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Early voting is now underway Saturday in New York and New Jersey with the public casting their ballots in the hotly contested races for New York City mayor and New Jersey governor.

The New York State Board of Elections said early voters are given nine days to vote in person prior to Election Day, starting on Oct. 25 and ending Nov. 2. The race to become the next mayor of the Big Apple is drawing national attention.

On Friday, Democrat mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani scored an endorsement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Earlier this week, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent mayoral candidate, was formally endorsed by current New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

"Tomorrow, I vote on the first day of early voting," Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa said Friday on ‘The Will Cain Show.’ "That should put a nail into the coffin for anybody who thinks I’m dropping out."

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Sliwa has been facing pressure to drop out of the race to boost the chances of Cuomo defeating Mamdani.

Meanwhile, the New Jersey Division of Elections said every county in the state "will designate in-person early voting locations that will be open Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Sunday, November 2, 2025 (the in-person early voting period)."

"In 2021, historic legislation established in-person early voting in New Jersey. This law makes our state even more voter-friendly and strengthens our democracy by expanding opportunities to exercise your right to vote," it added.

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In the Garden State, Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are competing for the governorship. Current Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy is set to leave office in January.

"Our polling's looking good. I think we're feeling really good right now," Sherrill touted as she spoke with Fox News Digital after headlining a major party gathering this week in this northern New Jersey township.

"I think we're in a great position," Ciattarelli also said in a Fox News interview after a campaign stop at a diner in Linden, N.J.

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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The Miami Heat showed "full support" for guard Terry Rozier after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in an illegal betting scheme this week.

Rozier is alleged to have faked an injury during a game on March 23, 2023, when he was a member of the Charlotte Hornets, so his friends and co-conspirators could place wagers on his "under" prop bets.

Rozier did not play in Miami's season opener on Wednesday and was arrested the next morning, and later was placed on leave by the NBA.

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Friday's shootaround without Rozier prompted reality to set in for the Heat, who had a game that night against the Memphis Grizzlies.

"You support him through and through. That's our brother at the end of the day," Heat captain Bam Adebayo said at the shootaround, via ESPN. "It felt kind of weird without him being here, actually, because he's the first person I get to talk to in the morning. He brings that great energy to our team."

"We stand behind him. Full support."

"Terry is somebody who is very dear to all of us," added head coach Erik Spoelstra. "He's had a real positive impact on our locker room, and the staff and players alike, and that includes last year, when he wasn't in the rotation oftentimes. We send our thoughts and our care for him as he goes through this."

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"You're left with no other choice (but to move on)," Spoelstra added. "The league doesn't wait. It doesn't stop for you. ... You have to learn how to compartmentalize and focus on the most immediate thing, and that's preparing for an important game tonight."

Miami walloped the Grizzlies, 146-114.

Neither Hornets officials nor betting companies were made aware of Rozier's plan, according to the Department of Justice indictment, and Rozier was not listed on the team's injury report.

Deniro Laster then allegedly sold that information to other co-conspirators, and numerous people placed wagers totaling roughly $200,000 on Rozier's "under" prop bets to hit in both parlay and straight wagers. After Rozier played just nine minutes and never returned, the bets won. Rozier and Laster counted cash winnings at Rozier's home in Charlotte roughly a week later, the indictment says.

Rozier and Chauncey Billups, the latter of whom was arrested as part of an illegal poker ring, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The NBA announced that Billups and Rozier were placed on immediate leave from their teams, "and we will continue to cooperate with the relevant authorities."

"The integrity of our game remains our top priority," the NBA said.

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"The Blind Side" star Quinton Aaron revealed he lost more than 200 pounds after a near-death experience that he believes was a wake-up call from God.

Since 2021, the 41-year-old actor's weight has dropped from his all-time high of 575 to 366 pounds after a lifestyle transformation. During an interview with Fox News Digital, Aaron, who stars in the new BET+ movie "War Dawgz," recalled the moment that forced him to rethink his life. 

"I had this come to Jesus kind of moment a few years back," he remembered.

"I was at this waterfront in Mandeville, Louisiana," Aaron continued. "This is like during COVID, 2021ish. And I used to always go there and sit and just meditate, listen to the water and stuff."

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"There's one day I'm sitting there on the wall, and I'm just listening to the water vibe, and then I wake up underwater," he recalled. "So I literally passed out, fell off the wall, and it was like a 12-foot drop, but the water was only three feet deep. I didn't know that at the time. Well, thank God it was three feet deep because I can't swim." 

Aaron said he believed he was saved by a voice he heard telling him to stand up.

"I literally woke up underwater," he recalled. "I didn't have a chance to take a breath and brace myself. When I woke up, I was submerged, and I just felt this pain on the back of my neck and shoulder from going down. But while I'm underwater, I hear this voice say, ‘Stand up.’ And so I stand, like I start trying to get to my feet. The water is pushing me into the rocks, and I'm kinda like hitting my head up against something. I don't know what it was, but I can't see because the water's dirty brown."

WATCH: BLIND SIDE STAR QUINTON AARON SAYS GOD SAVED HIM FROM NEAR-DEATH FALL, SPARKING 200 POUND WEIGHT LOSS

The actor managed to pull himself upright but was in excruciating pain. He said he later learned that his fall may have been caused by diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication from extremely high blood sugar levels.

"The Left Behind" star told Fox News Digital that he had been seen sitting on the wall by a passing couple who turned around and came back to check on him after hearing a splash. 

"They were like, ‘Are you alright?’ And that's when I screamed, and so they called 911," he said. 

Aaron recalled that he was rushed to a local hospital where doctors conducted a full-body examination on him and discovered that he had an infection in one of his big toes that had spread to his bone. 

"I was in the hospital for a few weeks getting IV antibiotics," Aaron said. "I almost lost my toe, but thankfully I didn't. They just cut a piece of it off, and it had to heal."

Aaron, who is a devout Christian, shared that he believed that he had a pivotal encounter with God while he was recovering. 

"God visited me, and he was like, ‘Do you want to die?’ And I said, ‘No.’ And I didn't know who I'm answering, but I hear this voice talking to me. And I said, ‘No.’ And he goes, ‘So what are you gonna do?’ And I said, ‘I need help.’"

The actor said he believed God "rewired something" in him during his recovery.

"From that moment on, I couldn’t stand the taste of sugar," he said. "It’s not permanent because today I eat sugar again, but at that time, when I said ‘I need help,’ it was like He knew what the help was, and He just erased it from my memory."

After leaving the hospital, Aaron adopted intermittent fasting, portion control and cutting out sugar as the foundation of his new health plan.

"I stopped overeating," he said. "I started intermittent fasting and I cut out sugars, and so with just those three things, the weight just started dropping off tremendously."

Aaron said doctors told him his diabetes and elevated blood sugar contributed to his fall.

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"I was in diabetic ketoacidosis," he said. "The blood becomes acidic and your organs start to shut down. So that’s why God was like, ‘Do you want to die?’ And I’m like, ‘No.’ Because I was on the way."

"It wasn't an overnight process," Aaron continued. "It definitely took some work, but my mindset was at that point where it was like, I got a lot of things I want to live for. At the time, I was single. I've always wanted to be married and have kids. And I'm like, ‘What condition am I gonna be in if I had kids? I gotta make these changes.’"

"So I started taking it serious," he continued. "Once you change it up here, everything else falls into place because you now have the mindset that you need to get to where you're trying to go. And for me, that was the biggest part."

"I said, God has a sense of humor because I felt like he could have done a lot more subtle than knocking me off the wall into the water and knowing I can't swim," Aaron added with a laugh. 

WATCH: ‘BLIND SIDE’ STAR QUINTON AARON SHARES HOW HE LOST OVER 200 POUNDS AFTER A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

Aaron acknowledged that years of depression and emotional eating contributed to his weight struggles. The actor suffered a tragic loss in September 2008 when his mother, Laura Aaron, died from a heart attack at the age of 44. 

At the time, Aaron had recently been cast in his breakthrough role as Michael Oher in the 2009 biographical sports drama "The Blind Side" after a nationwide search for the right actor to portray the NFL player’s story. The movie also starred Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw as Oher's adoptive parents, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy. 

"The Blind Side" became a major commercial and critical success, receiving Oscar nominations for best picture and best actress for Bullock, who took home the trophy. The 61-year-old star also won the Golden Globe Award for best actress.

Aaron earned rave reviews for his performance and the role launched his Hollywood career. Looking back, the actor told Fox News Digital that he compartmentalized his pain over Laura's death to take advantage of the opportunities that were coming his way. 

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However, he said that when "the noise kind of started to settle, then the grieving became loud again." 

"I'm a mama's boy through and through. I miss my mama," Aaron said. "I couldn't share any of that with her, and it just started eating at me. And I still thank God to this day that I chose food as a vice because there are so many other things. There's drugs and alcohol, you know, God forbid. I didn't turn to those things."

Aaron shared that he has stayed close with Bullock, who reached out to him during his hospital stay as well as after he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2019. 

"She's always been amazing, and she's been a huge part of my life since the movie," he said. "We've had such an amazing friendship over the years that still goes on."

"That's my mama, you know, that's my on-screen mama," he added. "I always got her back. She's dope. She's definitely been a big factor in my life while going through what I went through."

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Aaron credited his faith and mindset for helping him maintain progress that once eluded him.

"My first weight loss journey was when I trained for ‘The Blind Side,’" he recalled. "I lost a hundred pounds just to do the movie. A couple years later, I had another health thing because I had put on some weight. My weight would go up and down over the years."

