of town, or if something would have happened to someone, I think I would have known about it. And there was nothing. And so that's when I knew I had to do something, and basically started the process."
Kesler began the steps necessary to proceed with a wellness check after speaking with a friend in law enforcement and needed to get in touch with a family member to proceed, but didn't know Gene's children and only had Betsy's mother's assistants' information.
WATCH: GENE HACKMAN'S CONTRACTOR FELT ‘SOMETHING WAS WRONG’ AFTER OMINOUS EMAIL
He hesitated and didn't want to bring attention to the ultraprivate couple, but he decided to stop by the Hackmans' Santa Fe property unplanned on Feb. 26 one last time.
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital they were not contacted by anyone regarding a wellness check on the Hackmans or their residence.
Upon arrival, Kesler confronted a pest control employee leaving the property and asked if he saw anything suspicious in the home.
"The first thing he told me was, ‘Yes, the dogs are out.’ And dogs were never to be out," Kesler said, before adding, "And that's when my heart sank, and I knew something was really, really wrong."
"She was clean," Kesler said. "There's a lot of reports out there saying that … the house was dirty, this and that. Every time I worked in that house, and I worked on that house a lot, that house was clean."
WATCH: AUTHORITIES SEARCH GENE HACKMAN, WIFE BETSY ARAKAWA HACKMAN'S HOME
When Kesler arrived at the sheriff's department to provide a statement, he said the interview was extremely stressful.
"I found my best clients, who were friends, and found them dead," he said. "At that time, I was definitely thinking something foul had taken place, and all I could think was it wasn't obvious, but I knew that they had no evidence from what I had seen.
"And so I knew I was kind of being looked at. It was extremely stressful to take my computer, take my phone. They took all the emails off my computer. They wanted to download my phone, and I understood, and I was willing to work with them and I wanted to help them. I put as much timeline down as possible. ... As much as I could help them, I was helping them. You know, they were doing their job. There was points when they weren't nice, especially at the scene."
In the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Kesler and maintenance worker Roland Lowe Begay were identified as the two individuals who found Gene and Betsy's bodies in their home. Kesler, who worked for the couple for 16 years, made the harrowing 911 call.
Gene died due to hypertensive atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributing factor, New Mexico officials confirmed one week ago. He was likely alone in the home for about a week until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker.
Betsy died due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is transmitted from animals to humans and is commonly found in rodents, the New Mexico Department of Health confirmed. Her autopsy determined the manner of death as natural. Authorities believe she died on or about Feb. 11.
Kesler was disappointed he didn't have a chance to pay his respects and had only found out about their funeral through the media.
"It was hurtful just because, you know, I really cared for these people and I wanted to say my goodbyes and looked forward to some closure," Kesler said. "There was a lot of us that were very close to them and loved them, and I think we should have had our chance to say our goodbyes and have some closure," Kesler said.
WATCH: GENE HACKMAN'S CONTRACTOR HAS FOND MEMORIES OF THE COUPLE
To find some form of relief from the tragic situation, Kesler plans to write a book and share his fond memories of the Hackmans.
"I just want people to know how good of people they were," Kesler insisted. "There's a lot … there was so much being said, tunnels under the house, stuff like that … people need to know. They need to know the truth. There was nothing like that. They just need to have the facts.
"But also, I would like to share stories. I have so many stories, and I mean, right down to even my kids have stories of Gene and Betsy … the stories alone that I have over those 16 years are good stories. They're all positive."
He added, "I was so fortunate to work for them. I was just … and when we lost them, I was devastated because, I mean, it was a dream to work for them, it really was."
Five years after the worldwide hyperfocus on COVID-19 began, some are concerned about the next pandemic — whether it could be caused by influenza, bird flu or another pathogen.
Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in the U.S. and around the world. While they may not cause the next pandemic, they do cause a lot of illness and death.
One such bacteria is Streptococcus Group A, an old enemy that colonizes the throat and tonsils of close to 20% of U.S. children, according to Dr. Joshua Osowicki, team leader and senior research fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia.
This problematic bacterial strain is easily treated with penicillin drugs when it causes a clinical infection, Osowicki told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview.
But the problem, he said, is that because the bacteria may be harbored, the diagnosis isn’t always found early enough.
Scarlet fever and rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease can result from recurrent or untreated strep — and they are on the increase again in areas without adequate medical care, including parts of the U.S.
"Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic, non-infectious illness that occurs after untreated group-based streptococcal infections — and almost certainly after multiple untreated, group-based streptoococcus infections," Osowicki said.
His research reveals that the prevalence of a life-threatening invasive version of strep Group A — which can include deep-rooted skin infections, sepsis, meningitis and deadly pneumonia — is on the rise around the world.
The aggressive skin infections, which are associated with intravenous drug use, can lead to the need for repeated surgeries, along with antibiotics.
In the U.S., there have been more than double the annual incidents of invasive Group A strep in 10 states, affecting about 35 million Americans between 2013 and 2022, with 21,000 cases and about 2,000 deaths, according to Osowicki.
"In many ways, it’s a pandemic in plain sight," he said of Group A strep, adding that close to a billion people likely experience symptomatic disease from the bacteria each year.
The important thing with group A strep, according to the doctor, is that antibiotic resistance isn't the primary issue.
"Group A strep is reliably killed by penicillin — and has been since 1941 when penicillin was introduced," Osowicki noted.
"The point is that it actually does its damage in severe, life-threatening cases before the patient receives antibiotics. There's this period where it is too hard to diagnose and treatment comes too late."
In those cases, he said, the patients need ICUs, surgery and "the most intensive treatment we have to offer."
Among patients over the age of 65 or so, a quarter of them will die with this form of the disease, according to Osowicki.
There is not currently a vaccine for Group A strep.
While the more common form of strep throat and minor skin infections are "less scary," Osowicki warned of the dangers of overlooking the more invasive version of the disease.
"We look away sometimes from the life-threatening infections that we struggle to prevent, diagnose and treat, (until) these become the front-page sepsis cases that you see in the newspaper many weeks of the year," he said.
"They're headline-catching cases. They're the cases like Rory Staunton in New York, whose tragic death (in 2012 from sepsis) really triggered the state census mandates across the U.S."
The need for an effective vaccine is clear — both for invasive strep and the more common variety. Osowicki and others in his group are working hard on developing them.
