Judge blocks feds from deporting witness to Houston ICE shooting
The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention.
RFK Jr says source of cyclospora outbreak identified, declares parasite outbreak ‘under control’
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that federal officials have brought the multistate cyclospora outbreak “under control,” saying investigators have identified the source of the illnesses and implemented recalls, even as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues investigating the precise source of the contamination. “We do have the outbreak under control,” Kennedy said during a healthcare fraud briefing Tuesday. “We have done extensive forensics, epidemiological forensics and we have identified the source of the outbreak. We, and the companies that are involved, have implemented a recall.” Kennedy’s comments came two days after the FDA said an earlier laboratory result indicating a Taylor Farms lettuce sample tested positive for cyclospora should be considered a false positive following an additional laboratory review. The FDA said it continues investigating the outbreak and collecting product samples. While traceback investigators identified Taylor Farms de Mexico as the supplier of shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants linked to the outbreak, the agency said no product samples connected to the investigation have produced a confirmed positive result for the parasite. WHITE HOUSE ADDRESSES GROWING PARASITE OUTBREAK AFTER MORE THAN 400 AMERICANS SICKENED Taylor Fresh Foods said the FDA informed the company the initial laboratory finding was incorrect and that it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico on July 17, after investigators linked the product to Taco Bell locations where many sick people reported eating before becoming ill. The company said the recall was limited to iceberg lettuce grown and processed in central Mexico and did not include Taylor Farms-branded salad products sold at retail. The outbreak has sickened 1,644 people and hospitalized 94 across Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Federal investigators continue working to determine the contaminated food responsible for the illnesses. Cyclospora infections have historically been linked to fresh produce, including leafy greens, herbs and berries, though officials have not confirmed a contaminated product through laboratory testing in this investigation. DOCTORS WARN YOUR ‘STOMACH BUG’ MAY ACTUALLY BE A PARASITE THAT’S HARDER TO DETECT Cyclospora is a parasite that can cause prolonged diarrhea, stomach cramps, fatigue and nausea. Some patients require hospitalization, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy also rejected criticism of the administration’s response after a reporter asked whether cuts to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, affected the government’s ability to investigate the outbreak. “We did cuts in the FoodNet program, but they were for redundant surveillance, and all the states will tell you that we’re still doing forensics,” Kennedy said. He added that surveillance efforts continue nationwide and called criticism of the administration’s response “invalid.”
WATCH: Smithsonian history museum director stumbles over basic questions on sex: ‘I’m not sure’
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig appeared stumped by a basic question on sex and gender from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. During a House hearing on alleged “extreme political activism” on display at the Smithsonian, Mace asked Hartig, “Do you believe that men can become women?” Hartig hesitated before answering, “Ma’am, as the director of the museum, that’s not relevant in this case.” “It’s very relevant,” Mace shot back. Motioning to images of Smithsonian displays featuring drag queens, Mace continued, “You’ve got men dressed up as women, and you have them on displays in front of kids. Do you think men can become women? Yes or no?” DISCRIMINATORY ‘SHADOW’ REVIEW PROCESS LOCKS WHITE, ASIAN STUDENTS OUT OF CALIFORNIA MED SCHOOL, DOJ ALLEGES Hartig did not answer the question but instead began to discuss one of the drag queen displays pictured on the board behind Mace. The congresswoman interrupted her. “What is a woman, Dr. Hartig?” Mace demanded. Hartig began to answer that “as a director and as a historian, it’s not my-” before Mace cut her off again, saying, “You sexualized the American History Museum. So, this is a fair question. What is a woman?” Looking down for a moment, Hartig responded, “We strive to represent and not categorize all Americans.” “OK, I have another question for you,” Mace continued. “There’s a glossary at the museum that informs visitors that while American culture traditionally recognizes two genders, other countries recognize three or more.” “So, enlighten me this morning: how many genders are there?” Mace asked. Hartig hesitated again before asking, “Ma’am, which glossary?” “This is a display, and it has a glossary that says other countries recognize three or more genders. So, I would like you to enlighten me today; you’re the director of the American History Museum, who’s sexualized things in front of kids. I want to know, I want to ask you, how many genders are there?” Finally, Hartig responded, “I’m not sure which glossary you’re speaking,” before adding, “I’m happy to get back to you about that glossary.” ANTI-ICE WALKOUT EXPOSES HOW SCHOOL DISTRICT ‘FAILED’ PARENTS, RISKED STUDENT SAFETY: ‘BROKEN MY TRUST’ Mace pressed further, saying, “One of your exhibits at the American History Museum says sometimes gender isn’t revealed at birth. So, when is gender revealed?” “When was your gender revealed to you, Dr. Hartig?” she added. Smiling, Hartig simply answered, “I don’t really think that’s relevant to the conversation.” “It is relevant. You have a display at the American History Museum talking about, ‘Gender isn’t always revealed at birth.’ So, when was your gender revealed?” insisted Mace. Hartig began to answer by saying, “So, since I am a Ph.D.