He said his new motivation comes from his marriage to wife Margarita, who he wed in December 2024, and his desire to "break the generational curse" of diabetes and heart disease.

"It's about making sure that when I have my children, they don't fall into that stigma of the unhealthy habits that has plagued me and my family for generations," he said. "My mom was diagnosed with congestive heart failure at the age of 37. I got diagnosed at 35. She died at 44. I ain't trying to die no time soon. I ain't trying to die in my forties and my fifties. I'm trying to be here for the long run. I wanna see my kids have kids. And I ain't got kids yet, so I gotta be here."

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Aaron told Fox News Digital that he achieved his 200 pound weight loss without the help of Ozempic, the diabetes drug often prescribed off-label for weight loss. He said that he briefly tried Ozempic to treat his diabetes but quickly stopped after experiencing an allergic reaction. 

Now, the actor hopes his transformation will be lasting.

"I’m gonna get rid of that diabetes, I’m gonna get rid of that congestive heart failure — those are reversible," he said. "If you tell me something’s impossible, I’ll show you it’s possible."

Aaron said he feels he’s "almost there" in his weight-loss journey.

"I wanna be around 340, 350, but I want to put on some muscle, bulk up, get ready for these movies," he said. "Feel good when I take my shirt off at the beach. I’m not necessarily looking for a six-pack — I’m good with my keg."

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The actor recently played the role of Raw Dog in the action film "War Dawgz," which is currently streaming on BET+. During his interview with Fox News Digital, Aaron shed some light on his character. 

"He’s the leader of a gang, and he’s kind of ran South Central L.A. for years," Aaron said of his character. "While he’s a bad guy, there are some redeeming qualities about him, which is what I love because you want to root for him as well."

Aaron also shared advice for anyone struggling to change their lives.

"It’s never too late," he said. "As long as you get the opportunity to wake up and breathe the breath of life every single day, you still got work to do. You’re still here for a reason."

"Being where I was and getting to where I’m at — if you had asked me when I was at my heaviest, would I ever see this weight again? I would’ve said no," he added. "That was my mindset at the time. And God had different plans."

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Before the iconoclastic chaos of 2020, when historic statues were toppled both legally and via riot, the debate over Confederate monuments was generally a respectful one. But today, as a new art exhibit in Los Angeles shows, the left has replaced respect with barbaric desecration.

‘Monuments’ is a new show at the Brick in association with the Museum of Contemporary Art, and it features removed Confederate statues on display, some still covered in graffiti from protesters, some given historical context and in one case, a pure mutilation.

The New Yorker, in a glowing review, described ‘Monuments’ as "at once an act of carnivalesque retribution and a recognition of the Confederacy’s zombie-like persistence."

Let’s take both of these ideas in their turn, starting with retribution, by asking, retribution against whom, exactly?

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The statues have already been removed. The men and women depicted in them have already had their place in history erased. This mockery, this retribution, is not directed against them, but rather against anyone who believes that our historical monuments should be protected, not destroyed.

One statue is titled ‘Confederate Women of Baltimore,’ and depicts two women holding a dying Confederate soldier. Originally an expression of the terrible losses of America’s deadliest war, it is now displayed alongside myriad photographs of black mothers cradling wounded children in modern urban settings.

The message is clear, it is that whatever pain the Daughters of the Confederacy who commissioned the statue or the actual sculptor sought to embody, they should just shut up about it.

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The most grotesque of the works is called "Unmanned Drone," it was formerly an equestrian statue of Gen. Thomas ‘Stonewell’ Jackson in Virginia, but the artist, Kara Walker used a plasma cutter to tear the statue apart and reshape it into a hideous monster.

Brick Director Hamza Walker said of the piece, "Ideologically it’s an affront, aesthetically it’s an affront." So again I ask, an affront to whom? Is the idea to offend people? If so, why?

There is a strong element of projection in all of this. Many of the very same people who are celebrating ‘Monuments’ believe that President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom is meant as a middle finger to the left. Maybe that’s because that is exactly what exhibits like ‘Monuments’ actually are to the right.

This art says, 'Not only did we take down your statues, usually without anybody voting on it, but now we are going to mock, mutilate and desecrate them to rub it in," while all the high-minded art journals call it stunning and brave.

‘Monuments’ brings to mind the Nazi’s Degenerate Art Exhibit of 1937 in which works of modern art deemed insulting to German values were displayed for the purpose of publicly demeaning them, just as the statues in Los Angeles are being demeaned.

Viewers are meant to come away with a deeper hatred of the Confederacy and, more than that, an almost inhuman tolerance for desecrating works of art that once were crafted by loving and talented hands.

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So yes, a carnival of retribution this art show most definitely is. But what about the other part of the New Yorker description, the "Confederacy’s zombie-like persistence?"

Allow me to suggest that almost the only people obsessed with the Confederacy in 2025 are progressives.

There is no neoconfederate movement to confront, nobody is trying to secede or defend slavery. Rather, it is the left who constantly point to the stars and bars as if they have anything to do with today’s conservative movement.

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The original removal of the statues was an abominable act of damnatio memoriae, or destruction of memory, a practice dating back to Ancient Egypt. But ‘Monuments’ is far, far worse, it is mean spirited, meant as ritual humiliation.

The good news is that there are two sides in this fight, as the Trump administration has already restored two confederate statues in Washington, D.C. And it's a fight worth having, between those who want to build and those who want to destroy, those who want to celebrate our history and those who seek to desecrate it.

Thankfully, all but the massacred Stonewall Jackson statue will go back to storage after this exhibit, no longer to be the butt of a spiteful joke. One day, if good people stay true and work hard, we might get them all the way back to their original podiums.

The fight for the past is never really about the past. It is about the present and the future, and it is a fight that we cannot afford to lose.

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Dealing with aging requires a lot of adaptation and planning, which can be stressful, costly and time-consuming. Not dealing with it can be even worse, leading to accidents, more costs and even death. As you – or your loved ones – age, here are some things to plan for to make the process easier and safer.

The CDC reports that around 25% of older adults – more than 14 million – fall each year, with approximately 3 million emergency room visits and 1 million hospitalizations.

The bedroom, bathroom and stairs are top locations where falling accidents occur. Adding lighting, making sure that there aren’t "trip traps" like movable throw rugs or cords around, and adding grab bars and handrails are good steps for prevention.

Scot Cheben, author of "Eldercare: Helping Businesses Support Employees Who Are Caregivers," also suggests making sure that lighting is accessible from the bed and at the top and bottom of any stairs, as well as putting a whistle in the bedroom and in the shower or bathtub.

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To create a safe environment, you may even need to find a new living situation that removes stairs and has fewer hazards. 

Taking classes to improve balance and strength can help prevent falls. And there are even new class offerings across the country that teach you how to fall safely. 

Nobody likes to lose independence and aging family members often fight to drive for as long as possible. But if you wait too long to stop driving, it can be dangerous for your loved ones – and others, too. 

Vision and reflex issues, getting lost, and missing or not understanding signage can all be signs that it is time to retire the car keys. 

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There are quizzes and self-assessments that can help you with evaluation, like this one from AAA. 

Cheben suggests encouraging family members to do an "unannounced" test drive for evaluation. 

Now that Uber, Lyft and even driverless transportation options like Waymo exist, there are more options for older Americans to retain independence without having to be in the driver’s seat (although, keep in mind the tech limitations discussed below and find ways to assist your loved ones, such as ordering transportation for them, if they can’t do it themselves).

While technology can help make our lives easier, for aging Americans who have memory problems, technology can become an obstacle. 

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This becomes a bigger issue as many companies are directing their customer service and other functions to websites and online portals.

Make sure that you have someone that you trust with your sensitive information and financial accounts available to both help you navigate technology and make sure you are not getting scammed, as technology scams often target aging individuals. 

Also, ensure that your trusted helper has access to your passwords and important information. You can do this through a legacy planning kit, like a Future File system, which shares your information and wishes. 

We Americans love our stuff, and the longer we live, the more stuff we seem to have! But also, as we age, we may need to downsize our homes or move into assisted living, 

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Once we are gone, it is often a large project that loved ones must go through in terms of organizing and disposing of personal effects.

Make it a practice to do yearly or twice-yearly purges. Whether you have a yard sale, donate to charity, gift personal effects to loved ones or otherwise, this will help keep your home manageable. 

As a bonus, for anything you gift to loved ones, not only will they get to enjoy your gift sooner, but you will get to witness their enjoyment.

Also, to the extent that you go into a care facility, consider leaving most or all of your valuables behind, and secure any you bring with you. While there are a lot of wonderful, caring people who work in these facilities, there are also some that take advantage and prey on the elderly, particularly as people lose cognition. 

While aging causes new obstacles in the way you live, being proactive can help reduce frustration and improve safety and your quality of life.

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With less than two weeks before critical elections across the country, Democrats have tough questions to grapple with in terms of their messaging and whether they can navigate the growing movement in their party that is embracing or downplaying political violence, attorney and political commentator Kaitlin Puccio told Fox News Digital. 

"We do hear a lot of just the Democrats are against Trump, but we don't hear a lot of what they're actually for, which is problematic and it kind of seems to me like they don't really have a cohesive message," Puccio, adjunct professor at Fordham Law and the Director of the Art and Bioethics Initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, said in an interview with Fox News Digital. 

