‘I warned you’: Left-wing governor scraps migrant shelter plan after $1B blowup
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced the closure of all remaining hotel shelters in the Bay State amid the formal termination of her executive emergency focused on the state’s Biden-era migrant influx. Meanwhile, Mike Kennealy — her Republican rival in the 2026 gubernatorial sweeps who also served as the state’s housing secretary under GOP Gov. Charlie Baker — is telling the Democrat, “I told you so.” Healey described her emergency order period as a success, saying that when she took over from Baker, “families were being placed in hotels all across the state, and families were staying in shelter for months – sometimes years – at a time.” “There was no plan in place to reform the shelter system to handle the surge in demand, protect taxpayer dollars or help families leave shelter. We can all agree that a hotel is no place to raise a family. So, we took action,” Healey said, as the state employed hotels, community centers and even a defunct prison to house the influx. IT’LL UPEND THE COMMUNITY: PA TOWN ROILED BY TALK OF MIGRANT HOUSING IN CIVIL-WAR ERA ORPHANAGE In 1983, then-Gov. Michael Dukakis signed what remains the nation’s only statewide right-to-shelter law, which set in motion the conditions for such a migrant housing crisis. Healey and the Democratic-majority legislature in Boston revised Dukakis’ law to a six-month limit on that right, and to require proof of residency as well as proper immigration paperwork with some exceptions. Kennealy said he warned Healey about a “potential, looming migrant crisis – I warned her in writing.” “She didn’t listen,” he posted Tuesday, accusing Healey of “playing politics” with the Biden-era migrant crisis and “selling false hope” to migrants and taxpayers. MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENT CONDEMNS RIGHT-TO-SHELTER LAW TURNING BAY STATE INTO ‘DESTINATION FOR MIGRANTS’ “The hotels may be closed for now, but the crisis lives on through the HomeBASE program and runaway spending,” Kennealy said, adding that if elected he will “audit and fix it.” Kennealy’s comments came weeks after a report showed Bay Staters will spend as much as $1 billion cumulatively on the state’s emergency shelter program in FY-2025, with migrant families making up a significant share of those receiving assistance. The costs work out at about $3,496 per week per family, or around $1,000 per person per week for the program, known as the Emergency Assistance system, according to the state’s Executive Office for Housing and Livable Communities. A Healey spokesperson told the Boston Herald on Monday that the governor “inherited a disaster of a shelter system” from Kennealy, whom she said offered scant substantive advice. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Gov. Healey is the one who took action to implement a length of stay limit, mandate criminal background checks, require residents to prove Massachusetts residency and lawful immigration status, and get families out of hotels,” Karissa Hand told the paper. A Kennealy spokesperson told the paper the now-candidate had warned both Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll of the impending crisis in-person. Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
Schwarzenegger pushing back against Newsom redistricting bid in California
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is preparing for a new role. The longtime Hollywood action star who was the last Republican elected governor in Democrat-dominated California is gearing up to oppose the push by current Gov. Gavin Newsom to scrap the state’s non-partisan redistricting commission. “He calls gerrymandering evil, and he means that. He thinks it’s truly evil for politicians to take power from people,” Schwarzenegger spokesperson Daniel Ketchell told Politico. Newsom, whom pundits view as a likely contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, aims to redraw California’s congressional maps, to give the state five more blue-leaning House districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The push by Newsom is a counter effort to negate a move underway by Republicans in GOP-dominated Texas to create five more right-leaning congressional districts at President Donald Trump’s urging. NEWSOM VOWS TO FIGHT ‘FIRE WITH FIRE’ IN CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BATTLE The Republican push in Texas is part of a broader effort by the GOP across the country to keep control of their razor-thin House majority, and cushion losses elsewhere in the country, as the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats in midterm elections. Trump and his political team are aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House, when Democrats stormed back to grab the House majority in the 2018 midterms. AWOL TEXAS DEMS THREATENED WITH EXPULSION, FELONY CHARGES FOR ABSENCE AMID REDISTRICTING BATTLE “Texas will be the biggest one,” the president told reporters recently, as he predicted the number of GOP-friendly seats that could be added through redistricting in the reliably red state. “Just a simple redrawing, we pick up five seats.” Scores of Texas Democrats in the state legislature fled the state, to prevent Republicans from holding votes to pass the new maps. