Marjorie Taylor Greene sounds alarm over AI provision in One Big Beautiful Bill Act: ‘I would have voted NO if I had known’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the House last month, slammed a provision of the proposal on Tuesday, noting that if she had realized it was in the measure, she would have voted against passage. The provision Greene is sounding the alarm about would significantly restrict states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade. “Except as provided in paragraph (2), no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, any law or regulation of that State or a political subdivision thereof limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce,” the provision reads, in part. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SLAMS FDA GREEN LIGHTING OF MNEXSPIKE COVID-19 VACCINE: ‘NOT MAHA AT ALL!!!’ Greene disclosed in a post on X that she did not know about that provision of the proposal when she voted to pass the measure last month. “Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years. I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there,” she noted in the tweet on Tuesday. “We have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous. This needs to be stripped out in the Senate. When the OBBB comes back to the House for approval after Senate changes, I will not vote for it with this in it. We should be reducing federal power and preserving state power. Not the other way around. Especially with rapidly developing AI that even the experts warn they have no idea what it may be capable of,” Greene added. REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE AIRS FRUSTRATIONS, WARNS THAT SHE REPRESENTS A ‘NOT HAPPY’ REPUBLICAN BASE Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., responded to Greene’s post by tweeting, “You have one job. To. Read. The. F[—]ing. Bill.” “Maybe instead of doing this you should have read the bill,” conservative commentator Dana Loesch tweeted in response to Greene’s comments. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act runs a bit more than 1,000 pages long. Greene told Fox News Digital during a phone call on Wednesday that if she ever ceases to be “humble as a representative and willing to publicly admit that maybe I’ve made a mistake … then I shouldn’t be a representative.” But the congresswoman explained that she believes that “this is a far more important discussion than Marjorie admitted that she missed reading a little clause” lodged within the lengthy bill. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE PUSHES BILL TO PUNISH THOSE WHO PERFORM GENDER TRANSITION MEASURES ON MINORS Greene said that she believes she should have “been able to trust Republicans, that we wouldn’t be destroying federalism in the One Big Beautiful Bill. That was what I didn’t expect. Because, state rights, that’s federalism. And Republicans are focused on reducing federal government power and protecting state rights. However, this bill literally destroys state rights for 10 years … destroys federalism.” She said that regardless of which party is “in charge … this is something that we just can’t allow to happen.” On Tuesday, business tycoon Elon Musk blasted both the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the lawmakers who voted to pass it. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” he tweeted.
4-H federally funded camps under fire for cabining kids, adult counselors by ‘identity’
EXCLUSIVE: Some federally supported youth programs still have policies in place permitting attendees and adult camp counselors to stay in overnight housing based on their self-identified gender rather than their biological sex – despite the fact that the policy these rules are derived from has since been rescinded by the Trump administration, according to one nonprofit group. The Washington-area Center for Practical Federalism is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees 4-H youth programs that federally funded public universities across the country administer, to evaluate the programs’ gender ideology standards. The 4-H programs offer a host of activities for youth through more than 100 public universities across the country in areas including health, science, agriculture and civic engagement. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN TAX MONEY GOES TO CONTRACTS FOR DEI GROUPS, WATCHDOG FINDS The Center for Practical Federalism is an arm of the nonprofit organization the State Policy Network, and seeks to provide resources to the American public and policymakers to educate them about federalism, and the balance between state and national politics to prevent government overreach. The issue originated in 2017, when the National 4-H Council and USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture shared a “4-H Guidance for Inclusion of Individuals of all Gender Identities, Gender Expressions, Sexual Orientation and Sexes” on a USDA-managed website. That guidance has since been rescinded, and the Trump administration issued an executive order in January instructing agencies to take “appropriate action to ensure that intimate spaces designated for women, girls, or females (or for men, boys, or males) are designated by sex and not identity.” THE ‘GRADING FOR EQUITY’ PROPOSAL IS ABOUT LOWERING STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS, EXPERT SAYS But policies that allow 4-H attendees and adult chaperones to stay in overnight accommodations based on their gender ideology – rather than their biological sex – remain in place in multiple states, according to the Center for Practical Federalism. “Now that the Trump administration has rescinded all prior federal