"The current thrust of my research is all vaccine-related," he shared. "We do what are called human challenge trials, where we deliberately infect healthy adult volunteers with group A strep, painting it on their tonsils. And we do that in a very careful way, in an inpatient environment."
The researchers also provide early antibiotic treatments and collect throat swabs, blood and saliva to study how the human-only pathogen works and to explore ways to stop it.
"The ultimate goal is that it becomes a really high-powered platform to establish the efficacy of vaccines," said Osowicki.
There are many vaccine candidates in various stages of development, from the protein-adjuvant kind (like Shingrix or the Novavax COVID vaccine) to the MRNA platform and various other kinds, the researcher shared.
"We're working with every vaccine company that has a group-based streptococcal vaccine candidate in development," he said.
There are up to 10 different group-based strep vaccines in development, ranging from entirely pre-clinical vaccines that have never seen a person to vaccines that have been tested in phase 1 trials, Osowicki noted.
He said he is concerned about vaccine skepticism, particularly after the COVID pandemic, which can keep people from trusting the emerging science.
Still, the researcher is excited about the future of the strep A vaccine and others, though he expects it could take at least five to 10 years before a worthy candidate reaches doctors’ offices.
The new vaccine will be geared toward adults with skin infections, as well as the many millions of children who are at risk of both mild and severe disease.
The goal, Osowicki said, is to "create a vaccine that the world wants, that the world accepts, that the world says is safe, and that will help our children."
During the Biden administration, the Left and its media allies tried to erase the line between legal and illegal aliens, calling all aliens "noncitizens." Now they’re attempting to confuse the distinction between criminal and civil proceedings and rights regarding deportable aliens to stoke opposition to the Trump administration’s actions.
In so doing, the Left is using Kilmar Abrego Garcia as their poster child to demand "more due process." It’s time to correct this intended confusion and show just how much due process aliens receive.
When an alien becomes deportable – either because they entered the U.S. illegally, overstayed their temporary visa, committed a crime, committed fraud, participated in terrorist activity, or other reasons – ICE charges the alien with ground(s) of deportability, which initiates removal proceedings with the Justice Department’s administrative immigration court system.
These are civil proceedings, not criminal. The administrative immigration judges are Justice Department employees in the executive branch; they are not federal judges under the Article III Judiciary of the U.S. Constitution.
That means deportable aliens in deportation proceedings do not have the same rights as a person in a criminal trial, such as being innocent until proven guilty, the right to a taxpayer funded public defendant, etc. Removing a deportable alien is not a criminal sentence.
Within the civil, immigration context, Congress, on behalf of the American people, has legislated scores of ways to temporarily and permanently come to the U.S. – lawfully. Foreigners abroad can apply for visas to visit, study, work or join family here in the U.S. If they are fleeing persecution, they can apply for refugee protection through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
Once in the U.S., aliens can also apply to DHS’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for asylum, work authorization, "green cards" (permanent immigrant visas), naturalization and more immigration benefits.
What will surprise most Americans is that deportable aliens in immigration court proceedings have yet a third opportunity to apply for immigration benefits.
After an immigration judge finds the alien is deportable as charged (most deportable aliens concede their charges), the alien can request "relief from deportation" by applying for asylum or a green card with the judge. If granted, ICE’s request for removal is denied, the alien is given the immigration benefit and remains in the country. That is, unless the alien subsequently commits another deportable offense. Then, ICE can repeat the process.
Now consider Abrego Garcia’s case. He didn’t follow Congress’ "due process" by applying for a visa or refugee protection before coming to the U.S. Instead, he snuck across the border around 2011. He did not go to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to seek asylum within his first year in the U.S., an important and commonsense time-limitation Congress imposed to prevent asylum fraud.
If you were really fleeing for your life, one would reasonably expect you would request protection soon after arriving here. But Garcia didn’t follow that due process either.
Eight years later, he was arrested in a Maryland Home Depot parking lot, after police suspected suspicious activity by a small group of men and found discarded marijuana under a vehicle. The Gang Unit assisting at the scene filled out a Gang Field Interview Sheet and alleged that Abrego Garcia was an active member of the MS-13 gang.
The police turned him over to ICE, which detained him, initiated deportation proceedings, and opposed his release on bond, arguing he was a danger to the community based on the gang report. An immigration judge denied bond in April 2019, citing the gang report as trustworthy evidence.
Then, Garcia sought asylum and withholding of removal with an immigration judge as a defense from removal. He claimed he would be persecuted by another gang in El Salvador, Barrio 18. The immigration judge denied asylum because he violated the one-year time bar, but granted the more limited withholding of removal, released him from ICE custody, and issued a final order of removal to any country except "Guatemala." This was the clerical error – the order should have read "El Salvador."
Despite that due process, Garcia continued to violate the law. In May 2021, his wife sought a temporary protective order against him in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Then, in December 2022, the Tennessee Highway Patrol stopped him for speeding and failing to maintain his lane.
The officer suspected human trafficking due to eight other individuals in the SUV with no luggage, despite traveling from Houston to Maryland. The owner of the SUV was a confessed human smuggler. Garcia was released with a warning for an expired license after the FBI instructed that he be released.
President Donald Trump has designated MS-13 a foreign terrorist organization. This negated Garcia’s limited protection from being removed to El Salvador under the Immigration and Nationality Act. And so, the Trump administration removed him to El Salvador.
The Left demands Abrego Garcia be returned to the U.S. and receive his due process. Once again, they are being dishonest with the American public.
They ignore the fact that Garcia didn’t follow the process due Americans to seek a visa or refugee protection to come here lawfully. Nor do they admit that he failed to request asylum soon after his illegal entry.
And they fail to acknowledge that Garcia already received due process at his third opportunity. He is owed no more.
Abrego Garcia’s immigration case is not at all unique. Too many aliens ignore lawful processes to come to the U.S. or to follow it once here. Instead, they demand process if and when they are eventually caught by ICE.
The fact that the Left has made this criminal gang member their poster child for due process has only opened more Americans’ eyes to the complete abuse of our immigration system.
As many Americans across the nation are rushing to obtain their REAL ID license, some are choosing to opt out – by either using their valid passport as their preferred form of ID for travel or waiting until their current driver's license expires and then renewing it.
The REAL ID requirement takes effect on May 7, when Americans must have a new form of identification in order to fly domestically.
