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"It's the best job, because I'm a celebrity around all of it, but no one knows me. It's like winning the lottery," he said. Regarding his use of the Fox corporate card, Hermes indicated: "You could take this [Fox credit card], walk into a strip club, literally, and spend $4,000. Go to your corporate manager and they will sign it and pay it off … 'Well that's what the client wanted.'" When asked if the practice involved clients or hosts, he replied: "No, we would just do it ourselves and lie on the expense reports. No one asks a question...

The news release came after Russia said earlier in the day that it was seeking stability in the country, in which it has won significant influence since Goita’s military government took power in a coup in 2021. West Africa’s al-Qaeda affiliate and the Tuareg separatist group on Saturday hit Mali’s main army base and the area near Bamako’s airport, while driving Russian soldiers – deployed in support of government forces – out of Kidal in the north. ... The same day, the Russian Ministry of Defence issued a statement declaring that its paramilitary forces had ‌‌helped prevent a coup during...

In a shift from the past, more accused violent assailants have striking academic records. ‘We’re seeing a new breed of individual.’ An Ivy League grad. An aspiring engineer who scored 1530 out of 1600 on his SAT. A 4.0 high-school student with a prestigious college scholarship. And now, a Caltech grad.

A United Airlines flight reportedly struck a drone midair over San Diego early Wednesday — as the pilot’s alarming message to air traffic control surfaced online. The Boeing 737, identified as flight 1980 from San Francisco, hit the object at roughly 3,000 feet, according to an air traffic control recording posted to X. The pilot is heard saying the aircraft “hit a drone,” describing it as small, red and shiny. No injuries have been reported.

Promoters of assisted suicide always couch their arguments in the language of compassion for those suffering from terminal illness, and 11 US states also permit assisted suicide, all of them except for Montana being dominated by the Democratic Party. This practice always has been couched in the language of “death with dignity,” and it generally has strong support from the political left, although the hard-left socialist publication, Jacobin, recently had an article by Jeremy Appel critical the circumstances under which some Canadians choose suicide, declaring: But the legalization of MAiD has brought to the fore some disturbing moral calculations, particularly...

An update has been issued after an Oxfordshire boy was accused of having a suicide vest and of supporting Islamic State (IS). The 16-year-old, who cannot be named, has been charged with stockpiling weapons, explosives and a suicide vest at his family home. From Didcot, he appeared at the Old Bailey in London today (Friday, April 24) with his trial now scheduled for next January, although that may change. He is also accused of supporting IS and is suspected of sharing its propaganda on terrorist attacks as well as footage of battlefield explosions and killings. His home was raided by...

A federal grand jury handed down indictments for two individuals connected to the assault on Turning Point USA reporter Savanah Hernandez at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in Minneapolis earlier this month, Fox News Digital has learned. The suspects were indicted on Tuesday, federal sources told Fox News Digital, though their names have yet to be released. The sources said the indictment is expected to be unsealed later Wednesday. The incident happened on April 11 outside the Whipple Federal Building, where a protest was taking place over a local ICE field office that also serves as a detention...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a devastating setback to the Democratic Party, the United States Supreme Court ruled today that they have to stop being racist. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today that discriminating based on a person's skin color is, in fact, illegal. The verdict comes as a heavy blow to the Democratic Party, which has vowed to keep fighting for the right to be openly racist. The majority opinion, authored in unusually plain English, opens with the line, "Seriously, you guys can't keep doing that," before citing centuries of legal precedent and basic moral reasoning. "This...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman wants to restore Pluto to its former glory. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) stripped Pluto of its planethood, reclassifying the icy world as a "dwarf planet." The decision was controversial, and not just because it forced schoolchildren around the world to learn a new mnemonic for our solar system's major denizens. Little Pluto was beloved and remains so, especially in the United States. After all, it's the only planet discovered by an American, Clyde Tombaugh, who made the historic find in 1930 using imagery captured by Lowell Observatory in Arizona. Twenty years on, many...

In a major crackdown, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two suspected terrorists from Noida. The accused have been identified as Hizbullah Ali Khan, also known as Tushar Chauhan, and Sameer Khan. Officials say both were in touch with Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and criminal networks across the border. Foreign handlers and social media links During the investigation, ATS found that the two suspects were communicating with handlers outside India through platforms like Instagram, Telegram, and VOIP calls. They were reportedly in contact with Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti and his associates, who first reached out...

