George W Bush recalls moment with Derek Jeter before nerve-wracking pitch at Yankee Stadium after 9/11
Former President George W. Bush recalled Wednesday a lighthearted moment he shared with New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium just weeks after 9/11. Bush told the story alongside Condoleezza Rice, his national security advisor at the time of the attacks, during a reunification event at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas. During the World Series in October 2001, Bush said he was feeling the pressure of leading the nation through a fragile moment when Jeter told him before the game, “Don’t bounce it, they’ll boo you.” As the audience chuckled at the joke, Bush recalled feeling the raw emotions inside the NYC stadium as he walked to the mound at center field. GEORGE BUSH WELCOMES TOP OFFICIALS TO HIS HOME STATE FOR 9/11 REMEMBRANCE ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACKS “I looked at the catcher, he looked really tiny, and the ball felt really heavy,” Bush said. While scanning the faces in the crowd, Bush said he could imagine people thinking, “You can knock down our buildings, but you d— sure not going to touch our soul.” AMERICA’S HEARTLAND COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH 9/11 HISTORY AS 25TH ANNIVERSARY NEARS Bush recalled throwing the ball, which made it over the plate, and described the moment as “memorable.” “I mean, it was an amazing feeling,” he said. This coming Friday will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes in a coordinated attack against the United States. Two of the flights struck New York City’s Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, sending both buildings crashing down and causing mass casualties. A third flight struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., while the fourth crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died in the terror attacks, including hundreds of firefighters and police officers.
Dem senator delivers surprise video at Republican convention backing McCormick
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., delivered a surprise video message at the GOP midterm convention Wednesday night, praising President Donald Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick while rejecting what he described as the Democratic Party’s “extremes and socialism.” “I’m a commonsense Democrat. I’m always going to stand with America,” Fetterman said. “I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life.” Fetterman introduced McCormick, who is seeking re-election to the Senate, as “the kind of senator that gets the job done” and someone who will “fight for Pennsylvania.” FETTERMAN LEANS ON UNLIKELY GOP ALLY AS DEMS SHARPEN THEIR KNIVES OVER EXPLOSIVE REPORT Standing in front of an iconic U.S. steel mill, Fetterman said he was proud to work with McCormick and Trump to defend Pennsylvania’s steel industry, which remains a central part of the state’s economic and political identity. “That’s exactly the kind of thing that we will work together and will work with President Trump to fight and defend the steel way of life right here in the Steel Valley,” Fetterman said. The message was notable because Fetterman is a sitting Democratic senator appearing at the Republican Party’s first midterm convention, where Trump is expected to rally GOP voters ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. His appearance also highlighted his increasingly strained relationship with Democratic leaders and the party’s left wing. Fetterman has repeatedly broken with Democrats on issues including Israel, immigration and Trump’s military actions against Iran. He has remained one of the most outspoken Democratic supporters of Israel in the Senate and has criticized members of his party who have sought to limit U.S. support for the country. Fetterman has also backed tougher immigration enforcement and supported some Trump administration nominees, positions that have drawn criticism from Democrats. Fetterman has said he would consider leaving the Democratic Party if it became “the anti-Israel party,” though he has not indicated that he plans to switch parties. The senator’s relationship with McCormick has also fueled speculation about his political future. The two Pennsylvania senators previously faced one another in the 2022 Senate race, when Fetterman defeated Republican nominee Mehmet Oz and McCormick lost the GOP primary. CAN THE ‘BEST SHOWMAN IN POLITICS’ DELIVER AGAIN? GOP BETS ON TRUMP AT HISTORIC MIDTERM CONVENTION Since then, Fetterman and McCormick have developed an unusually close relationship. Their campaigns formed a bipartisan joint fundraising committee in July, an arrangement that drew attention because the two senators belong to opposing parties. McCormick has also sought to emphasize his ties to Pennsylvania’s industrial base and his support for the state’s steelworkers. Fetterman’s video allowed him to reinforce that message while presenting McCormick as a senator willing to work across party lines. The appearance does not mean Fetterman is switching parties, but it is likely to intensify questions about whether he can maintain support from Democratic voters as he continues to align himself with Trump and Republican priorities. It also gives Republicans a high-profile Democratic voice to showcase as they argue that the party’s coalition is expanding beyond traditional GOP voters. “A different party,” Fetterman said of McCormick. “But I’m proud to count him as my great friend.”