The costs of obtaining the identification vary from state to state. Costs also vary according to whether travelers are obtaining a first-time REAL ID or looking to renew their existing license.
Other forms of identification that will be accepted in lieu of a REAL ID include a valid U.S. passport or passport card; DHS trusted traveler cards such as Global Entry; Department of Defense IDs; permanent resident cards; and border crossing cards.
With the deadline looming, Fox News Digital spoke this week with travelers and asked those who do not have or do not plan to get a REAL ID any time soon why they made that decision.
At the Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, D.C., Lisa from Oregon said that it was a "financial decision" at this time.
Lisa (no last name shared) said she had not yet gotten a REAL ID to date "because it was an extra cost, and I knew that I would rather put that money toward the passport."
She said that at a later date, she may decide to get a REAL ID.
"When I'm traveling later, I'll have to bring my passport and I may not want to do that for stateside travel," she said.
Other forms of identification that will be accepted in lieu of a REAL ID include a valid U.S. passport or passport card; DHS trusted traveler cards such as Global Entry; Department of Defense IDs; permanent resident cards; and border crossing cards.
Some states offer a reduced price for the REAL ID, such as California.
The Golden State’s DMV website says, "In certain circumstances, the fee may be waived or reduced."
It adds, "You may be eligible to pay a reduced application fee for an original or renewal ID card if you meet income requirements for selected governmental or nonprofit assistance programs."
It also notes that a "homeless person" may be eligible for a no-fee ID card.
She has a passport and said that if it would save her more time at the airport, she would get one.
When asked if she knows anyone who does not have a passport or a REAL ID, she said her parents don’t.
She said she wants her parents to get the REAL ID so that "they can travel and enjoy retirement."
She does not believe they are looking at making a DMV appointment as of right now.
Lesley from California commented that she has a REAL ID — but shared that a colleague who did not have the document had to rush to get one for a work trip.
"She didn't have the REAL ID, so she had to go and see them [the DMV] and get the REAL ID, and it was about like a two-to-four-hour wait … It was in California."
She added, "The DMVs there are always pretty packed."
While the DMVs in some states have added special Saturday hours or extended weekday hours to accommodate REAL ID requests, many motor vehicle bureaus are not open on weekends.
Prince William is said to be strategizing about how he can strip his younger brother and sister-in-law of their royal titles.
Kinsey Schofield, host of the To Di For Daily podcast, claimed to Fox News Digital she was the first to share this report before it was picked up by multiple outlets. Fox News Digital reached out to Kensington Palace, which handles the office of the Prince of Wales, for comment. The claim hasn’t been verified by the palace.
"I knew Prince William wanted to strip them of their titles weeks ago," Schofield claimed to Fox News Digital.
"Prince William does not run from confrontation in the way that his father does… Prince William believes that Harry and Meghan are exploiting their proximity to the royal family despite doing everything in their power to jeopardize the monarchy’s future. There is anger surrounding Harry and Meghan, making the last few years of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth’s lives a living hell."
"The reality is, [the Duke and Duchess of Sussex] are currently making the last years of King Charles’ life a living hell," Schofield claimed. "Prince William, along with the public, is going to be less forgiving this time around… This desperation we sense is Meghan, [in particular], knowing that Prince William is on the horizon, and he will not put up with her."
Meghan, a former American actress, was given the title of Duchess of Sussex by Queen Elizabeth II on her 2018 wedding day to Harry. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back as senior royals in 2020 and moved to California, citing unbearable intrusions from the British press and lack of support from the palace.
Since their move, which has been coined "Megxit" by the press, the couple have aired their grievances in interviews, documentaries as well as Harry’s 2023 memoir, "Spare."
People magazine reported that while they’re no longer working royals, they still retain their "His/Her Royal Highness" titles, but they cannot use them in public or for commercial purposes. According to the outlet, Meghan’s royal styling recently drew attention after a personalized note bearing her "HRH" title surfaced more than a year after she used it on a gift to a friend.
WATCH: MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY ACTED LIKE A COUPLE OF TEENAGERS, PALACE SOURCES ALLEGE IN EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK
The outlet noted that while Meghan, 43, and Harry, 40, don’t use their HRH titles for "public or commercial ventures," their formal titles stand. The outlet pointed out that the note in question was "part of a private, personal gift – not a business move."
Still, Schofield claimed that Meghan’s use of her HRH title doesn’t sit well with William.
"Meghan's use of the Sussex title, but even more the HRH title, is a violation of the Sandringham Agreement [before the couple’s exit]," said Schofield. "Something Harry and Meghan were viciously bitter about to begin with."
British royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital that the removal of a royal title requires legislative action through an act of Parliament. This means that William alone cannot strip the couple of their titles once he becomes king. However, she claimed that the 42-year-old is adamant on sending a clear message to the couple.
"King Charles is tolerant and lenient, as they are both his sons," she explained. "He has, until very recently, always hoped for some sort of reconciliation. He grew up surrounded by a loyal family and siblings. [But] Prince William has felt personally betrayed by the one person who shared his childhood experiences [publicly]."
"Former courtiers have always said that William is bent on stripping Harry and Meghan of their HRH titles due to their blatant breach of both the agreement with his grandmother and royal protocol," Fordwich claimed. "He has been sickened by his brother leveraging his royal status for personal gain, mainly by revealing intimate childhood experiences they shared."
William could possibly get some backup to make that goal a reality. People magazine pointed out that in recent years there have been discussions about introducing legislation that would grant either the monarch or a parliamentary committee the power to remove royal titles.
In 2022, a "Removal of Titles Bill" was introduced, the outlet reported. It aims to give the monarch power to remove titles "on their own initiative or following a recommendation of a joint committee of Parliament." However, it has not been enacted into law.
In 2023, Bob Seely, who at the time was a conservative member of Parliament, had promised to introduce a bill that would strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles.
"I’m not a republican and support the monarchy, but after the latest installment of the couple’s feud with the rest of the royal family, I believe that Parliament and the Privy Council should consider a nuclear option," Seely wrote in The Mail on Sunday. "The Duke and Duchess can be Mr. and Mrs. like the rest of us."
"My aim is simple: if someone doesn’t want to be royal, that is a decision we respect – but they should not keep the titles and privileges if they trash an institution that plays an important part in our nation’s life."
Seely didn’t immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment at the time. Parliament's website currently notes that Seely is "no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP [Member of Parliament] for Isle of Wight, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024."
