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With six weeks to go until Election Day, and early voting already underway in a handful of states, the conventional wisdom is that Republicans may be in for some setbacks in the midterms.

As it defends its fragile House and Senate majorities, the GOP is fighting political history, which has traditionally seen the president's party lose congressional seats during the midterms. It's also battling high costs at the grocery stores and gas pumps tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran, as well as President Donald Trump's underwater approval ratings.

But Democrats are saddled with their own issues, from an ideological civil war between the party's left wing and the establishment that has handed Republicans plenty of political ammunition, to a brand image that's nothing to brag about. Add to that the Democrats' major disadvantage as the GOP floods the airwaves with attack ads.

Here are six forces that will likely determine whether Republicans can turn back a possible blue wave and hold power in Congress.

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Six weeks until Election Day, and just as the voting begins, fuel prices keep rising, with the national average for gas nearly $4.50 per gallon and diesel topping $6.50 per gallon, according to AAA.

Public opinion polls point to the economy, including the cost of living, as the top issue for voters in this year's midterms. That means that the issue that boosted Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories in 2024 is a major liability in 2026. And the rising prices in recent weeks, fueled by renewed fighting in the war with Iran and Ukraine and attacks on Russia's diesel industry, are doing the GOP no favors.

"Gas prices were much higher under Biden than under "TRUMP." So were almost all other prices," the president argued Monday in a social media post, as he referred to former President Joe Biden.

While Trump and Republican leaders point fingers at Biden, polls indicate voters increasingly place the blame for ongoing economic and inflation pressures on the current administration.

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Democrats last week heavily criticized Trump and Republicans after the president argued that fuel costs were "a very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done," as he pointed to the attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Meanwhile, the latest Fox News poll indicated that by a wide margin, the Democrats are considered the party that would better handle inflation.

But when asked about the overall economy, recent national surveys from Reuters/Ipsos and NBC News had the GOP and Democrats all knotted up on which party would better handle the issue.

"My listeners are looking for prices to come down across the board," New Hampshire-based center-right talk radio host Jack Heath told Fox News Digital.

"People elected President Trump to lower prices and improve their situation and people are looking for that improvement," Heath, host of "Good Morning NH," emphasized. "They're looking for Trump to deliver on his promises."

"I'm asking you to just pretend I'm on the ballot just one more time," the president said last week during a campaign stop in battleground North Carolina.

It's a line Trump repeatedly used earlier this month, at the GOP's first-ever midterm convention.

Facing what polls indicate is an enthusiasm gap with Democrats, the president and Republican leaders are hoping to energize the MAGA base, which doesn't always vote when Trump isn't on the ballot. While the president's approval rating in the Fox News poll stands at 39% among all voters, it remains at a sky-high 98% among self-described MAGA Republicans.

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But some longtime Trump allies are starting to break with the president as they face challenging re-elections.

GOP Rep. Maria Salazar won re-election two years ago by 20 points in South Florida's 27th Congressional District. But with Trump's negative poll numbers a potential anchor around her, Salazar last week released a TV ad criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as having "gone too far," and that "Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today."

Meanwhile, on Monday two Trump allies who are in heated Senate battles - Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa and former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, broke with the president as they a swift end to the war with Iran.

Watch whether vulnerable Republicans create more distance from the president, or move toward Trump to juice Republican turnout.

Republicans are aiming to turn what's normally a referendum on the party in power into a choice election, as they spotlight major Democratic primary victories this year by far-left and socialist candidates over more mainstream Democrats.

"In state after state, the Democrat establishment has been overthrown and replaced by crazed lunatics and radicals. They call themselves Democrat socialists, but actually, they’re communists," Trump charged at the midterm convention.

The messaging is pronounced in Michigan's crucial Senate race, where GOP nominee former Rep. Mike Rogers, as he referred to Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed, told Fox Business this week, "We don’t want this socialism nonsense in our state, and this guy is too extreme."

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Polling gives a boost to the GOP's "commonsense vs. crazy" messaging.

Fifty-five percent of registered voters surveyed in the latest Fox News national poll held an unfavorable view of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), while only three in 10 saw the DSA in a positive light.

The Fox News poll was the latest national survey to show that while the DSA has gained traction among Democrats, the group and the broader socialist movement in America face significant national skepticism.

While the GOP full court press continues, in hopes of swaying undecided voters, Democrats are divided on its effectiveness.

Ty Strong, founder and president of the Moderate PAC, warned that the GOP playbook "absolutely could be effective."

But Shannon Jackson, a key consultant and advisor to progressive leader Rep. Ro Khanna of California, argued that Republicans are "reaching for things. I think the DSA issue is something they’re trying to make something, but it is not."

Meanwhile, this year's primary surge by socialist and left-wing candidates isn't helping Democrats boost their brand.

The party's favorable ratings hit historic lows in the months following the 2024 election, and the latest Fox News poll indicates Democrats are still well underwater, with 55% of voters viewing the party in an unfavorable light.

Republicans enjoy a formidable cash advantage over the Democrats, and they're using it in the final stretch leading up to Election Day.

While Democratic candidates in many key races have outraised their GOP opponents, the Republican National Committee remains far ahead of the rival Democratic National Committee when it comes to cash-on-hand.

And GOP-aligned outside groups, including the Trump-allied MAGA Inc., are opening the floodgates when it comes to ad spending, in order to try and level the playing field by overcoming the difficult political environment.

Republican groups have outspent their Democratic counterparts by more than $83 million to run spots in ten crucial Senate races since the start of September, according to figures from AdImpact, a nationally known firm that tracks ad spending.

While a financial advantage is not always decisive, strategists say it can often move the needle in a close contest. And in the 10 Senate races spotlighted by AdImpact, a onetime Democratic ad spending advantage over the summer turned into a major GOP deluge.

While much of the ad dollars dished out by Republicans are to protect vulnerable seats, the money may help as the GOP works to flip open-Democrat-held Senate seats in Michigan and New Hampshire.

Thirteen months ago, Texas passed a new congressional redistricting map, giving Trump his first major victory in his push to give Republicans a big boost heading into the midterm elections by drawing more right-leaning districts.

Fast-forward to present day, and as they fight to hold their razor-thin House majority, Republicans were the big winners, with partisan redistricting netting them potentially 10 additional right-leaning congressional seats in time for the midterms.

But redrawing the maps and winning the seats are two different things, and some election analysts caution that the fierce headwinds facing the GOP could lead to Republicans falling far short of their original expectations heading into the redistricting wars.

There are 435 seats in the House of Representatives, but the Cook Report suggests the battle for the chamber's majority could come down to just 21 districts it rates as toss-up.

The Fox News Power Rankings list 17 seats as true toss-ups.

Decades of gerrymander, including this cycle's mid-decade redistricting, has made a major impact by narrowing the House battlefield, which may limit the number of pickups by the Democrats even if a blue wave forms.

While the number of competitive House seats stays historically small, the Senate map is widening, which is a positive sign for Democrats.