Dem incumbent becomes first sitting governor to lose primary since 2018
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee lost his Democratic primary Wednesday to businesswoman Helena Foulkes, becoming the first sitting governor in the country since 2018 to be denied his party’s nomination. Foulkes, a former CVS executive and current Costco board member, defeated McKee in a rematch of their closely fought 2022 Democratic primary, when McKee edged her by just a few percentage points. McKee’s defeat Wednesday adds another incumbent to a growing list of officeholders ousted during the 2026 primary season. McKee first became governor in 2021 after Gov. Gina Raimondo left office to serve as Commerce Secretary in the Biden administration. The former Cumberland mayor and two-term lieutenant governor went on to win his first full term in 2022 after narrowly emerging from a crowded Democratic primary that included Foulkes. INCUMBENT GOP GOVERNOR ROLLS TO PRIMARY VICTORY AFTER KEEPING TRUMP AT A DISTANCE The last sitting governor to lose his party’s nomination was Kansas Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer. Colyer lost the 2018 GOP primary to then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, backed by Donald Trump at the time, by fewer than 400 votes. Foulkes has spent decades in the private sector, including as a senior executive at Rhode Island-based CVS Health, and later served as CEO of Hudson’s Bay Company. She sits on Costco’s board of directors. Her 2026 campaign marked Foulkes’ second bid for elected office after finishing second to McKee in the 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary. EX-DEM LOBBYIST FOR COMPANY THAT PROMOTED ADDICTIVE OPIOID CLEARS KEY GUBERNATORIAL HURDLE The rematch centered in part on the candidates’ competing arguments over their records and leadership. Foulkes criticized McKee’s management of state government, including his administration’s handling of the Washington Bridge, which was abruptly closed over structural concerns in December 2023 and remains under reconstruction. McKee defended his administration’s record and repeatedly targeted Foulkes’ tenure at CVS, suggesting she is an out-of-touch corporate executive and going after her leadership role at the company amid its controversial handling of prescription opioids. Foulkes will advance to the November general election as a favorite against the winner of the Republican primary between Aaron Guckian, the GOP’s 2022 nominee for Rhode Island lieutenant governor, and retired business executive Elaine Pelino. Independent candidates Ken Block, Jasjit “Jay” Gotra and Christopher “CD” Reynolds will also be part of the general election action in November, according to The Rhode Island Current.
Illegal alien ordered removed years ago charged in crash that killed newly engaged 23-year-old teacher
A previously deported illegal alien allegedly drove drunk before flipping his SUV into oncoming traffic and killing a newly engaged Ohio teacher, authorities said. Alvaro Uribe-Gonzalez, a 33-year-old Mexican national who federal officials say illegally returned to the U.S. after being deported, now faces aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges in the death of 23-year-old Cameron Lyon. Lyon’s fiancée, 23-year-old Abrielle Kerns, was seriously injured in the fiery Sunday evening crash on U.S. Route 33 in Fairfield County, according to her family. The Ohio State Highway Patrol initially described Kerns’ injuries as non-life-threatening, but relatives said she remained in intensive care “fighting to recover” as the family grappled with Lyon’s death. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECT CHARGED IN CRASH THAT KILLED POLICE OFFICER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND “This is an unconscionable tragedy because it was preventable,” Republican Ohio gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy wrote. “This perpetrator shouldn’t have ever been in our country, let alone permitted to remain here.” Ramaswamy pointed to Uribe-Gonzalez’s alleged drunken driving and immigration history as he vowed to take action if elected governor. “But he ended up driving drunk & killed an innocent young man in Ohio. I won’t tolerate this in our state,” Ramaswamy wrote. “So devastating. It doesn’t have to be this way. I’ll fix it in Ohio next year & will go hard as necessary.” The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Lyon was driving west when Uribe-Gonzalez’s eastbound GMC Terrain went off the right side of the highway shortly after 6 p.m. DAD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DUI VICTIM ISSUES WARNING TO AMERICANS OVER LAX DRIVER’S LICENSE LAWS Uribe-Gonzalez allegedly overcorrected, veered across the roadway and overturned into the westbound lanes, slamming into Lyon’s Chevrolet Trax. The GMC then caught fire. Lyon was treated at the crash site but died a short time later, the patrol said. Uribe-Gonzalez suffered minor injuries. Investigators said alcohol is suspected to have played a role in the crash. Uribe-Gonzalez was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer with the Fairfield County Jail the day after his arrest, asking local officials not to release him before federal agents can take custody. ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH KILLING 4 YOUNG PEOPLE IN WRONG-WAY DUI CRASH ON OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Uribe-Gonzalez first entered the country illegally through Texas in January 2020 and was arrested by Border Patrol. An immigration judge issued a final removal order Jan. 11, 2020, and the Trump administration deported him to Mexico April 14 of that year, according to DHS. Federal officials said Uribe-Gonzalez later illegally crossed back into the U.S. at an unknown date and location. “This illegal alien has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol after allegedly causing a car crash that killed 23-year-old Cameron Lyon in Ohio,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. ICE URGES NORTH CAROLINA TO KEEP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED IN TRIPLE-FATAL HIT-AND-RUN BEHIND BARS “Cameron had his whole life ahead of him, and that life was stolen by this criminal who never should have been in our country in the first place.” Mullin said ICE wants Ohio officials to cooperate with the detainer so Uribe-Gonzalez can be taken into federal custody and removed from the country. Lyon had recently begun his first teaching job and was well-loved by staff and students at Crestline Exempted Schools, according to a fundraiser for his family. A graduate of Otterbein University, Lyon was remembered as a cherished son, brother and friend whose death left his family and community devastated. THREE-TIME DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH KILLING NORTH CAROLINA GIRL, 6, AFTER RUNNING STOP SIGN Lyon and Kerns had recently become engaged and were preparing to begin their life together. The couple had moved into a home that had been in Lyon’s family for generations and were renovating it together, according to Earthly Pottery Co., where Kerns worked. “We are devastated by this needless tragedy and miss him dearly,” organizers of the fundraiser for Lyon’s family wrote. A separate fundraiser organized by Kerns’ aunt and uncle said the family was standing beside her through the “shock, pain and uncertainty” of the difficult days following the crash. “Everyone who knew Abrielle and Cameron could see the love they shared and the future they were building together,” the family wrote. ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF KILLING DAD, TRYING TO FLEE AFTER DRUNKEN CRASH – FEDS RIP BIDEN-ERA RELEASE The money raised will help cover Kerns’ medical bills and the mounting challenges she faces as she recovers and begins rebuilding her life without Lyon. “Her world has been turned upside down, and the physical and emotional hardships ahead will be enormous,” organizers wrote. The tragedy has rippled through the community as local businesses rallied around Kerns and Lyon’s family. Millersport Coffee announced it will donate a portion of its weekend sales to support Lyon’s family and help cover Kerns’ medical needs. “The entire Kerns family is like family to us,” the coffee shop wrote. “We are incredibly thankful that she survived, while we grieve with her and the Lyon family over the heartbreaking loss of her fiancé, Cameron Lyon.” ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO KILLED NASHVILLE RESTAURANT OWNER TO FACE ICE DEPORTATION AFTER PRISON Earthly Pottery Co. said Kerns had helped teach its classes, while Lyon was always willing to lend a hand when the business needed help. “Their little lives were taking shape and we got a front row seat,” the business wrote. “We were texting earlier in the day about getting her studio all set up.” The shop summed up the loss now gripping those who knew Lyon. “A family has lost a son, a brother, a classroom has lost their teacher, friends have lost their friend,” Earthly Pottery Co. wrote. The crash remains under investigation.
Veteran Dem senator cruises past far-left primary challengers in bid for sixth term
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed fended off two progressive primary challengers Wednesday, extending a three-decade hold on his party’s nomination as the 76-year-old senator seeks a sixth term in Washington. Reed defeated Connor Burbridge, a “small business owner, elder-care worker, community organizer and a working-class Rhode Islander,” according to his campaign website, and Luis Muñoz, a medical school graduate, med tech entrepreneur and former candidate who previously ran for Rhode Island governor in 2018 and 2022, according to Muñoz’s LinkedIn profile and local reporting about his previous runs. The victory sends Reed to the November general election against Republican Ray McKay, who ran unopposed in his primary, and independent Michael Bahry. DEM ESTABLISHMENT STRIKES BACK AS LONGTIME INCUMBENT FENDS OFF PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGER Reed’s father was a World War II veteran and janitor from Cranston, Rhode Island, before eventually working his way up to becoming a custodial supervisor of the city’s entire school system, according to Reed’s campaign website. Reed, who cites that working-class background as pivotal to his upbringing, attended West Point later in life and spent time in the Army before earning a master’s degree in public policy and a law degree from Harvard. DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT FLEXES DOMINANCE AS INSURGENTS FALL AND GOP BENCH THINS IN DEEP BLUE STRONGHOLD The primary exposed a divide between a more moderate establishment candidate like Reed and the two progressive challengers he faced who ran on issues like abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), taxing wealth and ending aid to Israel. Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has supported continued military assistance to Israel despite criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for renewed efforts toward a two-state solution. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 after serving three terms in the House, and, in addition to being the ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, Reed serves on the Appropriations, Banking and Intelligence committees. His campaign reported roughly $3.4 million in total receipts during the 2025-2026 election cycle through Aug. 20 and had nearly $3.1 million in cash on hand, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. By comparison, Burbridge reported raising just over $25,000 through Aug. 20, while the FEC listed no fundraising totals for Muñoz’s campaign ahead of the primary.