Fordwich said that William would likely get plenty of support for wanting Harry and Meghan to lose their titles.
"Given public polling over the years, the public shares his sentiments," said Fordwich.
"He wishes to uphold traditional values, norms and the integrity of the monarch. He views Meghan Markle commercializing the HRH title as disrespectful to his beloved grandmother. They were granted by Queen Elizabeth II as hereditary titles. While Parliament hasn’t passed any laws in this regard, they have already discussed creating new legislation allowing their titles to be revoked more easily, in step with public sentiment."
Master Graham Zellick, a professor of public law and tribunal judge, noted that the HRH style would be the easiest title for a monarch to remove.
"At present, the Sussexes (like Prince Andrew, Duke of York) have agreed not to use the appellation while they have abandoned royal duties, but it is clear that it could be withdrawn by the King, a decision that would not be amenable to judicial review," wrote Zellick.
"In any case, removal of the honorific on the basis of giving up the role of a working member of the royal family and living abroad could hardly be faulted."
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reside in California with their two young children.
Myrtle Beach—a popular, coastal South Carolina city for snowbirds and locals alike—is firing back against a study ranking it the No. 2 most unsafe beach in the United States.
Seven of the top 10 most dangerous beaches listed in the study from Everly Life, an insurance company, are in Florida, including New Smyrna Beach at No. 1, followed by Miami Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miramar Beach, Panama City Beach and Ponce Inlet.
The only other non-South Carolina beach included on the list is Oak Island, North Carolina, which is ranked at No. 3.
Researchers examined four main risk factors when determining the relative danger of popular U.S. beaches, including crime rates, shark attacks, drownings and wind conditions. It is unclear why no West Coast or Northeast beaches were listed; Everly Life did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.
Myrtle Beach crime concerns have been heightened since April 26, when a shooting in the entertainment district left the shooter dead and 11 injured. Myrtle Beach officials described the shooting as an isolated incident.
But locals and city officials disagree that Myrtle Beach is unsafe.
Meredith Denari, director of communications and creative services for the City of Myrtle Beach, described the Everly Life study as "misleading, flawed and clearly skewed," noting that it was not peer-reviewed in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Like many reports produced by life insurance companies, its primary purpose appears to be generating clicks rather than serving the public interest," Denari said. "This is evident in the use of outdated, inconsistent and irrelevant data, including shark attack records dating back to 1882 and wind and crime statistics from 2009–2015 and 2023, respectively. None of these sources accurately reflect the year 2025. Also, the City of Myrtle Beach was not incorporated until 1938. Even then, it was pretty difficult to reach. I would call this study ‘fake news.’"
She added that "Myrtle Beach is a wonderful place to live and visit for thousands of families," and the "Myrtle Beach Police Department continues to report downward trends in crime, and downtown revitalization efforts are well underway."
Denari described the Saturday shooting as "a tragic, isolated incident."
"Myrtle Beach police officers, already nearby, immediately returned fire, likely saving numerous lives when they fatally shot the perpetrator," she said.
"While details are limited at this time due to an open investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, violence has no place in Myrtle Beach," Denari said. "Saturday’s incident is not reflective of the experiences of millions of people who visit the area every year and enjoy the beautiful coastline, our restaurants, family-friendly entertainment and businesses."
Melissa K., a seven-year Myrtle Beach resident originally from Connecticut, told Fox News Digital she does not feel unsafe in the southern beach town, where she moved for milder weather and her job.
"And I’m happy I did," she said.
Locals, she noted, don’t spend much time in the downtown area where the shooting happened. Ocean Boulevard can attract unsavory behavior from visitors who stay out late at bars and engage in rowdy behavior, she said. Melissa also noted that Myrtle Beach is less expensive than other beach towns in the Carolinas.
"It has attracted, unfortunately, some of the wrong people, from what I've gathered in my seven years being here," Melissa said. "As locals, we really don't go on the boulevard or that district, especially at night, and especially alone. But at the end of the day, things could happen anywhere at any time in any place. The world's gotten a little bit crazy."
The shooting, Melissa said, was "shocking" for the community, but dangerous incidents of that scale are not normal for Myrtle Beach.
"I do love living here. It's a great place to visit, golf, eat, have a good family vacation," she said. "Unfortunately … you just have to be aware of your surroundings at all times, and that just goes for anywhere. It's still a beautiful place to visit and hang out at the beach. I feel safe."
Jordon Hudson has gone from the cheer section to the front office. Many football fans are wondering why and how.
The 24-year-old model has become one of the most notorious figures in football in recent weeks. Her romantic relationship, and now business relationship, with legendary former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has America asking a lot of questions.
While Americans can't take their eyes off the May-December romance, the former cheerleader is building wealth, and football and media power, gaining a position of authority in Belichick's sphere as current UNC Tar Heels head coach and a cultural icon.
And even though she's only 24, Hudson's story is generations in the making.
Hudson was born in Maine in March 2001. She would grow up as one of the many New England children to witness Belichick leading the Patriots' dynasty alongside Tom Brady.
But Hudson's family dealt with a difficult transition during this period.
Her parents, Lee and Heath Hudson, previously ran a family-owned fishing business, Frenchmans Bay Fisheries. But after the area they used to fish, Taunton Bay, was closed off to fishing by the state in 2000, their business eventually went bankrupt years later.
Her family's struggles were even chronicled in a local magazine at the time. A 2007 Salt Magazine article written by writer Kelsey Abbott, archived by Salt Story Archive, documented the experience of the Hudson family struggling to get by as their business faltered after.
"[Hudson's mother Lee Hudson] worries about how she will pay back her debts and whether her car and the refrigerated Frenchmans Bay Fisheries truck will be repossessed. She worries about feeding her three daughters—Jenna, Becca and Jordon," the article reads.
The article even included a description of a five-year-old Jordon in the Hudson family home.
"Jordon, her youngest child, sleeps face down on the plush blue sofa, her pigtails flung out like Pippi Longstocking's braids," it read. "Cartoon Network blares in the background and a war zone of toys surround the sleeping child."
The article goes on to document how the family's ship suffered damage, their struggles to afford repairs, their failed attempt to lobby state and local legislatures to ease up on regulations that impeded the fishing industry, and eventually the closure of their business.
"For now, Lee is working in a daycare center and Heath is working as a handyman," the article read.