Puccio said the ‘No Kings’ protests last week, where several examples of promoting violence went viral on social media, show a "fracture" in the Democratic Party that the mainstream elected officials will have to contend with. 

Additionally, messaging at those rallies, Puccio explained, lacked substance. 

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"It's mostly ‘we are against Trump.’ Okay, but, specifically, what are you against? What is the specific policy that you are against?" Puccio said. "'No Kings’: great. But we don't have a king. We all know that. We're not supposed to take this phrase literally, but what about the policies that are in place right now, do you think are authoritarian? And what do you want instead? So we're hearing a lot of slogans and phrases and kind of catch phrases. And really that leaves the message without substance."

Questions about Democrat support for political violence have been front and center in recent weeks after Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones was outed for past texts fantasizing about killing a Republican colleague and wishing death on that colleague’s children.

"I don't think that it's lost on voters that there are these horrible texts that came out recently from Jay Jones and the strange thing is that there are very few people who are condemning these texts," Puccio said, highlighting that prominent Democrats, particularly in Virginia, have refused to call on Jones to drop out of the race. 

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"But I think the reason for that is that the party of tolerance, right, the Democrats, is actually, it's become a very intolerant party," Puccio added. 

"So if you have people condemning these texts, this sort of violent political rhetoric and things like that, they don't want to be alienated by their own party. Look at what they've done or tried to do to John Fetterman. When he tries to think for himself instead of having the party tell him what to think, they ostracize him. I think that is kind of the reason that we're in this weird place with our leaders, because everyone is kind of being quiet."

In addition to Jones, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has faced scrutiny over advocating for political violence in the past and a tattoo that resembles a Nazi Germany symbol.

Puccio told Fox News Digital that Platner's apology seemed to show remorse compared to the reaction from Jones, which could serve as a blueprint going forward on how Democrats can acknowledge past mistakes.

"The point is that every situation has to be evaluated separately, but the conversation still has to be had over what to do within our Democratic Party about this violent rhetoric, which is, it's basically being accepted right now," Puccio said. "What we're about to see, I don't know how long it's going to take, but I do think there's going to be a shift toward the middle because I think there is going to be a realization that we are leaving out and by we, I mean, all Americans in general were forgetting from both sides of the political aisle about the middle."

While Democrats are expected to perform strongly in next year's midterms, given that, historically, the party not in power does well in those elections, Republicans have been closing the gap in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections being held in early November, which could send a signal that Democrats aren't in as strong of a position as many experts think. 

Puccio said today's Democratic Party is "unrecognizable," which will hopefully push leaders to come out forcefully and take back control.

"I think that there will be this realization that the loudest voices on either side of the political aisle are not necessarily representative of the entire party and I think that people are going to be forced to say no to this kind of uncivil discourse that we're seeing, because people, we citizens, are going to get very tired of seeing our leaders behave in very childish and frankly, disrespectful ways toward each other," Puccio said. 

"These are not supposed to be the way our elected leaders act. And I would hope that there emerge some actual leaders and not just politicians in the future who recognize that they need to speak to everyone and not a small niche in their party."

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Election season is in full-swing, with only days left before races in 2025's quiet election cycle are called. 

Fox News Digital compiled key deadlines for early in-person voting as it comes to a close. 

The 2025 election season is mild compared to the whirlwind federal election cycle of 2024, but will feature major races, including statewide elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and New York City’s high-profile mayoral election, the ballot proposition over congressional redistricting in California, and three state Supreme Court contests in Pennsylvania.

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The races have seen a handful of political surprises in recent weeks as key races hit hot water — from Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones’s leaked text scandal to controversy over military records in New Jersey’s governor’s race, and backlash against Zohran Mamdani's left-wing policies as the self-identified Democratic socialist works to secure Gracie Mansion. 

Voter enthusiasm is high across the country — and there’s still time for people to cast their ballots early.

New Jersey's in-person early voting began Saturday and will conclude Nov. 2. Early in-person voting is held from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with Sunday hours running from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Appointments are not necessary to vote early. 

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Big Apple residents began early in-person voting Saturday and will have until Nov. 2 to cast early in-person votes. 

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Early in-person voting kicked off in the Old Dominion State Sept. 19 and will run until Nov. 1. All localities in the state offer early voting. 

The Golden State is holding a special election in 2025 to decide ballot proposition 50, which would redraw state congressional district maps in response to efforts in Republican states to redraw congressional districts ahead of the midterms. Early in-person voting begins Saturday and will run through Election Day. 

Pennsylvanians can vote early and in-person by returning mail ballots to their local election offices until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Voters must apply for a mail-in ballot by Tuesday or vote on Election Day. 

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-soon-deport-abrego-garcia-african-nation-after-illegal-aliens-return-from-el-salvador-filing-says

The Trump administration said it could soon deport Salvadoran illegal immigrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the African nation of Liberia after reaching an agreement with that country, according to a Department of Homeland Security filing Friday.

The court filing said that Abrego Garcia could be sent to the West African nation as soon as Oct. 31 to fulfill a standing deportation order against him.

Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March despite a 2019 protection finding and a court order barring his removal to his home country. His case has become a focal point in the clash between Trump’s hardline deportation agenda and Democratic efforts to block removals.

ABREGO GARCIA RELEASED FROM JAIL, WILL RETURN TO MARYLAND TO AWAIT TRIAL

The filing noted that Abrego Garcia’s attorneys cited more than 20 countries he allegedly fears would prosecute or torture him if he were removed there and that Liberia is not on that list.

"Liberia is a thriving democracy and one of the United States’s closest partners on the African continent," the filing said.

The filing said the country's national language is English, its constitution "provides robust protections for human rights," and Liberia is "committed to the humane treatment of refugees."

DHS said in the filing that it has received diplomatic assurances from Liberia about the humane treatment of people removed there.

Attorneys for Abrego Garcia blasted the administration’s latest move as political retribution, arguing the latest deportation plan is part of a pattern of punitive deportation tactics.

"After failed attempts with Uganda, Eswatini, and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to Liberia, a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family and home in Maryland," attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.

ABREGO GARCIA RENEWS PUSH FOR ASYLUM IN US, REVEALS NEW COUNTRY WILLING TO ACCEPT HIM

"Costa Rica stands ready to accept him as a refugee, a viable and lawful option," the lawyer added. "Yet the government has chosen a course calculated to inflict maximum hardship. These actions are punitive, cruel and unconstitutional."

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., a staunch supporter of Abrego Garcia, condemned the latest filing on Friday. Van Hollen flew to El Salvador in April in a publicized visit to meet Abrego Garcia in prison and has led the effort to get him released.

"The Trump Administration has been desperately shopping for faraway countries they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to in order to deny his constitutional due process right to defend himself against the charges they have brought," Van Hollen said in a statement.

"Clearly, Trump’s cronies want to avoid answering for the claim that they are engaged in a vindictive prosecution against Abrego Garcia, after a federal judge concluded earlier this month that his prosecution ‘may stem from retaliation by the DOJ and DHS due to Abrego’s successful challenge of his unlawful deportation in Maryland.’ Kilmar must be allowed his day in court to fight for his rights," the senator said.

Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally in 2011 and was issued a deportation order in 2019. Two previous judges found he was likely affiliated with MS-13.

Trump administration officials acknowledged in court that his deportation had been an administrative error, although some top Trump officials said he was correctly removed and contended he's a member of the notorious MS-13 gang.

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One immigration judge in 2019 found that Garcia had not sufficiently refuted evidence of MS-13 affiliation and was thus removable to anywhere other than El Salvador because of a threat from a rival gang.

The latest move to deport him comes as Abrego Garcia remains in immigration detention in Pennsylvania. A federal judge in Maryland previously barred his immediate deportation while reviewing claims that the government is retaliating against him for successfully challenging his wrongful removal earlier this year.

The same judge wrote in an October order that his prosecution "may stem from retaliation by the DOJ and DHS," while a separate case in Tennessee over human smuggling charges is still pending.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/reporter-recalls-chaos-outside-white-house-cocaine-mystery-unfolded

Independent journalist Andrew Leyden's casual bike ride through the nation's capital took an unexpected turn in July 2023 when he noticed hazmat fire trucks approaching the area around the White House. 

"Something big was going on, something bigger than normal," Leyden said in the new Fox Nation special, "Cocaine at 1600."

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The "something bigger" was a small baggie of white powder identified as cocaine. 

That baggie would become the source of speculation for some time, as the Trump administration now takes another look into the case that was shuttered during former President Joe Biden's term. That incident, and the mysteries surrounding it, are the focus of "Cocaine at 1600." 

The show investigates who brought the substance into the White House in the first place and incorporates stories and perspectives like Leyden's to explore the incident in detail.

NEWLY UNCOVERED TED BUNDY FOOTAGE EXPOSES THE MULTI-STATE EFFORT TO CAPTURE THE INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLER

A source close to the investigation has confirmed to Fox Nation that a guest in the White House found the baggie and alerted the Secret Service, which in turn called the D.C. Fire Department.

"There are hazmat incidents at the White House every week outside with backpacks and usually the Secret Service handles that on their own," Leyden explained.

"They can see it's a backpack, they maybe bring their dogs up, the firemen don't even come nearby, [the hazmat teams are] not even needed."

But, when hazmat teams went into the perimeter and down West Executive, he knew something was amiss.

Leyden, who usually carries a scanner with him, said the fire department would typically make hazardous material calls on an encrypted channel, meaning no one can hear them.