Potential Dem presidential contender crashes GOP convention, tries to snatch spotlight from Trump
DALLAS — Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is urging voters to ignore the Republicans’ first-ever midterm convention. “Voters can see through the BS that Republicans are spewing,” Pritzker told reporters at a Democratic National Committee-hosted counter programming news conference across the street from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the site of this week’s first-ever Republican midterm convention. With less than two months until the midterm elections — and early voting just weeks away — President Donald Trump and the GOP kicked off their convention Wednesday as Republicans fight to keep control of Congress. The GOP’s playbook for the convention, which comes as Republicans face energized Democrats and political headwinds as they defend their slim House and Senate majorities, is to motivate the party’s base and boost turnout in key races that will determine control of Congress. GOP MIDTERM CONVENTION: CAN THE ‘BEST SHOWMAN IN POLITICS’ DELIVER AGAIN? “We are putting the president on the ballot,” Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters emphasized in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the gathering. “That’s exactly what we’re doing with this midterm convention.” But Pritzker, a potential 2028 White House contender, blasted the two-day GOP confab. “This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote,” Pritzker said. “Donald Trump is hoping that a flashy primetime event will make you forget that, well, his trade war is killing costs for families at the grocery store. His war in Iran is killing ranchers and farmers and their way of life, and his war on people, on the working people, the working families of this country are raising the costs of health care and housing.” FIRST ON FOX: WHO’S SPEAKING — AND WHEN — AT THE GOP’S HISTORIC MIDTERM CONVENTION The governor also charged that Republicans are trying to “rig” the midterm elections, arguing that Trump is aiming to use the U.S. Postal Service to restrict mail-in balloting across the country. “Republicans know that they can’t win on the merits of their unpopular policies. So, they’re working to rig the 2026 election,” Pritzker charged. Pritzker also warned that “if Democrats don’t win, if they don’t win in this election, we may not have other elections, or certainly we’re going to have future elections, every single one of which will be rigged.” DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The White House has defended Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting as a “commonsense measure” aimed at ensuring secure elections. Pritzker, who is running for re-election this year for a third term steering Democrat-dominated Illinois, is seen as a possible presidential contender in the 2028 White House race to succeed Trump. But the governor pivoted when asked by Fox News if his stop in Dallas should be seen as a 2028 signal. Standing alongside some top Texas Democrats, Pritzker said, “I care a great deal about what happens in Texas. Voters everywhere in the country should care about what happens in Texas. So, I’m pleased to be here for that reason. If I can advance the cause, that’s why I should stand here.”