Democrats are feeling the heat in open-seat contests in Michigan and New Hampshire, two must holds for them as they try to win back a Senate currently controlled 53-47 by the GOP.

But Senate showdowns in red states, including Alaska, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, are now considered very competitive.

Need proof: Vice President JD Vance campaigned in Iowa and Kansas last week.

But recent polling is also giving Republicans hope they can flip the Democrat-controlled open Senate seat in blue-leaning Minnesota.

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A Seattle couple is suing after hospital staff in Oregon told them to drive the body of their nearly 9-month-old son four hours home in their private car following his sudden death in an emergency room.

Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev filed a $10 million lawsuit against Salem Health and Dr. Stefani Sorensen. The parents had allegedly sought respectful and dignified care and transportation of the remains of their son, Michael, but the lawsuit alleges staff insisted they bring the body back home with them.

Michael was born with Down syndrome and spent the first six months of his life at Seattle Children's Hospital.

"His parents had made sure that he had received really excellent care. So, I think it was a really, really sad and just very tragic way for his life to end and for it to be so undignified right there at the end," Anna Bruckenhoefer, the family's attorney, said in a statement, according to Fox 13.

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On September 22, 2024, the family was visiting Salem, Oregon, for a religious retreat when Michael developed rapid, shallow breathing late at night and was rushed to the emergency room at Salem Health Hospital, where he died, according to the complaint.

When the parents asked how to arrange respectful transport to send Michael’s body back home to Seattle, hospital staff allegedly pushed back on the suggestion to contact a local funeral home because it would be "too expensive" and instead pressured the family to bring their son’s body corpse with them in their own personal car, which they ended up doing due to feeling like they had no other option.

"They have repeatedly asked the hospital for assistance in helping them with what are the next steps," Bruckenhoefer said. "This was all occurring overnight. They felt rushed that they had to make quick decisions and the hospital left them with no choice other than to take Michael's body with them and head back to Seattle."

Aleksandr drove about four hours from Salem to Seattle with his son’s body laid across the backseat, while his wife and other children followed in a separate car.

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He suffered severe emotional distress as he feared police stops, car crashes and the visible deterioration of his child's body, according to the lawsuit. When he arrived at a Seattle funeral home, the father had to clean bodily fluids that leaked onto the seat during the trip.

"It is legal in the state of Oregon and in the state of Washington to transport a deceased with the proper permits. But that is not what our clients wanted to do here. They were looking for help. They were looking for guidance. They were looking for the hospital to tell them, "These are the next steps,'" Bruckenhoefer said. "This is a hospital. It's an emergency department. Unfortunately, death is something that they are accustomed to and that they deal with. They should have had procedures and protocols in place to assist the Yeremeyev’s while they were dealing with literally the worst moment of their lives. Instead, what they did is they just compounded their grief by essentially telling them that they were on their own in this."

"No parents, no loved ones should ever be placed in the position that the Yeremeyev’s were placed in," Bruckenhoefer added. "Just completely surprised that something like this would happen in 2026."

The lawsuit names Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, Salem Health, Salem Emergency Physicians Service and Sorensen as defendants, alleging direct negligence, vicarious liability, and a breach of the heightened duty of care owed to bereaved parents for the respectful treatment and custody of a child's body.

The family is seeking $10 million in non-economic damages for severe emotional distress and psychological trauma, although they plan to amend the complaint to include punitive damages.

Salem Health Hospital said out of respect for privacy and because the matter is in litigation, it is unable to discuss the details of the child's care.

"Salem Hospital responded in accordance with the family’s wishes and followed both hospital policy and Oregon state law in consultation with the appropriate local authorities, including the medical examiner," Salem Health told Fox 13 in a statement.

"Care with respect is a guiding principle of clinical practice at Salem Hospital and remains central to how we support patients and families during some of life's most difficult moments. We recognize the profound grief families experience following the loss of a loved one and treat every patient and family with empathy, dignity, and respect," the statement continued.

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President Donald Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico suffered a setback Thursday after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore White House access to the outlets.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday blocking the ban on the outlets, ruling that their access to the White House must be reinstated while the outlets continue their legal battle, Reuters reported.

The order will be in effect for 14 days. 

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Trump announced the ban last week, writing on social media that the three outlets "shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES."

Reporters from all three organizations were subsequently denied entry to the White House, with their press credentials deactivated or confiscated.

Lawyers for the Justice Department argued that White House press access is a privilege, not a right, and defended the president's authority to determine who receives access.

Following Trump's ban, White House television pool members FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News announced Monday that they had agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of the president.

This is a developing story; check back for updates.

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This week, two very different events will put the U.S.-China relationship in the spotlight.

President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C. as the two countries continue negotiations over trade and other economic issues. At the same time, the world’s best golfers are gathering outside Chicago, IL for the Presidents Cup, where American and international players will compete at Medinah Country Club.

There is a connection between those events that deserves more attention: American manufacturing.

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The golfers at Medinah — and potentially President Trump himself, who has accepted the role of honorary chairman and plans to attend — will be utilizing golf carts built by Club Car at their manufacturing headquarters in Augusta, Georgia.

It is a fitting reminder of the longstanding relationship between the great game of golf and the American manufacturers that support it. But it is becoming increasingly difficult for American companies to build and compete when foreign governments distort the market. And what is happening in the golf-cart industry is part of a much larger story playing out across the country.

American manufacturers employ millions of people, support communities and contend every day in a global marketplace. They should be able to outcompete based on the quality, innovation and value of what they produce — not against foreign governments willing to subsidize competitors and distort prices.

That is precisely what is happening in the low-speed personal transportation vehicle industry (LSPTV), or what most Americans simply know as golf carts.

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In 2023, more than $522 million worth of these vehicles were imported into the United States from China—more than double the amount imported in 2021. American manufacturers raised concerns that Chinese producers were benefiting from government subsidies and selling products in the United States at unfairly low prices.

The Department of Commerce investigated and found evidence supporting those concerns, determining that Chinese producers had benefited from countervailable subsidies and that Chinese LSPTVs were being sold in the United States at less than fair value.

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Those findings are not merely numbers in a federal register. They have consequences on American factory floors.

The domestic industry has experienced reduced shifts, reductions in workforce, declining production and declining profitability. That means fewer opportunities for American workers and less investment in the communities that depend on manufacturing.

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I have seen the importance of this industry firsthand through my work representing Georgia’s 12th Congressional District, home to Club Car and E-Z-GO. But this issue extends far beyond Georgia. The same basic question applies to manufacturers across America: Can we compete based on the quality of what we build, or will government-backed foreign competitors be allowed to tilt the scales in their favor?

On a level playing field, American companies like Club Car and E-Z-GO can out-innovate and out-compete anyone in the world.

That is why Congress and the administration must enforce our trade laws.

The United States has already taken action. Commerce established antidumping and countervailing-duty remedies against unfairly traded Chinese LSPTV imports, addressing a problem that American manufacturers had been documenting for years.

But trade enforcement only works if it is actually enforced.

