Member of Congress says she was assaulted by gang of youth before Trump DC takeover
Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., decried “out of control” violence in the nation’s capital city and revealed that she was assaulted by a gang of youths in the streets of Washington, D.C., before the Trump administration’s takeover. Speaking with reporters outside the Capitol building during a Republican Study Committee (RSC) press conference on Tuesday, Fedorchak, who is the sole member of the House of Representatives from North Dakota, agreed with her fellow Republicans that congressional action is needed to help keep D.C. safe. She said she herself was attacked in broad daylight in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood, which is located just a few minutes’ drive from the Capitol and is a popular neighborhood for members of Congress and staffers. The neighborhood is also home to the Nationals’ baseball stadium. “D.C. is a beautiful city. It’s an amazing city, and it’s the best capital in the world. But it isn’t safe. We all know this,” said Fedorchak. “Crime in our nation’s capital is out of control. If D.C. were a state, it would have the highest homicide rate in the country.” SENATE AIDE WHO SURVIVED BRUTAL DC STABBING SAYS CRIME FIGHT ‘WORTHWHILE’ “In fact, I felt this myself recently in a small way,” she continued. “I was walking down the street in July and near my apartment in Navy Yard, not very far from home, and I felt something hard hit me in the in the back of my head. It was broad daylight. I was very startled. I was on the phone at the time, and just as that happened, a pack of juveniles came rushing by on their bikes and I turned to look around and see what had happened. And a large, hard plastic object had been thrown directly at my head.” “Now that was a small, minor incident. I wasn’t harmed, but the young people who did it, did it with reckless abandon and with zero fear of consequences,” she said. “They gathered in a circle not far from me after that and sat there and laughed.” Fedorchak said this assault is just another example of “how crime is out of control in this city, and there aren’t any consequences.” In August, President Donald Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control in response to rampant violent crime in the city. One of the reasons cited by the president was the epidemic of violent youth gangs terrorizing residents in the streets of D.C. In early August, a former DOGE staffer named Edward Coristine was violently assaulted by a group of D.C. youths and left bloodied in the street. Trump called the perpetrators “thugs” and vowed to exert his powers to federalize D.C. TRUMP PRAISES DEMOCRATIC DC MAYOR FOR WORKING WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION ON CRIME CRACKDOWN Fedorchak praised Trump’s crackdown in D.C. and agreed with other Republicans present that more action is needed from Congress to help the president restore order to the city. “America is the greatest country in the world. There’s no reason why our capital should have a violent crime rate higher than some of the most dangerous places in the world,” she said. “Many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have falsely claimed that D.C. crime stats are at a 30-year low. But let’s remember that crime is not just about statistics. It’s about people.” She pointed to the recent killing of 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in northwest D.C. in June. “It’s about the mother who sent her child here to intern in one of our offices this summer, never to see him again. It’s about all the families who suffer from crime in this very city. It’s about the Metropolitan Police Union, who agrees that they are stretched too thin and don’t have the resources to take care of crime in this city, and to provide a safe environment. It’s about staffers, interns, families and visitors who live with the daily reality of coming to a city that isn’t safe.” Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., whose office Tarpinian-Jachym was interning with when he was killed, also weighed in during the press conference, calling the murder “a senseless crime.” “To this day, it’s not been solved by the Washington, D.C., police … That’s why I applaud President Trump and the work that he’s doing in terms of making sure that we do have a safe capital,” he said. TRUMP DECLARES DC A ‘CRIME FREE ZONE’ AMID HIS FEDERAL CRACKDOWN “Yesterday, I was able to walk around the Navy Yard with my daughter, and it was great to see the National Guard out there patrolling around,” he said. “It was a safe environment for people to hang out. It was nice. There was a family there having a birthday party for one of their children.” During the press conference, Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., announced that Congress would be asserting greater control over D.C. to ensure the city remains safe for residents and visitors. “In 1973, Congress granted D.C. limited home rule authority through the District of Columbia Self-Government Reorganization