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has called for those lawmakers to be arrested and prosecuted upon their return to the Lone Star State. The moves by Republicans and Democrats to implement rare mid-decade redistricting is opposed by Schwarzenegger, who championed California’s nonpartisan redistricting system. “He’s opposed to what Texas is doing, and he’s opposed to the idea that California would race to the bottom to do the same thing,” Ketchell added. HOCHUL VOWS TO ‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’ ON REDISTRICTING WHILE HOSTING TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO FLED STATE Schwarzenegger, during his tenure as governor, had a starring role in the passage of constitutional amendments in California in 2008 and 2010 that took the power to draw state legislative and congressional districts away from politicians and place it in the hands of an independent commission. While the Republican push in Texas to upend the current congressional maps doesn’t face constitutional constraints, Newsom’s path in California is much more complicated. The governor is moving to hold a special election this year, to obtain voter approval to undo the constitutional amendments that created the non-partisan redistricting commission. A two-thirds majority vote in the Democrat-dominated California legislature would be needed to hold the referendum. “The proposal that we’re advancing with the legislature has a trigger only if they move forward, to dismantling the protocols that are well-established,” Newsom said on Monday. “Would the state of California move forward in kind? Fighting? Yes, fire with fire.” Newsom said the people of California would have the final say. “We will offer them the opportunity to make judgments for themselves, again, only if Texas moves forward,” Newsom said.
Trump lifts veil on US submarines in warning shot to Kremlin in ‘clever’ repositioning move
President Donald Trump recently broke with decades of strategic silence when he publicly revealed the repositioning of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines in a thinly veiled warning to Russia. The announcement — targeted at Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and former President Dmitry Medvedev after his latest nuclear threats — sent shockwaves through the defense world not just for its provocation, but for the sheer fact that it was said out loud. Presidents have long moved military assets like aircraft carriers and bombers to signal resolve. But submarines, especially the covert, nuclear-powered kind, are rarely mentioned. “We rarely, if ever, talk about submarine movements unless there’s been an undeniable accident,” Gene Moran, a former Navy captain and Pentagon strategic advisor, told Fox News Digital. Plenty of other military assets — Patriot batteries, aircraft carriers, even B-52 bombers — are deployed publicly to send a diplomatic message. But this time, the secretive nature of the nuclear submarine positioning may have been the reason for the choice. “Submarine deployments are unverifiable,” said Moran. “That’s what gives them strategic value, but also what makes this announcement clever — if you’re aiming for a headline.” TRUMP CONFIRMS 2 NUCLEAR SUBMARINES ARE ‘IN THE REGION’ TO COUNTER RUSSIA Vice Admiral Mike Connor, former commander of U.S. submarine forces, said Trump’s statement may have sounded bold, but was in fact consistent with long-standing doctrine. “He didn’t really give away too much,” Connor, who now serves as CEO of maritime tech company ThayerMahan, told Fox News Digital. “It’s generally understood, by our potential adversaries, that our submarines are out there, have been out there for 60-plus years, and are able to strike pretty much where they want, when they want, if needed.” “It’s a more gentle message done this way,” Connor added. “It’s not really in your face. It’s just a reminder of what already exists.” The president was vague in revealing his plans, only announcing that nuclear submarines would be positioned in the “appropriate regions” following Medvedev’s accusations that he was escalating the war. Trump told reporters Sunday the submarines are “already in the region, where they should be.” Moran said Trump may have simply aligned a routine rotation with a strategic message. “It doesn’t cost anything,” he said. “But if you do it repeatedly, it begins to reveal where your thresholds are. That has long-term consequences.” He also cast doubt on the depth of coordination behind the announcement, saying “Submarines don’t just move at the snap of a finger.” Matthew Shoemaker, a former defense intelligence official, echoed that point. “It’s certainly unusual to announce it from an operational perspective,” he said, “which means this is primarily about sending a message to the Russians rather than trying to achieve a military goal.” TRUMP REPOSITIONS 2 NUCLEAR SUBMARINES AFTER ‘HIGHLY PROVOCATIVE’ RUSSIAN COMMENTS Meanwhile, Trump’s frustration with Putin has grown in recent weeks amid stalled negotiations to end the war, prompting him to scale back the deadline for Russia to agree to a peace deal. Trump’s disclosure of the submarine presence puts additional pressure on Russia to come to the negotiating table, according to Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and director of the Hudson Institute think tank’s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology. “We have used very sparingly submarines to try to influence adversary behavior before, but this is pretty unusual, to do it against a nuclear-powered adversary like Russia in response to a nuclear threat by Russia,” Clark told Fox News Digital Monday. “So I think this is trying to essentially push back on Russia’s frequent and long-standing threats to use nuclear weapons in part