Chinese producers have found ways around American trade remedies, including by changing supply chains, relabeling products or routing goods through third countries. I have joined colleagues in pressing the Commerce Department to investigate potential circumvention and ensure that trade remedies protect the American workers they were designed to protect.

This is not about preventing legitimate competition. It is about ensuring competition is legitimate in the first place.

That distinction matters as President Trump prepares to sit down with President Xi.

The United States can engage China diplomatically while being clear about what we expect economically. American businesses should have access to foreign markets, and foreign businesses should have access to ours — but the rules must be applied fairly. A product should not gain an artificial advantage because a foreign government is willing to subsidize its production and then flood another country’s market.

We have learned this lesson in steel, solar panels, automobiles and other industries. Once domestic manufacturing capacity disappears, rebuilding it is extraordinarily difficult.

The Presidents Cup offers a useful reminder of what American manufacturing can accomplish. As the tournament brings together the best golfers from the United States and around the world, American golf-car technology developed in places like Augusta will help support one of golf’s biggest international stages.

That is what fair competition should look like: American workers building products that can compete anywhere in the world.

As President Xi visits Washington, that principle should be part of the conversation.

And as the Presidents Cup showcases the best golfers in the world, it is worth remembering the American workers and manufacturers supporting the tournament behind the scenes.

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As farmers across the country face rising costs, some are turning to tourism to bring in money beyond their traditional agricultural operations.

At Lynette Ralph's horse ranch in Missouri, vacationers can spend the night in a small cabin, wake up to views of the horses and get a firsthand look at ranch life.

Guests can explore the property, pet and feed the horses or pay extra for horsemanship and riding lessons.

"You have access to the farm life, the horses, the barns," Ralph said.

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For Ralph, welcoming guests is about more than offering a unique getaway. The income from offering short-term vacation rentals on site has allowed her to keep her ranch operating.

"If I didn't have the short-term rentals associated with the riding program, I would have to probably liquidate, sell the horses, sell the property," she said.

Airbnb and American Farmland Trust are launching a new grant program to help farmers earn extra income through tourism, the organizations told Fox News exclusively.

According to USDA data cited in Airbnb's report, households associated with intermediate farms, a category of smaller operations where farming is the principal operator's primary occupation, reported a median loss of approximately $2,800 from farming in 2024.

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David Haight, vice president of programs at American Farmland Trust, a national nonprofit dedicated to protecting farmland and supporting farmers, said finding additional sources of income could help some farm families navigate financial challenges.

"Many families are looking for ways to diversify income, and so bringing people out to the farm or ranch for some is a way to help bring in other dollars," Haight said.

Demand for farm stays is growing, according to Airbnb, which reported that online searches increased 61% during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year.

The company says the typical farm stay host earned approximately $8,000 in 2025, while U.S. farm stay hosts collectively earned nearly $120 million. Those figures represent hosting earnings, not necessarily profits after expenses.

In Georgia, farm stay host Gilda Lyon said income from her existing rentals has allowed her to build additional cabins and invest in her farm.

The money helped her build a greenhouse, start selling herbs and maintain blueberry plants.

"The extra income actually has allowed me to invest, in many improvements and to expand the opportunities available for guests," Lyon said.

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Airbnb and American Farmland Trust's new "Farm to Stay" Grant Program will award approximately 25 to 30 grants of up to $10,000 each, with applications opening in November.

Haight said the grants may not cover every expense associated with welcoming visitors, but could help farmers in other ways, such as assisting in renovating barns for events, installing fencing or preparing accommodations for overnight guests.

The benefits could also extend beyond individual farms. Haight said visitors may spend money at nearby restaurants, shops and other businesses, bringing additional tourism dollars into rural communities.

Ralph said welcoming guests has allowed her to continue sharing her passion for horses while maintaining the property she loves.

"The short-term rental has totally facilitated my being able to stay here and do the things that I love," she said.

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Presley Gerber’s death at age 27 has renewed questions about overdose risk, withdrawal complications and the challenges of addiction recovery.

The son of model Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber died Sunday at a California rehabilitation facility, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office records.

Presley's death was confirmed by his mother’s representative to Fox News Digital, who shared a statement from the family: "The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time."

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While an official cause of death has not yet been confirmed, audio recordings obtained by People suggest that police received a 911 call Sunday morning reporting a cardiac arrest at a facility in the 1000 block of Berkeley Street. A separate dispatch identified the response as a potential overdose.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later confirmed that an autopsy had been completed, but the cause of death remained undetermined pending further testing.

Gerber had spoken publicly over the years about his struggles with substance use and mental health.

Nicholas Kardaris, Ph.D., CEO and chief clinical officer of the New York Center for Living in Manhattan and a clinical professor at Stony Brook Medicine’s School of Social Welfare, spoke with Fox News Digital about what families should know about relapse, overdose risk and seeking help for a loved one.

As Gerber’s official cause of death has not yet been released, Kardaris — who has not treated Presley Gerber and is not connected to the case — cautioned against drawing conclusions from the fact that he died at a rehabilitation facility.

Possible explanations could include an acute medical or cardiac event, an undiagnosed condition or a medication-related complication, he said.

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People in residential treatment facilities may have complex medical histories, and some conditions may not be immediately apparent when someone enters a program.

"Younger people can sometimes die suddenly, and we don’t know whether they had an underlying medical issue," Kardaris said.

"It’s not impossible to have a medication-related event, particularly if someone has an underlying heart disorder," he continued. "Certain medications can trigger a cardiac episode."

Entering treatment does not necessarily mean that a person’s issues have been resolved or that no danger exists, Kardaris emphasized.

"People are in rehab because they’re struggling with addiction. It doesn’t mean they’re cured of their addiction," he said.

While treatment facilities work to create a controlled environment, they cannot eliminate every risk associated with addiction, withdrawal, relapse or medical complications, according to Kardaris.

"Facilities take great pains to make sure substances don’t come in, but it’s not a perfect system."

He stressed that this is a general observation about treatment settings and not an indication of what occurred in Gerber’s case.

Another potential risk during rehab is withdrawal itself, which can range from uncomfortable to life-threatening depending on the substance involved and the person’s level of physical dependence, according to Kardaris.

"People can die from withdrawal, but the substances that are most dangerous to withdraw [from] without proper medical supervision are benzodiazepines, such as Valium or Xanax, and alcohol," he told Fox News Digital.

While opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, it is generally not fatal by itself, the expert said.

Benzodiazepine withdrawal can trigger seizures, delirium and other life-threatening complications. The FDA warns that abruptly stopping or reducing drugs such as Xanax or Valium too quickly can cause serious withdrawal reactions, including seizures.

"Someone might disclose heroin use but not mention that they’re also withdrawing from a benzodiazepine, such as Valium," Kardaris noted. "If they don’t receive medication to treat that withdrawal, they can have a seizure that can lead to fatal complications."

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One of the most dangerous periods for someone with opioid use disorder may come after detox because a person’s tolerance may have decreased — increasing the risk of overdose if they return to a previously used amount, he added.