policies advancing gender ideology and replaced them with a clear biological framework through Executive Order, it is essential to ensure that federal grantees, including land-grant universities running 4-H programs, bring their practices into alignment with the law,” Tony Woodlief, the Center for Practical Federalism’s senior executive vice president, said in a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, obtained by Fox News Digital. Specifically, the Center for Practical Federalism pointed to several instances where states have prioritized gender identity over biological sex for their 4-H programs. For example, the group alleged that, in 2022, the Rock Springs Ranch 4-H Camp in Kansas housed a person who was born a male but identified as a female in a cabin with preteen girls – without alerting the parents beforehand for consent. The Sentinel, a nonprofit news site that is a subsidiary of the free market think tank Kansas Policy Institute, also reported on the incident. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Kansas 4-H Foundation has not updated its gender policy online since then, which claims to ban gender discrimination based on “gender identity” in areas including housing, according to the Center for Practical Federalism. “The persistence of gender identity-based policies in 4-H programs shows how rescinded guidance can continue to shape policy and practice in violation of current federal directives,” Woodlief said in the letter. “The situation at Rock Springs Ranch 4-H Camp in Kansas is a clear example of how these policies can conflict with parental rights and children’s safety.” The Kansas 4-H Foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. MAHA REPORT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHILDHOOD CHRONIC DISEASE Other states have similar policies, according to the Center for Practical Federalism. For example, California and Oregon both espouse policies in official documents or in training materials for their 4-H programs that place participants and adult chaperones in overnight housing based on their gender identity, rather than biological sex, the group said. The University of California’s 4-H Youth Development Program did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, nor did Oregon State’s 4-H Youth Development Program. As a result, the Center for Practical Federalism is requesting that the USDA conduct a review of all federally funded 4-H programs, land grant institutions and 4-H facilities to determine where rescinded gender ideology policies are still being enforced. Likewise, the group urges the USDA to institute formal standards “to prevent subregulatory guidance from circumventing lawful rulemaking.” “We also recommend that the Department use this case as a springboard for a broader, agency-wide audit of existing guidance documents, rescinding those that bypassed the regulatory process or are no longer necessary,” Woodlief said in the letter. The USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Federal judge drops case against Trump adviser Peter Navarro
A federal judge has closed the case against White House trade adviser Peter Navarro over his alleged use of a private email for government business and mishandling of presidential records while serving in the first Trump administration. Navarro, a current senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, had been under investigation by former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, with the lawsuit accusing Navarro of using at least one “non-official” email account — a ProtonMail account — to send and receive emails. The civil case alleged that by using the unofficial email account, Navarro failed to turn over presidential records to the National Archives and Records Administration. FORMER TRUMP ADVISER PETER NAVARRO, HOURS AFTER RELEASE FROM PRISON, APPEARS AT RNC: ‘I AM YOUR WAKE-UP CALL’ The decision to dismiss the case, filed in 2022, comes after the Trump Justice Department asked the court to do so. The joint filing by the Justice Department and an attorney for Navarro doesn’t explain why they are abandoning a case. The one-page filing says each side will bear their own fees and costs. Navarro served four months in prison after being convicted in a separate case for refusing to cooperate with the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He maintained his refusal to testify was protected by executive privilege. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Trump-led Justice Department is reconsidering Navarro’s conviction, potentially seeking to overturn it, the Washington Post reported last month. This move aligns with a broader pattern of the administration revisiting prosecutions against Trump allies. He took the stage on day three of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, just hours after being released from a Miami prison. He said that the Jan. 6 case was politically motivated by Biden and that “if they can come for me, if they can come for Donald Trump, be careful. They will come for you.” Fox News’ Jake Gibson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
GOP lawmaker vows to ‘close’ controversial Biden-era ‘side door’ on key issue