of the Ukraine conflict.” Mark Cancian, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, believes it’s more likely that two already-deployed U.S. submarines were repositioned rather than any new vessels dispatched. “At any one time there are about a dozen U.S. submarines deployed,” he said. “We probably just moved two of them to different spots. There hasn’t been any report of new submarine sailings — you’d have heard about that.” Retired Navy Capt. Todd Sawhill, who served as a targeting expert with the Joint Staff and U.S. Central Command, said there’s precedent for moving submarines in response to tensions — but rarely is it spoken of this openly. “It is atypical to have a sitting president telegraph it so plainly,” Sawhill said. “It’s consistent with Trump’s desire to direct-message, so in that sense it’s not surprising. But it’s not how these things are usually done.” Experts agree that once a U.S. submarine leaves port, it becomes difficult — though not impossible — for adversaries to track. “These are very tightly controlled pieces of information,” Cancian said. “The U.S. has good confidence that deployed submarines aren’t being followed — though we’ve been wrong before.” Shoemaker noted that geography plays a significant role. “The closer one gets to an adversary’s shores, the more likely they can find and track our subs,” he said. “So it depends on where exactly these subs are sent near Russia.” Moran added that both sides exaggerate their tracking capabilities. “It’s easy to claim you know where your adversary is,” he said. “But with modern submarines, that’s a very difficult task.” Connor also pointed to a recent case that underscored the low-profile potency of submarines. “A few weeks ago, there was a strike on Iranian nuclear weapon component manufacturing sites,” he said. “There was a lot of noise about the fact that some Air Force planes flew from the U.S. and struck two deeply buried targets. And it was more or less a side note that a submarine — who knows which one or where it was —struck 30 targets at the same time.” “It’s a capability that’s always there, not often used and doesn’t need to be talked about too overtly to be effective.” But unlike the Iran strikes, it appears improbable that the submarines dispatched in response to increased tension with Russia would see the same kind of action, according to Clark. That’s because the
9th ex-Biden aide appears before House Oversight investigators in autopen probe
Ex-White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed is sitting down with congressional investigators probing whether top Biden administration aides covered up signs of mental decline in the former president. Reed arrived just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, saying nothing to reporters on his way into the closed-door interview with staff on the House Oversight Committee. The longtime Biden ally is the ninth former White House official to appear in the probe and the sixth to come in voluntarily — three others, ex-White House doctor Kevin O’Connor and former advisors Anthony Bernal and Annie Tomasini, were compelled via congressional subpoena. COMER DISMISSES BIDEN DOCTOR’S BID FOR PAUSE IN COVER-UP PROBE: ‘THROWING OUT EVERY EXCUSE’ House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., is investigating whether former President Joe Biden’s inner circle covered up signs of mental decline, and whether that means autopen signatures were used for executive decisions without Biden’s full awareness. Of particular interest to investigators are the myriad clemency orders signed toward the end of Biden’s presidency. But the former president and his allies have pushed back on any allegations of impropriety. Biden himself told The New York Times last month that he was behind every decision made on pardons and commutations. Reed, like many of those who appeared before him, has a relationship with Biden going back over a decade. He was chief of staff to the vice president under the Obama administration from January 2011 until December 2013. Reed’s tenure in that role was bookended by Ron Klain and Steve Ricchetti, respectively — both of whom have already spoken to House investigators on voluntary terms. It’s not likely, however, that Reed’s testimony will provide any sort of smoking gun for investigators. The Biden allies who have appeared voluntarily so far have all asserted they believed the ex-president was fully capable of being commander-in-chief, though some, like Klain, have conceded his memory got duller over time. Others, like Ricchetti and ex-senior advisor Mike Donilon, suggested they believed Biden remained as sharp as ever and would have been for another four years, sources said previously. In contrast, those who appeared under subpoena all pleaded the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering any substantive questions. LONGTIME BIDEN AIDE SAYS HE STOOD TO EARN UP TO $8M HAD PRESIDENT WON RE-ELECTION Reed was reportedly among the former aides dubbed as part of Biden’s “Politburo” calling shots at the White House toward the end of his term, according to Axios reporter Alex Thompson and CNN host Jake Tapper, who wrote, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.” No lawmakers are expected to sit in for Reed’s transcribed interview; it’s common for such sit-downs to be staff-led by lawyers for both Democrats and Republicans on the committee. It could go on for several hours, however. All the five transcribed interviews before Reed’s took at least four hours. Ricchetti’s notably went roughly eight hours.