"If someone relapses after rehab, they may use the same amount they were using before treatment — but their tolerance has gone down, and that amount can now be fatal."

Gerber had previously posted on social media about undergoing an ibogaine treatment in Mexico. Kardaris cautioned that ibogaine is not FDA-approved for any medical use in the U.S. 

Although it has been studied experimentally as a possible treatment for opioid use disorder, its safety and effectiveness remain uncertain. Kardaris grouped ibogaine with other psychedelic or psychoactive substances that have drawn public interest.

"Ketamine, ayahuasca and ibogaine are psychoactive or psychedelic treatments that have become increasingly popular," he said. "There is some research indicating potential benefits, but they remain largely unregulated."

Ketamine is FDA-approved as an anesthetic but is not approved to treat psychiatric disorders, although some clinicians use it off-label in mental health settings.

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Ibogaine and ayahuasca are not FDA-approved treatments in the U.S., and the evidence and regulatory oversight vary considerably among these substances.

Overall, Kardaris described the field as unsettled. "It’s a bit of the Wild West right now."

He emphasized, however, that Gerber’s prior ibogaine treatment does not establish which substances he may have used and should not be interpreted as evidence of what caused his death.

Families should investigate a treatment center and make sure it is licensed before enrolling a loved one, Kardaris advised.

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That includes confirming that qualified medical professionals are involved in patient care and that the facility has appropriate protocols for withdrawal, medication management and emergencies.

"Families should make sure licensed professionals are working there and that the program has a strong reputation," he said.

"There are bad actors in every profession — so families should look for a well-regarded treatment program with qualified people who know what they’re doing."

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A shofar is made from the horn of a ram and is hollowed out and crafted to be blown like a trumpet. It symbolizes God’s majesty and also serves as a call to repentance. 

During the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, it is blown as a spiritual wake-up call for us to return to being who God wants us to be. On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which ended on Monday night, the shofar is blown at the end of the service to break the day-long fast, with the hope that our prayers have been accepted by God and that we are sealed in the Book of Life for another healthy, prosperous year.

The shofar also stands for healing, wholeness, and spiritual redemption.

In my new book, "THE ANGELS AMONG US," the shofar is used by one of God’s special messengers to bring a miracle recovery to the widely celebrated journalist Nikki Goldstein, in Sydney, Australia. Nikki (57 years old at the time) has had chronic lung disease and an autoimmune disease for many years and has been in and out of the hospital frequently. But in early September 2022, it looks like the end is near.

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The CT scan of her chest shows extensive consolidation and scarring, plus a severe acute lung infection. She is put on a ventilator. She is not expected to survive. She says she is giving herself over to God. Her doctor puts her on the emergency lung transplant list. She is put into a coma.

Her husband Rowan (who is not Jewish) and her daughter are with her. All at once, Nikki’s daughter looks up and says, "Is that a rabbi?" Nikki’s husband, Rowan, approaches him and says, "My wife would love it if you could say some prayers. This is going to be her last day on earth."

The rabbi stands at her bedside and recites prayers for her health.

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His name, Rowan finds out later, is Rabbi Eli Schlanger, the longtime assistant rabbi at the Chabad synagogue in Bondi Beach. He is portly, with thick spectacles, a bushy beard, and thinning hair.

Rabbi Eli is about to leave when he stops and reaches into his jacket and pulls out something shiny. It is his shofar, and he asks if it’s okay to blow it over Nikki. Rowan says, "I cannot think of a single thing she would want more."

The rabbi blows the shofar loudly.

Twenty-four hours after this, Goldstein’s lungs start to respond. The "whiteout" is improving on her chest X-ray. They wake her up and bring her out of the coma. The whiteout is retreating very rapidly. A medical miracle has occurred. Goldstein goes on to write a book with Rabbi Schlanger, "Conversations With My Rabbi."

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It is December 14, 2025, a warm summer's day in Sydney. Near the center of Archer Park, Bondi Beach, in the middle of a celebration (with over 1,000 people attending) for the first night of Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights), right before the menorah lighting, two gunmen open fire in an antisemitic terrorist attack. Rabbi Schlanger sees one of the gunmen pause to reload.

Schlanger—the father of five, including a two-month-old baby—raises his hands above his head and walks toward the terrorists.

"Please stop!" he yells. "No more! There has to be another way."

One of the gunmen raises his rifle and fires. Schlanger falls to the ground dead. His wife, Chyale, is grazed by a bullet in her back. Their two-month-old baby takes shrapnel to his leg. They survive.

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This year my daughter, a medical student, meets a rabbi who is admitted to the hospital after a very small stroke. He was blowing the shofar when his lips became numb, and he had to stop blowing. 

"It is a very good thing this happened," he says to her. "Blowing the shofar caused the stroke, but it also caused the doctors to discover that I have diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Blowing the shofar led to the miracle of this life-saving discovery."

The shofar was first blown in the Old Testament at Mount Sinai when God gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites (Exodus 19:16). It continues to inspire us and bring us healing miracles.

Editor's note: Dr. Marc Siegel’s new book, "THE ANGELS AMONG US" will be published on Nov. 18, 2026. It is available for preorder through Fox Books, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

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EXCLUSIVE: While the House successfully moved to rein in lawmakers' stock trading, a California Republican is targeting what she says is another avenue for congressional self-enrichment, citing members whose wealth has multiplied over the years.

Rep. Young Kim's Stop Congressional Self-Enrichment Resolution comes after a successful GOP-led effort in July that imposed restrictions on stock purchases and requires several days' notice before stock sales. It also comes as Americans across the political spectrum remain frustrated by many lawmakers' rapidly growing wealth while in public office.

"It could be earmarking a nonprofit organization where a member’s spouse sits on the board of directors or board of trustees, so it will indirectly benefit the family. Or it could earmark for a park at, let's say apartment building that a member or member's spouse or member’s children owns," Kim told Fox News Digital.

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"And with the federal funds that the member brings and build the park nearby or community center nearby, it could increase the property value and therefore indirectly benefiting the member and their family members. Maybe asking to build a road up to rural land the member owns."

Her new push would cover all material financial interests — direct or indirect — that benefit people beyond the lawmaker themselves.

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Current House rules require members requesting an earmark to certify that neither they nor their spouses have a financial interest in the recipient. Kim's bill would extend that requirement to immediate family members and indirect financial interests, such as nearby property values.

"The days of members thinking that ‘I can use the community project funding request or bringing the earmarks for my district and get filthy rich off of it’ -- those days are numbered."

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"This is a good time because we see Americans are sick and tired of watching politicians getting filthy rich while average Americans are worrying about making ends meet and stretch every dollar that they earn."

Citing the "Bridge to Nowhere" project in Alaska's Inside Passage in the early 2000s as a symbol of concerns over earmarks, Kim said the ensuing decade-long moratorium curbed abuse.