Act, also called the Home Rule Act. In the Home Rule Act, Congress reserves the right at any time to exercise its constitutional authority as the legislature for the district, which includes the right to review and block local legislation before it takes effect. It has now become necessary for Congress to exercise such authority,” she said. “Why? Because the D.C. city council is seeking to exercise its authority not for the best interests of its citizens or the broader community, but for political purposes,” she continued. “For years now, the D.C. city council has not only prioritized left-wing policies and programs but intentionally sought to hide their activities from Congress. It is a new day in D.C., however, and Congress intends to once again assert its authority to ensure that Washington, D.C., rightfully reflects and represents this great nation on
Trump to unveil major military announcement — all eyes on Space Command HQ
President Donald Trump is slated to make an announcement related to the Department of Defense Tuesday, with all eyes on an update of the location of Space Command’s headquarters. While Space Command has been operating out of Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Trump has pushed for the command’s headquarters to move to Huntsville, Alabama. However, former President Joe Biden announced in 2023 that the command would remain based in Colorado. RENAMED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMING ‘SOON,’ TRUMP SAYS White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Fox News that Tuesday’s announcement was related to the Defense Department. The agency initially posted a livestream link for Trump’s 2 p.m. announcement with a description that the event was related to Space Command’s headquarters. The description was subsequently updated to remove the mention of Space Command. The Associated Press also reported Tuesday that Trump will announce plans to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama. TRUMP’S WHIRLWIND WEEK AHEAD TO INCLUDE MEETING WITH NATO CHIEF, ‘MAJOR’ ANNOUNCEMENT ON RUSSIA The announcement comes as both Colorado and Alabama have been vying to house Space Command, which Trump established in 2019 as a new combatant command to oversee U.S. military space operations and is currently involved in Trump’s Golden Dome initiative. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital when asked about Space Command’s headquarters. Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich contributed to this report.
Government shutdown, Epstein files, DC crime: Congress returns to mountain of drama
House and Senate lawmakers are returning to Washington from their home turfs to face a litany of critical battles in the coming weeks. Tuesday marked the end of Congress’ annual August recess, and legislators are being met with several deadlines, ranging from averting a partial government shutdown to possibly extending President Donald Trump’s grip on D.C.’s police force. COMER SUBPOENAS THE CLINTONS, TRUMP’S DOJ IN HOUSE OVERSIGHT’S EPSTEIN PROBE The House and Senate will overlap for just 14 days between Tuesday and the Sept. 30 government funding deadline, and no agreement has been reached yet on fiscal year (FY) 2026 spending priorities. It’s likely that a stopgap extension of FY 2025 funding levels – called a continuing resolution (CR) – will be needed to avert a shutdown, which could have politically damaging consequences for Republicans while they control both Congress and the White House. Democrats, unhappy with Republican efforts to rescind prior appropriated funds via the rescissions process, have signaled they’re ready to play hardball. Any funding bill will need to pass through the Senate’s filibuster threshold, meaning Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., can only lose a handful of votes. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is still calling for a bipartisan process, but trust across the aisle is wearing thin. A White House official told reporters on Friday they believe a clean CR, meaning without any changes or riders attached, would put Democrats in a difficult position and that rejecting one would pin the blame for a shutdown on the left. Republicans themselves will have precious little room for error, however. Two special elections in safe blue seats between now and Sept. 30 are poised to shrink the House GOP majority from three seats to two. CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS FACE BRUISING BATTLE TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN A bipartisan effort to force a House-wide vote on releasing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) records on Jeffrey Epstein is expected to move full-throttle this week, even as the DOJ has already agreed to hand a tranche of files over to the House Oversight Committee. Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are leading what’s known as a discharge petition, a mechanism for forcing a vote on legislation over the wishes of House leaders. That’s if the petition gets a majority of House lawmakers’ signatures. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., publicly condemned the effort in July, dismissing discharge petitions as a tool of the minority party and asserting that all Republicans were in favor of transparency in Epstein’s case. Khanna told NBC News’ “Meet The Press” over the weekend that the petition would go live on Sept. 2, and that he and Massie have more than enough commitments to force a vote. CAPITOL HILL PREPARES FOR HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER TRUMP CRIME PACKAGE, DC POLICE AUTHORITY This week will also see the end of Trump’s 30-day hold over Washington, D.C.’s, police force, barring congressional action to extend it. Trump federalized the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) last month as part of a wider effort to crack down on crime in the capital city. Under D.C.’s Home Rule Act, his authority over the local police can last 30 days unless Congress passes a joint resolution to extend it. The president suggested in August, however, that he could bypass Congress on the issue if he declared a national emergency — a move that some Republicans are already on board with. Additionally, Trump’s deployment of federal troops into the District does not have a statutory end date. It’s not clear yet which route will be taken, but a leadership aide told Fox News Digital last month that House leaders were working with the White House on a package of legislation addressing D.C. crime. Senate Republicans were unable to get a deal in place to advance dozens of low-level nominations before leaving Washington last month. Currently, Trump has 145 nominees scheduled on the executive calendar with more expected to make their way through committee as lawmakers continue their workflow. And Republicans are willing to go nuclear on Senate Democrats to get their nominees through. That would mean unilaterally changing the rules in the upper chamber without Democrats weighing in. The Senate GOP is set to meet this week to discuss the proposed rule changes, which could include shortening the debate time for certain nominees, bundling nominees together into a package or skipping the cloture vote on some nominees altogether.
Senate aide who survived brutal DC stabbing says crime fight ‘worthwhile’
Phillip Todd, lying bloody on a public street, needed someone to pray for him. The then-26-year-old Senate staffer had just been attacked in a random act of violence, one of the many that were brutally etched in 2023 in Washington, D.C. At that moment, he was full of fear and needed a helping hand from a higher power. That higher power, as it turned out, was channeled by the paramedic working to keep him alive. GOP SENATORS SAY THEY’RE OPEN TO TRUMP DEPLOYING NATIONAL GUARD IN THEIR STATES’ BLUE CITIES “The first thing that I had thought of was, ‘Well, I need to pray. Maybe I can’t pray myself, but someone needs to pray for this,’” Todd told Fox News Digital. “So, I asked the paramedic to pray for me. And he said, ‘Are you Christian? Like, what are you?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m a Christian.’” “He goes, ‘Well, I’m an atheist,’” Todd continued. “And I said, ‘That’s fine. You can pray for me.’ He was kind and obliged.” The incident on H Street in Washington, D.C., could have been the perfect flashpoint for a political operative looking for an anecdote about crime in the district — to use as a cudgel against Democratic policies in the nation’s capital city. Todd was working for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and was attacked in broad daylight in the midst of one of the worst crime years Washington had experienced in the last three decades. After all, he was millimeters away from becoming a statistic. He was stabbed at least four times, with the knife piercing his skull, nearly severing his ear, plunging through his diaphragm and coming dangerously close to his heart. Even now, in the midst of a hyper-politicized push by the Trump administration to crack down on crime in D.C. that has spurred accusations of authoritarianism from Democrats and accolades from Republicans, Todd, who still works on the Hill, has kept politics and what happened to him separate. DC STATEHOOD DEBATE INTENSIFIES AS TRUMP FLEXES AUTHORITY OVER LOCAL POLICE But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t struggled with that balance in the years since. A self-described “political creature,” Todd said the political thoughts of how his story could be used to shine a light on crime in Washington had bounced around in his head. However, his focus has been on the deeper connection that he found with his faith, a journey he was already on when his assailant, Glynn Neal, attacked him out of the blue. “The story for me, or the obligation for me, is to focus on the goodness of God, and focus on obedience to God and stewarding that story,” he said. “Maybe the politics come later, but I think it seems to me that there’s two kind of obligations that anyone who goes through something like this has, and I think there’s a personal