Bondi DOJ names and shames 35 sanctuary jurisdictions that ‘put American citizens at risk’
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Justice identified nearly three dozen cities and states across the country on Tuesday that it said were sanctuaries for illegal immigrants and warned that it planned to take legal action against more of those jurisdictions. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement the cities and states, which mostly lean blue, have immigration policies that “impede law enforcement and put American citizens at risk by design.” “The Department of Justice will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions and work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to eradicate these harmful policies around the country,” Bondi said. FEDERAL JUDGE TOSSES TRUMP DOJ LAWSUIT AGAINST SANCTUARY POLICIES IN CHICAGO Four of the 13 states on the DOJ’s list, California, New York, Colorado and Illinois, have already faced lawsuits over their immigration policies. Others on the list include Delaware, Nevada, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. The lawsuit in Illinois is the furthest along in the court process and has not played out in DOJ’s favor at this stage. A federal judge tossed out the DOJ’s claims, saying Illinois’ state and local policies were protected by the Constitution and that the DOJ’s lawsuit encroached on Illinois’ sovereignty. The DOJ could still appeal the decision or amend its complaint. But the DOJ, which has shifted heavily during the Trump administration to focusing on immigration enforcement, has also seen some success. LOUISVILLE MAYOR SHIFTS DOJ POLICY AFTER LEGAL THREAT FROM DOJ Its threats to Louisville, Kentucky, resulted in the mayor there modifying the city’s policy to be more cooperative with the federal government. A DOJ spokesperson said the purpose of the list was to encourage other states and cities to do the same. “This is a chance for these jurisdictions to come to the table and work with us to keep Americans safe,” the spokesperson said. Other cities on the DOJ’s radar include Boston, New Orleans, Seattle and Philadelphia. Four counties were also on the list. A common reason that cities and states become targeted for being illegal immigrant sanctuaries involves detainer policies. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses detainers to make federal requests to jails to hold immigrants in custody who could be living in the country illegally so that ICE can arrest them. Sanctuary jurisdictions have policies in place to ignore those notices. In the case of Louisville, for instance, the mayor has agreed to honor the 48-hour period ICE has been requesting to hold suspects so that they are not released before federal authorities can potentially arrest them.