Oil prices jumped more than 5% Wednesday, on a report that President Donald Trump is prepared to keep the U.S. Navy blockade of Iran in place for an extended period. International benchmark Brent crude futures rose more than 5% to $117.58 per barrel at 11:21 a.m. ET, U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures with June delivery rose more than 5% to $105.33 per barrel. Trump has decided in recent meetings to continue the blockade of Iran rather than resume bombing or walk away from the conflict, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. The president has told his aides recently to...

I really don't know how to feel about this one. I'm 100% totally anti-theft and I think stealing needs to be dealt with harshly. But maybe not THIS harshly. D'Mari Jy'Quan Patterson, 20, was arrested Monday and accused of snapping at the trio (of young female thieves) while on-the-clock at a Taco Bell in West Palm Beach ... One video obtained by police showed Patterson berating the woman who lingered near the soda fountain, CBS 12 reported. Police said they could hear a firearm being racked in the video mere seconds before the first round went off. One woman was...

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’s most dangerous fault lines is overdue for an earthquake, potentially threatening millions of people across California, per an alarming study in the journal Seismological Research Letters. This terrifying tremor could “cause extensive damage to such a dense population zone,” wrote the team from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in a statement. Part of the massive San Andreas Fault Line, the Hayward Fault Line extends 74 miles through major Bay Area hubs, including Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont, an area...

The day prior to the anniversary, Prince William visited Wales, which is a meaningful location for the royal couple. William, 43, and Kate, 44, lived in a rented home in Anglesey, Wales, for three years, including before and after their 2011 wedding. Last year, the pair also spent their anniversary in a special place: in Scotland, the same country where they met. The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, as they are called in Scotland, had a royal outing in the town of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull on April 29, 2025, where they shared some PDA and laughs as...

Why do we seem to hate each other so much here in the United States? Why do so many people seem obsessed with conspiracies, steeped in anger, and ready to spend large segments of their day fulminating on the internet about people they don’t know, on topics that they know nothing about? There’s a simple answer: Our institutions are failing. Trust in American institutions—in the media, in church, in the scientific establishment, in government and, of course, in academia—is at an all-time low. And because of our lack of trust in institutions, Americans also mistrust one another. You might think...

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered The Walt Disney Company's ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns. The move follows criticism from first lady Melania Trump who objected to a joke about her made by late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel. President Trump followed up with a social media post calling for Kimmel to be fired. As the early license renewal order went out, FCC Chair Brendan Carr criticized ABC's parent company, Disney. Speaking on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller — whose husband is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller —...

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 limited the use of race-based redistricting in a legal challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map. The nation’s highest court ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais that race could not be used when drawing boundaries for the state’s electoral districts. The case rests on whether a lower court-ordered creation of a second black-majority congressional district in Louisiana was constitutional. A federal district judge had ordered the state to create the second district to comply with the anti-discrimination provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act.

A white conservative content creator who goes by the name Sasha sparked widespread outrage online after she posted a TikTok claiming that “hood prom” — a term used to describe elaborate, over-the-top prom looks celebrated by Black teens — exists solely because Black girls have little chance of ever getting married. More show notes from the transcripts: "...Lies is hood prom and baby mama culture are like this. The reason why the dresses are so extravagant in the cars, in the show, in the presentation, is because this is the closest these girls will ever get to being a bride...

Archeologists in Italy's Pompeii have for the first time used artificial intelligence to reconstruct the appearance of one of the victims of the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city nearly 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists use AI to generate image of Pompeii victim | 0:59 Reuters | 4.18M subscribers | 12,415 views | April 27, 2026

Breaking: Ed Gallrein (Thomas Massie’s opponent) has received government benefits for claiming to be 100% physically disabled, while also claiming to do demanding full-time farm work on his family’s operation. Gallrein received two PPP loans during COVID, including one used to pay himself for farm work. His campaign frequently shares photos and stories highlighting his supposed active involvement in farm labor. On the Bill Cunningham Show, he cited “farm work to do” as the reason for skipping a debate with Massie. Real full-time farm work is physically demanding and inconsistent with what most people would expect from someone receiving full...