Kim said safeguards put in place after the moratorium have helped, but argued members are still able to provide themselves with indirect benefits. She reiterated that she is not targeting any individuals.

While there are now apps out there like the "Pelosi Stock Tracker" and others that let retail investors see which stocks are being bought or sold by which members, Kim said her effort does not target any one colleague.

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"And, this is not in any way discouraging members to fight for their districts and bring in the appropriate taxpayer dollars for projects near their districts," she said.

"That is so important," she said, pointing to funding she brought to Orange County to prevent and recover from recent wildfires, among other interests for her constituents.

"That's what we are sent to do, fight for our district, but not at the expense of, you know enriching I mean, not at the expense of hurting our very constituents that we are trying to support while we are lining our pockets, because there are too many career politicians in Washington looking out for no one but themselves."

Innumerable lawmakers have come under fire over the decades for their earmarking prowess.

In one notable case, then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., faced criticism in 2006 over a $207 million earmark to build a parkway near property he owned.

Amid the kerfuffle, an attorney for the leader pushed back on what he called a "libelous" allegation from a good-government group about it at the time. The attorney said criticizing Hastert for the project was akin to "complaining about a purchase in Alexandria based on renovations at the Capitol."

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In 2023, the Boston Globe reported that earmarks secured by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., benefited a health center in Boston where his wife was employed.

$2 million went to the South Boston Community Health Center, and another $1 million went to a foundation where Lynch’s wife was an unpaid director. Fox News Digital reached out to Lynch for comment.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., previously secured earmarks totaling $3.5 million for George Mason University, where his wife had served as interim president and later as a professor.

The earmarks "are in no way influenced by Secretary Holton," a Kaine spokesperson told The Messenger news outlet at the time – referencing former Virginia Education Secretary Anne Holton.

"Secretary Holton has no involvement in the CDS process, and no involvement in the George Mason CDS requests," the spokesperson added, using an acronym for ‘Congressionally Directed Spending’, the Senate's term for earmarks. "Senator Kaine and Secretary Holton have not discussed the requests."

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With the Senate next to take up stock trading prohibitions, Kim’s bill stands as a gap closer, she said, on a practice that has rare emphatic bipartisan support.

Fox News Digital’s Aaron Kliegman contributed to this report.

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Every two years, Washington performs the same ritual. The out-of-power party smells blood, the pundits write the eulogy early and by October the outcome seems like a foregone conclusion. But the history behind that confidence is more complicated than most imagine. What matters most in 2026 is not the electoral math – it’s what the party asking for power actually plans to do if they win.

Over the last 80 years, the president's party has lost seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 18 of 20 midterm elections. Political scientists call it the thermostat effect: Hand one party control of government and the electorate instinctively seeks a counterweight, regardless of performance.

Voter turnout compounds the challenge for the incumbent party. The winners tend to relax, while the losing side stays angry and shows up to the polls. Presidential elections offer a choice between two visions; midterms become a referendum on the party in charge.

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This time, Republicans are also defending unusually narrow ground. Democrats only need a net gain of five seats to flip the majority. With approval ratings hovering below 45% for much of the year, the GOP finds itself squarely in the situation that historically produced the worst results for the president’s party.

At the same time, our nation is grappling with a political moment with no clean precedent. Analysts keep applying old maps to new terrain. President Donald Trump is only the second president in American history to serve nonconsecutive terms. The other was President Grover Cleveland, who was elected in 1884, lost in 1888 and won again in 1892.

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The fresh start with the electorate did little for Cleveland. By the time he reached the halfway point of his "second first term," voters handed his Democratic Party a major shellacking. Cleveland's Democrats lost roughly 116 House seats in 1894, amid a brutal depression.

The outlook looks considerably more promising for Republicans. The electoral map underwent more changes in this election cycle than any in recent memory. Texas led the charge, redrawing its lines to the tune of five additional safe Republican seats. California countered with a map of its own, albeit favoring Democrats.

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The rest of the nation saw mixed results. Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina and Indiana moved right. Utah's court-ordered map favors Democrats. Virginia's attempted gerrymander was struck down entirely. The Supreme Court’s decision to leave both the Texas and California maps intact effectively canceled out the biggest moves on either side. The end result is a map that still tilts slightly Republican on net. Forecast models built on this terrain currently lean Democratic, but a lean is far from a lock.

When voters head to the polls, they will reckon with one defining question: What are Democrats actually offering? On the trail, it is affordability, groceries, rent and healthcare, because it's real and it polls. But the gap between that message and the governing record is already visible where Democrats hold power.

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Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran as the affordability governor after telling voters in writing she had no plans to redistrict the state, calling gerrymandering "detrimental to our democracy." She won, then backed the gerrymander anyway – the same one her own state Supreme Court struck down.

She followed it with a ban on a wide range of semiautomatic rifles and magazines that two judges have since blocked. One found it likely unconstitutional and delayed implementation until 2027 at the earliest. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is suing to kill the measure permanently. None of that was a grocery bill.

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Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed built his Senate campaign on lowering healthcare costs through Medicare for All. Asked on "Meet the Press" whether people earning under $1 million would pay higher taxes under his plan, he didn't deny it. In fact, he called the trade-off "worth making."

Democrats are simply not focused on the kitchen table issues that win elections. Nationally, reporting from CNBC, Fox News and CNN over the past month confirms what House Democrats are actually planning if they take control of the House.

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It is not a comprehensive housing package or relief for hardworking Americans. Instead, they are building toward a sprawling investigative operation targeting President Trump, his Cabinet and his family. Subpoenas and lawsuits are already in motion before a single vote is cast. None of those actions will lower costs for anyone.

History dictates this should be a good year for the party out of power. What history can't tell you is what a party does with power once it takes the reins. On that front, Democrats have already shown their hand. The American voter should take notice.

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A nationwide business-aid fraud crackdown — highlighted by a bizarre Missouri scheme involving alleged stolen corporate identity — is among the enforcement actions being highlighted during the federal push dubbed "Fraud Week."

The announcement is part of the Department of Justice's National Fraud Enforcement Division's nationwide summer surge. It netted more than 160 criminal defendants and approximately $245 million in intended losses to taxpayers, according to DOJ, as the agency announced busts from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.

"This is the problem of our day," said U.S. Attorney Matt Price of the Western District of Missouri, whose office was one of 44 involved in the greater "Heartland Fraud Surge" that encompassed June through Sept. 1. "And this is a response to what happened over the previous four years,"

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"After 9/11, there was a huge lean-in, [an] all-of-government approach to national security issues," Price said, comparing the Bush-era interagency pivot to terror threats with the coordinated response to the current push against fraud in taxpayer-funded programs.

Price headlined the extensive Small Business Administration (SBA) and COVID-19-related fraud probes under division chief Colin McDonald.

In the "Fur Lives Matter" case, a Missouri man allegedly claimed to operate 19 separate businesses, including some focused on pet care like "Fur Lives Matter," "Fur Lives Matter LLC," "Chows & Pals" and "God’s Chow Chow."

