City-run board cancels lease of Israel drone supplier, sparking backlash toward Mamdani: ‘Ludicrous’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism on social media after a Brooklyn navy yard controlled by the city dropped the lease of a company that sends drones to Israel, six weeks after Mamdani took office as mayor after running on a platform critical of Israel. The controversy stems from a move by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. (BNYDC) declining to renew its lease with New York City drone manufacturer Easy Aerial, a company that provides drones to Israel’s military, the New York Post reported. The BNYDC is controlled by board members who serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and the move comes just over a month after Mamdani was sworn in on New Year’s Day after being widely criticized on the campaign trail for anti-Israel statements and positions. “Easy Aerial is leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” NYC Democratic Councilman Lincoln Restler posted on X Thursday. “@BklynNavyYard leadership made the right decision last month to not renew their lease. This public asset should not be leasing space to companies producing drones that are being transformed into weapons of war.” MAMDANI’S ANTISEMITISM CZAR ONCE SLAMMED POST CONDEMNING HAMAS TERROR ATTACKS Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s office for comment on his role, if any, in the decision. Dating back to last year, anti-Israel protesters have been active at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, calling for the eviction of two tenants, Crye Precision and Easy Aerial, who do business with Israel, the Brooklyn Paper reported. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a BNYDC spokesperson said the decision was made in December and that Easy Aerial was notified in January. ISRAEL ACCUSES MAMDANI OF POURING ‘ANTISEMITIC GASOLINE’ AFTER HE REVOKES ADAMS’ EXECUTIVE ORDERS “BNYDC notified Easy Aerial at the beginning of the year that it would not renew its lease agreement for business reasons related to operational and campus compliance matters,” the spokesperson said. “Like any landlord, we evaluate renewals based on adherence to lease terms and campus policies. There were no other factors in our decision.” Dating back to his college days, when he founded his school’s Students for Justice In Palestine chapter, Mamdani has supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, an issue that came up many times on the campaign trail. In October, a resurfaced video from 2023 showed Mamdani calling to “end New York state subsidy of settler crimes.” Mamdani has faced criticism on social media over the board’s move as well as from One Israel Fund Executive Vice President Scott Feltman. “At a time when terrorists from Hamas are continually violating the ceasefire agreement and attempting to penetrate the buffer zone between Gaza and Israel, the mayor of New York has decided that a company which enables Israel to prevent such incursions is a threat to peace,” Feltman said. “It is ludicrous on every level and, in the end, New York loses out on another tax-paying company providing good, quality jobs for its residents.” Fox News Digital reached out to Easy Aerial for comment.
Fake police officers kidnapping Americans in Haiti, sparking renewed strong travel warning
Kidnappers posing as police officers are targeting victims in Haiti’s capital as ransom abductions spike in Port-au-Prince, prompting the U.S. Embassy to issue a fresh security warning urging Americans to limit travel and avoid driving alone. The embassy said there has been an increase in reported kidnappings for ransom, particularly in the Delmas area, with some assailants impersonating law enforcement to carry out abductions. U.S. officials urged Americans to limit all unnecessary travel, avoid traveling alone and inform someone of their movements and expected return times. “Do not drive alone,” the notice stated, reiterating that Haiti remains under a Level 4 – Do Not Travel advisory, the State Department’s highest warning level. UN STAFF IN HAITI TOLD TO STAY OFF STREETS AFTER GANG COALITION FLEXES MUSCLE, US MARINES FACE GUNFIRE Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department for additional information on the matter. The warning comes weeks after the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince notified U.S. citizens of ongoing security operations north and south of the compound and in Croix-des-Bouquets after heavy gunfire was reported in the capital. The violence prompted U.S. government personnel to halt all movements, according to the State Department, and officials urged nearby American citizens to avoid the area and monitor local media for updates. OFFICIALS CHANGE TRAVEL ALERT FOR SPRING BREAK HOT SPOT WHILE WARNING OF ‘SEXUAL ASSAULTS’ Armed gangs control large portions of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, according to the State Department and the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti. Croix-des-Bouquets, one of the areas referenced in the recent warning, has long been considered a stronghold of the 400 Mawozo gang. STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES SECURITY ALERT AMID ‘HEAVY GUNFIRE’ NEAR US EMBASSY IN HAITI Joly Germine, 34, of Croix-des-Bouquets, was sentenced to life in prison in December for his role in the 2021 abduction of 16 American citizens, including five children, Fox News Digital previously reported. The victims, with Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, were returning from an orphanage when they were taken hostage, according to the Justice Department. The alerts underscore the worsening security crisis in Port-au-Prince, where heavily armed gangs control large swaths of the city and kidnappings have become a major source of revenue for criminal groups. Ransom abductions have plagued Haiti for years, often targeting business owners, aid workers and foreign nationals perceived as able to pay. Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