Years later, the family moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts, where Lee currently manages the Toys of Eros sex shop. The mother has worked at the store since 2017, as previously seen on her LinkedIn page, which has since been deleted.
Hudson attended Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, Massachusetts, from 2015-19. There, she was a standout cheerleader.
Some of her classmates have claimed that she was in a relationship with an older man during that period in her life as well, but only by a few years, according to the New York Post.
One of those classmates even suggested Hudson exhibited a "controlling" nature while in that relationship.
"She would get mad at him for something stupid and berate him and control him about something or get mad at him over random things," the classmate told the outlet. "It was very tumultuous. Everyone knew their business. It was very dramatic."
However, another one of her classmates said, "I would see her in the halls, and she was always very nice to me, nice to everyone that I know. We would exchange conversations in passing, and she was really cool and nice," he said. "Nobody from high school is saying anything negative about her."
Before dating Belichick, 65-year-old Joshua L. Zuckerman claims he was in a relationship with Hudson.
In June 2024, Zuckerman told TMZ that he met Hudson "several years ago, and after bonding over psychology, philosophy and nature, they became romantic."
"We regularly discuss business and shared interest in psychology, philosophy and, most important, our love of nature," Zuckerman said.
"She is wise beyond her years, much more than any 20-something I've ever met in my life."
Belichick and Hudson reportedly began dating at some point in 2023, but they met two years before that in February 2021 on a flight from the Boston area to Florida.
And in the last 18 months, she has built an investment property portfolio worth $8 million, according to Realtor.com.
Hudson purchased three multifamily dwellings at the end of 2023, per mortgage documents seen by Realtor.com. They were all purchased through separate LLCs, but with Hudson's name listed as the "borrower" for each.
The properties include a $2.2 million Dorchester townhouse, a $2.3 million nearby townhouse conversion and a $3 million multifamily house in Boston's Roxbury Crossing neighborhood.
Hudson also listed a fourth property on the mortgage documents for those purchases. That property was a two-bedroom cottage in Harwich, Massachusetts, which she purchased for $610,000 in October 2023.
With Belichick set to lead UNC's football program in 2025, Hudson has been a visible and involved presence in the program's operations.
Since the university hired Belichick in December, Hudson has served in an unofficial role on the football program, which includes being copied on all emails sent to Belichick, per multiple reports.
Meanwhile, a report by The Athletic suggests Hudson also played a role in preventing UNC from being featured in an offseason special of HBO's popular "Hard Knocks" series.
"Jordon Hudson, Belichick’s girlfriend, played an instrumental role in stopping the production, related to her request to be heavily involved in the project, according to multiple industry sources briefed on the negotiations," the report read.
Hudson recently exclaimed a now-infamous line during Belichick's "CBS News Sunday Morning" interview. When interviewer Tony Dokoupil asked Belichick how he and Hudson met, she interjected, "We’re not talking about this."
Belichick later released a statement through UNC addressing the incident, accusing CBS of trying to create a "false narrative." The coach said he "clearly communicated" to his publicist, Simon & Schuster, that any promotional interviews would be "solely" on his upcoming book, "The Art of Winning – Lessons from My Life in Football," but the network didn't honor that request.
"I was surprised when unrelated topics were introduced and I repeatedly expressed to the reporter, Tony Dokoupil, and the producers that I preferred to keep the conversation centered on the book," the statement read.
"After [this] occurred several times, Jordon, with whom I share both a personal and professional relationship, stepped in to reiterate that point to help refocus the discussion. She was not deflecting any specific question or topic but simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track."
CBS responded with its own statement.
"When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview," a CBS News spokesperson said in a statement on X. "There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed."
The controversy has thrust their relationship into the bullseye of national attention in recent days, with many criticisms of their relationship and her role in his professional endeavors facing widespread scrutiny.
In early March, she spoke during the 50th Maine Fisherman’s Forum in Rockport Saturday and talked about how the cut to grant funding affected fisherman.
"The news came like a tsunami to the Forum on Saturday that the federal funding program ‘Maine Sea Grant’ was abruptly cut. This program has been a pillar of support for marine research, sustainability, and economic growth for more than 50 years. The forum floors filled with tears and fears as if everyone were drowning, and we were," Hudson wrote in an Instagram post.
"The decision only amplified the uncertainty, anxiety and existential fears that already plague the fisherman of Maine."
Hudson then pleaded in another post with Trump and the White House to reinstate the Maine Sea Grant after the program was "abruptly" cut.
Trump’s administration adhered to her pleas, agreeing to reinstate the funding, so Hudson took to social media to extend her gratitude to the Trump administration and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
"It is with a full, full heart that I share this most wonderful news with you all," Hudson wrote in her caption of her post that included her next to Collins.
Hudson will be competing in the Miss Maine USA Beauty Pageant later this month after finishing as the first runner-up in last year’s contest.
She acknowledged her family's failed fishing business in the state in her announcement on April 9.
"As the daughter of displaced fishermen, I care to use my voice to protect the fleeting tradition and heritage of Maine fishing families, to prevent others from going through the same plight as what mine had to go through," Hudson wrote on Instagram.
But one of the competitors looking to take the tiara from Hudson will not even be a biological female.
That contestant is trans model Isabelle St. Cyr.
St. Cyr will be the first openly trans contestant in the pageant's history after previously winning the local Miss Monson USA pageant in the Maine town of Monson.
"When I started cheerleading I had all the odds stacked against me. So much pushback, so many people telling me it wasn't a space for me. But I fought for what I loved and I ended up being a very successful cheerleader, winning state and national titles and inspiring people to join even if they hadn't been doing it their whole life," St. Cyr wrote in a Facebook post on March 25.
"I sense a similar trajectory in my ongoing journey with pageants. I believe I have everything it takes to be Miss Maine USA and I know that no amount of experience can match a true passion and drive to accomplish something."
Just as Maine state law is what originally hampered her family's fishing business more than two decades ago, in recent years, especially this year, the state legislature has vigorously defended the inclusion of trans individuals in women's sports and spaces.
The Maine Human Rights Act was amended four years ago to add gender identity as a protected class, so now Hudson will face off against a biological male as she seeks the Miss Maine tiara.
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
The recent death of a Princeton University undergraduate student, just weeks away from completing his junior year, has prompted renewed conversation about how Ivy League schools handle mental health crises on campus.