New legislation aims to set a limit on the number of immigration parolees allowed into the United States annually. The “Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act” would cap parole admissions into the U.S. at 3,000 people a year starting in fiscal year 2029. It would also “establish congressional findings” that parole for people trying to enter the country should only be conducted “case-by-case.” It would also not allow those from “a country of concern” like Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, and Russia to be given parole unless there is special permission granted by the Department of State. TRUMP FREEZES APPLICATIONS FOR BIDEN-ERA MIGRANT PROGRAMS AMID FRAUD, NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS “Biden’s open-border bureaucrats abused immigration parole to serve their free-lunch agenda—exposing the United States to one of the greatest national security vulnerabilities we’ve seen in years,” North Carolina Republican Rep. Addison McDowell, the bill’s sponsor, said in a statement on Wednesday. “When vetting procedures are ignored and the floodgates are opened, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t deliberate. They showed no regard for the American families left to deal with the fallout of their failed policies. My bill, the Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act, caps parole entries and closes the side door that’s been exploited to bypass our borders,” the Republican continued. McDowell’s bill was inspired by the congressional U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations & Accountability’s finding that 2.8 million individuals were given parole while former President Joe Biden was in office under the purview of former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. ‘RESTORE ORDER’: BILL TO LIMIT BIDEN-ERA IMMIGRATION POWERS GETS RENEWED PUSH UNDER TRUMP “The systemic abuse of parole for aliens outside the United States is a threat to national security and future abuse should be prevented,” the bill text states. CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE The 2.8 million figure includes the roughly half a million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans admitted under a parole program that the Trump administration seeks to end. A recent stay by the Supreme Court indicates that they could ultimately be successful in the effort to end the CHNV parole program, as the Department of Homeland Security can deport people while the legal battle continues, DHS said in a news release. BIDEN ADMIN FACES MOUNTING PRESSURE TO DISMANTLE MIGRANT PAROLE PROGRAM AMID ‘STRESS’ ON SMALL TOWNS “Today’s decision is a victory for the American people. The Biden Administration lied to America,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on May 30 about the Supreme Court’s decision. “They allowed more than half a million poorly vetted aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members to enter the United States through these disastrous parole programs; granted them opportunities to compete for American jobs and undercut American workers; forced career civil servants to promote the programs even when fraud was identified; and then blamed Republicans in Congress for the chaos that ensued and the crime that followed,” she added. The proposal comes as the House recently passed the reconciliation bill, which includes additional funding for immigration enforcement – and it’s currently on the Senate side before it could hit President Donald Trump’s desk.
Indian Premier League cricket championship sparks deadly stampede
NewsFeed At least 11 people died in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in Bengaluru as crowds gathered to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s first Indian Premier League title. Footage shows fans scaling fences and swarming the stadium. Published On 4 Jun 20254 Jun 2025 Adblock test (Why?)
Trump: Putin says Russia will ‘have to’ respond to Ukraine attacks
The US president says Putin also suggested he would participate in talks aimed at reaching a new nuclear deal with Tehran. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Donald Trump in a telephone conversation that Moscow would have to respond to the recent Ukrainian drone attacks, the US president said. Trump said on Wednesday that the two men “discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides.” Putin “did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields”, Trump said in a social media post. Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett said that Trump described his 85-minute phone call with Putin as “a good conversation but not one that would lead to immediate peace”. “You have to remember that Donald Trump, when he came into office, was very confident that he could end this war on day one, but here we are now in June and the fact is … this is far from resolved,” she said from the White House. Moscow said earlier on Wednesday that military options were “on the table” for its response to Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia and accused the West of being involved in them. Advertisement Russia also urged the US and Britain to restrain Kyiv after the attacks, which Ukrainian officials have lauded as showing Kyiv can still fight back after more than three years of war. British and US officials have said they had no prior knowledge of the weekend attacks on Russian nuclear-capable long-range bombers. In his social media post, Trump said he and Putin also discussed Iran. Putin suggested he would participate in talks aimed at reaching a new nuclear deal with Tehran, Trump said. “I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement,” Trump said. He accused Iran of “slow-walking” decisions regarding the talks. Putin told Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian that Moscow was ready to help advance talks on a nuclear deal, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. But Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier on Wednesday that Washington’s proposal was against Tehran’s national interests, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium. Adblock test (Why?)