-” before Mace yielded the floor back to the committee chair. Earlier this month, a sweeping new White House report concluded that the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has become a taxpayer-backed institution of “ideological capture” and “extreme political activism.” According to the 162-page “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” report, delivered on July 4, 2026, the museum treats the American story as a political tool rather than a shared national inheritance. “The report concludes that the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of American History in particular, under its current leadership and current interpretive ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America’s story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic,” the White House Domestic Policy Council wrote in its July 4 report following up on President Donald Trump’s March 27 executive order. “By the intention and at the direction of current Museum and Smithsonian leadership, NMAH has become subject to institutional capture by a radical, activist ideology that is fundamentally opposed to telling the noble, honest story of the great country we know and love.” FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNS “At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, visitors young and old should encounter the story of the United States told with honesty, seriousness, and pride,” the report’s executive summary began. “In particular, it should help the American people understand where America came from, what makes it distinctive, and why it is worth preserving.” Hartig said in her opening statement that “the Smithsonian takes the concerns raised in the White House Domestic Policy Council’s report seriously, and as we continue to fact-check the report, we unwaveringly attest that it does not fairly or accurately characterize the full body of work at the museum.” SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER She asserted that “the museum does not take sides in America’s political debates,” but instead, “We preserve and document the evidence of American life in all of its breadth, so that the public can encounter the past and draw their own conclusions.” “There is always room for improvement, but I also know the beauty and the inspiration and the expertise that lies in our collections, our exhibits, and our programming,” said Hartig. Fox News Digital reached out to the Smithsonian Institution for additional comment. Fox News Digital’s Eric Mack contributed to this report.
‘Owe students more than outrage’: Dharmendra Pradhan accuses Rahul Gandhi of ‘shamelessly exploiting students’
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday slammed the Congress protest outside the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the government “owes students more than outrage”, accusing the Congress of ‘disruption.’
Top Virginia Dem dinged for on-air correction of state’s voter ID law; opponent demands answers
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner’s Republican challengers are seizing on the Virginia Democrat’s on-air exchange over his opposition to the SAVE Act after a TV anchor corrected him on his own state’s election laws. Warner argued the SAVE Act — part of conservatives’ election security push — could disenfranchise married women and others, while pointing to Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s opposition as evidence of bipartisan concern. “It’s astonishing that a man who has spent nearly two decades representing Virginia in the United States Senate doesn’t even know Virginia’s own voter ID laws,” Marine Reserves Lt. Col. David Williams exclusively told Fox News Digital Tuesday. “If Senator Mark Warner can’t get a basic fact about our elections right on national television, how can Virginians trust him to protect the integrity of those elections?” TRUMP INTERVENES AS HOUSE GOP REVOLT PUTS SAVE AMERICA ACT AT CENTER OF SPENDING SHOWDOWN Williams, an Iraq War veteran and former diplomat, said the SAVE Act is the “common-sense” move to secure America’s elections without disenfranchising “legal vote[s].” “If Senator Warner believes only American citizens should vote in American elections, he should join me in demanding an immediate vote on the SAVE America Act. If he won’t, Virginians deserve to know why.” On Sunday, ABC News anchor Jon Karl told Warner 80% of Americans, including 71% of Democrats, support nationwide voter ID. Warner replied that, “in Virginia, we have voter ID and photo ID – I have to show my …,” trailing off as Karl cut in. “That’s actually not the case. I’m a Virginia voter,” Karl said. “You don’t need to show voter ID in Virginia. There are a wide range of things you can show for it.” MARINE VETERAN DAVID WILLIAMS LAUNCHES SENATE BID Karl added that voters can still provisionally vote if they sign an affidavit. Warner replied there are a variety of ways Virginians can legally vote, adding he found irony in some states purportedly accepting “NRA gun licenses” while rejecting student IDs. The Virginia Department of Elections’ list of acceptable forms of identification includes some that do not require photographs, such as a water bill. Under Virginia law, election officers must ask in-person voters for identification, but acceptable forms include voter confirmation documents, utility bills, bank statements, government checks and paychecks, which do not need to include a photograph. A voter without acceptable identification can sign an ID Confirmation Statement under felony penalties and cast a regular ballot. Voters who provide neither must cast a provisional ballot. “[C]ertain states will say we’re going to let you show your NRA gun license, but you can’t show your student ID. If you’re going have a set of IDs, let’s have it across the board as long as it comes from some official point,” Warner said. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Retired Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa, who is also seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Warner, echoed Williams’ criticism. “The biggest takeaway is that Mark Warner opposes the SAVE America Act, which is required to secure America’s defining democratic process: honest elections that reflect the will of legitimate voters,” Mizusawa said in a statement. “The question is why? He either knows that our current flawed elections are rife with fraud and likes it that way or chooses to stay ignorant, both to the detriment of the American people.” Fox News Digital reached out to Warner’s campaign for comment. Mizusawa said that, if elected, he also would join fellow Republicans in supporting the SAVE Act and “finally secure our federal elections.” Tech executive Kim Farington, the other candidate in the race, replied to coverage of Warner’s interview on X. “You either still don’t know Virginia’s voter ID requirements after serving three terms, or you’re not telling Virginians the truth,” Farington said. The SAVE Act would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a proposal Republicans say is needed to secure elections and Democrats argue could create new barriers for eligible voters. Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood contributed to this report.