Trump marks Black History Month, announces Medal of Freedom for Carson and praises Nicki Minaj
President Donald Trump announced that former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House event marking the 100th anniversary of Black History Month as attendees at one point broke into chants of “four more years.” “Ben’s getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump said. “It’s the highest award you can have outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor.” Trump said Carson would receive the nation’s top civilian honor at a future ceremony, telling him, “Ben, I’ll be seeing you back here pretty soon. I think you’re going to get the award.” The announcement came as Trump mixed tributes and cultural references with policy and political claims, including criminal justice reform, crime reduction and border enforcement while hosting “many exceptional African American leaders and patriots” at the White House. NICKI MINAJ BROKE FREE FROM IDENTITY POLITICS — AND THE LEFT CAN’T STAND IT Trump opened the event by noting, “We celebrate the 100th anniversary of Black History Month.” He then addressed the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying, “I wanted to begin by expressing a sadness that the passing of a person who was. I knew very well Jesse was a piece of work. He was a piece of work. But he was a good man. “I just want to pay my highest respects to Reverend Jesse Jackson,” Trump added, calling him “a real hero” and saying “he really was special, with lots of personality, grit and street smarts.” Trump introduced HUD Secretary Scott Turner and brought Carson to the front of the room, noting Carson had recommended Turner. Carson praised Turner’s role in opportunity zones, saying, “He was really the driving force behind the opportunity zones” and described Trump’s approach as “public private partnerships and had everybody with skin in the game.” TRUMP ALLY BEN CARSON SWORN IN AS NATIONAL ADVISOR FOR NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND HOUSING WITH USDA Moments later, Trump returned to Carson and elaborated on the award. “It’s better because, you know, a lot of people get the Congressional Medal of Honor, and they’re not around,” Trump said. “But it’s the highest award [for] a civilian.” After remarks from Leo Terrell whom Trump thanked, saying, “Leo, that was very good,” the crowd assembled broke into a chant of “four more years.” Later, while listing Black artists and athletes, Trump singled out rapper Nicki Minaj. NICKI MINAJ DOUBLES DOWN ON TRUMP SUPPORT AFTER BACKLASH, CALLS HERSELF HIS ‘NUMBER ONE FAN’ “I love Nicki Minaj. She was here a couple of weeks ago.” “So beautiful,” he added. “And she gets it. And, more importantly, she gets it.” Trump linked Wednesday’s celebration to a broader national moment, saying, “Black History Month is really all about American history” and referencing upcoming America250 programming. The President outlined a series of policy accomplishments for the black community, saying he “single-handedly secured record long-term funding for” historically Black colleges and universities. “We got criminal justice reform done,” he added. “Nobody thought it can be done.” ‘MELANIA’ WORLD PREMIERE: PRESIDENT TRUMP, FIRST LADY, RFK JR., NICKI MINAJ AND MANY MORE LIGHT UP RED CARPET Trump tied those policies to electoral performance, saying, “It’s no wonder that, in 2024, we won more African-American votes than any Republican president in history.” Trump also cited economic indicators, saying, “Earlier this month the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 50,000 for the first time ever. The S&P broke 7,000.” “More Americans are working today than at any time in American history,” he said. “Since I took office, African American employment has increased by 182,000.” The president also promoted a tax proposal, inviting a small business owner from Arkansas to speak. She told the audience, “No tax on tips has been an amazing blessing for me.” Trump later pivoted to crime and border enforcement, arguing “we need order,” and claiming, “Washington, D.C., is amazing. It was a crime capital. It was a horror show a year ago. It was really dangerous. And now it’s one of the safest cities anywhere in the country.” “We have the lowest murder numbers in 125 years since 1990,” he said. “Just one year ago, we had the absolute worst border that we’ve ever had, and now we have the safest border that we’ve ever had.” He also said he had “deployed the National Guard to bring back safety to Memphis and to New Orleans and Washington,” calling the Guard “incredible.” He also gave the floor to Alice Johnson, whom he described as the White House “pardon czar,” recounting her case. Johnson credited Trump with the First Step Act, saying, “President Trump did something historic in his first term. He signed the First Step Act into law. Over 40,000 individuals have come home to their families early.” Trump closed by calling the gathering “a very special group of people.” “So happy Black History Month, happy black history year and happy black history century,” he said.