Leaders of Canada and Mexico lash out at Trump steel tariff hike
The leaders of Canada and Mexico have criticised the latest hike in steel and aluminium tariffs under United States President Donald Trump, who increased import taxes on the metal from 25 to 50 percent. The international condemnation came just hours after the latest tariff increase went into effect early on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the tariff increases were “unjustified”. “They’re illegal. They’re bad for American workers, bad for American industry and, of course, for Canadian industry,” he said. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, meanwhile, pledged to pursue countermeasures if the Trump administration refuses to grant tariff relief. She warned that the tariffs would have a “huge impact” on Mexico’s steel and aluminium industries. “This isn’t about an eye for an eye, but rather about protecting our industry and our jobs,” she added, without specifying what steps her government might take. Canada calls for action Wednesday’s tariff hike had been unveiled last Friday, when Trump held a rally with steelworkers outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Advertisement That region of the US is a part of the Rust Belt, an area that has been heavily affected by the decline in US manufacturing. Trump pledged to use tariffs and other measures to bring jobs and investments back to the area. Previously, in March, Trump set tariffs on steel and aluminium at 25 percent. But he threatened to lift that rate to 50 percent specifically for Canadian imports of the metals, a plan he later appeared to walk back. Those threats, however, roiled relations between the US and its northern neighbour in particular. Canada is the top supplier of steel to the US, followed by Brazil and then Mexico. South Korea and China also top the list. Canada is also responsible for about 40 percent of aluminium imports to the US, followed by the UAE, Russia and Mexico. Carney’s government has pledged to pursue retaliatory measures so long as Trump’s tariffs remain in place. On Wednesday, one of Canada’s largest labour unions, Unifor, called on Carney to take immediate action against the latest tariff hike, including by limiting the country’s exports of critical metals to the US. “Unifor is urging the federal government to act without delay to defend Canada’s manufacturing sector and counter the escalating trade assault,” the union said in a statement. Premier Doug Ford — who leads the top manufacturing province in Canada, Ontario — also called for Canada to respond in kind and “slap another 25 percent” on US steel imports. “It’s tariff for tariff, dollar for dollar. We need to tariff the steel coming into Canada an additional 25 percent, totalling 50 percent,” Ford told reporters. “Everything’s on the table right now.” Advertisement Navigating global trade pacts Both Canada and Mexico have been hard hit by Trump’s aggressive tariffs, which include a blanket 25-percent tax on all imports not subject to the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA), as well as a separate 25-percent levy on automobile imports. The three countries have highly integrated economies, with products like automobiles being built using supplies and factories from multiple locations. The USMCA pact was agreed upon during Trump’s first term, from 2017 to 2021. But he has since signalled he hopes to renegotiate the free-trade deal to get more favourable terms for the US. But the doubling of the US steel and aluminium tariffs is expected to have a global impact, well beyond North America. The European Union is also bracing for the increase. The bloc’s trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, met US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the sidelines of a meeting for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday. “We’re advancing in the right direction at pace – and staying in close contact to maintain the momentum,” Sefcovic wrote on X afterwards. UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds also met with Greer, and he said steel and aluminium tariffs would remain at 25 percent for his country. The two countries have been in the process of forging a post-Brexit bilateral trade agreement, announcing a “breakthrough” last month. “We’re pleased that as a result of our agreement with the US, UK steel will not be subject to these additional tariffs,” a British government spokesperson said. Advertisement ‘Extremely hard to make a deal’ Trump’s latest tariff hike comes days after a federal court ruled that his so-called reciprocal tariffs — which imposed customised taxes on nearly all US trading partners — were illegal. Trump had imposed those tariffs in April, only to pause them for 90 days. The court’s ruling was quickly paused while legal proceedings continued, and Trump’s tariffs have been allowed to remain in place for now. One of the hardest hit countries has been China, which saw US tariffs against its exports skyrocket to 145 percent earlier this year. The Trump administration, however, has since sought to reach a deal with China to end the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The White House said on Monday that Trump would speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, raising hopes the duo could soothe tensions and speed up negotiations. But on Wednesday, Trump appeared to dampen hopes for a quick deal. “I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!” he posted on his Truth Social platform. When asked about the remarks during a regular news briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Beijing’s “principles and stance on developing Sino-US relations are consistent”. Adblock test (Why?)