Newsom admin faces questions over $6.2M diaper contract after touting ‘competitive’ process
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Friday released the contract behind the state’s $6.2 million diaper program after questions about the deal’s noncompetitive designation and a reported delay in making the agreement public. The agreement with nonprofit Baby2Baby will provide families of newborns with 400 free diapers at participating California hospitals. Newsom said in May that the deal went through a “competitive bidding process.” However, the state’s contract database lists it as “NON-COMPETITIVELY BID,” according to CBS California Investigates. CONSERVATIVES FLIP SCRIPT ON NEWSOM AFTER HE DEMANDED 25TH AMENDMENT FOR TRUMP: ‘PROPPED UP A VEGETABLE’ Instead of seeking formal bids, the state asked interested groups to submit information through a “Request for Information.” The document said it was “not a solicitation” and that prices submitted would not count as bids, CBS California Investigates reported. Newsom’s office pushed back on the report, saying 15 groups responded and were reviewed based on cost and their ability to make and distribute diapers. “The governor was referring to the process being competitive in nature, which remains accurate,” Newsom’s office told the outlet. The records reportedly did not include scoring sheets, rankings or clear evaluation standards. ACTING AG TODD BLANCHE SAYS NEWSOM’S DOJ CLAIMS ARE NOT ‘GROUNDED IN FACT’ Several applicants said they only learned they were no longer being considered when Newsom announced the Baby2Baby partnership, CBS California Investigates reported. California’s 2025 budget exempted the program from normal bidding rules and other state review requirements, according to the outlet. CBS California Investigates found more than two dozen similar exemptions in the state budget, covering over $1 billion in spending. About two-thirds never expire. The state released the contract on July 17, 66 days after the outlet filed a public records request. The governor’s office said the extra time was needed to “grant our legal team adequate time to process and work on these requests,” according to CBS Investigates. NEWSOM BLASTED BY SHERIFF IN HIS OWN BACKYARD OVER CALIFORNIA CRIME AS VICTIMS CRY FOUL CBS California Investigates reported that the agreement marks at least the third time Baby2Baby has received California funding without a competitive bid. The nonprofit also has a connection to the Newsom administration. Baby2Baby co-CEO Norah Weinstein serves on the board of the California Partners Project, which was founded by first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, according to the outlet. Newsom’s office and Baby2Baby could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
Trump just expanded his tariff playbook with a powerful trade weapon no president has ever used
President Donald Trump is opening a new chapter in his playbook by invoking a tariff authority that no previous president has ever used, a move that could reshape future trade wars. Trump used a little-known provision of the 1930 Tariff Act to impose 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Known as Section 338, the nearly century-old law gives the president broad authority to impose duties on imports from countries deemed to discriminate against U.S. commerce. Its first-ever use by a U.S. president could establish a new legal blueprint for future trade disputes. Canada, one of America’s top trading partners, is the first country targeted under the long-dormant authority, with 50% tariffs covering exports ranging from wine and hockey sticks to cement, dairy products and furniture. TRUMP BET TARIFFS WOULD BRING BACK AMERICAN FACTORY JOBS; NEW REPORT SAYS IT DIDN’T WORK In a statement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized the tariffs as the latest in a series of U.S. trade actions he said violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement while reaffirming Canada’s commitment to negotiations. The new duties are expected to take effect in the next 30 days. “The significant thing is Trump uncorked a new tariff statute that has never been used and is pretty wide open in terms of the president’s supposed power to impose tariffs,” Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute, told Fox News Digital. “It’s a lot more about what could be coming and the new uncertainty that just got injected into a multitrillion-dollar trading environment.” The law has taken on added significance since the Supreme Court ruled against the administration’s use of emergency powers for Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, prompting new interest in alternative legal authorities. Against that backdrop, Lincicome said Section 338 could provide a broader legal avenue for imposing tariffs than authorities that have faced legal challenges or carry greater procedural constraints. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods that U.S. importers generally pay upfront. Businesses can absorb the costs or pass them on to wholesalers, retailers and consumers through higher prices. TRUMP DEFENDS TARIFFS, SAYS US HAS BEEN ‘THE KING OF BEING SCREWED’ BY TRADE IMBALANCE Lincicome said the limited scope of the tariffs may reflect political realities ahead of the midterms. “The president knows that the midterms are just a couple months away and that Americans generally don’t like tariffs because they associate them with affordability issues,” Lincicome said. David Clement, policy director at the Consumer Choice Center, argued the administration’s latest move appears designed to preserve Trump’s broader tariff agenda despite recent legal setbacks while increasing uncertainty for businesses. “I would actually view this as almost like a last-ditch effort to try and keep some tariffs on the table,” Clement told Fox News Digital. “All this means is that, for roughly $20 billion in imports, they’re just going to pay more for them.” He said the bigger long-term risk is not the collapse of North American trade but businesses delaying investment because of the uncertainty surrounding future tariff policy. Monthly tariff collections have more than tripled since Trump returned to office, rising from roughly $9 billion to more than $30 billion. The government collected $30.4 billion in duties in January, a 275% increase from a year earlier, bringing fiscal-year collections to $254.8 billion. Tariffs have been a defining feature of both of Trump’s presidencies, with the president arguing they protect American industries, boost domestic manufacturing and strengthen the U.S. economy. But with affordability remaining a defining issue ahead of the midterms, any tariff policy that raises consumer prices is likely to face renewed political scrutiny.
America bashed as ‘disgusting’ fascist regime during progressive call with Abdul El-Sayed, Cori Bush
Several prominent Democrats were caught on camera participating in a progressive political video call which began with one speaker comparing America to a Nazi regime ruled by “dead-eye psychopaths” and “bloodthirsty imperialists.” Participants on the call, which was hosted by Progressive Victory in March, included Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., whose name has been floated as a possible presidential contender, and several Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed candidates, including Abdul El-Sayed, Cori Bush and Darializa Avila Chevalier. A spokesperson for Khanna has since disavowed the speaker’s comments and said Khanna was not on the call at the time the remarks were made. The virtual event, which also featured controversial streamer Hasan Piker, was titled “Choose Your Fighter” and was meant to highlight progressive politicians opposing the ongoing conflict in Iran. At the start of the call, organizers introduced left-wing podcaster Kyle Kulinski, who they called an “up and comer” in the movement. Kulinski launched into a diatribe in which he accused the U.S. and Israel of “creating the fourth Reich.” WATCH: HOUSE DEMS DODGE QUESTIONS ON SOCIALIST AGENDA THAT THREATENS TO ABOLISH KEY INSTITUTIONS “These are genuinely repulsive, disgusting, wretched, depraved human beings, okay? They enjoy the pain and the violence and the suffering and the death and the destruction that they inflict on the rest of the world,” Kulinski railed, adding, “It is absolutely accurate to compare these people to the worst criminals in history, to Mussolini, to Adolf Hitler.” Kulinski claimed that “we have descended into fascism” and that the U.S. is “governed by dead-eye psychopaths and sociopaths and bloodthirsty imperialists.” He asserted that “people need to come to terms with the fact that in this instance the U.S. government and the Israeli government, they are the terrorists … they are doing terrorism,” adding that “if Iran is off the table as a regional power that means Hezbollah can’t be funded, Hamas can’t be funded, the Houthis can’t be funded, like the Shia crescent falls and then you have nothing but regional domination for Israel.” Kulinski also referred to the make America great again movement as “an imperialist fascist death cult,” saying, “It’s time to take them down.” In response, a spokesperson for Canary Mission, an antisemitism watchdog, warned that Kulinski’s rhetoric evidences the growth of self-hatred for the U.S. on the part of the left. “Kyle Kulinski’s speech at Progressive Victory’s online rally attended by prominent DSA and Democratic politicians indicates the hateful and anti-American ideas proliferating on the left,” the spokesperson said. “Support for terrorist regimes and historical revisionism has no place in American politics,” the spokesperson continued, adding, “This level of extremism must be distanced from the Democratic Party.” Meanwhile, Benjamin Gilbert-Lif, deputy executive director of Progressive Victory, told Fox News Digital that “we stand by the comments made by Kyle Kulinski” and confirmed that “they reflect the views of our community and of the many Jewish members of our