Proposal would pay homeowners ‘data center dividends’ to counter growing backlash
As opposition to artificial intelligence data centers spreads across rural America, one group is proposing “data center dividends” to counter the backlash by allowing residents to share directly in the wealth generated by the technology hubs. A new report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C., proposes that data center dividends are a model that would return part of the property tax revenue generated by AI data centers directly to households living in the communities that host the data centers, potentially providing annual payments of between about $4,500 and $8,900 per household without creating new taxes or increasing costs for developers. “Every American deserves to benefit from the AI boom,” Sam Lyman, head of research at the nonprofit, told Fox News Digital. “It can’t just be the developers in Silicon Valley who are becoming wealthy from this revolution. It needs to be the Americans who are building the county infrastructure that makes these data centers possible in the first place.” The proposal comes as opposition to data centers intensifies nationwide, fomented over the past year by a network of socialists and communist nonprofits funded by a tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, living in Shanghai, supporting the Chinese Communist Party and a “new world order” promulgated by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The opposition has widened to conservatives and centrists, with the report noting that Americans are now more likely to oppose a data center in their community than a nuclear power plant. In a poll earlier this year, Gallup found that 71% of Americans oppose construction of an AI data center in their area, while only 53% oppose a nearby nuclear plant. The report says local data center moratoriums have exploded from six in 2024 to 59 last year and 294 last month. Over the past year, groups in the Singham network – including the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the People’s Forum, CodePink and BreakThrough News – have opposed data centers and also Flock surveillance cameras with aggressive media campaigns, elevating China as a technological powerhouse and denigrating any developments by U.S. technology companies. “These influence actions are cognitive warfare. Foreign actors don’t need Americans to become pro-China,” Rob Joyce, former director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, recently told Fox News Digital. “They need Americans to argue for the outcomes Beijing wants. And a free society that can’t build the power and govern the advanced technology is going to wind up renting it from the adversary, read the PRC, that doesn’t share its own values. And that scares me as an American.” Lyman said the political problem is that many Americans believe technology companies are reaping the benefits of the AI boom while local communities bear the costs. The propaganda campaigns by the pro-China groups are promoting that message by describing tech executives as “oligarchs” and “imperialists.” One constant message in the campaigns is “People Over Profits.” “I really think that data center dividends will reverse the momentum in the data center debate, because suddenly every American who lives in these counties where data centers might be built recognizes that he or she can have a material stake in the AI economy,” said Lyman, a former senior advisor and speechwriter for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Polling cited in the report found that 73% of Americans believe the costs of data center construction outweigh the benefits, while voters overwhelmingly believe AI will primarily enrich executives and business owners rather than workers. Rather than creating a new tax, the proposal would redirect a portion of property tax revenue that counties already collect from data centers. “Data center dividends can ensure that rural Americans rise in the age of AI alongside the engineers developing this technology,” the report notes. Under the model, counties would first continue funding schools, roads, police and other essential services. After those obligations are met, local communities would return a portion of remaining revenue directly to residents through annual checks, direct deposits, tax credits, utility bill credits or permanent investment funds. The report emphasizes that the dividends would be financed entirely from existing tax revenue, meaning developers wouldn’t pay any additional taxes. The report estimates that a single one-gigawatt AI data center could generate enough tax revenue to provide households in a typical rural county between $4,500 and $8,900 annually in a “data center dividend,” depending on how much revenue local governments dedicate to dividends after paying for public services. The estimate is based on tax collections from Loudoun County, Va., one of the nation’s largest data center hubs. Loudoun collected about $685 million in personal property taxes on data center computer equipment in fiscal year 2024. Dividing those collections by the county’s data center electrical load produced an estimate of roughly $165 million in annual property tax revenue per gigawatt of AI infrastructure, researchers estimated. The report cites new policies in West Feliciana Parish, La., where policymakers are attempting to spread new-found wealth. The parish expects a Hut 8 AI campus to generate about $90 million annually, more than tripling its current budget, according to estimates. Earlier this year, Louisiana lawmakers passed Act 434, allowing local officials to provide property tax credits funded by the new revenue, although lawmakers removed an earlier proposal that would have authorized direct cash payments. If the cash provision had remained, the report estimates households could have received about $5,600 annually if one-quarter of the revenue were distributed, or $11,200 annually if half the revenue were shared with residents after funding government services. In another example, Alaska has a “Permanent Fund,” or state-owned investment account that collects part of Alaska’s revenues from oil produced on state land, invests it in stocks, bonds and real estate, and disburses part of the returns to residents as an annual dividend. The report outlines several options communities could adopt. Lyman argues that direct payments create stronger public support than simply lowering taxes or expanding government spending because residents would see the benefit. “I think a lot that opposition is