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However, this call went out on a publicly open channel. Despite not knowing about the discovery of cocaine in the building, Leyden described spending approximately an hour on the scene, hearing chaotic radio calls amid the chaos. 

"Cocaine at 1600" is available now on Fox Nation. 

Fox Nation programs are viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. Go to Fox Nation to start a free trial and watch the extensive library from your favorite Fox Nation personalities.

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https://www.foxnews.com/tech/payroll-scam-hits-us-universities-phishing-wave-tricks-staff

Phishing scams target every kind of institution, whether it's a hospital, a big tech firm or even a fast-food chain. Educational institutions aren't an exception, especially in 2025, when attackers are actively directing their efforts toward them. Universities across the U.S. are facing a new type of cybercrime where attackers are targeting staff to hijack salary payments. Researchers have discovered that since March 2025, a hacking group known as Storm-2657 has been running "pirate payroll" attacks, using phishing tactics to gain access to payroll accounts. Let's talk more about this attack and how you can stay safe.

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SCAMMERS NOW IMPERSONATE COWORKERS, STEAL EMAIL THREADS IN CONVINCING PHISHING ATTACKS

According to Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Storm-2657 primarily targets Workday, a widely used human resources platform, though other payroll and HR software could be at risk as well. The attackers begin with highly convincing phishing emails, carefully crafted to appeal to individual staff members. Some messages warn of a sudden campus illness outbreak, creating a sense of urgency, while others claim that a faculty member is under investigation, prompting recipients to check documents immediately. In some cases, emails impersonate the university president or HR department, sharing "important" updates about compensation and benefits.

These emails contain links designed to capture login credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes in real time using adversary-in-the-middle techniques. Once a staff member enters their information, the attackers can access the account as if they were the legitimate user. After gaining control, the hackers set up inbox rules to delete Workday notifications, so the victims do not see alerts about changes. This stealthy approach allows the attackers to modify payroll profiles, adjust salary payment settings and redirect funds to accounts they control, all without raising immediate suspicion.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DATA BREACH HITS 870,000 PEOPLE

The hackers don't stop at a single account. Once they control one mailbox, they use it to spread the attack further. Microsoft reports that from just 11 compromised accounts at three universities, Storm-2657 sent phishing emails to nearly 6,000 email addresses at 25 institutions. By using trusted internal accounts, their emails appear more legitimate, increasing the likelihood that recipients will fall for the scam.

To maintain access over time, the attackers sometimes enroll their own phone numbers as MFA devices, either through Workday profiles or through Duo MFA. This gives them persistent access, allowing them to approve further malicious actions without needing to phish again. Combined with inbox rules that hide notifications, this strategy lets them operate undetected for longer periods.

Microsoft emphasizes that these attacks don't exploit a flaw in Workday itself. Instead, they rely on social engineering, the absence of strong phishing-resistant MFA and careful manipulation of internal systems. In essence, the threat comes from human behavior and insufficient protection, not software bugs.

Protecting yourself from payroll and phishing scams isn't complicated. By taking a few careful steps, you can make it much harder for attackers to gain access to your accounts or personal information.

The more information scammers can find about you, the easier it is to craft convincing phishing messages. Services that remove or monitor personal data online can reduce exposure, making it harder for attackers to trick you with targeted emails.

While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice. They aren't cheap, and neither is your privacy. These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites. It's what gives me peace of mind and has proven to be the most effective way to erase your personal data from the internet. By limiting the information available, you reduce the risk of scammers cross-referencing data from breaches with information they might find on the dark web, making it harder for them to target you.

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Scammers often send emails that look like they come from your HR department or university leadership, warning about payroll, benefits or urgent issues. Don't click links or download attachments unless you are 100% sure they are legitimate. Even small mistakes can give attackers access to your accounts.

The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.

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If an email mentions salary changes or requires action, call or email the HR office or the person directly using contact information you already know. Phishing emails are designed to create panic and rush decisions, so taking a moment to verify can stop attackers in their tracks.

Never reuse passwords across multiple accounts. Scammers often try to use credentials stolen from other breaches. A password manager can help you generate strong passwords and store them securely, so you don't have to remember dozens of different combinations.

Next, see if your email has been exposed in past breaches. Our No. 1 password manager pick includes a built-in breach scanner that checks whether your email address or passwords have appeared in known leaks. If you discover a match, immediately change any reused passwords and secure those accounts with new, unique credentials.

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Add an extra layer of security by enabling 2FA on all accounts that support it. This means even if someone steals your password, they still can't log in without a second verification step, such as a code sent to your phone.

Even if you follow all precautions, it's smart to monitor your accounts for any unusual activity. Catching unauthorized transactions quickly can prevent bigger losses and alert you to potential scams before they escalate.

The Storm-2657 attacks show that cybercriminals are targeting trust, not software. Universities are appealing because payroll systems handle money directly, and staff can be manipulated through well-crafted phishing. The scale and sophistication of these attacks highlight how vulnerable even well-established institutions can be to financially motivated threat actors.

How often do you check your payroll or bank accounts for unusual activity? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-hes-open-meeting-kim-jong-un-during-asia-trip-north-korea-sort-nuclear-power

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is "open" to meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) while he is in South Korea during his trip to Asia.

"I'd be open to it, 100%. I got along very well with him, Kim Jong Un," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

"They don't have a lot of telephone service," the president said. "They have a lot of nuclear weapons, but not a lot of telephone service." 

Trump, who departed for Asia on Friday night, told reporters that they could "put out the word" that he was willing to meet the dictator. The president also responded to a question about recognizing North Korea as a nuclear power. 

TRUMP AND KIM JONG UN SHOULD MAKE 'BOLD DECISION' TO MEET DURING HIS ASIA TRIP, SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIAL SAYS

"I think they are sort of a nuclear power," Trump said. "I mean, I know how many weapons they have. I know everything about them and I have a very good relationship with Kim Jung Un. When you say they have to be recognized as a nuclear power, well, they’ve got a lot of nuclear weapons, I’ll say that."

South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young urged Trump and Kim to "make a bold decision," according to Reuters, which reported he made the remark to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.

A White House official noted Friday that Trump and the North Korean leader met during his first term in office.

"President Trump in his first term, held three historic summits with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un that stabilized the Korean Peninsula," the official said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "U.S. policy on North Korea has not changed. President Trump remains open to talking with Kim Jong Un, but such a meeting is not currently on the schedule for this trip."

Earlier this month, a White House official told Fox News Digital that, "President Trump remains open to talking with Kim Jong Un, without any preconditions."

"President Trump in his first term held three historic summits with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un that stabilized the Korean Peninsula. U.S. policy on North Korea has not changed," the official added.

NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILES DAYS BEFORE TRUMP'S VISIT TO THE PENINSULA

The week-long trip includes stops in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. Additionally, the White House said that Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.

In 2018, during his first term, Trump and Kim met in what was the first ever U.S.-North Korea summit. The meeting took place in Singapore. A joint statement at the time said that the two leaders "conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations."

A summit between Kim and Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February 2019 ended without the two reaching a deal.

One year later, in June 2019, Trump met Kim again, this time in the DMZ, making him the first sitting U.S. leader to set foot in North Korea. He took 20 steps into North Korean territory during the visit where he shook hands with Kim.

When speaking to reporters in 2019, Trump said he and Kim agreed to revive talks on North Korea's nuclear program. He said he was not aiming to make a deal fast, but rather to "get it right."

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/slain-motorcyclists-sweetheart-says-50k-bail-murder-suspect-criminal-record-left-her-hopeless

The partner of a dead motorcyclist in Washington state said she felt "hopeless" as her sweetheart's alleged killer walked out of jail after posting a $50,000 bail, which one expert says is extremely low.

Dennis "D.J." Thornlow was killed on July 2 as he was riding his motorcycle in Anacortes, Washington. Detectives said 49-year-old Josue Flores "intentionally" ran over Thornlow and dragged him with his car for more than 50 yards across a parking lot, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Flores was charged with felony hit-and-run, vehicular homicide and second-degree murder.

Authorities claim Flores was following Thornlow "too closely" when the motorcyclist "swerved" into a parking lot, falling off as a result. Flores then "intentionally" ran over Thornlow with his car and dragged his body for 62 yards, the probable cause affidavit states.

When Thornlow's body came to a resting place after falling off the motorcycle, the court document details that Flores then "quickly" turned right into the parking lot and angled his car directly toward Thornlow, running over his head and leg. Surveillance video reviewed by investigators allegedly shows Flores' car turn sharply toward Thornlow after he crashed the motorcycle.

MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED OVER 40 TIMES BEFORE ALLEGEDLY KILLING HOTEL GUEST

When questioned by police, Flores said it was a "rare occurrence" for him to leave his apartment because his neighbors were "constantly harassing him," but needed to cash his social security check. Flores claimed Thornlow "tried to hit me" and became violent after their first interaction at an intersection. However, Flores' claim of leaving the house was contradicted by his own mother, who allegedly told police he had already cashed the check.

Flores also claimed Thornlow was "yelling racial slurs" at him and making death threats, adding the motorcyclist was wearing a "Nazi-type helmet." When asked by police why Thornlow would act so violent, Flores said he presumed it was because he's Hispanic and had a run-down car, according to the court document, adding that he claimed Thornlow kept following his car too closely. Police found no evidence corroborating Flores' claims about Thornlow.