Lauren Blackburn, 23, was an English major and creative writing minor from Indiana. He was missing for several days before authorities found him deceased in a lake. Officials have not released his cause of death or said if there was any foul play involved.
Blackburn was the third Princeton undergraduate student to die in two years and the eighth since 2021. Six of those deaths were determined to be suicides, as The Princetonian first reported.
Princeton Professor Yiyun Li, who directs the university's creative writing program, lost both of her sons to suicide, one of whom, James Li, was a Princeton student when he died in 2024.
"What can parents do but give their children the space to be, and allow them to do what they need so that they can become more fully themselves?" Yiyun Li wrote in a New Yorker essay titled "The Deaths — And Lives — of Two Sons" published on March 23.
"And yet, despite the parents’ efforts, and despite all the beings and doings that occur as the children grow, some among them die before their time. Children die, and they are not happy. And their parents can never know whether those children died because they were not happy, or whether they were not happy because they sensed, too early, that they must face their own deaths."
While mental health crises and suicides are not unique to Princeton, or Ivy League schools generally, experts say Ivy League students face distinct challenges and pressures while attending the country’s most prestigious schools. Experts also say Ivy League institutions should be dedicating more funds to mental health resources than they do currently.
"I think it comes down to the demands, and I would say almost 100% of the time, the Ivy League schools have really high rigorous demands," Ivy Ellis, certified mental health therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who regularly works with college students, told Fox News Digital. "Whereas at other universities, the demands can be lower in terms of just how much schoolwork is asked, like how many classes they have to take, how much homework they have, how many tests they have."
Ellis added her belief that while Ivy League schools do "care" about their students, "There's limited funding and limited resources that go towards mental health."
"So almost all the universities and Ivy League schools have counseling centers in place, and I know they're excellent, excellent counselors," she said. "They work really hard. There's just such a high number of students that need that support, and the number of counselors just doesn't really meet that level of support."
Dr. Victoria Grinman, a psychotherapist and owner of a private practice called Growing Kind Minds who also works with college students, told Fox News Digital that "colleges across the board are seeing mental health crises, unfortunate things happening and people struggling."
"So I don't think that it's necessarily just about Ivy League institutions. But we also have to be aware that when … a teen is entering into an Ivy League institution, there are some expectations and standards that differ. And with those standards comes a lot of self-expectations," she said.
None of the eight traditional Ivy League schools — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia — responded to Fox News Digital's request for student death data between 2020 and the present, or what resources they offer students experiencing mental health crises.
At Dartmouth University, two students were found dead in the Connecticut River last year; one of those student’s deaths has been attributed to a hazing incident. The university also saw four student deaths in 2021.
Following the two 2024 deaths of students, both of whom were Asian, now-graduates Daniel Lin and Deborah Jang penned an op-ed for The Dartmouth criticizing the school’s response to the two tragedies as racist.
"A symptom of this invisible racism is that we ourselves become invisible — to others and to ourselves," they wrote. "...There was no lasting public discussion on the racialization of the two deaths. It’s not lost on us that two Asian students died in three months. The College could have named this; they could have made an effort to reach out to the Asian community. This reality leaves me feeling like these conversations can only happen behind closed doors, mostly among Asian students."
The authors added that "Dartmouth does not have even the bare minimum support for Asian students."
Last year, two Cornell University students were found on the same day in the Fall Creek Gorge, one of whom died while the other was hospitalized. The university saw a string of suicides around 2010, and one victim’s father sued Cornell for negligence by not implementing appropriate suicide prevention measures related to the numerous bridges in the Ithaca, New York, area. He accepted a $100,000 settlement from the city in 2014, according to The Ithaca Journal.
"These bridges and adjacent cliffs have developed an iconic status for suicide due to multiple jumping suicides among enrolled Cornell students and other individuals," a summary of a 2024 case study reads. "Cornell University and the City of Ithaca have a unique challenge where multiple bridges and gorges collectively had become a ‘hotspot’ for suicide."
Yale recently faced a lawsuit following the 2021 suicide of first-year student Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum accusing the university of discriminating against students with disabilities because it required students on mental health leaves to withdraw from Yale and reapply, according to The New York Times. Yale has since changed its policies.
Back in 2017, Columbia University saw a string of seven suicides between September and January of that year, as The New York Post reported at the time.
Grinman noted that the college experience has changed drastically in recent years, "especially with social media and just what it's become."
"It's a place where people are actually launching into the next phase of development," Grinman said. "Everybody, even if they don't know what they want to do in college, they want to go to college because they want to have the college experience. It's where kids are starting their lives, right? They're learning how to live on their own, how to be in social groups, how to do things on their own. So it's a very, very sensitive time," she said.
Students who may have been "big fish in a small pond" in high school may find that’s not the case at a prestigious institution, "and there is some angst around comparison," she explained.
Ellis suggested more colleges and universities should offer "early intervention" resources, targeting mental health concerns before they develop into self-harm or suicidal ideation.
"If the universities could help facilitate these dialogues and make it less of a taboo to have mental health struggles, and then even maybe some systems in place for screening so that they're able to help these students earlier on so it doesn't get so intense that the students are just failing out of school or even engaging in really harmful behaviors," she said.
The eight Ivy League schools received a total of $6.4 billion in federal funding in 2024. Financial statements from Columbia University show that it received $1.3 billion in federal funding; the University of Pennsylvania received $1.8 billion and Yale University received $898.7 million during 2024.
Not far behind were Cornell University, receiving $825.5 million in fiscal year 2024, and Harvard University, which received $686.5 million. Princeton University took in $455 million, Brown University reported "more than $254 million" and, according to USA Spending, Dartmouth received $141.9 million in 2024.
The funds that universities receive from the federal government are often in the form of grants and used for research and development, facility and administrative costs and student aid. The Trump administration has frozen billions in federal funding to colleges and universities that do not comply with the president's executive orders to protect Jewish students from hate and dismantle DEI policies.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Each of the eight total Ivy League schools have mental health resources ranging from counseling hotlines and centers to student-run support groups.
Suicide continues to be a leading cause of death within the United States, with 49,000 people dying by suicide in 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Suicide rates increased 37% between 2000-2018 and decreased 5% between 2018-2020 before returning to their peak in 2022, according to the agency.
"I think one of the most important things is thinking about going back to the basics of, hey, if you know that Billy down the hall lives alone in an individual room and you haven't seen him in a day or two, he hasn't attended Psych 101 with you … knock on his door, ask, how are you? Can I get you something? Just going back to the basics of loving your neighbor," Grinman said.