obligation, there’s a societal obligation.” Still, lawmakers and Washington residents are grappling with President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and flood the district’s streets with federal law enforcement and the National Guard in an effort to crack down on crime. When asked what he thought of troops walking the streets, Todd said he wasn’t sure what the right solution to crime in the district was, but that he thinks “it’s a problem worth solving.” “I think what I’ve told some of my friends, I don’t know whether or not troops in the city is the best way to do it,’ Todd said. “Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But I do think that the attitude of trying to solve that problem is something that people need to have, and it’s worthwhile.” CAPITOL HILL PREPARES FOR HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER TRUMP CRIME PACKAGE, DC POLICE AUTHORITY One of the most striking things about Todd is his ability to crack jokes about a knife plunging through his skull and piercing the membrane that surrounds his brain. Now, he has a titanium plate that has further affirmed his friends’ belief that he is hard-headed — it also doesn’t set off metal detectors at the airport, he noted. However, the fact that he underwent a traumatic situation at the hands of Neal, who had been released from prison just days before the attack after serving over a decade behind bars and was found to be mentally incompetent to stand trial in June, was not lost on him either. But it was his decision to forgive Neal early on while still recovering in his hospital bed, a choice he wondered if he would have made had his entire faculties been there. Nonetheless, it’s one that he stood by and credited for his ability to look at the situation in a light-hearted manner. “I think the opportunity for redemption in this particular story, it seems to me, and maybe this changes over time, doesn’t lie necessarily with the political but lies more on the fact that this was a very egregious crime,” he said. “This is a very big wrong that was done to me.” “It would be totally understandable to have a lot of desire to see retribution,” Todd continued. “And yet instill in those moments — because God had gifted me with the ability to forgive, and God had saved me from death — showing how obedience to God can also lead others to a life full of meaning and satisfaction and redemption and tough trials and situations.”
Congress returns with Democrats refusing to negotiate as Oct. 1 shutdown deadline looms
Both the House and Senate return to session Tuesday after a lengthy summer recess — with a hectic fall and a looming deadline to fund the government on the horizon. Front and center is an Oct. 1 deadline to fund the government. Democratic votes are essential to break a filibuster on any spending plan in the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) faces criticism from the left after he caved and helped avoid a shutdown in March — receiving nothing in return. Democrats seem unwilling to make a deal at all, as President Donald Trump tries to unilaterally cancel spending already allocated. REPUBLICAN SEN. JONI ERNST OF IOWA WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION: SOURCES Looming over all of this is the specter of the Epstein files, as attaching any Epstein language related to spending bills could complicate avoiding a shutdown. Also, Senate Republicans will consider altering procedures to expedite the confirmation of nominees. The GOP has been accusing Democrats of slow-walking even noncontroversial nominees. FIGHT OVER POLICING DC MOVES TO CONGRESS AS PARTIES SPLIT ON CONTROL In September, the House Oversight Committee will continue to hear from former Biden administration officials about the cognitive abilities of the former president. Public health is front and center after firings and resignations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in August. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies the first week of September. That hearing was scheduled before the turmoil.
Ex-Mayor de Blasio touts socialist Mamdani as New York City’s answer to Trump policies
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor on Tuesday morning. Penning his endorsement in an opinion piece for the New York Daily News, the former mayor highlighted Mamdani’s commitment to affordability for working-class New Yorkers. “We don’t just need Zohran Mamdani to be our mayor because he has the right ideas, or because they can be achieved. We need him because in his heart and in his bones he cannot accept a city that prices out the people who built it and keep it running,” de Blasio said. Mamdani’s Democratic primary win proved that New Yorkers are aligned with his progressive mission, including freezing the rent, providing free child care and establishing city-run grocery stores, de Blasio said. MAMDANI’S PRIMARY WIN EXPOSES DEMOCRAT DIVIDE AS TOP LEADERS WITHHOLD ENDORSEMENTS When reached for comment, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa told Fox News Digital, “De