After leaving the parking lot, Flores allegedly told authorities his car began shaking and he thought he was out of gas, so he pulled over to "figure out how to get to the Anacortes Police Department to ‘own it.’" When police asked what he meant by wanting to "own it," Flores responded: "All I know is that he crashed. He hit the curb of the sidewalk," adding that he had "hit a tree or something."

ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT WITH FOUR PRIOR CASES WALKS FREE ON $9.5K BOND AFTER BRUTAL TRAIL ATTACK

Flores never admitted to running over Thornlow or dragging his body during his interview with police, according to the affidavit. Two witnesses told police it appeared that Flores' sedan "was chasing the motorcycle," the documents state.

Judge Thomas Verge set bail at $50,000 during an Aug. 19 hearing on the second-degree murder charge despite a higher request from prosecutors, records show.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital the fact a judge would set bail for second-degree murder at $50,000 is "shocking."

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"It really shocks the conscience," Rahmani said of the judge's bail decision, adding he's never seen anything like this in his career.

"This is extraordinarily low for any type of bail and certainly, in a case like this, there should be no bail at all," he said. "So the fact that the victim's family and the public, they're outraged, I think they're justified. This is someone that should be spending the rest of his life in prison, and instead, he's out a free man."

Records reviewed by Fox News Digital also show Flores previously served time in prison after being found guilty. In 1996, Flores was found guilty of fourth-degree assault and was sentenced to one year in jail, with 335 days of that sentence suspended. Charging documents say Flores shot a BB gun at someone riding a bike.

FLORIDA SERIAL OFFENDER ACCUSED OF DRAGGING BICYCLIST TO DEATH IN HIT-AND-RUN

In March 2022, he was charged with assaulting a health care worker. A probable cause affidavit alleges that Flores punched a health care worker in the head "4 or 5 times" while he was trying to administer medicine.

According to the affidavit, Flores admitted to hitting the individual in the head because "[the worker] makes me nervous." That case was dismissed, documents show.

A neighbor told detectives in summer 2025 that one time, when talking with Flores about a family member in jail, he said: "if someone f----- with me, they wouldn’t live to tell about it." Other neighbors at his old apartment complex told detectives that Flores would "often speak about his past gang involvement with SUR13," the court document shows.

Jordan Weeks, Thornlow's partner, told Fox News Digital she felt "hopeless" when she heard Verge rule that Flores' bail was only set at $50,000.

"I was shocked. I didn't understand. I thought, did I hear him wrong?" Weeks said. "I think I was trying to have faith and I still do have faith, but that was a big crack."

Weeks said that she's known Thornlow for six years, adding that he has always treated people with respect and said Flores' accusations don't add up.

"He was friends with everybody. You know, it doesn't matter what you looked like or what background you had or, you know, if you, it didn't matter the type of person you were. He always met you with kindness and respect. And it just doesn't sound, it sounds unfounded to me. It doesn't sound like the DJ that I know. And I know him very well," Weeks said of Flores' accusations.

She said that Thornlow had a 13-year-old daughter whom he had a "very beautiful relationship" with.

"He loved me enough to see that I was going through something, working towards my career and having a very stressful year. So he tried to make sure that in other areas he could support me," Weeks said. "I could tell even before I met his daughter, how much he loved and cared about her. Being a father is one of the most important things to him."

Fox News Digital reached out to Flores' attorney and a representative of Verge for comment.

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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-israels-deep-state-wages-farcical-lawfare-against-bibi

In his Oct. 13 address to Israel's Knesset in Jerusalem, President Donald Trump upset Israeli leftists when he called for Israel's largely ceremonial President Isaac Herzog to use his one actual power – the power of pardon – and pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has been on trial for more than five years on absurd charges regarding cigars and champagne he received over 20 years ago from old friends.

Those charges fell apart in the opening months of the trial as one prosecution witness after another exposed the emptiness of Israel's Netanyahu-hating prosecutors' indictments against the country's longest-serving and most successful leader. All the same, the Netanyahu-hating judge presiding over the trial is now requiring Netanyahu to appear in court three days a week for a total of 24 hours a week to testify.

Leftists in Israel dominate the country's media and legal fraternity, much as they do in America. And they were incensed that President Trump dared to interfere in Israel's "internal affairs." One anchorman referred to Trump's call for a pardon as "disgusting, and revolting."

But the truth is that by asking Israel's left-leaning president to put an end to Israel's Deep State's assault on Netanyahu, Trump was defending America's national interests.

'VIEW' CO-HOST PRAISES FORMER BOSS TRUMP FOR 'MASSIVE DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENT' IN HOSTAGE DEAL

This is true for two reasons.

First, the corrupt legal authorities involved in the trial are abusing their power over Netanyahu in a way that undermines American interests.

On Wednesday, just two days after President Trump gave his address, Netanyahu was back in the courtroom in Tel Aviv. He had asked the judges to let him delay his testimony so that he could hold certain meetings. The judges and prosecutors demanded to know what meetings could possibly justify delaying his testimony. He explained one was highly classified, and they demanded to know what it was about.

Within hours of the exchange, the story leaked that Netanyahu was scheduled to meet secretly with the president of Indonesia. The leader of the largest Muslim state in the world, President Prabowo Subianto, was scheduled to pay a top-secret trip to Jerusalem as a step toward opening diplomatic relations with Israel. This was to be one of the most important fruits of Israel's U.S.-supported victory in its seven-front war against Iran and its axis of terror. But thanks to Israel's corrupt legal fraternity, the meeting leaked to their press allies and President Subianto stayed away.

President Trump made clear in his speech that expanding the circle of peace between Israel and the Islamic world is a chief U.S. goal. Israel is America's most powerful ally in the troubled Middle East. Trump sees it as an essential U.S. interest that the Arab and Islamic world accept Israel as a permanent entity and an allied state. But for Israel's politicized Deep State, undermining and humiliating Netanyahu by chaining him to a courtroom and subverting his diplomatic actions is apparently more important.

These radical jurists must be stopped not only for Netanyahu to be able to devote himself entirely to serving his country, they need to be stopped to enable President Trump to secure America's goals in the Middle East.

WITH HOSTAGES FREED, TRUMP THANKS OTHERS IN ISRAEL SPEECH BUT IS TOO QUICK TO DECLARE WAR IS OVER

The second reason that ending this farce of justice against Netanyahu is in the United States’ interests is that there is a link between the forces of political warfare and lawfare in Israel and the U.S. If you scratch just beneath the surface, you'll doubtlessly find that for the same billionaire agents of anarchy, who funded and brought the unprecedented lawfare against both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, working to undo Israel as a key way to unravel American society. For example, the Tides Foundation funds radical groups, including pro-Hamas protesters in America, and it funds groups involved in the protests and riots and political violence in Israel.

Tides is one of several foundations whose actions in the U.S. and Israel are the subject of multiple congressional investigations. One of the investigations focuses on well-documented claims that the billion-dollar, multi-year effort to criminalize Netanyahu that engulfed Israel in political instability for years, was funded in part by the Biden administration. That investigation must continue and the U.S. government officials who funded and facilitated political chaos in Israel should be forced to account for their actions.

Even more importantly, the IRS should investigate how U.S. non-profits groups that enjoy U.S. tax exemption valued in millions of dollars have abused their status to fund political violence, insurrection, and mayhem in Israel. In some cases, according to Hamas's own internal documents, these U.S.-based non-profit-funded groups' campaigns convinced the genocidal terror group that Israel was ripe for annihilation on October 7, 2023.

TRUMP CALLS FOR NETANYAHU PARDON AFTER HAILING SWIFT REMOVAL OF LEFT-WING LAWMAKERS BY SECURITY

In his historic speech in Jerusalem, President Trump laid out great plans for building a new Middle East that will join Israel's genius and power to the oil-wealth of its neighbors and transform the Middle East into a driver of global prosperity under American leadership. Trump would have been hard-pressed to lead this momentous undertaking if the Deep State were still persecuting him, his top aides and his children.

Netanyahu has miraculously been able to lead Israel to one of the most important military victories in its history. With Trump's assistance, Israel destroyed Iran's axis of terror across seven fronts. Netanyahu achieved this while forced to spend days on end in a courtroom answering asinine questions from shameless prosecutors before brazen judges.

Imagine what Netanyahu and President Trump would be able to do together if Netanyahu doesn't have to spend 24 hours per week in a courtroom.

President Trump was right to ask President Herzog to put an end to the madness that is Prime Minister Netanyahu's trial. And he would be right to order the IRS to start investigating the role American non-profits have played and continue to play in destabilizing Israel and corrupting its legal system. Israel's leftists, like their American funders, may not like President Trump for doing it, but generations of Americans, Israelis, and peoples of the wider Middle East will thank him.

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/rutgers-pushes-replacements-tpusa-officers-who-launched-petition-against-antifa-professor-mark-bray

The administration at Rutgers University is doubling down on its push for the school’s Turning Point USA chapter to hold elections that would replace officers who spoke out against Antifa-aligned professor Mark Bray, according to emails obtained by Fox News Digital.

In a Thursday email, Neela Patel, executive director for student centers and activities at Rutgers, directed the TPUSA chapter to hold elections to replace its treasurer, Megyn Doyle, the student who started the petition to remove Bray, as well as the vice president, who recently stepped down.

"I am following up on the email below, which I sent on October 17, 2025, about the officer follow-up for Turning Point USA–Rutgers," Patel wrote. "As of today, I have not received a response to discuss the necessary next steps. Therefore, I am requesting that the organization proceed with holding elections to fill the Vice President and Treasurer positions, in accordance with University policies and the organization’s constitution."