national Leadership.” DEM ‘EPSTEIN CLASS’ ATTACK BACKFIRES AS TOP CANDIDATES FUNDED BY EPSTEIN-TIED BILLIONAIRE “We also question why anyone would consider the idea of a ‘Jewish State’ to be anything other than an explicit desire for an ethno-state,” Gilbert-Lif added. “PV stands against all ethno-states and at Choose Your Fighter sought to uplift voices that would push for the region to peacefully transition to a secular, one-state democracy where Israelis and Palestinians can coexist without artificially imposed borders or legal preferences toward one ethnicity dividing them.” Sarah Drory, a spokesperson for Khanna, told Fox News Digital that “Ro Khanna has always believed America is an exceptional country and was not on at the time these remarks were made.” She said that the congressman “joined for 5 minutes to speak and left” and added that “he obviously disagrees with them.” Fox News Digital reached out to Bush, Sayed, Chevalier and Piker for comment. Oliver Larkin, a progressive Democrat running for Congress in Florida whose campaign helped to organize the call, told Fox News Digital that the virtual event raised $40,000 for 20 “progressive anti-war candidates” nationwide. COLORADO’S SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CALLS FOR ‘MORE IMMIGRANTS INTO OFFICE’ TO STOP AMERICA’S ‘EXPLOITATIVE’ NATURE He also charged that “Congress must reassert its constitutional war powers and bring accountability to this dangerous, lawless Trump administration.” SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Asked whether he stands by Kulinski’s statements, Larkin remarked, “The crimes of the Epstein class are depraved.” He accused the Trump administration of “rather than enforcing U.S. and international law … continuing to fund an ongoing genocide.” Fox News Digital also reached out to the White House and DSA for comment.
Trump’s DNI pick clears key hurdle, reviving path for nation’s top anti-terror surveillance program
Senate Republicans quietly advanced President Donald Trump’s pick to run the nation’s intelligence agencies and placed Congress back on a path to restart a crucial counterterrorism tool. Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark., revealed that the panel voted U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton out of committee in a 9-8 vote during a closed-door session. That tees up a later confirmation vote for Clayton to serve as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). “Jay Clayton is a highly qualified nominee with a deep experience combatting a wide range of national security threats,” Cotton said. “I’m pleased that the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to advance his nomination to be Director of National Intelligence.” TRUMP’S DNI PICK JAY CLAYTON LOCKS HORNS WITH DEMOCRATIC SENATOR IN FIERY CONFIRMATION HEARING CLASH The role was previously vacated by former DNI Tulsi Gabbard and then hastily filled on an interim basis by Trump with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte, who Democrats railed against as an unqualified loyalist who would weaponize the intelligence community against the president’s enemies. Clayton, who served as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during Trump’s first term, ended up becoming a victim of the political firestorm that surrounded Pulte. SENATE PUSH TO REAUTHORIZE NATION’S SPY POWERS STUMBLES OVER CONTROVERSIAL TRUMP DECISION His first hearing was derailed by Trump, who demanded that the Senate confirm his replacement for the Southern District in New York and attach the SAVE America Act to must-pass legislation to reauthorize a key surveillance tool that has been inactive since June. Clayton will now face a full confirmation vote in the Senate, where several Senate Democrats previously voted for him to be SEC chair. TRUMP’S DNI PICK WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING AFTER TRUTH SOCIAL BOMB But his hearing was dominated by questions about whether he would admit that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Trump had lost, which Clayton shrugged off as “theater.” That could play out on the Senate floor in the coming days, and he will need Democratic votes to clinch the nomination. Movement on his nomination could open up a path to reauthorizing the nation’s top counterterrorism tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which was notably used to thwart a terrorist attack at a Taylor Swift concert years ago. Democrats derailed the process after Trump appointed Pulte, but with a new face leading the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies, Section 702 could soon see the lights come back on.
Indus Waters Treaty cease to operate in current form; Resumption ‘only if Pakistan abjures terrorism’
IWT in its current form will cease to function as India has clarified that the sharing of river waters according to the over 65-year-old pact will resume only when Pakistan ends cross-border terrorism against India, a key condition for resuming the implementation of the treaty.