Fmr Biden ambassador blames Trump for Canada playing ‘footsie’ with China
Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada David L. Cohen is blaming the Trump administration’s hardline trade pressure for pushing Ottawa into engaging with China. “I think Canada has tentatively tried to play some footsie with China that the Trump administration may not be happy with,” Cohen, who served as President Joe Biden’s ambassador to Canada from 2021 to 2025, said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “There is a discomfort with that,” Cohen says, while arguing that it is ultimately Canada’s reflex to sentiment against President Donald Trump – particularly his hardline trade policies and rhetoric about the neighbor to the north being a “51st state.” VANCE SAYS CANADA FRIENDLIER TO CHINA ON TRADE THAN TO US: ‘INSANITY’ “One of downsides of the aggressive Trump administration treatment of Canada and many other allies and partners is that the irony is that those policies are pushing those countries to at least consider broader and larger deals with China, which of course is wholly inconsistent with a major thrust of President Trump’s international trade policy,” Cohen continued. “So, how that shakes out, it’s all a matter of degree and balance. “But I think there’s no doubt that the aggressiveness of the Trump administration positions has caused many countries to at least reevaluate whether there are additional deals that can be made with China.” The comments come as U.S.-Canada trade tensions spiral after negotiations collapsed last month. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday accused Washington of seeking dependence rather than partnership. “The most fundamental issue is that the cumulative U.S. demands revealed that they wanted us to become even more reliant on them, not less,” Carney said. “In too many areas, they wanted dependency, not a true economic partnership.” TRUMP TAUNTS CANADA ON RENAMING LAKE ONTARIO THE ‘LAKE AMERICA’ AMID RISING BORDER TRADE RIFT Notably, the fallout comes just weeks before Chinese dictator Xi Jinping makes an historic trip to the White House to talk trade – something that never happened during the Biden administration despite Biden’s onetime quip before the COVID-19 pandemic that “China’s not bad folks.” Vice President JD Vance, speaking in Maine last month, accused Canada of giving Chinese goods better treatment than products from American northern border states. “They treat Chinese goods more fairly than they do the goods that come from the people of Maine: It’s insanity,” Vance said. “And what we’ve said to Canada is, ‘Stop it.’” Cohen, however, was careful not to cast Canada as blameless in the trade feud. He admitted U.S. dairy farmers have legitimate complaints about Canada’s tariff-rate quota system, saying the issue has frustrated administrations of both parties for years. WHITE HOUSE EXPOSES ‘TRANSSHIPMENT SCAM’ COSTING US UP TO $26B, POINTS FINGER AT CHINA “This is one of the totally legitimate trade issues that exists between the United States and Canada,” Cohen said. “There is contention there that is hurting American dairy farmers. Yes, I will be honest and clear about that.” “That tension existed under Joe Biden. Was he able to solve that problem? No,” he added. “It was something that was discussed and discussed more than once. We just never got there.” Cohen, supportive of Trump’s “substance” on trade talks but not the “style,” did credit Trump for replacing NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, calling USMCA a “terrific deal” that improved continental trade. TRUMP TRADE CHIEF WARNS CANADA WALKED AWAY FROM ‘THE BEST DEAL’ TO TRIGGER 50% U.S. TARIFFS “I gave President Trump a lot of credit for that because it was a much better deal than NAFTA,” Cohen said. “I think he deserves credit for that.” “I do push back at times on some of the rhetoric that President Trump has chosen to use, not necessarily the substance, but maybe the style that he sometimes uses to pursue his substance,” he added. “There are such fundamental differences on the substance of President Trump’s trade policy that I think the treatment of President Trump is different than the treatment of President Biden,” Cohen observed. “But when professional negotiators were in the room, they seemed to have been making a lot of progress.” Cohen believes the two sides need to return to professional negotiators, arguing that U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Canadian officials had shown they could discuss difficult issues before the talks broke down. TRUMP MUST CLOSE THE BACK DOOR CHINA USES TO EXPLOIT NORTH AMERICAN TRADE “I have an enormous amount of respect for U.S. Trade Representative Greer,” Cohen said. “He is the ultimate professional trade negotiator, which is why he’s in that job. He didn’t get there by accident. President Trump put him in that job.” By contrast, Cohen said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick – who was on the call that Friday night in August when talks broke down at the 11th hour – needs to stay in his lane. “Secretary of Commerce Lutnick, with all due respect, is not a professional negotiator,” Cohen said. “That’s not the Commerce secretary’s job. It’s USTR’s job to negotiate trade deals with other countries.” Lutnick has suggested in interviews about the infamous breakdown in talks that Canadians’ politics are at play in keeping Carney from cutting a deal with Trump, a man the provincial leaders and Canadian public have long been disenchanted with. TRUMP TRADE CHIEF REVEALS WHAT PRECEDED CANADA WALKING AWAY FROM ‘BEST DEAL IN THE WORLD’ “Friday at 4 o’clock, the Canadians call: They start adding crazy ideas to the mix,” Lutnick said recently. “So, I said to one of the ministers, ‘Are you actually trying to blow this up?’ And his answer to me was, ‘I’m not allowed to say that.’ And they blew it up for political reasons only.” Cohen said of Lutnick’s account that “until proven otherwise, I take every senior government official at his word, period,” and that he has “no way of knowing whether that is true or not.” But, he admitted, Carney taking the nearly finished trade deal back to the provinces did not go over well – particularly
$54M CodePink-linked foundation shut down in California pops up at ramshackle Miami home
A far-left foundation that bankrolled CodePink and recently reported $54.6 million in assets before being shut down by California regulators has resurfaced at a ramshackle Miami home. Arc of Justice, led by CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin, lost its charitable registration after years of failing to file required financial paperwork with California. But what appears to be the same nonprofit is now registered at a small, single-story house owned by Benjamin’s longtime partner and fellow activist, Tighe Barry, documents viewed by Fox News Digital show. The sequence of events raises questions about why it fell out of compliance in California. HOUSE PANEL SUBPOENAS 3 LEFT-WING GROUPS IN PROBE OF $39M TIED TO MARXIST TYCOON NEVILLE SINGHAM Arc of Justice has poured millions of dollars into left-wing and progressive activist organizations over the years, including CodePink, Global Exchange, the Alliance for Global Justice and the National Iranian American Council, according to IRS filings. Federal tax returns provided to Fox News Digital by Arc of Justice’s attorney show the California foundation’s assets grew from $51.4 million at the end of 2023 to $54.6 million at the end of 2024, while it continued distributing millions of dollars in grants. CodePink has campaigned against U.S. policy toward China and Cuba and has been accused by congressional investigators of promoting Chinese Communist Party interests — allegations the group has denied. Benjamin, who has been a political activist for decades and has often disrupted congressional hearings, co-founded CodePink with Jodie Evans, the wife of Shanghai-based Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, whose funding network has come under congressional and federal scrutiny over alleged foreign influence and the use of tax-exempt organizations. Now it’s Arc of Justice’s finances that are coming under the microscope. “It’s pretty unusual. Most private foundations are fairly scrupulous on their compliance efforts,” Patrick Sternal, a former IRS official who specialized in tax-exempt organizations, told Fox News Digital. “So it’s unusual for a private foundation with that much in the bank to fall out of compliance and to be suspended.” The California Attorney General’s Office, led by Democrat Rob Bonta, revoked Arc of Justice’s charitable registration in January 2025 after it failed to submit required annual filings with the state for 2020 through 2024. The foundation had already been suspended for more than a year before the revocation. The state Attorney General’s Office told Fox News Digital that Arc of Justice had continually failed to respond to the registry’s delinquency and suspension notices before its registration was revoked. Under the revocation, Arc of Justice had 30 days to provide the state with an accounting of its charitable assets and was barred from distributing or spending them without the attorney general’s prior written approval. The years of noncompliance culminated in another notice from California regulators on June 19, 2026, reiterating the outstanding asset-accounting requirement and warning that Arc of Justice couldn’t distribute or spend charitable assets without the attorney general’s written approval. The notice said Arc of Justice would also have to provide regulators with enough information to assure the state that there had been “no loss of charitable assets” if it sought to have its registration reinstated. The Network Contagion Research Institute previously detailed Arc of Justice’s regulatory problems in a May report examining the foundation’s finances and activities. FIRST ON FOX: ‘NO KINGS’ PROTEST NETWORK BEHIND FIGHT AGAINST AI DATA CENTERS AND FLOCK CAMERAS David Levitt, an attorney representing Arc of Justice, said the foundation has submitted filings seeking reinstatement with California regulators. The Attorney General’s Office told Fox News Digital on Sept. 3, 2026, that it had not received the required accounting of Arc’s charitable assets. At the time, Arc was listed as “REVOKED” and “PAST DUE.” As of Sept. 9, its registration remained “REVOKED,” while its reporting status had changed to “IN REVIEW.” California’s reinstatement rules require a revoked charity to explain why it failed to comply with reporting requirements and respond to Registry notices. Laurie Styron, CEO and executive director of nonprofit watchdog CharityWatch, said Arc’s substantial assets made the compliance failures difficult to explain. “A foundation with tens of millions of dollars