Philanthropy group ripped for bankrolling ‘radical’ defund the police, anti-ICE groups: ‘Less safe’
A philanthropic organization known as Coefficient Giving, which is mainly funded by liberal billionaire Dustin Moskovitz and his wife Cari Tuna, is being knocked for quietly funding a slate of “radical projects” and donating millions to defund the police groups, anti-ICE initiatives and other progressive causes over the course of several years. Before changing its name from Open Philanthropy to Coefficient Giving and divesting from its “criminal justice reform” initiatives to a split-off group called “Just Impact,” Open Philanthropy awarded hundreds of grants to primarily far-left groups in that category over six years. Among the groups that Open Philanthropy donated to were JustLeadershipUSA, a group that compares the criminal justice system to slavery, Color of Change, a staunch defund the police advocate, People’s Action, which has claimed law enforcement was waging a “war against Black people,” and Fair and Just Prosecution, an advocate for eliminating cash bail. CCP-CONNECTED MILLIONAIRE ALLEGEDLY BANKROLLS MINNEAPOLIS AGITATOR GROUPS THROUGH DARK MONEY NETWORK The group also made donations to the Free Migration Project, which has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the National Bail Fund Network, a coalition of groups that helped bail participants of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. After Minnesota activist Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent earlier this year, Free Migration Project posted on their Instagram that “ICE and Border Patrol cannot be reformed. They must be abolished.” Remarking on the donations, Curtis Schube, director of research and policy at the Center to Advance Security in America, slammed Open Philanthropy, saying the group “quietly funds all kinds of radical projects, including those that eliminate bail demands for criminals and that seek to defund the police.” “These aims are the opposite of social welfare,” said Schube. “They make society less safe and harm the very communities they claim to be concerned about.” The group that Open Philanthropy awarded the highest amount of money to was the Alliance for Safety and Justice, a progressive organization that advocates for replacing incarceration with community-led safety strategies and trauma recovery services. The group received a total of $11,750,000.00 from Open Philanthropy through just three donations between 2016 and 2018. Open Philanthropy gave $4,440,000.00 to JustLeadershipUSA, whose president, DeAnna Hoskins, previously emphasized the need to defund the police, framing it as a “divestment from law and order to an investment in protection in thriving communities.” A spokesperson for Coefficient Giving clarified that the group’s donations “supported a variety of projects designed to improve public safety, reduce government spending, and keep families together.” The spokesperson said the group ceased these types of donations in 2021. The group’s website states that the criminal legal system is “part of a much larger system of oppression that disproportionately plagues Black, Brown, and poor communities.” Further, JustLeadershipUSA’s website states that the carceral system “is in fact a dumping ground for the country’s other failed systems” and “contains strong remnants of slavery.” FOREIGN BILLIONAIRES FUNNEL $2.6B TO US ADVOCACY GROUPS TO INFLUENCE POLICY, WATCHDOG REPORT CLAIMS The website states the group is committed to “disrupting” the carceral system that it says, “like slavery, is based on the subjugation of those under its control.” Open Philanthropy gave $3,259,100 to Color of Change and its affiliated entities. In 2021, a Color of Change campaign director advocated for “no more police and no more mass incarceration,” and pressed New York City to cut $1 billion from the police. The group has advocated to “defund the police,” also supporting diverting police funds in Minneapolis. In 2021, the Color of Change also released a statement urging Facebook to “permanently ban” President Donald Trump from the platform and to “take action against his enablers.” People’s Action, meanwhile, received $1,927,640 from Open Philanthropy. In 2020, People’s Action declared its endorsement of the Movement for Black Lives, a self-proclaimed “anti-capitalist” group. In its statement announcing the endorsement, People’s Action called for “an end to the war against Black people” and demanded schools, colleges, universities and “all public institutions cut ties with the police.” The group wrote that “police do not keep us safe, and incremental reforms cannot change a pervasive culture of police violence against Black people.” In Jan. 2026, the People’s Action sent out a press release urging “immediate action to defund ICE & border patrol and get ICE & border patrol out of Minnesota, Maine, and communities across the country.” Open Philanthropy donated $3 million to Fair And Just Prosecution, a criminal justice reform group that in 2018 co-developed a training model geared towards the offices of newly elected prosecutors that is said was “committed to a justice system that moves away from past incarceration-driven practices and towards principles of equity, fairness, and compassion.” The group has praised state legislation ending cash bail. In 2021, the group lauded an Illinois bill ending cash bail as a “necessary and long overdue” change. A spokesperson for Fair and Just Prosecution told Fox News Digital that the group “supports a peer-driven community of local elected prosecutors working