Blasio nearly destroyed NYC and defunded law enforcement. His endorsement of Mamdani is a warning. Mamdani is de Blasio 2.0, but far more dangerous.” EX-NYC MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO SAYS THERE’S ‘A LOT OF EXAGGERATION’ OVER MAMDANI FEARS Despite Mamdani’s success reaching New Yorkers this year, the former mayor acknowledged that many are still skeptical that he can deliver on his ambitious campaign promises, writing, “I can say definitely — and I know better than anyone — that the answer is yes.” The former New York City leader said he faced the same criticisms during his tenure as mayor of the nation’s biggest city, from 2014 to 2021. “Throughout my time in City Hall, the argument that my vision was recklessly idealistic — that it was both unrealistic and fraught with dangerous unintended consequences — was thrown at my plans for affordable housing, paid sick days, the $15 minimum wage and most of all, pre-K for all — all initiatives I delivered on,” he said. The former mayor defended Mamdani’s promises, including rent freezes, which his own administration secured several times for New Yorkers. “My administration delivered a rent freeze for rent-stabilized apartments three times, helping millions make ends meet as they were afflicted by the effects of the Great Recession and then COVID. It’s not a question of possibility — it’s a matter of political will,” de Blasio added. As President Donald Trump passed his “big, beautiful bill” this year, which de Blasio described as “cutting SNAP benefits, gutting Medicaid, and once again leaving working people out to dry,” he said the need for an “unwavering fighter in City Hall has never been higher.” Describing Mamdani’s radical vision for New York City as building on his own impact there, de Blasio told voters it’s time to “go even further” with Mamdani as mayor. The former mayor had refused to throw his political weight behind any of the mayoral candidates before Tuesday’s announcement. Signaling support for Mamdani and defending his campaign promises, de Blasio made it clear throughout the race that he would not endorse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, trolling him on social media and fanning the flames of their long-held feud. While de Blasio’s endorsement shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, several New York Democratic leaders continue to withhold their endorsements for Mamdani, despite his securing the Democratic nomination earlier this summer. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer have yet to endorse Mamdani. Fox News Digital reached out to incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, Cuomo and Mamdani but did not immediately receive a response.
Faith in American dream dwindles amid sour economic sentiments, poll finds
A recent Wall Street Journal-NORC poll of adults in the U.S. revealed widespread sour economic sentiments, with just 31% indicating that they think the American dream — that a person can get ahead by working hard — remains true. A whopping 46% indicated that they believed it previously held true but no longer does, while 23% indicated that the idea of the American dream never held true. The nearly 70% of individuals taking those views marks the greatest level in nearly 15 years of polls, according to the Journal. The survey of adults conducted between July 10-23, 2025 has an “overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.39 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level, including the design effect,” the study methodology section of the survey notes. NEW NGA CHAIR SAYS AMERICA IS ‘EXCEPTIONAL’ IN PUSH TO REVIVE A FADING DREAM Many people are concerned about the cost of groceries, with 28% extremely concerned about food prices, 28% very concerned, and 30% somewhat concerned, while just 10% were not very concerned and just 4% had no concern about the issue. While 66% in the survey indicated that they have shifted to cheaper products to cut grocery store costs in the last year, just 33% indicated that they have not done so. I’M GEN Z AND MANY IN MY GENERATION LOST FAITH IN THE AMERICAN DREAM. PROVE THEM WRONG Only a quarter of those surveyed agreed that people like them and their family have a good shot of increasing their standard of living — just 6% strongly agreed, while 19% somewhat agreed, 23% strongly disagreed and 19% somewhat disagreed, and 32% did not agree or disagree. The 25% statistic of those indicating they have a good chance of bettering their living standard marked a record low for polls dating to 1987, the Journal reported. A large majority of those surveyed indicated that, in comparison to their parents’ generation, it has become more difficult to purchase a home. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS LOW LABOR DAY GAS PRICES, RISING WAGES FOR WORKERS While 58% indicated that it is now much harder to buy a home, 23% felt that it is a little more difficult, 2% thought it is much easier, 5% felt it is a bit easier, and 11% did not see any difference in home-buying difficulty.