‘All-out war’: Fleeing Texas Dems side with Newsom as redistricting standoff continues: ‘fire with fire’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is ready to fight “fire with fire” as state Republican lawmakers try to enact redistricting in Texas, opposing the move though promising to pursue similar measures if needed. At a press conference on Monday, Newsom said he supports independent redistricting, as well as a national framework, and a proposal being advanced in the legislature reinforces what he supports. “The proposal that we’re advancing with the legislature has a trigger only if they move forward, to dismantling the protocols that are well-established,” the governor said. “Would the state of California move forward in kind? Fighting? Yes, fire with fire.” When asked about a meeting between California Democrats on Sunday night, during which time they drafted or were almost done with the draft of redistricting maps, and whether he had seen those maps, Newsom said he had not. AWOL TEXAS DEMS THREATENED WITH EXPULSION, FELONY CHARGES FOR ABSENCE AMID REDISTRICTING BATTLE But he said there has been an ongoing series of conversations into the evening last night, which continued on Monday morning and will continue until Democrats land on a process. “That process has to have the concurrence, the support of two-thirds of the legislature,” he said. “The maps, we believe, should be transparent. They should be provided in a transparent way to the public, and as a consequence, those maps are being processed and will be brought to light.” At the end of the day, though, Newsom said the people of California will have the ultimate say. “We will offer them the opportunity to make judgments for themselves, again, only if Texas moves forward,” Newsom said. “I’ll reinforce that we believe it should be a national model, independent national redistricting, and it would revert back to its original form, but it’s done in response to the existential realities that we’re now facing. Things have changed, facts have changed, so we must change.” HOCHUL VOWS TO ‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’ ON REDISTRICTING WHILE HOSTING TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO FLED STATE “They’ve triggered this response and we’re not going to roll over and we’re going to fight fire with fire, but we’re going to do so not just punching with the weight of the fourth largest economy, the most populous state in our union, the size of 21 state populations combined,” he continued. “We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we’re doing, and I think that should be absorbed by those in the Texas delegation. Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price.” California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin told Fox News Digital that Newsom’s actions could threaten the constitutional rights of Californians while also setting a dangerous precedent. “While Governor Newsom frames this redistricting as a defensive move, it undermines California’s nationally respected, voter-approved Citizens Redistricting Commission, and if successful, sets a dangerous precedent that voters’ choices can be overruled whenever politicians find it politically convenient,” Rankin said. “Our primary concern is safeguarding Californians’ constitutional rights against partisan manipulation disguised as defending democracy; true democracy means empowering voters, not politicians, to decide representation.” Dozens of Texas Democrats fled their state and went to Chicago and New York on Sunday night in an effort to block a redistricting vote on Monday. TRUMP, REPUBLICANS RACE TO REDRAW TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP AS DEMOCRATS THREATEN LEGAL WAR Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has since threatened to arrest and expel the lawmakers if they do not return by Monday afternoon. Shortly after Abbott released his statement, the Texas House Democratic Caucus issued a simple response, writing: “Come and take it.” The statement also described Republicans’ proposed districts, which would potentially secure five new GOP U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections, as a “racist mid-decade redistricting scheme.” Abbott criticized the Democrats’ dramatic departure, saying that “real Texans don’t run from a fight.” On Monday evening, Illinois lawmakers hosted Texas Democrats for a press conference, during which time none of the lawmakers took a single question from the press. BETO O’ROURKE DROPS F-BOMB AS HE URGES DEMS TO ‘MEET FIRE WITH FIRE’ AGAINST GOP REDISTRICTING PLANS IN TEXAS Still, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., welcomed her colleagues and said they could stay as long as they wanted because they believed in what they were doing. “What you’re doing and what…they’re trying to do in Texas affects you guys, but it affects the whole country,” she said. “When you want to remove five Democrats…that hurts us in the House.” She explained that when there are not enough Democrats, things like the Big Beautiful Bill, or as she referred to it as “the Big Ugly Bill,” and other Republican initiatives get through. “They are trying to destroy our democracy, destroy fairness in our country,” Kelly said. “And unfortunately, they’re starting with Texas. But we want you to know, we stand by your side.” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., accused Abbott of not stepping up for the people affected by devastating floods in the Hill Country region of Texas. BETO O’ROURKE CALLS FOR DEMOCRATS TO BE ‘RUTHLESS’ IN PURSUIT OF POWER, BACKS NEWSOM’S GERRYMANDERING PROPOSAL Specifically, he accused Abbott of not having a special session to help families rebuild, but instead of doing “the bidding” of President Donald Trump to “banish Democrats” from the federal delegation. Krishnamoorthi then directed his comments to Abbott, saying, “don’t mess with Texas,” because the people standing with him represent Texas. “You can silence them. You can smear them. You can saddle them with debts and fins. But you cannot intimidate them,” Krishnamoorthi said. “You can gerrymander the hell out of that map. Guess what? Two can play that game. That’s right. Other states will do exactly the same thing and neutralize what you’re trying to do in Texas.” Other lawmakers standing side-by-side in Illinois chose to accuse Trump’s policies of being race-driven. Texas State Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos said Trump’s policies hurt working families. “That is nothing short of racism,” she said. “He is coming
WATCH: Ramaswamy takes on claim Black history swept ‘under the table’ at Cincinnati town hall
At a Cincinnati town hall Monday held in the wake of brutal beating of a White woman that went viral online, Vivek Ramaswamy was put on the spot by an audience member who claimed Black history has been swept “under the table” in America. Answering the man’s concerns, the Ohio Republican candidate for governor said, “We have to confront what is true. Not just what makes us comfortable.” But he also praised America as a country built on ideals and that strives to uphold them, however imperfectly. The questioner, identified by his first name Robert, told Ramaswamy that when it came to the debate over public safety in the U.S., he does not take a partisan side, but Robert complained that the history of Black people in America has not been adequately part of contemporary conversations around public safety. DEMOCRATIC POLICIES PAVED WAY FOR CINCINNATI BRAWL, SAY OHIO REPUBLICANS: ‘FEAR AND CHAOS’ “You have to understand how our people feel, because we were brought here in slave ships over 400 years ago, and we were treated like animals, like cattle hung on trees, families separated, our heritage taken from us so that we didn’t know who we were as a people. Now, I say, you act like this is a new thing. This balance that you see out here,” Robert posed to Ramaswamy. “Well, look over the 400 years of all the violence that was perpetrated on our people… You want to sweep our history under the table, but you don’t sweep the Ashkenazi Jews with the Hitler thing under the table. All the things that you did to the other races of people, you don’t sweep that under the table. But when it comes down to the black Negro, we can always sweep what happened to us under the table.” In response to the question, Ramswamy quipped about how the difficult question was proof that the night’s questions were not pre-screened by him or his team. Ramswamy candidly added that the question made him a bit “uncomfortable” but said leaders should be expected to answer such difficult questions. “Of course, we’re not perfect. In fact, we’re destined to never be perfect because we’re not a nation comprised of gods, we’re a nation comprised of human beings, and we’re a nation founded on a set of ideals. So, that means you will always be imperfect,” Ramaswamy said in response to the race-conscious question. Ramaswamy pointed to China and Iran to further explain his point. RAMASWAMY PLEDGES ‘RULE OF LAW’ REVIVAL AFTER VIRAL CINCINNATI MOB ATTACK “Nobody ever criticizes China, or Iran, or whatever for hypocrisy, because to be a hypocritical nation, you have to have ideals in the first place,” Ramaswamy said. “I’m not going to say America was perfect for every chapter of our national history. Of course not. We’re a nation founded on ideals. We’re nation founded on human beings, so we’ll always fall short of those ideals,” Ramaswamy continued. “But I would rather live in a country that has ideals and falls short of them. Than to live in a country with no ideals at all.” While Ramaswamy went on to say that no one’s ethnic history should be swept under the rug, he also posited that last week’s history, referring to a widely publicized public beating caught on camera in Cincinnati that went viral and caused an uproar of criticism over public safety and crime, should not be ignored either. “We have to confront what is true. Not just what makes us comfortable, but precisely when it does not,” Ramaswamy said. As Ramaswamy concluded his response to the question about race, the potential Ohio governor noted one part of the questioner’s ask, which “land[ed] with [him] a little bit differently.” “When you say our people, when I hear that, I’m thinking that ‘our people’ is everybody in this room. I see black, white, brown, man, woman. These are our people. America is our people. Ohio is our people. Cincinnati is our people. And I believe it is the God-given right of every person to be able to live a life free of violence,” Ramaswamy said before ending his response to the question. “And may I even say, if you’re a hard-working American, to go into your city whether you’re black or white without fear of actually being assaulted or battered, that ought to be the birthright of every American. That’s what I want for ‘our people.’”