toward a justice system that prioritizes public safety grounded in fairness, equity, fiscal responsibility, and humanity.” Open Philanthropy also seeded the National Bail Fund Network with a $404,800 grant. The network went on to raise millions after the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported in 2023 that some of the defendants helped by bail funds from the group went on to commit violent crimes. FAR-LEFT AGITATOR WHO ORGANIZED MN CHURCH STORMING RAKED IN OVER $1 MILLION FROM ANTI-POVERTY NONPROFIT Open Philanthropy donated $24,000 to the Free Migration Project, a group whose executive director, David Bennion, has previously stated that “ICE should not only be abolished, but its core function of imprisoning and deporting non-citizens must also be eliminated.” Bennion has argued that deportation is “not just cruel and economically counterproductive,” but also claimed it is “inconsistent with basic justice and has no place in a legal system predicated on coherent moral principles.” Though the $130 million donated by Open Philanthropy for criminal justice
Rubio holding secret talks with Raul Castro’s grandson over Cuba’s future: report
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reportedly been holding secret talks with the grandson of Raul Castro, the former President of Cuba. The talks between Rubio and Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro are bypassing official Cuban government channels, Axios reported. “Our position — the U.S. government’s position — is the regime has to go,” a senior official told the news outlet. “But what exactly that looks like is up to [President Trump] and he has yet to decide. Rubio is still in talks with the grandson.” TRUMP SAYS CUBA IS ‘READY TO FALL’ AFTER CAPTURE OF VENEZUELA’S MADURO “I wouldn’t call these ‘negotiations’ as much as ‘discussions’ about the future,” the official added. Earlier this month, Cuban despot Miguel Díaz-Canel warned his country is “close to failing” as the U.S. shuts off commercial valves vital to its survival, such as fuel and food, followed by nearly 70 years of one-party communist rule. Cuba’s power grid is failing, hospitals are short of necessary supplies and garbage has piled up on the streets. MADURO AND ‘LADY MACBETH’ CILIA FLORES MARRIAGE SPELLS ‘WORST CASE’ CUSTODY SCENARIO The Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on the communist-run island in recent weeks, following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a Cuban ally. The administration has accused Havana of cozying up to U.S. adversaries and terrorist groups. Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department. The White House referred Fox News Digital to press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s remarks on Tuesday, in which she said Havana needs to make serious changes. “They are a regime that is falling,” she said. “Their country is collapsing, and that’s why we believe it’s in their best interest to make very dramatic changes very soon. And we’ll see what they decide to do.”
Trump lauds ‘piece of work’ Jesse Jackson at ‘sold-out’ Black History Month event
President Donald Trump praised civil rights activist Jesse Jackson as a “real hero” during a White House Black History Month event Wednesday, just a day after Jackson’s death. “I wanted to begin by expressing a sadness that the passing of a person who was. I knew very well Jesse was a piece of work. He was a piece of work. But he was a good man. He was a real hero,” Trump said Wednesday, earning cheers from the audience. Trump hosted leaders from the Black community at the White House Wednesday to honor Black History Month. He remarked as the event kicked off that there was a “sold-out crowd” and that the White House ballroom under construction would accommodate far more people. VANCE, HARRIS, OBAMA ISSUE TRIBUTES TO REV JESSE JACKSON Trump had lamented Jackson’s death in a prior Truth Social post Tuesday, elaborating on Wednesday that their relationship got “better and better all the time.” “A lot of people you get to know, they get worse and worse. Jesse got better and better. But I knew him well long before becoming president, and he really was special with lots of personality, grit and street smarts,” Trump continued. Jackson, 84, died Tuesday. His cause of death has not been publicly released, but he had suffered from health issues, including living with a rare neurological condition. RICHARD FOWLER: I RAN INTO JESSE JACKSON — AND INTO HISTORY: THE MAN WHO SHAPED A NATION Jackson was a two-time Democratic presidential candidate and longtime civil rights leader who joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s before King’s assassination and was the founder of civil rights group Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REV JESSE JACKSON DEAD AT 84 AND MORE TOP HEADLINES “I will tell you, he was gregarious and someone who truly loved people and a force of nature who is somebody that we’re going to greatly miss. And on behalf of everyone here today, I know you join me in sending our condolences to the entire family,” Trump continued. Wednesday’s event included celebrating the legacy of Black Americans and economic wins under the Trump administration and Trump reigniting his 2025 announcement that former Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who served during Trump’s first term, would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “Ben’s getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s the highest award you can have outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Trump said.