Patel added that elections must be completed by Nov. 19 and that all candidates must meet specific eligibility requirements.

RUTGERS TURNING POINT USA CHAPTER LAUNCHES PETITION TO FIRE PROFESSOR THEY CALL ‘DR ANTIFA’

"When conducting elections, please ensure the following University requirements for student organization officers are met," Patel added. "Officers must be full-time undergraduate students at Rutgers University — New Brunswick. Officers must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 at Rutgers University. First-semester students are not eligible to hold officer positions."

The email follows earlier correspondence obtained by Fox News Digital from Karima Woodyard, Rutgers’ director for student involvement and leadership, who told the TPUSA chapter that both Doyle and Ava Kwan, the chapter’s outreach coordinator, should be removed from their positions.

Woodyard argued that neither student was eligible to serve in executive roles because Doyle is enrolled at the Rutgers Newark campus and Kwan is a graduate student.

RUTGERS TPUSA OFFICERS SLAM PETITION TO SHUT DOWN CHAPTER, ‘BLATANTLY DEFAMATORY’

Woodyard maintained that since the TPUSA chapter is "classified as an undergraduate student organization for the New Brunswick campus, both individuals are ineligible to hold executive board positions within your group."

Earlier this month, members of Rutgers’ Turning Point USA chapter launched a petition, spearheaded by Doyle, to remove Bray, the assistant teaching professor, citing concerns over his past statements supporting Antifa.

Bray, who recently moved abroad "for safety reasons" and said that he had been doxxed and "received multiple death threats," has expressed strong support for "antifacism" ​​in previous online posts. He is teaching his classes remotely from Spain.

RUTGERS LEADER DEMANDS TPUSA OFFICERS BE OUSTED AFTER THEY CALLED OUT ANTIFA-LINKED PROFESSOR

He is the author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," which openly calls for "militant anti-fascism." That book says that "at the very least 50 percent of author proceeds will go to the International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund, which is administered by more than three hundred antifa from eighteen countries."

On its website, the International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund says that it has "provided over $250,000 USD to more than 800 anti-fascists in 26 different countries."

Doyle, a student at Rutgers who is the treasurer for the Turning Point USA chapter, told Fox News Digital in a statement that "Woodyard's decision to step down as TPUSA's advisor for the academic year is a way for her to avoid accountability. Ava and I have been trying to find answers as to why our student statuses are being affected now, since we have held these positions since the start of the school year."

"We have reason to believe that Rutgers is choosing to enforce its policy whenever they like based on the timing of the whole situation," she added. 

In an email to Patel obtained by Fox News Digital, Kwan wrote, "Based on the timing of this investigation, this seems like a deliberate weaponization of procedure due to Megyn and I’s public opposition to a self-proclaimed Antifa affiliate, who is employed at our public university on the NJ taxpayers' dime."

She added that "Given the circumstances, we request transparency as to who ordered this investigation into our chapter, and an answer as to why it was launched. At no point during the student organization onboarding process were we informed of any issue." 

In a statement to Fox News Digital last week, Rutgers said, "Turning Point USA is a recognized student organization on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University. Like all student organizations, it is expected to operate in compliance with our stated policies and procedures.

"The university identified that two individuals presenting themselves publicly as officers of the TPUSA chapter were not properly registered as officers in accordance with university procedures. Additionally, these individuals do not meet the eligibility requirements for officer positions in a New Brunswick undergraduate student organization. 

"The university is reviewing this internally and working with the chapter to address the compliance matter and ensure the organization's continued operations on campus, consistent with our approach to all student organizations." 

In an emailed response Friday from Patel to Kwan obtained by Fox News Digital, Patel said that there has been no investigation into the Rutgers TPUSA chapter and that the university reached out when they learned that Doyle and Kwan did not meet the eligibility requirements. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Rutgers for additional comment.

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Prince Andrew now lives a "disconnected existence" holed up watching hours of TV after relinquishing his remaining royal titles.

"Stripped of status and purpose, Prince Andrew allegedly frequently cuts a lonely, disconnected existence," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "Reportedly, his lifestyle sees him spending most of his days holed up in his large sitting room, TV room doing rather dull activities which funny enough suits his rather odd character."

"The super-size wall TV blares out war films and war-themed games, and he also reportedly enjoys a live plane spotting tracker app as well as online golf tournaments," she continued. "He also poodles around his Windsor Estate occasionally gardening, and quite regularly horseback riding."

PRINCE ANDREW FACES PUBLIC 'DISGUST' AND OUTRAGE AFTER LIVING RENT-FREE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS: EXPERTS

Chard noted Prince Andrew's gardening is likely "incredibly grounding" and gives him a lot of time to think. The horseback riding and golf could also contribute a "much-needed boost to his mental health."

"I imagine he is feeling incredibly wronged and hard done by, as it's always everyone else's fault, rather than thinking long and hard about the right path of action," Chard explained.

"On occasion, his bombastic, inappropriate character has enjoyed a kick out of being seen out and about in public," the photographer told Fox News Digital, referring to an outing to the "Harry Potter" set that Prince Andrew had with his grandchildren a few weeks ago. According to Chard, people were "absolutely horrified and shocked" to see the prince in public "seemingly without a care in the world."

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Buckingham Palace is reportedly strongly pushing to get Prince Andrew out of his home at the Royal Lodge, just days after he gave up his remaining royal titles, according to the Daily Mail.

The palace reportedly summoned broadcast media to the Royal Lodge on Thursday, hinting at an announcement. It was later called off, according to the outlet.

Royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital Prince Andrew "is moving out of Royal Lodge," but isn't sure when it will be announced.

"In consideration of King Charles III’s visit to Rome, and not wanting any Prince Andrew reports of a move out to dominate press coverage, this was not previously announced," Fordwich said. "In terms of where he’ll go, probably in the Scottish highlands, rather remote."

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According to Fordwich, Prince Andrew likely isn't plotting any "next move." 

"He’s just desperately clinging to the Lodge. While there was speculation regarding some sort of tell-all memoir, he’s far more likely to remain quiet."

"He knows he’s lost all remaining prestige," she added. "He’s behaving far more like a naughty little boy than a sophisticated public figure or strategist."

While not a strategist, Prince Andrew is "undoubtedly" under somewhat of a siege, according to royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams. "He is reportedly periodically visited by his daughters and their children," he told Fox News Digital. 

Outside of time with family, Fitzwilliams claimed the prince rides and plays golf. "He also reportedly watches television for hours," he added. "He also walks his dogs."

Fordwich pointed out that "Andrew's shooting life will actually pick up as pheasant shooting season begins in 10 days."

"However, it might be a bad mistake to assume he is totally down and out. He has an extremely stubborn, mulish streak," Fitzwilliams said. "He reportedly canceled a party to commemorate Sarah Ferguson's 66th birthday and this would probably have been lavish. I suspect, despite everything, he might receive funds from abroad. That, however, if this goes on and on, is where he and Sarah Ferguson might be heading."

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Prince Andrew's possible move comes after he chose to relinquish his remaining royal titles. His Royal Highness title has been inactive since 2019. While continuing to "vigorously deny" the accusations against him, Prince Andrew noted in a statement that Virginia Giuffre's claims have become a distraction from the work of the royal family.

"In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family," a statement released by the royal on Oct. 17, and obtained by Fox News Digital, read. "I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life."

"With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further," the statement continued. "I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me."

While he will no longer be referred to as the Duke of York, Prince Andrew will remain a prince as he is the son of the late Queen Elizabeth. Due to the loss of his title, Prince Andrew will not attend the royal family Christmas celebrations.

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Giuffre's family released a statement following the news, telling Fox News Digital: "We, the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, believe that Prince Andrew’s decision to give up his titles is vindication for our sister and survivors everywhere. This decisive action is a powerful step forward in our fight to bring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s child sex-trafficking network to justice. Further, we believe it is appropriate for King Charles to remove the title of Prince."

"This moment serves as victory for Virginia, who consistently maintained, ‘He knows what happened, I know what happened, and there’s only one of us telling the truth, and I know that’s me.’ This is not just a victory for her, but for every single survivor of the horrific crimes perpetrated by Epstein and his co-conspirators."

Giuffre's family pointed to alleged emails that recently surfaced between Epstein and Prince Andrew from 2011, contradicting the royal's claim he ceased contact with the multi-millionaire in 2010.

"We hope that the days of impunity for the powerful are over, and protection for predators will no longer be tolerated," the statement concluded. "We hope a higher standard has been set for our leaders in office in the United States – one we will work tirelessly to follow here. It is time for accountability, transparency, and justice for all survivors."

Giuffre's book, released posthumously, gave details about her long-standing accusations against Prince Andrew. Giuffre has alleged she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and had sex with the prince when she was 17.

Giuffre claimed she had sex with Prince Andrew three times in the memoir titled "Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice."

"In the years since, I’ve thought a lot about how he behaved," she wrote about the first night she allegedly had sex with Prince Andrew. "He was friendly enough, but still entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright."

She claimed she was paid $15,000 by Epstein for having sex with "Randy Andy."

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A woman has died a day after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her and two family members stranded on a remote Massachusetts island that they swam to when their boat went up in flames while anchored in a cove overnight Monday.

Cynthia Sullivan, 73, died Thursday, according to a Facebook post shared Friday by a family member, and after succumbing to injuries she suffered in the incident, Boston 25 News reported.