Transportation Secretary Duffy to announce nuclear reactor development plan for the moon
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will reportedly announce plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to media reports. NASA has had discussions about the building of a reactor on the lunar surface, but Duffy’s directive gives a more definitive timeline and expedites the process. Duffy also serves as the interim administrator of the space agency. “Fission surface power (FSP) is both an essential and sustainable segment of the lunar and Mars power architectures for future human space exploration missions,” the directive states. “To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and to strengthen our national security in space, it is imperative the agency move quickly.” TRUMP TAPS SEAN DUFFY TO SERVE AS INTERIM NASA CHIEF China and Russia have announced on several occasions a joint effort to place a reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s, NASA said. If successful, that would potentially result in the declaration of a “keep-out zone,” which could inhibit the United States from establishing a presence there. “There are very specific areas of the moon that are critical that who gets there first gets to plant their flag,” Duffy recently said on “Hannity.” “We know the Chinese want to get there as well, so speed is of the essence.” The move means that NASA will continue to have input in nuclear development, despite the Pentagon’s recent cancellation of a joint program on nuclear-powered rocket engines. The agency will be required to solicit proposals for a 100 kilowatt nuclear reactor to launch by 2030, around the time China intends to put a man on the moon, within 60 days of the directive. Duffy spoke with Fox News about how NASA’s Artemis program aims to return Americans to the Moon. “We’re going to set up a base camp,” Duffy said. “And what we learn on the moon is going to take us to Mars.” Duffy also issued another directive to quickly replace the International Space Station, a priority for NASA. The agency plans to award at least two companies, preferably three of four, a contract within six months of the agency’s request for proposals. SNUB OF MUSK’S NASA NOMINEE ALLY PRECEDED SUDDEN ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ CRITICISM, TRUMP FEUD In April, China launched three astronauts into space to begin a six-month-long mission aboard the Tiangong space station, which translates to Heavenly Palace. China built its own space station after it was excluded from the International Space Station, amid U.S. concerns over the Chinese space programs’ ties with the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of the ruling Communist Party. NASA has increasingly factored into the Trump administration’s national defense, innovation, and economic agenda. Trump announced Duffy to serve as interim administrator of NASA in July as withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman in May. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Isaacman, a billionaire private astronaut and longtime associate of Elon Musk, was nominated by Trump in December 2024 but faced mounting scrutiny over ties to Musk and SpaceX, which some officials viewed as a conflict of interest. The International Space Station was launched into orbit in 1998. At the time, the U.S. agreed to the peaceful use of the orbital laboratory with several other countries, including Russia, Japan, Canada and 11 European countries. China was left out of the plan.
House Dem declares she is a ‘proud Guatemalan’ before American at Progressive International conference
Several House Democrats, including members of the “Squad,” criticized the United States over the weekend at a conference in Mexico City that questioned U.S. influence and policies, with one lawmaker saying she was prouder to be Guatemalan than American. The second annual Panamerican Congress brought leftist officials from all over North and South America. Those in attendance included Democratic lawmakers: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesús Gilberto García and Delia Ramirez of Illinois. All are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. ESTABLISHMENT-BACKED DEMOCRAT WINS HIGH-PROFILE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY IN ARIZONA During her remarks at the opening of the event, Ramirez spoke about the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown and her own ancestry. “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,” she declared in Spanish. The congresswoman also accused the U.S. of prioritizing “imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.” On her website, Ramirez, the child of immigrant parents, said her husband is in the country illegally and that she is the only congressional lawmaker “in a mixed-status marriage, and fights for the rights of DREAMers like her husband, Boris, and for comprehensive immigration reform.” The White House condemned the remarks made by Ramirez, as well as her fellow Democrats. “These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston told Fox News Digital. “In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals, and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.” ‘WAR CRIMINAL NETANYAHU’: ‘SQUAD’ MEMBERS ERUPT OVER ISRAEL’S ‘RECKLESS’ STRIKE ON IRAN Fox News Digital has reached out to Ramirez’s office, as well as several lawmakers who attended the summit. In addition to immigration, speakers also voiced their views on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, Colombia’s deputy minister of multilateral affairs, praised Tlaib during his speech, calling her a “symbol of resistance,” which prompted a standing ovation once he finished speaking. The summit was organized by the leader of Progressive International, a radical left-wing group that describes capitalism as a “virus” that must be “eradicated” — in partnership with Morena, Mexico’s ruling left-wing party, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported. WATCH: AOC OPENS UP ABOUT MEETING ZOHRAN MAMDANI, ICE ACTIVITY IN NYC Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Mexican Senate and member of Morena, called out the “persecution” of migrants in the U.S. under the Trump administration. He called it “unjust, infamous, incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant and just for your skin color or your nationality, you are persecuted.” “They are not only imprisoned, but sent to a prison that has been banned since World War II, such as Alligator Alcatraz,” he said. “The United States government is grieving over drug use, but I haven’t seen a single raid like the one they carry out against migrants against people who sell drugs in the United States.” In a TV interview before the event, David Adler, the general coordinator for Progressive International and one of the summit’s main coordinators, said the intention of the summit was to confront authoritarian and fascist threats and shift authority from Washington, D.C. to developing countries, the DCNF reported, in the Global South, a term used to describe a loose division of nations across different continents that are generally poorer, have high levels of inequity and harsher living conditions. On its website, Progressive Internation described the U.S. as the “lynchpin of that imperial violence — a position it has carefully built over two centuries.” The group cited U.S. military installations overseas and the massive Pentagon budget. “US militarism sustains profound political tensions around the world. Its interventions have destroyed nation after nation, leaving a trail of violence and sorrow in their wake,” the website states. “Ending US militarism means saving lives.”