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There was one glaring problem: "Fur Lives Matter" was a real company in another state — and prosecutors say it had no connection to Gray.

Using "Fur Lives Matter" and the other purported companies, Jamie Gray allegedly sought to fraudulently obtain nearly $56 million in Paycheck Protection (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) funds from the Small Business Administration through 29 applications.

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Most cases involved entirely fictitious businesses, and only "Fur Lives Matter" was operational at the Feb. 15, 2020, eligibility cutoff.

"Gray effectively stole this company’s identity," the DOJ said in a statement, alleging the legitimate business had no knowledge of him and that his claims about ownership, employees, revenue and operations were fabricated. Gray nevertheless received about $820,000 in SBA funds, prosecutors said.

The case stood out even among a summer surge of alleged fraud schemes for its unusual details.

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"If you screwed the American taxpayer, the federal government is now going to say you're cut off, no more," Vice President JD Vance said this week on the matter of the larger administration crackdown. "You shouldn't be applying anymore, and if you do apply, you're no longer able to get those benefits."

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Price said the effort is expanding beyond Operation No Doze, the SBA-focused enforcement action conducted as part of the broader Heartland Fraud Surge.

His office and Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, along with other state officials, have also launched Operation Show-Me the Money, a new state-federal effort targeting fraud in state benefit programs.

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"No fraud is too small to prosecute, but leveraging all state resources in the state of Missouri from the top down [is believed to be] a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the state and the feds, working to identify and prosecute this type of fraud," he said Saturday.

Price also credited SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler with "leading from the front" as the agency is suspending suspected fraudulent borrowers and sending demand letters seeking repayment.

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He said the Heartland Surge depicts a new approach to countering fraud, characterizing the Biden administration’s attempts to recoup lost dollars as a "pay and chase" model.

Attorney General Todd Blanche has instructed prosecutors to charge fraud cases of all sizes, in that the smaller cases sends the message to bigger scofflaws that, no matter the amount of money involved, "if you ripped off the American taxpayer… we will find you, we will identify you, we will hunt you down, we'll prosecute you," said Price.

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As debate intensifies over the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), people are sounding the alarm about the technology's potential to disrupt the American workforce and displace workers.

"Maybe not yet, but it is certainly going to happen imminently," Max from South Africa said about the risk of AI taking jobs away from Americans.

"The amount of AI that's pushing and talkbots that you can use and systems that will allow you to sidestep other individuals or systems, it's on its way," Max said.

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"Everybody's probably going to get fired, just wait," Ivory from Virginia told Fox News Digital.

The reactions come after a shocking new report by the Budget Lab at Yale revealed that recent research shows no connection between the rapid adoption of AI and changes in employment rates.

"I think maybe folks are afraid… that there will not be any humans needed to run things, but I think that's not the case," Crystal from Pennsylvania said. "You're going to need the people to still implement the AI."

A recent paper by the Bureau of Economic Analysis similarly found that AI use has not been linked to any significant decline in employment, and is instead associated with stronger economic growth.

Others that Fox News Digital spoke with dismissed the report’s results, suggesting AI adoption will inevitably spike job layoffs.

"I don’t believe it," Henry from Virginia said when asked about the recent report.

He continued, "You take any business…. They're all training to make people available and able to work with AI. And the net of it is that the nose count goes down."

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Another person Fox News Digital spoke with disagreed, arguing AI is "not there yet" in its ability to replace human intelligence.

"We thought that it could replace software developers and coders right off the bat," he said. "Fortunately for us, but unfortunately for AI, we're not there yet. "

AI has been at the forefront of conversation in Washington, with President Donald Trump urging against tech experts’ call for a slowdown in the development of AI to allow humans to keep up with its rapidly accelerating pace. Prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, are pleading for the slowdown despite previously promoting its economic potential.

"We have an energy crisis," a person who spoke with Fox News Digital said. "We don't have enough energy to really take AI to the next level. At this point, I think moving forward next decade, we'll see a lot of changes. But as of right now, when you lay off the panic button, I think we're just fine."

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While America is producing record amounts of crude oil, the expansion of data centers is projected to ramp up electricity demand in the U.S. to record levels in the coming years, according to the Energy Information Administration. It is estimated that a large data center will require as much electricity as a small city, Fed researchers found.

The looming uncertainty over the impact of AI in the future is prompting workers to consider how to prepare for an AI-powered economy, despite the data not yet confirming the fears of impacting employment rates.

"You need to know how it works and get good at using it," Harvey from London said.

"I think it's just going to propel us forward and we have to keep up," Crystal said.

She continued, "If we don't, what’s next?"

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OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding walked out of his press conference to a standing ovation from the donors who had filed into the room after the Rebels had spoiled Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford.

You can call it karma. You can call it revenge for everything that transpired over the past ten months. But, for those roaming the Ole Miss campus following the cinematic win over LSU, it was more of a sign that this football program is going to be just fine without Lane Kiffin.

A lot was made of the former coach returning this weekend to the place that truly made him. There were signs placed all throughout the "Grove" that showed the disdain the people of Mississippi had for Lane Kiffin. You didn’t have to look very far.

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But, the whole thing felt more like it was made for television from the start.

Fences guarded the LSU entrance like something you'd see out of a movie involving a prison. As Kiffin stepped off the bus on Saturday evening, you could feel a quick breeze in the air.

The guy who had spent so much time trying to defend his reasonings for leaving Ole Miss before they started their CFP run had returned to coach an opposing team. But, not just any team. This was hated Rebels' rival, LSU.

All of hoopla surrounding this return to Oxford, and maybe we should have been focusing on the guy currently in charge of running the 'Sip.'

As Pete Golding stood at the podium after securing the second-biggest win of his short tenure as head coach (Sugar Bowl), super agent Jimmy Sexton stood off to the side. Sitting off to the right, holding one of the game balls was Ole Miss collective CEO Walker Jones, who could not help but to drop his head every now and then, almost as if it was a sigh of relief that this was over.

For the guy who he used to raise money for, Kiffin sat at his postgame table just outside the visitors locker room, mentioning how thankful he was that this week was finally over.

Yes, he did quip that it took him leaving for Ole Miss to have an environment like the one seen on Saturday night, which is just another way for him to cope with the loss tonight.

What we witnessed on a hot and humid night inside Vaught Hemingway Stadium was more about the folks who decided to stay, and not leave for the Bayou.

When the pressure was put squarely back on the Rebels, it was the guy who decided to stick around who came up big once again.

Trinidad Chambliss had thought about what life would look like outside of Oxford. Maybe he was supposed to follow Lane Kiffin to LSU, and finish his collegiate career with the same offensive coordinator that first ignited this run in Charlie Weiss Jr. along the Bayou.

But, when he sprinted around defenders towards the Ole Miss end zone to put the Rebels out in front for good late in the fourth quarter, everything this young man decided to do made sense for those involved. He is one of the most electrifying players in all of college football, and we should have paid more attention to him this week.