Fox News Digital's Rachel del Guidice and Jacqliene Mangini contributed to this report.
Parents packed a Wednesday night Colorado Senate hearing to voice outrage over a gender identity bill that critics say could attack parental rights.
HB25-1312, which imposes state-mandated gender policies on schools, initially would have considered a parent's refusal to affirm their child's gender identity as "coercive control" in child custody cases.
"Pass this bill and history will not remember you as heroes, it will remember you as cowards who sold out the rights of the people for the approval of extremists," one concerned dad declared.
Others branded the bill an "attack on parental rights," with one saying the measure could be more accurately called "how to break up families and use the law to steal children from their parents."
Another more succinctly said, "disagreement is not abuse."
After much contention, sponsoring lawmakers, Democratic Sens. Chris Kolker and Faith Winter, stripped the bill of its most controversial provisions before an overnight vote — and while Republicans say it's a big win for them and for parents, their fight against the effort isn't over yet.
State Rep. Rose Pugliese, a Republican representing the Centennial State's 14th district, told "The Faulkner Focus" on Thursday that she believes the bill is still an attack on parental rights.
"All the grassroots parents that came and waited in line for hours in order to testify really helped make this bill less egregious in some ways and then more egregious in other ways," she said.
"While they took out that child custody piece, which was a real problem, especially for domestic violence survivors that I get to work with… they included language that said, ‘you no longer are required to get a court order in order to change your name and get a government-issued ID, even if you are in this country unlawfully,’ so that jeopardizes public safety in a different way.
She continued, "So we're still attacking parental rights, but we are now adding an additional public safety element to it."
She went on to slam the state's Democratic leadership for pushing measures to make Coloradans less safe and urged parents to continue their pressure campaign by talking to their state senators.
"We know that amendments could be offered on the floor. We don't know what this bill will look like when it comes back to the House, so we cannot let the pressure off. We need to have these conversations and continue to get our voices heard, and I think parents are doing that across Colorado and across this nation."
According to The Denver Post, if the bill becomes law, it will "still protect transgender people from being misgendered or deadnamed, or referred to by the name they used before they transitioned, in discrimination laws for places like work and school."
The hypothetical law could also protect Colorado from other states' "anti-transgender policies" and make changes to existing policies for name alterations and gender markers on driver's licenses.
A grieving family says Colorado law let a texting driver off easy and failed their son, who was killed while crossing the street.
In August 2023, the lives of the Stratton family were forever changed when their 10-year-old son, Oliver, or "Ollie," was struck and killed by a woman who was texting while driving.
"She was texting while driving on that day that she killed our son," Clarissa Stratton told Fox News Digital.
"One text message nearly every 22 seconds for over a half hour on repeat," she said.
In August 2023, he took his bike to ride around the neighborhood. His parents said he was two-thirds done crossing the street when a car barreled into him.
He later died in the hospital.
The driver who killed Oliver was Amy Weiss, a local middle school teacher. It was later revealed that the 54-year-old had been texting nearly every 22 seconds in the half hour leading up to the crash.
On March 7, 2025, she was sentenced for careless driving resulting in death and tampering with evidence. She received the maximum penalty allowed under Colorado law: one year, served concurrently with a 364-day sentence.
"In Colorado, because this was charged as a traffic misdemeanor, they classify texting and driving as careless behavior instead of reckless, even though it is a purposeful choice," Clarissa said. "They put it in the same category as being distracted by the sun."
Weiss was granted work release, meaning she serves her time at a facility but can leave for work, church or appointments. She also, according to the Strattons, successfully petitioned the court to attend her daughter's out-of-state graduation.
"Every important moment of my child’s life is over. And the judge didn’t want her to miss her daughter’s graduation," she said.
Photos of the Larimer County women's residential facility reveal the lifestyle provided to inmates who are granted an alternative sentence option.
The devastated parents said the Colorado legal system seemed more focused on accommodating the perpetrator than honoring the gravity of their son's death.
"When you've been convicted of such a minor charge, it opens the door for these flexible sentencing accommodations in lieu of actual jail time," they said. "The judge didn’t want her to miss out on her daughter’s graduation. How is this justice? It just isn’t."
In the wake of Oliver's death, the Strattons have become vocal advocates for legal reform. They testified before the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a bill to elevate careless driving resulting in death from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Though lobbying efforts led to that provision being removed, the family remains determined.
"Texting and driving is the new drinking and driving," Clarissa said. "We have to stop pretending like nothing can be done."
The parents said that they would continue to fight for other children in Oliver's honor.
Their fight led them to start Oliver's Bike Parade, a nonprofit that strives to make streets safe for everyone through community education, legislative advocacy, and remembering victims like Ollie.
Oliver was the Strattons' third child in the close-knit family of six.
Clarissa said her son was "smart, funny, kind, energetic, enthusiastic, and really, really silly."
His father, Rod, told Fox News Digital that stories from his memorial service illustrated his kindness. One boy, he said, recalled how the 10-year-old noticed he had stopped participating in recess races because he always lost foot races.
Archaeologists excavating the site of a future golf course were surprised to find evidence of a prehistoric village — including a rare chariot wheel dating back millennia.
The excavation took place near Inverness, Scotland, at the site of the future Old Petty Championship Golf Course at Cabot Highlands.
Experts working for Avon Archaeology Highland also found a Bronze Age cremation urn estimated to be 3,500 years old, along with flint tools and quern stones, which were used to grind grains.
Remnants of at least 25 Neolithic-era wooden buildings were also uncovered at the site, according to the BBC.
Archaeologists told news agency SWNS the newest finds help "paint a picture of ancient life in the Highlands, from ceremonial practices to agricultural innovation."
Cabot's vice president of golf development, Stuart McColm, applauded the find in a statement to SWNS.
"This has been a remarkable journey from pre-historic times to the present, right here on our doorstep," McColm said.
"Their commitment to preserving the past while shaping the future is a model for responsible development," Young said.
Archaeologists are currently working to analyze and date the remains, and a full report is expected to be released at the same time that the golf course opens.
The discovery is one of many ancient finds in the United Kingdom in 2025.
In March, a hoard of over 800 Iron Age objects were publicized by Durham University.
In addition, archaeologists recently found hundreds of skeletons beneath a campus property owned by the University of Gloucestershire.