The family’s dog, who alerted Cynthia Sullivan and her husband Patrick, 72, and their 37-year-old son, Tyler, to the fire as they slept aboard their 30-foot powerboat The Third Wave, also died in the blaze.

The Sullivans swam to Naushon Island — a small island roughly four miles from Martha’s Vineyard — after they awoke to heavy fire.

Burned and injured, the trio took shelter inside a barn on the island, where they spent more than 24 hours until their marine radio washed ashore Wednesday morning, enabling Tyler to call for help.

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"Mayday, mayday, mayday, our ship went down in Tarpaulin Cove," Tyler is heard saying in a radio transmission to the Coast Guard. "Our ship burned while we were sleeping, and we barely escaped."

A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew soon arrived and airlifted the family to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.

A family member had reported the Sullivans missing when they didn’t arrive home Tuesday and calls to their cellphones, which went down with the boat, went straight to voicemail.

Multiple agencies searched the area Tuesday night and early Wednesday, and were unable to get accurate pings from the family's submerged phones until Tyler reached them on the recovered handheld radio, according to the Coast Guard.

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In a Facebook post, Chris Sullivan memorialized his mother and provided updates on his father and "hero" brother. 

"She went in peace. We played her some John Mellencamp as she passed, he was her absolute favorite, she adored him," Sullivan wrote. "This hurts more than anything I could have ever imagined, I am leaning on my close friends and family and my two young children. We will get through this together.

"My dad is awake and breathing on his own. My brother saved both of them, he was able to get them off the boat under extremely chaotic circumstances, he doesn’t want to be called a hero, but he is. Again, thank you for all the support, it means the world." 

"Quick thinking and having quality equipment allowed the family to survive and call for help," Scott Backholm, a search and rescue mission coordinator from Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, said in a statement. "Mariners are encouraged to pursue first aid training and ensure their vessels are outfitted with proper safety equipment."

The Sullivans had left nearby Falmouth, Massachusetts, last Friday and had planned to return Tuesday afternoon.

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will be supporting fellow liberty-minded lawmaker, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., as he faces a primary challenge from a candidate backed by President Donald Trump.

Trump endorsed vocal loyalist and former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein last week after calling for a 2026 challenger to Massie, who continues to pressure the administration to release the remaining files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Massie has stood up to Trump and bucked his party on other issues, including by voting against the president's spending bill over the summer and affirming that Trump needs congressional approval for a war declaration. Paul, who has also stood up to Trump, voted against the bill in the Senate and has criticized the administration for moving forward with military strikes without authorization from lawmakers.

Now, Paul is endorsing Massie's re-election campaign and is vowing to help him hold onto his House seat.

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"Thomas Massie is going to win," Paul told POLITICO. "I’m going to help him. I’m going to be with him every step of the way."

Paul said Massie represents an "independent voice" within the GOP after his repeated splits with the party, but stated that both Massie and himself support Trump’s agenda "significantly more" than other Republicans who have sought to remain close allies of the president.

"The people who’ve gotten close to him who want regime change in Venezuela and want to send more advanced weaponry to Ukraine, those are the interventionists from the interventionist wing of the party who have never been the ones really closely allied," Paul said. "These are the people who have always opposed Donald Trump."

Paul said he and Massie will continue to push for "enumerated powers" as well as "balanced budgets, low taxes and less foreign war."

The Kentucky senator said Trump’s efforts to single out Massie should raise concerns for all Republican lawmakers, stressing that there are potential political consequences for opposing the president’s agenda.

"It’s a warning sign," he said. "'Oppose me or any of my policies and I’ll come after you.' And I don’t think that’s good for the Republican Party, nor do I think it’s good for the country."

The senator said he is also tired of being the Republican Party’s "whipping boy," as many of his colleagues always want him "to do their job for them" when they are afraid to tell Trump if his nominees do not have the votes in the Upper Chamber.

"They say, 'Oh, well, you’re not afraid of the president. You go tell him his nominee can’t make it,'" Paul said. "So, I’m just tired of always being the whipping boy. I’m tired of [being] the only one that has any guts to stand up and tell the president the truth."

Paul has also been met with Trump's ire in recent months, but continues to hold his ground. Most recently, he has criticized the administration's military strikes on boats it accuses, without evidence, of carrying narco-terrorists.

Paul raised concerns about killing people without due process and the possibility of killing innocent people. He cited Coast Guard statistics that show a significant percentage of boats boarded for suspicion of drug trafficking are innocent.

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Earlier this week, Paul revealed that he was not invited to a White House lunch with other GOP senators over his tiffs with Trump. But Paul said he had a previously scheduled "Liberty Caucus Lunch" with Massie during that time anyway.

Paul also campaigned with Massie last month and said he plans to do it again in the near future.

"We had big rallies and a great deal of support. So people think they can waltz into Kentucky with a bunch of New York money and buy a seat. They’ve got another thing coming," Paul told POLITICO.

Massie easily won the GOP primary for his district in 2024, securing 76% of the vote before running unopposed in the general election.

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In her posthumous memoir, Virginia Giuffre recounts being groomed as a teenager and sexually exploited by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — writing that the abuse included rape by an unnamed prime minister and encounters with powerful men such as former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump.

The book, "Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice," was released Tuesday and garnered global attention. While it made no explicit allegations against Clinton or Trump, Giuffre did chronicle meetings with both in contexts not related to Epstein's alleged crimes.

The story Giuffre recounts of how she was sucked into Epstein and Maxwell's high-powered orbit begins when her father helped get her a job at Mar-a-Lago, where he worked as a maintenance worker. Giuffrie's discussions of Trump in the book largely place him as a background figure during her early days at Mar-a-Lago, where she eventually met Maxwell in the summer of 2000.

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"It couldn’t have been more than a few days before my dad said he wanted to introduce me to Mr. Trump himself. They weren’t friends, exactly. But Dad worked hard, and Trump liked that—I’d seen photos of them posing together, shaking hands," Giuffre writes. "Trump couldn’t have been friendlier, telling me it was fantastic that I was there. 'Do you like kids?' he asked. 'Do you babysit at all?' He explained that he owned several houses next to the resort that he lent to friends, many of whom had children that needed tending."

Giuffre also recounts how Epstein and Trump's relationship eventually broke down, an explanation for which differs from the one Trump has publicly provided. Giuffre said Trump withdrew Epstein's membership at Mar-a-Lago after hitting the teenage daughter of another guest, but Trump has publicly said that a spat about Epstein coaxing his Mar-a-Lago spa employees was what led to the end of their relationship. 

Giuffre, working an entry-level position at the resort's spa, recounted how Maxwell sought to hire her as a masseuse despite her lack of experience. Before she knew it, Giuffre was traveling alongside Epstein and Maxwell around the world performing sexual favors. According to Giuffre, it was difficult to reconcile the fact that her abusers commanded so much respect from such powerful figures.

"This was a man who displayed framed photographs of himself with the Dalai Lama, with the pope, and with members of the British royal family. A photo in his Palm Beach house showed Epstein posing behind the podium of the White House briefing room," Giuffre writes. "This was a man who’d had former president Bill Clinton over for dinner (I was at the table that night) and who’d hosted Al and Tipper Gore as well (again, I was there)."

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"Maxwell was proud of her friendships with famous people, especially men," Giuffre added in the memoir. "[Maxwell] loved to talk about how easily she could get former president Bill Clinton on the phone." According to Giuffre, Epstein and Maxwell visited the White House together during Clinton's tenure in the Oval Office. In the book, Giuffre also recalled how Clinton flew on Epstein's plane in 2002, but she was not present for that trip.

"On September 21, Epstein and Maxwell were leaving New York on an extended trip to Africa. Marcinkova was flying with them on Epstein's Boeing 727, as were several high-profile guests: the actors Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey and former president Clinton, not to mention six U.S. Secret Service agents. (Clinton has said the trip was a humanitarian mission that included stops related to the work of his foundation.)" Giuffre wrote. 

However, despite naming Clinton in the book about her experience being sex trafficked by Epstein, Giuffre lamented the media's propensity to connect the former president to Epstein's crimes. "Right away, the article noted that I had never been ‘lent out’ to the former president. But I guess the Mail found it newsworthy simply that I’d witnessed Epstein and Clinton together," she writes.

Among the various trafficking incidents Giuffre talked about in her book, which do directly involve powerful people from Epstein and Maxwell's orbit, was a brutal rape by an unnamed former prime minister on Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2002. According to Giuffre's account of the incident, she was ordered by Epstein to have sex with the prime minister, who choked her nearly to unconsciousness and mocked her fear of the situation. Giuffre said that upon returning to Epstein after the incident, she begged not to be sent back to the prime minister, but Epstein told her the brutality was just part of the job.

According to Giuffre, this horrific incident was a turning point for her.

"Before the Prime Minister’s attack, Epstein had me fooled. I thought that Epstein’s predilection for childlike girls was a sickness, but that, in his twisted way, he meant well. After the attack, I couldn’t stay a fool. Having been treated so brutally and then seeing Epstein’s callous reaction to how terrorized I felt, I had to accept that Epstein meted out praise merely as a manipulation to keep me subservient. Epstein cared only about Epstein," Giuffre writes in her memoir. "At that point, I hit bottom. I now knew I wouldn’t survive. I saw only two possible options: either someone Epstein trafficked me to would kill me or I would take my own life."

Giuffre would eventually die by suicide in April, roughly six months before the release of her memoir.     

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The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 of the World Series Friday night at the Rogers Centre.

The Dodgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead with runs in the second and third inning, but Toronto tied it up in the fourth with a two-run homer by Dalton Varsho.

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Then, the Blue Jays seemingly put the game away with a nine-run sixth inning, which included the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history by Toronto's Addison Barger.

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Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani then hit the first World Series home run of his career in the seventh, but it was too little too late for the Dodgers. 

Ohtani was booed ahead of the game by Blue Jays fans. 

By the ninth inning, the Toronto crowd broke into a unified chant, shouting, "we don't need him!"

The Dodgers will look to even up the series on Saturday night, and will send Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound against Toronto's Kevin Gausman.

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California officials are giving Planned Parenthood $140 million to keep 109 clinics open and offset the financial strain from cuts imposed by Republicans in Washington, Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.

Newsom said the move affirms the state’s continued commitment to abortion access for women in the Golden State amid efforts by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to shut down Planned Parenthood.

"California is a reproductive freedom state, and this latest investment continues to show our belief in protecting access to essential health care in times of distress," Newsom said in a statement on Thursday. "Trump’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood put all our communities at risk as people seek basic health care from these community providers."

State lawmakers will also address the issue when the legislature reconvenes in January.

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Planned Parenthood had announced it would eliminate primary care at clinics in Orange and San Bernardino counties starting in December. Five other clinics in the Bay Area, Santa Cruz and Central Valley, also shuttered in recent months over federal efforts to defund the organization.

Dr. Janet Jacobson, medical director of the Orange and San Bernardino counties clinics, told CalMatters the federal actions are "destroying our primary care program."

"It’s inhumane to take away people’s health care," Jacobson said. "Folks that have Medi-Cal should be able to see the provider of their choice for primary care."

Planned Parenthood needs about $27 million a month to operate all its local facilities, Jodi Hicks, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, told CalMatters.

"The Planned Parenthood affiliates in California are grateful to Governor Newsom and our allies in the Legislature for taking this necessary step to keep Planned Parenthood health centers open and able to provide critical services as they weather the impacts of the federal defund," Hicks said in a statement.

California is the fourth state to allocate public funds to support Planned Parenthood, joining Washington, Colorado and New Mexico. Lawmakers in Oregon and New York are also considering giving public money to the organization.

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Republicans in the nation's capital and across the country have targeted Planned Parenthood over abortion services. Trump's spending bill signed over the summer prohibited Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid money for its services, including abortions, mammograms, pap smears, birth control and sexually transmitted infection testing.

Facilities in GOP-led states with abortion restrictions have also been forced to cease the procedures following the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe V. Wade and returned the power to make laws regarding abortion back to the states.

Planned Parenthood facilities have been shuttering in various states across the country, including California and New York. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte — which operates 30 health centers along the California coast, Central Valley and Nevada — shuttered five health centers in July after Trump blocked Planned Parenthood’s funding.

Mar Monte Chief of Staff Andrew Adams said the organization is working on ways to maintain its financial stability. Adams said the closures helped keep services at the organization’s other clinics until the end of the year but that it could be met with a "financial cliff" in the new year.

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"We are planning for an environment where there is no federal funding," Adams told CalMatters. "What that looks like is having to potentially charge patients some amount of money for services we provide."

The organization has claimed that abortions make up only 3% of its services, but pro-life groups contend that the clinics' closures in states with abortion bans prove that to be false.

"If that were true, they wouldn't be closing all these facilities in pro-life states where you can't do abortions. So that's hardly believable anymore in 2025," 40 Days for Life CEO and founder Shawn Carney told Fox News Digital in August.

Newsom, California lawmakers and Planned Parenthood have spent much of the year searching for a solution to keep the organization afloat without federal dollars, according to CalMatters. 

But with a multibillion-dollar state deficit, that has been a challenging goal.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made his first public comments since the federal indictments of Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier and former player Damon Jones in a wide-ranging gambling-related scheme.

"My initial reaction was I was deeply disturbed," Silver said in an interview during the Amazon Prime Video broadcast of the New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics game Friday. "There’s nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition. I had a pit in my stomach. It was very upsetting.

"I apologize to our fans that we are all dealing with this situation."

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Earlier Friday, Congress got involved. 

The House Committee on Commerce Friday sent a letter to Silver requesting information and a briefing to obtain information related to the scandal.

The committee is seeking five key points of information from Silver:

"1. Details about the fraudulent, illegal, and alleged betting practices in connection with NBA players, coaches, and officials, including the actions of NBA players and coaches identified in the recent indictment; as well as prior instances, some of which are identified above," the letter states.

"2. Actions the NBA intends to take to limit the disclosure of nonpublic information for illegal purposes. 3. Whether the NBA’s Code of Conduct for players and coaches effectively prohibits illegal activity, including the disclosure of non-public information for the purposes of illegal betting schemes. 4. An explanation of the gaps, if any, in existing regulations that allow illegal betting schemes to occur. 5. Whether and how the NBA is reevaluating the terms of its partnerships with sports betting companies." 

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The bipartisan letter was signed by six members of Congress on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Rozier was arrested because federal officials allege he conspired with associates to help them win bets based on his statistical performance. The charges are similar to what former Toronto player Jontay Porter faced before he was banned from the league by Silver in 2024.

Billups faces charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering for participating in what federal officials called Mafia-backed rigged poker games. He also matches the credentials of someone described only as Co-Conspirator 8 in an indictment detailing how some people gave bettors inside information on player health statuses.

The arrests have overshadowed the opening week around the league.

The Rozier case has gone on since March 23, 2023. He was with the Charlotte Hornets at that time, and sportsbooks — legal ones — alerted the NBA to irregular patterns involving Rozier’s "prop bets" that day. Rozier went on to play about 9 1/2 minutes, and those who bet that he would underperform the listed stat lines won those wagers. Federal officials said more than $200,000 was bet on those lines alone.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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A missing dog named Moose is safely back home after a dramatic rescue by New York Police Department officers beneath a subway train in Manhattan.

The small black dog slipped away from its owners and ended up hiding under a northbound 2 train at the 14th Street station Thursday. 

The animal was hit by the train before seeking refuge beneath one of the cars, a spokesperson for the NYPD told People magazine.

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"When Moose the dog got loose and went hiding underneath a 2 train, our [NYPD Special Ops Emergency Service Unit] officers came to the rescue," the NYPD posted to X. 

Bodycam footage released by the NYPD shows an officer climbing down a ladder onto the tracks, shining a flashlight to search for the missing pup.

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"Where is it?" the officer can be heard saying before spotting the small dog hiding in the shadows.

"Come here," the officer says, luring the dog. "Come on. Come on, buddy."

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Moments later, the officer scoops Moose up and carries him away from the tracks before lifting him onto the subway platform where other officers are standing.

"Yay!" one person can be heard saying.

Moose was showered with pets before being reunited with his owners, according to People.

"Thanks to [NYPD Transit] officers, Moose was safely reunited with its owner!" the NYPD posted to X.

Earlier this year, NYPD officers similarly jumped into action to save a small dog spotted swimming in the East River, according to FOX 5. 

The NYPD did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones faced new political fallout Friday after a report revealed his wife had donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a controversial bail organization that used millions to spring violent offenders, including accused rapists and murderers, from jail.

In May 2020, during unrest in Minneapolis after George Floyd’s death, Mavis Jones posted on Twitter: "I just donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund," linking to the group’s donation page and urging others to do the same. The account has since gone private.

The revelation, first reported by The Washington Free Beacon, comes as Jones, a Democrat, trails Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in a tightening race for Virginia’s top law enforcement post. The state’s attorney general oversees state-level prosecutions and police oversight.

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The Minnesota Freedom Fund, promoted at the time by several progressive figures, including Sen. Kamala Harris, raised more than $41 million during the 2020 protests, pledging to support demonstrators arrested during clashes with police. 

But a FOX 9 investigation later found the group spent most of its money bailing out defendants accused of serious violent crimes rather than low-level protest offenses.

Among those bailed out was Christopher Boswell, a twice-convicted rapist facing new kidnapping and assault charges who was freed after the fund posted $350,000 in cash bail.

The group also paid $100,000 to release Darnika Floyd, who was charged with second-degree murder, and $75,000 for Jaleel Stallings, who allegedly fired at a Minneapolis SWAT team before being acquitted at trial.

Greg Lewin, then the fund’s interim executive director, told FOX 9 that same year, "The last time we were down there, the clerk said, ‘We hate it when you bail out these sex offenders.’ I often don’t even look at a charge when I bail someone out."

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In one case, the fund posted bail for George Howard, a career criminal later charged with fatally shooting a man in a Minneapolis road rage incident just weeks after his release.

The news adds to a string of controversies for Jones, 35, who has already apologized for violent text messages directed at Republican leaders. In one exchange, he wrote that then–House Speaker Todd Gilbert gets "two bullets to the head" and that Gilbert’s wife Jennifer should "watch her children die."

Court records also show Jones was convicted of reckless driving in 2022 for traveling 116 mph on a Virginia highway. He was fined $1,500 and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service, but a state ethics review is examining whether hours spent volunteering for his own political committee should count toward the sentence.

The latest controversy gives Miyares and Republicans new fodder in the closing weeks of the campaign. A Trafalgar Group poll released Oct. 17 found Miyares leading 49.5% to 44.6%, a reversal from earlier surveys that had Jones up six points before the text scandal broke.

As of Friday, Mavis Jones has set her X account to private.

The Minnesota Freedom Fund and the Jay Jones campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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