Former Rep MTG asserts that Americans don’t want US war against Iran
As the possibility of U.S. military action against Iran looms, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asserted in a post on X that Americans do not want the U.S. to wage war against the Islamic Republic. “Americans do not want to go to war with Iran!!!” Greene exclaimed in the post. “They want to be able to afford their lives and get ahead. They want to be happy and enjoy life. They want their government to put elite pedos in jail. And they voted for NO MORE FOREIGN WARS AND NO MORE REGIME CHANGE,” she added. IRAN SIGNALS NUCLEAR PROGRESS IN GENEVA AS TRUMP CALLS FOR FULL DISMANTLEMENT Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. Greene, who had previously been a longtime, staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s, had a major falling out with the president last year and left office early last month in the middle of her House term. TRUMP MAKES ENDORSEMENT IN CONTEST TO FILL HOUSE SEAT VACATED BY EX-ALLY MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE Trump has been pressuring Iran to make a deal to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions. After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, Trump said in a Truth Social post that he “insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated.” “If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a preference,” he wrote. MTG CALLS TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENT OF SALAZAR ‘AN INSULT TO HIS BASE’ CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “If it cannot, we will just have to see what the outcome will be. Last time Iran decided that they were better off not making a Deal, and they were hit with Midnight Hammer — That did not work well for them. Hopefully this time they will be more reasonable and responsible,” Trump declared in the post.
Democrats’ DHS shutdown halts ICE oversight they demanded
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) internal watchdog has been forced to pause a significant chunk of its oversight of immigration enforcement as Democrats continue to withhold support for funding the Cabinet-level agency. A spokesperson for the DHS office of the inspector general (OIG) told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that most of its audits and inspections have had to be paused during the partial government shutdown, including many dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Democrats have called for stricter oversight of ICE since President Donald Trump surged federal law enforcement agents to blue cities across the country in a bid to crack down on illegal immigration. But at least seven of the internal DHS probes into ICE conduct have been suspended after Democrats walked away from a bipartisan deal to fund the department, plunging it into a shutdown. REPUBLICANS WARN DEMOCRATS’ ICE REFORM PUSH IS COVER TO DEFUND BORDER ENFORCEMENT “Most of OIG’s audits, inspections, and similar reviews … are paused during the lapse in appropriations. A small number of OIG audits related to disaster relief continue because they are supported by an extant appropriation,” the spokesperson said. “OIG’s Criminal Investigators are excepted from furlough and are continuing their work during the lapse. OIG does not publicly confirm or deny the existence of any particular criminal investigation.” Probes that have been paused include determining “whether ICE investigates allegations of use of excessive force and holds personnel accountable” and conducting “unannounced inspections to assess compliance with ICE detention standards and ensure safe, secure, and humane conditions of confinement,” according to the spokesperson. GOVERNMENT TO SHUT DOWN AT MIDNIGHT AFTER DEMS, WHITE HOUSE FAIL TO STRIKE DHS DEAL An investigation into whether Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are conducting domestic U.S. operations in accordance with DHS policies and federal law has also been halted. The CBP probe is notable given it was CBP agents who shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen, during an anti-ICE demonstration in Minneapolis last month. Democrats had called for investigations and stricter guardrails after the incident took place. FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY LIFTS DHS RESTRICTIONS ON LAWMAKER VISITS TO DETENTION FACILITIES But Pretti’s killing, along with the ICE-involved killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, were two of the main catalysts that Democrats said drove them away from an earlier bipartisan deal struck on funding DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year. The original DHS funding bill, which passed the House but failed in the Senate, included new mandatory training requirements for ICE and a mandate for body cameras for federal law enforcement. Democratic leaders have said that was not enough, however, and have rejected another compromise offer sent by the White House in recent days. Democrats reportedly sent back their own counteroffer to Republicans this week, but there appears to be little movement on either side toward an agreement. Two of Democrats’ biggest demands, requiring judicial warrants to execute ICE enforcement action and banning masks for ICE agents while requiring clearly accessible identification, have been panned as non-starters by Republicans. In addition to affecting ICE oversight, a lengthy DHS shutdown also threatens funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), among other offices within DHS.