Schumer warns Trump budget bill Medicaid cuts could jeopardize GOP senators: ‘We Are All Going to Die Act’
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday renamed President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” the “We’re All Going to Die Act,” slamming the package over cuts to Medicaid. The Senate Minority Leader said Republican senators who support Trump’s budget bill are “tenured at best, suicidal at worst,” implying a vote for the legislative package will have negative consequences at the ballot box. “For many Americans, health care coverage is the difference between life and death,” Schumer said. His new name for Trump’s budget bill comes from a recent remark by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. In response to jeers from a crowd about how cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would cause people to die, Ernst retorted at a recent town hall event, “Well, we’re all going to die.” TRUMP CRITICIZES RAND PAUL OVER TAX BILL OPPOSITION: ‘VOTES NO ON EVERYTHING’ “According to Ernst, ‘Fear not. We’re going to die anyway.’ Tell that, the American people have heard. Let me be clear. Democrats are ready. We are ready to fight,’ Schumer said. “We are doubling down. We’re ready to show Americans what’s really at stake here, because this fight won’t be won in just the Capitol. As Abe Lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. And when public sentiment hears about this ‘We’re All Going to Die Act,’ they’re going to hate it, and they’re going to tell their senators they hate it. And if the senators think they can get away with a yes vote and explain it, they’re sadly mistaken. The cuts are too deep. The cuts are too real. The cuts are too devastating for people.” He continued, “Why are they being so mean? Why are they being so cruel? And why are they being so politically tenured at at best, suicidal at worst? All to give tax breaks to billionaires. They are in total obeisance. Donald Trump is, and his colleagues are to very very, the small group of very wealthy, greedy people who say, ‘I don’t care what you do to everyone else, cut my taxes. And by the way, get rid of any regulations.’” Schumer said that the Congressional Budget Office found that the estimated number of people who would lose their health insurance coverage if Trump’s budget bill passes could increase from 13.7 million to up to as many as 16 million people. STILL A NO: RAND PAUL SAYS $5T DEBT INCREASE IN ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ A DEAL-BREAKER “New calculations show Medicare is under the knife,” Schumer said. A handful of Republican senators have expressed hesitation to Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over concerns it will increase the national debt and budget ceiling, but Senate Majority Leader John Leader said the upper chamber remains on track to pass the package by a July 4 deadline as negotiations are ongoing. Trump and the White House, meanwhile, insist the bill will evoke massive growth for the nation. Schumer alleged Trump “is just lying about the bill.” “We’ve been told 11 million people cut off from affordable food tax cuts for billionaires. “We’re All Going to Die Bill.’ And that shows the callousness, the callousness of this Republican majority in the House and the Republican majority in the Senate. Repeal and replace. It’s that by another name, that by another name.” Schumer addressed Republicans’ pledge to fight waste, fraud and abuse by making the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts permanent through the bill. “Now, Trump and the Republicans claim they want to fight fraud. Bull, bull,” he said. “Let me tell our Republican Senate colleagues what will be enacted is not Donald Trump’s soothing words, but the actual reality of harsh cuts where people lose health care, where people’s premiums go up, where hospitals close, nursing homes close, and people are laid off,” Schumer claimed. “So anyone who thinks they’re voting for the nice words of Donald Trump will face a harsh reality when this is implemented.”
Scandal-plagued school district referred to DOJ after another transgender locker room controversy
A Virginia school district at the center of a transgender bathroom controversy two years ago has been referred to the feds after the state’s attorney general completed a separate probe this week. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, announced the closing of his investigation into Title IX violations, unlawful retaliation and viewpoint discrimination by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) after three boys were allegedly investigated for complaints made in regard to a female student – who identifies as male – in the men’s locker room. Miyares referred LCPS to the Justice Department and the Department of Education. “The investigation reveals a disturbing misuse of authority by Loudoun County Public Schools, where students appear to have been targeted not for misconduct, but for expressing their discomfort for being forced to share a locker room with a member of the opposite sex,” Miyares said in a Tuesday statement. “Title IX was never meant to be used as a weapon against free speech or religious convictions. Every student in Virginia deserves the right to speak openly, think freely, and live according to their conscience without fear of retaliation. Protecting those rights is not political—it’s foundational to who we are as Americans.” FATHER OF VIRGINIA STUDENT ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED BY BIOLOGICAL MALE IN RESTROOM SPEAKS OUT In response to the referral, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told Fox News Digital that “sex-based discrimination and student safety are both top priorities of this Department of Justice. We will investigate these facts