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Unfortunately for many, the illusion of Lane Kiffin can get the best of you. Along with the circumstances surrounding his return to Oxford.

For almost the entire game, besides an interception in the third quarter, Chambliss showed us why he embodies what Ole Miss truly stands for. There are no smoke and mirrors around him, or drama, that you might see with his former head coach.

This is a quarterback who decided to stick around, when he could’ve left for the "bigger school," according to some.

But tonight, in front of what was the wildest crowd Ole Miss has most likely ever seen, it was the former Ferris State transfer that showed he truly belonged in Oxford.

As the Tigers walked off the field, with Kiffin flanked by enough state troopers to guard the president, you could feel the emotion of an Ole Miss crowd that was happy to be over with this nonsense.

Kiffin was asked postgame whether he was glad this week came to an end.

"Yea, I'm sure i'll be criticized for saying that, but I am," Kiffin said. "I was thinking that all week, especially today. And, I would have said that in a win or loss. That was really emotional driving in on the busses for a lot of reasons. It was really just a lot of emotions of gratefulness for this place for six years. Went well beyond football.

"You know, first time coming into this type of game without my dad. It was just a lot, and really emotional. But, it was not emotions that I thought I would feel for all the name calling and everthing when we got off the bus. Just a lot of gratitude for this place."

Well, he’s definitely glad it’s over, even if LSU lost by a final score of 32-24.

But, don't forget that he cast himself as the main character in this story from the start, and never let go of the rope. For ten months, this has been the Kiffin biopic, directed by himself and those within his circle.

It certainly sold a bunch of tickets, but obviously ended in a way in which Kiffin certainly didn’t write.

Pete Golding was the one receiving an ovation after this game, while Lane Kiffin walked off the field to a chorus of cheers reigning down from Ole Miss fans.

No, they weren’t cheering the former head coach who now resides in Baton Rouge.

They were showing the current leader in Oxford the credit he rightfully deserves.

Watch out, college football. If you didn’t realize it last season when Kiffin left, this Ole Miss team is going to be just fine into the future.

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The lone juror whose holdout forced a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case has retained a lawyer who once represented President Donald Trump, the attorney said. One legal scholar following the case said the move signals the juror is ready to "stand up for himself."

Clancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the slayings of her children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan — who were discovered strangled at the family's home in January 2023. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors could not agree on a unanimous verdict, with the panel split 11-1.

Attorney Edward Paltzik told Fox News Digital Friday that he is representing the holdout juror, Michael P. Desronvil.

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Desronvil, the lone dissenter from the jury, has come forward and said he didn't sway away from his belief that prosecutors proved Clancy was criminally responsible in killing her three children in January 2023 in a statement first reported by NewsNation that was confirmed by Paltzik to Fox News Digital.

"I didn't have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present," Desronvil said. "Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing and planned."

Most notably, Paltzik represented Trump in his lawsuit against the New York Times, which he said falsely cast his business success as fraudulent ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2025, but has since been refiled.

Paltzik was also involved in Trump's lawsuit against CBS after "60 Minutes" was accused of selectively editing an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. In July 2025, Paramount Global agreed to pay $16 million, which the company said would go toward Trump's future presidential library.

Paltzik said at the time that the CBS interview generated confusion and "mental anguish" among viewers, misled voters and diminished attention to Trump and his online platform, Truth Social.

He also represented Trump during his lawsuit against ABC News, which settled for $15 million, with the funds going towards his future presidential library.

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In another high-profile case, Paltzik is representing three friends of Nolan Wells. Wells, 18, went missing July 4 after a boat trip with friends to Horn Island, a barrier island off Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Crews searched the area for two days before a National Parks Service ranger found his remains on the island's northwestern tip on July 6.

Paltzik began representing the friends of Wells in August after several social media influencers made false allegations about them.

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"We are proud to stand with and fight for three completely innocent young men: Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo, and Morgan Seymour. Starting today, those who wish to continue trafficking in lies about these Good Ocean Springs People will be held accountable to the maximum extent of the law. We, on the other hand, will be focused solely on the truth, which is that these innocent young men had nothing whatsoever to do with the tragic death of Nolan Wells," Paltzik said alongside Tyler Cox, a Mississippi-based attorney, in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Paltzik said Desronvil won't be doing any other media interviews at this time, calling him an "American hero" and "Champion of justice."

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"Again, we are focused entirely on his health, safety, and well-being. There will be a time for accountability and a time for the real story of the Lindsay Clancy Trial to be told. But not right now," Paltzik said on X. "This American Hero and Champion of Justice thanks all of you who have stood by him for your kindness, prayers, and support," he added.

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The statement was made as Plymouth County prosecutors weigh whether to retry Clancy, while her attorneys have also raised the prospect of resolving the case without a second jury trial.

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Mark Astor, a former prosecutor and behavioral health law expert, told Fox News Digital it's clear that Desronvil has retained counsel to "stand up for himself."

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"I think there's certainly some indication that his name and reputation is now being dragged through the mud," Astor said. "The other issue obviously is he's basically been attacked not just by potentially the other jurors, but by Mr. Reddington on the foot of the courthouse, since we had that mistrial declared by the judge. So I mean, I think he feels like he needs to, you know, at least stand up for himself."

Astor said the exposure from the Clancy jury threatens a system that depends on people being willing to serve.

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"I think it's a terrible thing that we're having to see this," Astor said. "The whole idea of the jury is sort of this sacred arena where jurors get to decide a verdict in a case. And now we're taking what is really a sacred arena and we're exposing it to the public."

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Clancy is due back in court on Sept. 29 for a status hearing, at which more information about the future of her case may be revealed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A Utah government immunity law could upend the Kirk family’s efforts to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against Utah Valley University over alleged security failures surrounding Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Attorneys for Kirk’s family filed a notice of intent to sue on Sept. 9, one day before the anniversary of his death. The filing alleges a series of security failures by the university, including declining additional police officers, failing to adequately address concerns from Kirk's security team and not having an adequate security plan in place for his visit.

But legal experts say the Kirks face an uphill legal battle because Utah law grants government entities — including their officers and employees — broad immunity from lawsuits arising from a lengthy list of circumstances, including the performance or failure to perform discretionary functions and claims involving assault, battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and civil rights violations.

"Unfortunately, Charlie Kirk's family is going to have a very difficult time prevailing in a wrongful death case in Utah," Tenielle Brown, a University of Utah law professor, told Fox News Digital. "And that's because Utah's government immunity statute is phrased in such a way that says even if the state and UVU were reckless, they retain immunity in cases that arise out of a battery, and that would include gunshot wounds."

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Kirk, 31, co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 and grew the conservative youth organization into a major force on high school and college campuses nationwide. He was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem on Sept. 10, 2025.

Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Fox News Digital that wrongful death claims against the government are already difficult for plaintiffs to win because government entities generally enjoy broad immunity from lawsuits stemming from assaults or batteries committed by third parties.

"I've handled lack of security cases, including lack of security cases against the government," Rahmani told Fox News Digital. "They are tough because you are trying to hold the police or city, county or state responsible for someone else's criminal actions."