Federal judge releases woman accused of threatening to kill Trump
A woman arrested last month for allegedly making death threats against President Donald Trump has been released by a federal judge who has clashed with the Trump administration several times this year, including by attempting to block the deportations of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, released no later than Aug. 27 under electronic monitoring and instructed her to visit a psychiatrist in New York City once she retrieves her belongings from a local police station. Boasberg’s order came after US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya ordered Jones to be held without bond and undergo a competency evaluation. She cited her “very troubling conduct” of social media posts aimed at the president, combined with the fact that she had then traveled to the District of Columbia, per WUSA9. INDIANA WOMAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA THREATS TO DISEMBOWEL TRUMP Jones took part in a “dignified arrest ceremony” for Trump at a protest in Washington, D.C., which circumnavigated the White House complex and was arrested following an investigation into her series of concerning Instagram and Facebook posts. In early August, Jones labeled Trump a terrorist, referred to his administration as a dictatorship, and stated that Trump had caused extreme and unnecessary loss of life in relation to the coronavirus. “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present,” an Aug. 6 post directed at the FBI states. In an Aug. 14 post directed to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Jones allegedly wrote, “Please arrange the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People from 10-2pm at the White House on Saturday, August 16th, 2025.” The next day, Jones voluntarily agreed to an interview with the Secret Service, during which she called Trump a “terrorist” and a “nazi,” authorities said. She said that if she had the opportunity, she would kill Trump at “the compound” if she had to and that she had a “bladed object,” which she said was the weapon she would use to “carry out her mission of killing” the president. Following the protest in Washington, D.C on Aug. 16, Jones was interviewed again by the Secret Service, during which she admitted that she had made threats towards Trump during her interview the previous day. She was charged with threatening to kill, kidnap, or seriously hurt the president and sending messages across state lines that contained threats to kidnap or harm someone. BONDI DOJ FILES COMPLAINT ALLEGING MISCONDUCT BY FEDERAL JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG Upadhyaya expressed concern over the gravity of Jones’s threats and ruled they were serious enough to justify detention and scheduled a status conference and preliminary hearing for Sept. 2, with prosecutors required to secure an indictment by Sept. 15. But Jones’s lawyers, who had argued their client was unarmed and had no real desire to follow through with the threats, appealed Upadhyaya’s detention decision, and Boasberg overturned Upadhyaya’s detention order. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. Boasberg, a President Barack Obama appointee, has found himself in the crosshairs of the Trump administration several times this year. In March, he issued a temporary restraining order seeking to block Trump’s use of a 1798 wartime-era immigration law, the Alien Enemies Act, to summarily deport hundreds of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador. Boasberg ordered all planes bound for El Salvador to be “immediately” returned to U.S. soil, which did not happen, and later, ordered a new investigation to determine whether the Trump administration had complied with his orders. In April, he ruled that the court had grounds to move on possible contempt proceedings, though that ruling was stayed by a higher appeals court, which has yet to consider the matter. His March 15 order touched off a complex legal saga that ultimately spawned dozens of deportation-related court challenges across the country — though the one brought before Boasberg was the very first — and later prompted the Supreme Court to rule, on two separate occasions, that the hurried removals had violated migrants’ due process protections under the U.S. Constitution. Trump has publicly attacked him as a “Radical Left Lunatic” and called for his impeachment. In July, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a misconduct complaint against Boasberg, accusing him of making improper comments about President Trump’s administration, Chief Justice Roberts, and roughly two dozen other federal judges — remarks that she allegedly argued undermined the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary. Boasberg allegedly warned the judges that he believed the Trump Administration would “disregard rulings of federal courts” and trigger “a constitutional crisis.” “Although his comments would be inappropriate even if they had some basis, they were even worse because Judge Boasberg had no basis—the Trump Administration has always complied with all court orders,” the complaint reads. “Nor did Judge Boasberg identify any purported violations of court orders to justify his unprecedented predictions.” Fox News’ Breanne Deppisch and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Omar’s net worth jumps to as much as $30M in new disclosure after claiming ‘I am not a millionaire’
