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Rep. Debbie Dingell has held office for a decade, but her family has represented in the same general region of Michigan for almost a century, since Rep. John Dingell Sr. took office in 1933.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, however, Dingell, a Democrat, stressed she is not concerned with the idea she is continuing a record-breaking family legacy but instead the "quality" of work she does in-the-moment for the people in her district.

"I love my husband very much. And I'm proud of my last name. But I have to get up every day and earn the respect of the people that I represent. And I have to deliver for my constituents every day," Dingell said. 

"Most important to me is being a voice in a room and at the table for the people that I represent."

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Dingell’s own lineage, like her husband’s (Rep. John Dingell Jr.) and father-in-law’s, is also one that epitomizes the area she represents. She is the great-granddaughter of one of the Fisher Brothers – whose Fisher Bodyworks company became an early component of what is now General Motors.

"Home is home to me," she said. "My district is a very complicated district. [It’s] Mini-America. Downriver (southwest of Detroit) is home – they have a manufacturing legacy, but they have a lot of environmental issues, and I’m really proud of some of the things I did from the moment I stepped into this job."

Dingell spoke of regularly being on the phone with agencies from FEMA to healthcare, saying she always wants to "talk to people directly" and not politicize pressing issues.

"I don’t have entourages because I don’t believe in them. I love my staff… but I want people to talk to me directly … I go to farmer's markets every weekend because that’s where [constituents are]."

Dingell supporters point to her willingness to work across the aisle, as the congresswoman said: "We’ve got to respect … [and] listen to each other."

In the century since Dingell Sr. took office, politics has gotten nastier, or as Dingell put it, "what we’ve lost in the legislative process is trust – people don’t get to know each other anymore."

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National Wildlife Federation CEO Collin O’Meara called Dingell and Dingell Jr. the "hardest-working people" he’s worked with.

"I think in the conservation world, they're just kind of legendary figures," he said, noting that Dingell Sr. was a leader in the space as well, drafting the "Dingell-Johnson Act" in 1950 that helped restore sportfishing and continues to be utilized today.

The Dingells were instrumental in the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and other key laws, he said, adding Dingell has led major cleanup efforts around Michigan while also leading nationally on conservation, including via caucus chairmanships.

O’Meara said that Dingell and her family have been "versatile lawmakers" in a Washington full of "one-trick ponies."

David Hecker, a former state president of American Federation of Teachers, said Dingell has supported domestic manufacturing, workers' rights and education issues.

"The congresswoman is everywhere, informing, but moreso listening: to needs and concerns of her constituents and supporting community organizations," Hecker said.

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Trenton, Mich., Mayor Steve Rzeppa told Fox News Digital that Dingell and Dingell Jr., could not be "bigger fighters" in Congress.

Rzeppa’s earliest political work was in Dingell Jr.’s district office. 

"It's tough to even put into words what you learn working for someone like that," he said. "It was really more a way of living and serving others than it was a set of certain skills."

Rzeppa said the political family have been "champions" of the local auto industry, universal healthcare and conservation – recalling them also greeting workers at plants’ shift-change.

Bentley Johnson of the League of Conservation Voters called the Dingells’ district a "fascinating case study" as the home of UAW and heavy-industry workers who were longtime Democrats who have been trending more toward President Donald Trump or independent affiliation.

"In a lot of ways, it's a microcosm of the country in terms of political polarization. But what is interesting is that we see water and outdoor recreation as classic examples of issues that are top priorities for people across the entire political spectrum," Johnson said.

Johnson said the Dingells recognize that and that as "problem-solvers," there is "no situation too complex or politically sticky that they won't throw themselves into to try and find a solution." 

Local colleges also praised the Dingells’ tenure, with spokespeople for both the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University crediting their support for the institutions.

"Congresswoman Debbie Dingell has been an incredible supporter of Michigan Medicine, and we are fortunate to have someone of her caliber represent our students, faculty, staff and patients," said Mary Masson, a spokesperson for UMich-Health.

"As a lifelong resident of Ann Arbor and former local elected official, I've had the honor of working over many years with Debbie Dingell and, before her, John Dingell," added Eastern Michigan administrator Leigh Greden.

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"The district has changed a lot over the years… What hasn't changed between John and Debbie is their omnipresence in the community."