EXCLUSIVE: Ramaswamy decries ‘anti-law enforcement culture’ in wake of brutal Cincinnati beating
EXCLUSIVE: CINCINNATI, OHIO – A viral video showing several people being brutally beaten in downtown Cincinnati has Vivek Ramaswamy decrying a pervasive “anti-law enforcement culture” in American society. The former 2024 presidential hopeful and Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate spoke with Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview on Monday evening ahead of a Cincinnati town hall event addressing combating violence, saying that he believes the Cincinnati beating “catalyzed a conversation in our state and frankly across the country about this issue of violent crime in the cities of the United States of America.” He called the beating of Holly, a woman in the video who apparently was attempting to intervene to help another victim, “totally unconscionable.” In the video, a group of people can be seen pummeling two victims, one of whom, a woman later identified as Holly, ended up with “very bad brain trauma.” The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 26 on the corner of Fourth and Elm streets, outside a popular nightclub. Ramaswamy shared that he has been in contact with Holly after first reaching out to her to check in on her well-being after the beating. He previously revealed Holly told him that no local elected officials reached out to her after the incident. RAMASWAMY PLEDGES ‘RULE OF LAW’ REVIVAL AFTER VIRAL CINCINNATI MOB ATTACK “One of the reasons I wanted to reach out was just to see if we could help… but also to hear her perspective on the front lines of what she wants to see come out of this,” he explained. “The fact of the matter is she, and victims like her, want to make sure that violent crime like this doesn’t spread, that we’re able to use what was a tragedy, and it was a travesty what happened in Cincinnati, to be able to adopt policies that actually stop this reckless crime in our cities, stop the wave of violent crime in cities.” Another angle of the fight shows a victim being beaten in the middle of the street and yelling racial slurs. Some claim the male victim slapped one of the perpetrators before the fight, sparking the beatdown. Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said in a press conference that there are a total of six victims. Six people have been charged with crimes, and four have been arrested. The city’s fugitive task force is searching for the two suspects who are still at large. Theetge said that out of the approximately 100 people who witnessed the incident or were involved in the brawl, only one individual called law enforcement. Jermaine Matthews, 39, Dominique Kittle, 37, Montianez Merriweather, 34, and Dekyra Vernon, 24, were arrested for their alleged involvement in the fight. SCOOP: RAMASWAMY PLEDGES TO SPEND AT LEAST $30M OF HIS MONEY IN OHIO’S RACE FOR GOVERNOR He said the U.S. should be a place “where Americans can actually feel just safe to go into their cities, have a good night without fear of getting beaten up or assaulted.” “I don’t think that’s too much to ask in the greatest nation known to the history of mankind. I don’t think it’s too much to ask in Cincinnati, Ohio,” he said. Regarding the vast majority of bystanders not intervening during the beating, Ramaswamy commented, “It is sad to see the anti-law enforcement culture, the anti-rule of law culture spread across our country.” WHY DIDN’T ANYONE BREAK UP CINCINNATI BEATING? BYSTANDER BEHAVIOR EXPERT EXPLAINS “I think there are deeper issues relating to just people being agnostic to the rule of the law, people being desensitized to this kind of violence,” he went on, adding, “At our best as human beings, that’s not who we are. We feel compassion when something like this happens. Ignoring it is not compassion. Ignoring is cruelty.” He called for more “open dialogue” rather than “sweeping these issues under the rug.” He said that some have criticized him for calling attention to the beating, saying “some of them make it seem like the bigger crime than the assault was actually noticing it.” “I don’t think that’s the case. I think that actually the way we’re going to bring people together is through what we’re doing tonight. Open dialogue, open discussion,” he explained.