in charitable assets certainly has the resources to comply with basic reporting requirements,” she said. Fox News Digital asked Levitt to provide documentation of the reinstatement filings and to explain specifically why Arc of Justice failed to make the required California filings in the first place. He had not responded to those questions by publication time. California’s latest compliance notice to Arc of Justice came just six weeks after a new Arc of Justice surfaced in Florida. On May 8, Barry and other people associated with the original foundation incorporated a new nonprofit bearing the same name in the Little River neighborhood in North Miami. The timing raised obvious questions: Was the California foundation moving to Florida after its charitable registration was revoked, and what was happening to its assets? The Attorney General’s Office told Fox News Digital it had not received notice from Arc of Justice of any planned transfer, merger or dissolution and had not approved any transfer of the foundation’s assets. Levitt told Fox News Digital that the Florida corporation was created as a “placeholder” while Arc considered relocating its operations from California, but the move was never completed. He said the California corporation was never formally wound down, no assets were transferred and the Florida entity “holds no assets and has conducted no business.” “Arc of Justice, the California nonprofit corporation, currently still holds the assets,” Levitt said, adding that they remain professionally managed “in the same accounts they have been in for years.” Levitt subsequently provided Fox News Digital with financial documentation that independently verified that the California foundation continues to hold the assets. The Miami address wasn’t new. The original Arc of Justice had been using Barry’s property on its federal tax filings since at least 2017, even as it remained incorporated in California. Questions have also emerged about the original foundation’s federal filings. Arc of Justice’s Forms 990-PF
Armed man accused of lunging at Ohio Dem candidate avoids felonies as prosecutor reveals key evidence
The man who allegedly stormed toward Ohio Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton at a recent fair will not face felony charges, the county prosecutor leading the case told reporters Tuesday. The only video investigators currently have of the incident was recorded by the suspect, Patrick Havas, leaving authorities with little video evidence, Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro said. “The information we’ve received is that the Acton camp requested individuals stop recording shortly before this incident occurred,” Maro told reporters on Tuesday. “So, at this point, the only video we have is the defendant’s. And what’s that showing certainly doesn’t support filing felony charges.” PISTOL-PACKING MAN KNOCKS OVER FAIRGOERS FORCING HIS WAY TOWARD OHIO GOVERNOR CANDIDATE AMY ACTON, POLICE SAY Patrick Havas was intercepted by Ohio Highway Patrol officers after allegedly knocking over multiple fairgoers as he ran toward Acton at a tent at the Canfield Fair while armed with a Taser and two firearms. He was initially booked on two counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors. An inducing panic charge was added Tuesday at his arraignment, bringing the total to four misdemeanor counts. Havas pleaded not guilty. Maro said the tape showed Havas “walking into the tent” where Acton was, and “calling out her name” before executive protection unit officers from Ohio Highway Patrol interrupted him. “Then, his phone is either dropped or tossed, and that’s all we have,” Maro said. RAMASWAMY TORCHES DEM RIVAL OVER ‘OUTRAGEOUS’ COVID-19 CLAIM: ‘SPEWING LIES’ “There’s never any close contact with the governor, never gets near her — sorry, ‘candidate for governor’,” she added. Fox News Digital reached out to Maro for comment and to obtain a copy of the video in question. An official who picked up the phone at her office said Maro was out but would be checking messages. A reporter for the NBC affiliate tweeted that their network had also attempted to obtain the video but that officials said they would not be releasing it as part of their “active investigation.” Fox News Digital also reached out to the Acton campaign for additional comment, as well as details around the reported request that people stop filming Acton just before the encounter. “While attending the Canfield Fair, an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people. Dr. Acton and Eric are grateful for the swift and decisive action of law enforcement and are praying for the recovery of those injured,” Acton campaign communications director Addie Bullock said in a separate statement. “This kind of violence has no place in Ohio. Dr. Acton will always stand up to the chaos, hate and vitriol that pits us against one another.” An Ohio judge ordered Havas to not speak to the press, according to Youngstown’s NBC affiliate, and Havas has been placed under a $5,000 bond and forced to surrender any weaponry in his possession. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Havas is a local to that region of Ohio. He was arrested in 2008 on petty theft and disorderly conduct charges, according to Newsweek. The theft charge was later dismissed after he pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct. He was accused of stealing several movies from a supermarket, including the James Bond film “Casino Royale.” Acton faces Republican entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in November, as Gov. Mike DeWine is term-limited. DeWine’s lieutenant, former Ohio State Football coach Jim Tressel, declined to run for the office. Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price contributed to this report.