thoroughly, and go where the investigation leads us.” “‘Transgender’ policies in Loudoun County schools are stripping countless students of their fundamental rights,” Dhillon added. Miyares’ probe found that LCPS allegedly began a Title IX probe into the three male students at Stone Bridge High School, who had also expressed religious objections to a policy allowing students to use sexually binary facilities based on their gender identity. The boys also reportedly voiced concerns about the biological female student who had purportedly been recording them in the locker room, according to the Washington, D.C., ABC affiliate. LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA, PARENTS DEMAND SUPERINTENDENT RESIGN OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN SCHOOLS The father of one of the boys told the outlet in May that his son was being formally investigated for sexual harassment after he expressed his own concerns about the situation. “Furthermore, there are persistent reports that LCPS and the school board take adverse and potentially unlawful action against parents, teachers, and public speakers,” Miyares’ office wrote in its announcement. In response to an inquiry from Fox News Digital, a representative for LCPS said “first and foremost [the district] continues to focus on following applicable law and ensuring all students are safe.” “LCPS is not in a position to provide comment on the attorney general’s investigation or its purported findings at this time.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The district said it never received official communication from Miyares beyond what was announced in the press pertaining to the investigation being launched and was unable to “meaningfully participate” in it. “To date, no findings have been shared with LCPS,” the representative said. Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Education, which said it doesn’t confirm complaints. LCPS previously made national headlines after a father of a student accused the school board of covering up his daughter’s sexual assault at the hands of a biological male who wore a skirt.
CA bill would allow inmates sentenced to life without parole to seek early release if crime was before age 26
The California Senate approved a measure Tuesday that would allow inmates sentenced to life without parole the opportunity to request an early release if their crimes were committed before the age of 26. Senate Bill 672, the Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act, passed the Senate by a 24-11 party-line vote. The proposal now heads to the Assembly. The bill, introduced by Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio, was amended to exclude criminals convicted of certain offenses the chance to seek parole, including those who killed a law enforcement officer or carried out a mass shooting at a school, among other offenses. Republicans criticized their Democratic colleagues for passing the bill, saying the “soft-on-crime” proposal helps criminals and ignores victims. CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS UNCERTAIN ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS’ POTENTIAL RUN FOR GOVERNOR Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones said Democrats “just opened the prison gates for over 1,600 cold-blooded killers.” “Democrat lawmakers across the aisle have proven time and time again they don’t care about the victim or their family,” he said in a statement. “They don’t care about keeping the public safe. They care about defending killers.” “This bill isn’t about second chances for petty offenders. It grants opportunity for release to some of the most violent criminals,” Sen. Kelly Seyarto said. “These individuals were sentenced to life without parole for crimes so extreme that the justice system deemed them beyond rehabilitation. Instead of weakening our justice system, we should be focusing on strengthening public safety and protecting Californians.” Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil said the people who committed these “depraved” crimes have “earned their sentence,” and it is “simply wrong for Democrat legislators to think they know better than the judges and juries who heard these cases.” “We’re not talking about children who committed a ‘youthful indiscretion’; these are adults who committed planned murders with special circumstances,” she said. “We say kill this bill, not free these killers.” In a post on X, State Assembly Republican Caucus press secretary George Andrews labeled the legislation a “get-out-of-prison plan” for people convicted of murder before age 26. Crime Victims United, in a letter to Rubio, wrote that the bill “threatens public safety and ignores the rights of crime victims and their families, as well as the efforts of local law enforcement, district attorneys, jurors, and the legal processes and resources that resulted in their conviction and sentence.” The bill notes that existing law states that victims’ rights at a parole hearing will not be changed with this proposal. TRUMP VOWS ‘LARGE SCALE’ FINES ON CALIFORNIA AFTER TRANS ATHLETE WINS GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher, a Republican, has vowed to attempt to kill the bill when it reaches the Assembly. “This is what happens when soft-on-crime activists make the rules,” Gallagher told Fox News Digital. “They’re bending over backwards to help murderers while families are still grieving. These aren’t kids. They’re violent adults who earned life without parole. We’re going to kill this bill in the Assembly and make sure California doesn’t become a sanctuary for violent offenders.” Fox News Digital has reached out to the offices of Rubio and Democratic co-authors Josh Becker, María Elena Durazo, Caroline Menjivar and Sasha Renée Pérez for comment.