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s net worth has swelled to as much as $30 million in just one year, her congressional financial disclosures reveal. The 2025 disclosure, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, shows that Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, have a net worth ranging from $6 million to $30 million, despite claims earlier this year that she was “not a millionaire.” The vast majority of the wealth comes from Mynett’s two companies, a winery in California and a venture capital firm. Disclosures from the end of 2023 showed that those ownership stakes were valued at just $51,000, and they grew little in 2024. The Monday disclosure comes after years of Omar attempting to downplay or outright deny her personal wealth in comments to the press. FLASHBACK: DEMOCRAT REP ILHAN OMAR SAID US SHOULD BE ‘MORE FEARFUL OF WHITE MEN’ IN 2018 “Since getting elected, there has been a coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign claiming all sorts of wild things, including the ridiculous claim I am worth millions of dollars which is categorically false,” Omar told Business Insider earlier this year. “I am not a millionaire,” she added shortly afterward. She hit back on claims about her personal wealth in February, encouraging critics to “try checking my public financial statements.” Omar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. MINNESOTA GOV. TIM WALZ SAYS IT’S TIME TO ‘TAKE SERIOUS ACTION’ AFTER DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING Mynett’s firm, Rose Lake Capital, is valued between $5 million and $25 million according to the 2025 disclosure, while the winery, eStCru Wines, is valued between $1 million and $5 million. News of the disclosure comes as Omar has renewed a push for gun control following last week’s school shooting in Minneapolis. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, when she called for “getting rid of assault weapons” in the wake of the deadly shooting at Anunciation Catholic School. TOP REPUBLICAN POINTS FINGER AT WALZ’S TRANS AGENDA AFTER CATHOLIC SCHOOL SHOOTING CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “It is important for us to make sure that we are offering a slew of solutions,” Omar told CNN anchor Brianna Keilar. “One is to make sure that we are getting rid of assault weapons in our community.” Fox News’ Marc Tamasco contributed to this report.
Federal judge rules Trump violated military law by activating National Guard in California
A judge on Tuesday found that President Donald Trump acted unlawfully when he activated thousands of National Guard members and deployed a handful of Marines to address anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots and protests in California. Judge Charles Breyer said Trump, as well as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a 150-year-old law that says the military cannot typically engage in domestic law enforcement. Breyer, a Clinton appointee, blocked Trump and Hegseth from using the military in a way that violates the Posse Comitatus Act. The judge said his order only applies to California, but he noted the administration’s warnings about sending the National Guard to other blue cities across the country amount to “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.” TRUMP AND NEWSOM FIGHT OVER NATIONAL GUARD HEADS TO TRIAL IN CALIFORNIA Breyer’s opinion echoed remarks he made during a three-day trial last month when he questioned if presidents have any limits on when they can use the military for domestic purposes. “I go back to the thing that I’m really troubled by: What limiting factors are there to the use of this force?” Breyer asked during the trial. Trump federalized about 4,000 National Guard members in June to support federal authorities in California as they carried out immigration raids, despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vehement objections. Breyer’s decision comes as most of the National Guard members have since been demobilized. Attorneys for California said during the trial, though, that 300 of them remained, which they argued was a “significant” number. “That’s certainly a large enough number of soldiers to constitute a Posse Comitatus Act violation,” a state attorney said. Newsom celebrated the order in a statement on social media, saying Trump “LOSES AGAIN.” “The courts agree — his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL,” Newsom wrote. While the judge’s decision may have minimal impact on the ground in California, the case could still have nationwide implications as Trump and Hegseth deploy National Guard members in Washington, D.C., and threaten to do so in other blue cities to address street crime. The Trump administration is likely to appeal Breyer’s decision, which could result in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and even the Supreme Court weighing in on the administration’s unconventional use of the National Guard. TRUMP AND NEWSOM ON COLLISION COURSE AS FIGHT OVER NATIONAL GUARD INTENSIFIES IN COURT One witness during the trial, Major General Scott Sherman, who oversaw National Guard activity in California, testified that soldiers were trained on how to stay in compliance with the Posse Comitatus Act, which Breyer said was evidence that it was relevant to the lawsuit. The Trump administration had argued the law was not applicable in the case. The judge’s decision comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit quickly halted an emergency order Breyer issued in June in which he ordered Trump and Hegseth to hand control of the National Guard back to Newsom. The courts must be “highly deferential” to the president when reviewing his deployment of the National Guard, the appellate court found at the time. The same court is now likely to weigh in on Breyer’s new, narrower ruling.