But Rahmani suggested the Kirk family's strongest evidence could be a message from UVU Police Chief Jeffrey Long acknowledging concerns about rooftop access to the Sorenson Center, a building located "pretty close" to where Kirk was scheduled to speak. The Sorenson Center sits directly west of the Losee Center, where prosecutors say Tyler Robinson fired the shot that killed Kirk. In response to the security concerns, Long messaged Kirk's team, "I got you covered."

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"That means they're gonna argue that they assume the responsibility to make sure Charlie Kirk was safe, and they failed to do so," Rahmani said of the Kirk family. "In cases where you have the government taking on a duty, that tends to be better than simply arguing that the government has a duty to protect everyone because we know that murders happen all the time, and you can't sue the government just because someone is killed."

But Brown said Utah law can shield government officials from lawsuits even when they fail to perform their job functions.

"There have been a number of cases where the plaintiffs and the family of the victims have sued for either wrongful death or battery," Brown told Fox News Digital. "And in some cases, the government did behave recklessly, and they could show carelessness and recklessness and the plaintiffs were not able to prevail because it arose out of a battery. And that's unusual. Most states don't have that broad of a statute."

Brown pointed to the case of Mika Scott, a 19-year-old Utah Valley University student who sued Utah County and the Utah County Sheriff's Office after Shawn Leonard, a prisoner with a violent criminal record who had escaped from a work-release program, raped her in 2010.

"They were supposed to screen inmates to make sure that they weren't violent," Brown told Fox News Digital. "And then when they went out in the community on the job sites, they were supposed to make sure that they were policing the boundaries so that these inmates couldn't escape and in a really terrible situation."

"And she could have shown carelessness and maybe even recklessness, but because of the government immunity statute and because this claim arose out of a battery, she was not able to prevail against the state," Brown continued.

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The Utah Supreme Court addressed the statute's language in its 2005 decision in Wagner v. Utah, which held that civil battery does not require an intent to cause physical or psychological injury.

"The court said, it may not be prudent for the state to continue to retain immunity here," Brown told Fox News Digital. " And they're kind of signaling to the legislature that the legislature should probably change the statute to allow for suits in cases like Charlie Kirk's."

"But the state has not revised the statute and so it still says very clearly that you can't sue the state if the claim arises out of a battery," Brown continued.

Brown said state workers who are not elected cannot be held accountable at the ballot box for failing to do their jobs.

"The president of UVU, the campus police, those people are not elected, and so if you were to say sovereign immunity is all about letting people decide whether they're state actors or careless at the ballot box, then you vote them out of office," Brown said.

"That doesn't work," Brown continued. "That argument doesn't for the UVU president because nobody can vote them of office, nobody is having any political check on the campus police."

Astrid Tuminez, who served as the school's president at the time of Kirk's assassination, stepped down from her position in May 2026 after eight years. She and Long are named in the filing by Kirk's family.

"We are aware of the notice of claim," a Utah Valley University spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "UVU addresses legal matters consistent with our established processes. Our focus remains on supporting our campus community."

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Kirk leaves behind his wife Erika Kirk and their two small children.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Kirk family's lawyers for comment.

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I can still remember, as a young Air Force officer, sitting in the cockpit of my B-1 bomber knowing that we could deliver nuclear weapons virtually anywhere in the world.

I also remember watching President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1986 to negotiate nuclear arms reductions. The whole world was watching. The nuclear arms race was a global threat, and the world’s two most powerful nations had a responsibility to confront it.

Now imagine that, as Reagan sat across the table from Gorbachev, American companies were selling Moscow the technology it needed to make its nuclear arsenal even more powerful.

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The idea would have been absurd.

Yet today, as the United States enters another potentially historic technological arms race, we are entertaining a remarkably similar proposition: selling China the advanced computer chips it needs to build the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence.

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Advanced AI chips are not nuclear weapons. But in the emerging competition over artificial intelligence, they may be the closest equivalent we have to the strategic materials that powered the last great arms race. In short, they are the fuel.

Without enormous quantities of advanced chips and computing power, China cannot train frontier AI systems at the same scale or speed as the United States. That is precisely why Beijing wants them, and precisely why Washington should think very carefully before selling them.

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When President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House this month, there will be no shortage of issues to discuss. Trade. Security. Technology. The future of the world’s most consequential relationship.

But Trump should make one principle clear: America will not help China build the technology that could erase one of our greatest strategic advantages.

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The United States currently possesses enormous leverage. America remains at the center of the world’s most advanced AI ecosystem, and China still depends heavily on access to American-designed chips and the broader technological infrastructure surrounding them. We should not give that leverage away.

Earlier this year, the United States began allowing some advanced AI chips, including Nvidia’s H200, to be sold to China on a case-by-case basis. Those sales come with restrictions and security requirements. But the strategic question is more fundamental: Why should we accelerate China’s ability to compete with us in the first place?

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Supporters of chip sales argue that keeping China dependent on American technology preserves our influence and supports American companies. They also argue it disincentivizes China from developing its own capabilities. But there is great evidence that it has exactly the opposite effect. China is using our chips to accelerate their own capabilities. And national security should never be reduced to an argument over market share.

An advanced AI chip sold to China does not simply power a search engine or make a factory more efficient. At sufficient scale, these chips provide the computing power required to train increasingly capable AI systems with applications in intelligence, cyber operations, military planning, autonomous weapons, scientific research and countless other fields.

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We would never have looked at Soviet demand for strategic nuclear technology and concluded that the important question was whether an American company could make the sale. We understood that some technologies were too consequential to treat as ordinary commerce, and AI chips increasingly belong in that category.

This does not mean America should retreat from AI development. Quite the opposite. We should build faster, innovate more aggressively and maintain as large a technological advantage over China as possible. But there is a difference between racing ahead and helping your adversary catch up.

Trump should use the Xi meeting to turn America’s chip advantage into negotiating leverage. If China wants greater access to advanced American computing power, then Beijing should have to accept meaningful, verifiable limits on the most dangerous forms of AI development. We should demand transparency around massive compute clusters and clear restrictions on capabilities that could threaten U.S. national security or escape meaningful human control.

And any agreement must be enforceable. China has given us little reason to rely on promises. The standard should be simple: Trust nothing. Verify everything.

This is where Reagan’s example matters. He did not negotiate with the Soviet Union because America was weak. He rebuilt American strength first, then used that strength to secure limits on a dangerous arms race.

He understood something we should remember today: You do not surrender your leverage before negotiations begin. Trump should apply that lesson to the defining technological competition of our time. America should lead in AI. America should win. And America should negotiate from strength to keep this race from carrying both nations somewhere neither can control.

But we cannot negotiate from strength while handing China the fuel it needs to catch us.

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Selling advanced AI chips to Beijing while worrying about China overtaking us makes about as much strategic sense as selling nuclear technology to the Soviets during the Cold War.

Reagan would have understood that immediately. Our current leadership should too.

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