President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" in the United States, which coincides with the "Victory in Europe Day" that has been celebrated in most of Europe since the Germans surrendered in 1945.
Trump acknowledged in a Truth Social that "many of our allies and friends" already celebrate on May 8, but said America should join in because "we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result."
On May 7, 1945, the Germans surrendered to the Allied Forces, and agreed to cease all operations the next day.
World War II officially ended later in the year on Sept. 2 when the Japanese signed an instrument of surrender, though Japan waved a white flag on Aug. 14 – about a week after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The U.S. does not have any public holidays commemorating World War II specifically, but there have been remembrance ceremonies in May, August and September across the country for decades.
Former President Harry Truman, who was in office during the end of WWII, issued a proclamation in August 1946 declaring Aug. 14 as "Victory Over Japan Day."
"And I call upon the people of the United States to observe Victory Day as a day of solemn commemoration of the devotion of the men and women by whose sacrifices victory was achieved, and as a day of prayer and of high resolve that the cause of justice, freedom, peace, and international good-will shall be advanced with undiminished and unremitting efforts, inspired by the valor of our heroes of the Armed Services," Truman's proclamation read, in part.
"We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything," the president wrote. "That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!"
"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings once played against a super-intelligent computer, but he says current artificial intelligence is already years ahead.
"I’m deeply skeptical of AI," Jennings told Fox News Digital at the TCM Classic Film Festival.
"Obviously, these current iterations of LLMs [Large Language Models] would clean Watson’s clock at ‘Jeopardy!’ The technology has moved on. I’ve played with chatbots and ‘Jeopardy!’ clues, and they’re very hard to stump," he said.
Jennings, along with fellow "Jeopardy!" all-star Brad Rutter, competed against the IBM Watson computer in 2011.
Watson specialized in analyzing natural human language and answering complex questions, demonstrating its skills in a two-game exhibition match against Jennings and Rutter.
Over the course of three days, the computer got many, but not all of the answers correct. For example, during the first game, it missed the "Final Jeopardy!" clue about U.S. cities.
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"Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle," the prompt read. The correct answer was "What is Chicago?" but Watson answered, "What is Toronto?????" with five question marks,
As IBM’s website explained, the multiple question marks indicated Watson wasn’t completely confident in its answer after running its algorithms hundreds of times in approximately three seconds.
Despite the occasional incorrect answer, Watson ended up winning the $1 million prize, donating its proceeds to charity.
Since then, according to IBM’s website, "The underlying technology has gone on to help organizations predict, optimize and automate business processes across numerous industries. Roughly 70% of global finance institutions and 13 of the top 14 systems integrators use Watson."
After his defeat, Jennings wrote an essay for Slate at the time, saying, "IBM has bragged to the media that Watson’s question-answering skills are good for more than annoying Alex Trebek. The company sees a future in which fields like medical diagnosis, business analytics, and tech support are automated by question-answering software like Watson."
He continued, "Just as factory jobs were eliminated in the 20th century by new assembly-line robots, Brad and I were the first knowledge-industry workers put out of work by the new generation of ‘thinking’ machines. ‘Quiz show contestant’ may be the first job made redundant by Watson, but I’m sure it won’t be the last."
Jennings, who is now host of "Jeopardy!" as well as an author, isn’t ready to give over his entire career to AI just yet.
"I work in a creative field and when I watch something or I listen to something, I want to feel like it’s coming from a mind. I want that sense of someone talking to me and I never get that with AI slop," he said during the festival.
The fear of AI replacing creatives in Hollywood has been a persistent one in the past few years, taking hold during the writers' and actors' strikes of 2023.
Earlier this year, Fox News Digital spoke with musician will.i.am, who said true artists don’t need to worry about AI replacing them.
"The only thing to be worried about is if you're making music to chase an algorithm," he told Fox News Digital. "If you're making music to trend on TikTok. And to do that, you have to really unlock the codes to that matrix. If that's your whole [hustle], then AI is going to do a better job than that."
The Black Eyed Peas singer does think people not involved in the creative process in the music industry are the ones who should worry about AI taking away their jobs.
"The people that are at risk of AI in the music [industry] are managers, label execs, finance auditors, attorneys. If you look at the money that's being put [in]to make these systems more advanced, Microsoft is giving you a copilot [the company’s AI assistant]. And there's nothing slowing down how freaking awesome that's going to be in 2025 version eight. And that's going to be used for all types of industries," he said.
"There's not an army or a fleet of AI music do[ing] everything to the level of copilots or sales force agents. So musicians and hyper-creatives are OK. We're going to use AI and reinvent and create a whole new industry because of it."
He added, "Right now, AI does a good job of everything that we've created and can mimic it. But AI is not making things that don't exist exist. We do that. We created AI. So AI is a mirror. It shows you exactly what's in front of it."
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to slash taxpayer funds to PBS and NPR, two media outlets the White House accused of spreading "radical woke propaganda."
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS." It further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.
"[President Trump] just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS – which receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news,’" the White House posted in a statement on X.
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's re-election.
PBS' CEO and president Paula Kerger said last month that the Trump administration's effort to rescind funding for public media would "disrupt the essential service PBS and local member stations provide to the American people."
"There's nothing more American than PBS, and our work is only possible because of the bipartisan support we have always received from Congress," she said. "This public-private partnership allows us to help prepare millions of children for success in school and in life and also supports enriching and inspiring programs of the highest quality."
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week over his move to fire three members of its five-person board, contending that the president was exceeding his authority and that the move would deprive the board of a quorum needed to conduct business.
Thursday's move against PBS and NPR comes as his administration has been working to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which were designed to model independent news gathering globally in societies that restrict the press.
Those efforts have faced pushback from federal courts, which have ruled in some cases that the Trump administration may have overstepped its authority in holding back funds appropriated to the outlets by Congress.
A spokesperson NPR told Fox News Digital that the organization has, for more than half a century, been collaborating with "local nonprofit public media organizations to fill critical needs for news and information in America’s communities."
"NPR’s editorial practices and decision-making are independent and free from outside influence, inclusive of any individual or commercial interest or political party," the spokesperson said. "Millions of Americans depend on NPR Member stations for rigorous, fact-based, public service journalism that helps them stay informed about their communities and the world. Federal funding is essential to the work of public media and all public media stations."
Fox News Digital has reached out to NPR for a response to Trump's executive order.