The lack of change, however, has been something critics of term limits and "dynastic" political families have in turn called out.

Writer Andrew Sullivan previously dove into the "Dingell Dynasty" and cited several critiques of having a family in office that long.

He cited journalist Philip Klein’s take that it is an indictment of incumbency.

"[Dingell Jr.] was re-elected over and over again due to the way congressional districts are drawn up and because incumbents have such a huge money and influence advantage that it creates a barrier to entry for any potential challengers," he said according to Sullivan.

"The United States was created by a revolution against a monarchy, and yet Americans have had an unhealthy obsession with political dynasties," added Klein, who noted that at the time, the nation was flirting with dynastic presidencies of Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.

"And seriously, does anybody believe that Caroline Kennedy is the most qualified person in the country to serve as ambassador to Japan?" he wrote.

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Outside The Beltway writer Doug Mataconis said following Dingell’s primary win to succeed her husband, "as a general rule, there is something unhealthy about both political dynasties and long-term incumbency, and the Dingell case provides ample examples of both."

"Congressional seats such as Dingell’s are made virtually immune from challenge by the opposing party … there is just something distasteful about the fact the same family has held the same congressional seat since Franklin Roosevelt was first elected to the presidency."

Dingell Jr.’s tenure by itself remains the longest of any member – at 59 years.

Former Democratic Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, and Carl Hayden of Arizona, and ex-Rep. Jamie Whitten of Mississippi all served about 50 years as did Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Former Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, served 49.

At the state level, the "Byrd Machine," led by Democratic Sen. Harry Byrd, famously controlled Virginia’s politics for almost all of the 20th century.

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After the fall of Saigon in 1975, waves of South Vietnamese refugees fled to the United States, seeking freedom and safety. About 125,000 refugees were airlifted initially, with upwards of 800,000 refugees fleeing in the years following – many of whom ended up settling in the U.S. As of 2017, Vietnamese-Americans comprise approximately 3% of America’s immigrants, and represent the sixth-largest foreign-born population. 

Upon resettling in the United States, many refugees encountered a language barrier which made navigating new lives in a new nation a challenge. As a member of a refugee family who narrowly escaped the treachery of the communist Vietcong, my family was one of the many blessed and fortunate South Vietnamese families who received a gift to start a new life in America. We are grateful every day to the U.S. for this generous opportunity. 

However, like many, we were faced with complex systems, unfamiliar schools and an employment market that required English proficiency. In our quest to assimilate into American culture and earn our citizenship, mastering the English language was necessary to foster a sense of belonging, unity and collective American identity.  

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Unfortunately, many recent immigrant groups do not maintain and have failed to prioritize English proficiency in the same manner. According to recent research, 46% of illegal aliens speak English "not well" or "not at all." That must change – and thankfully, President Donald Trump is taking meaningful action to ensure it does.  

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On March 1, 2025, Trump issued Executive Order 14224, "Designating English as the Official Language of the United States." Although the U.S. has never formally declared English its official language at the federal level, its role as the de-facto language of government, education and commerce provided much-needed structure. Designating an official language is not exclusionary as critics may claim but is empowering for any new immigrant who seeks freedom and opportunity here. Learning English opens doors to forming bonds with our neighbors and develops a sense of national pride in being American. 

While this executive order focuses on analyzing the cost value of language services in the federal government, the designation of an official language is critical in re-establishing our bonds as Americans, especially in politically and socially Balkanized society. Further steps should be taken at the state and local level, especially within workplaces and educational institutions, to ensure that the spirit of this executive order is realized where it matters most. 

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Language policy isn’t just about words, but it about opening doors of communication and creating a pathway to becoming an American. For refugees like my family and many others from South Vietnam, it’s about survival, dignity and the chance to start again. In a new and complex world, knowing the language of your new home is not just helpful, it’s liberating. I applaud President Trump for taking steps to help build unity, a collective national identity and opening the door for everyone to identify as Americans. 

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House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., is investigating whether former President Joe Biden's closest aides worked to conceal evidence of mental decline in the octogenarian Democrat during his White House term, and whether an autopen was used for executive decisions without his knowledge.

Biden himself asserted to the New York Times that he "made every decision" regarding autopen pardons specifically, and his allies have dismissed the GOP-led probe as a partisan show.