How to watch President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address to Congress live
President Donald Trump will deliver his 2026 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 24, beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Viewers hoping to watch the speech live will have no shortage of options. All major news networks, including Fox News, will feature live coverage of Trump’s address. Fox News coverage is slated to begin shortly before Trump’s remarks begin, at 8:50 p.m. ET, and will end shortly after the conclusion of the annual address at 11 p.m. Follow Fox’s coverage on Fox News Channel, FoxNews.com, the Fox News App, Fox Nation and the Fox One app. RNC MOCKS ‘FORGOT SOMEONE AGAIN’ AFTER DEMS’ PRESIDENTS DAY POST LEAVES OUT BIG NAME Most networks, including Fox, have links to livestream the State of the Union, and the event will be streamed live on the White House’s website and YouTube page as well. Start your State of the Union afternoon with Martha MacCallum on “The Story” at 3 p.m. ET, featuring the latest preview of Trump’s address. TRUMP RALLIES HOUSE GOP AT KENNEDY CENTER DAYS AFTER MADURO CAPTURE Then at 4 p.m., Will Cain will offer a fresh perspective on the issues at hand in this year’s address on “The Will Cain Show.” At 5 p.m., don’t miss “The Five,” where Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters and Dana Perino offer their take on the news of the day and what might happen when Trump takes the dais at the Capitol. Afterward, Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier offers America’s favorite nightly newscast on “Special Report,” where he and his panel will preview the State of the Union. Laura Ingraham picks up preview coverage at 7 p.m. with “The Ingraham Angle.” Expect Jesse Watters to continue that trend at 8 p.m. on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” where he will preview what to expect. Then, at 8:50 p.m. ET, Bret and Martha return to introduce Trump’s address to the Fox News audience and will host up-to-the-second reaction afterward with Fox analysts, including Perino and Brit Hume.
Climate groups sue Trump administration over EPA’s bombshell deregulation decision
Climate activist groups sued President Donald Trump‘s administration on Wednesday in an effort to block officials from undercutting environmental regulations. The lawsuit targets the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to revoke an Obama-era “endangerment finding” that serves as the underpinning for sweeping climate regulations. The finding, which the administration announced plans to revoke last week, asserted that pollution and climate change constitute harm to the American people. The lawsuit names the EPA and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, as plaintiffs. “EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding and safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the Clean Air Act,” said Gretchen Goldman, president and CEO at the Union of Concerned Scientists, one of the groups behind the lawsuit. “This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science,” Goldman added. TRUMP ADMIN EYES OVERTURNING BIDEN’S GREEN ENERGY LEGACY TO TUNE OF $7B Nearly 20 groups signed on to the lawsuit, including the American Public Health Association, American Lung Association, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and others. The EPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. The 2009 “endangerment finding” identified six greenhouse gases that the Obama administration said pose “a threat to public health and welfare.” That harm finding was used to justify climate regulations from the EPA such as raising fuel economy standards and limiting power plant emissions. TEXAS CHALLENGES NEWSOM’S GAS CAR CRACKDOWN, WARNING CALIFORNIA CAN’T DICTATE US AUTO MARKET Zeldin hailed the move as cutting through government red tape in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week. “This amounts to the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States,” Zeldin said. Trump held an event at the White House last week with Zeldin and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. There they announced a new initiative for the Department of War to purchase electricity from coal-powered plants. The Washington Coal Club also named Trump the “Undisputed Champion of Coal” during the event. Trump has been consistently critical of global warming claims and climate regulation throughout both of his terms in office, famously withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement when he first took office in 2017.