Several ex-senior White House officials are due in the coming weeks, including former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and ex-White House chief of staff Jeff Zeints.

But Comer's staff have also met with a number of people so far – some who have said very little, while others have given no information at all.

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Below are the eight people who have sat down with House investigators so far:

Former White House staff secretary Neera Tanden appeared for a voluntary interview on June 24.

A source familiar with Tanden's interview said she described having "minimal interaction" with Biden during her sit-down with investigators.

Tanden also said she would submit requests for autopen signatures to members of Biden's team, but was not aware of what actions or approvals occurred between the time she sent the memo and the time she received it back with the president's approval, the source said.

Tanden's lawyer told Fox News at the time that she "consistently followed a protocol" that was used by both Republican and Democratic administrations in the past.

"That same protocol existed in the Clinton and Obama administrations, which Ms. Tanden learned in discussions with previous staff secretaries from those administrations. She further understood and believed that the same process was followed in the Trump 1 and Bush administrations," the lawyer said.

Tanden had been tapped to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) early in Biden's term, but she withdrew after bipartisan pushback in the Senate.

Former White House physician Kevin O'Connor was the second ex-Biden administration official to appear when he came in on July 9, and the first to appear under subpoena.

Before serving as White House doctor, however, O'Connor was known to be a close associate of the Biden family for years. 

Investigators were hoping to learn whether O'Connor knowingly obscured signs of advanced aging or loss of mental acuity in Biden. He notably met with a Parkinson's Disease expert at the White House at one point, according to the New York Times – though the revelations were downplayed by the White House at the time.

O'Connor's lawyers had attempted to delay his scheduled deposition date over concerns that the scope of the committee's investigation would violate doctor-patient confidentiality.

He ultimately did appear when Comer rejected his delay request, but O'Connor was in and out of the committee room in less than an hour after pleading the Fifth Amendment to all questions, save for his name.

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Ashley Williams is a longtime Biden advisor who still works for the former president, according to her LinkedIn. She appeared for a voluntary transcribed interview on July 11.

The close Biden ally's time with him goes back to assisting then-second lady Jill Biden during the Obama administration, according to a 2019 profile of Biden staffers.

She served as his trip director for the 2020 campaign before being hired to the White House as deputy director of Oval Office Operations and a special assistant to the president.

Williams repeatedly told committee staff during her sit-down that she did not "recall" various things "an untold number of times," but that she believed Biden was fit to be president today, a source told Fox News Digital.

"Examples include she could not recall if she spoke with President Biden in the last week, if teleprompters were used for Cabinet meetings, if there were discussions about President Biden using a wheelchair, if there were discussions about a cognitive test, if she discussed a mental or physical decline of President Biden, if she ever had to wake President Biden up and how she got involved with his 2020 campaign," the source said.

Anthony Bernal, who was nicknamed Jill Biden's "work husband" for their close relationship, was the second person subpoenaed to appear. 

Like O'Connor, Bernal's July 16 deposition lasted less than an hour after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment to investigators.

Bernal served as former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady. He also still appears to work for the Bidens, according to LinkedIn, which says he works for Jill Biden specifically.

"During his deposition today, Mr. Bernal pleaded the Fifth when asked if any unelected official or family members executed the duties of the President and if Joe Biden ever instructed him to lie about his health," Comer said in a statement after Bernal's deposition.

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Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations Annie Tomasini had been scheduled to appear for a transcribed interview, before her counsel requested a subpoena from Comer shortly before her July 18 appearance.

Tomasini followed O'Connor and Bernal's lead in pleading the Fifth Amendment, which people coming in voluntarily cannot do.

"During her deposition today, Ms. Tomasini pleaded the Fifth when asked if Joe Biden, a member of his family, or anyone at the White House instructed her to lie regarding his health at any time," Comer said in a statement after her deposition.

"She also pleaded the Fifth when asked if she ever advised President Biden on the handling of classified documents found in his garage, if President Biden or anyone in the White House instructed her to conceal or destroy classified material found at President Biden’s home or office, and if she ever conspired with anyone in the White House to hide information regarding the Biden family’s ‘business’ dealings."

She first worked for Biden as a press secretary when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a U.S. senator from Delaware.

Ron Klain served as Biden's chief of staff for the first two years of his White House term and played a key role in preparing him for his disastrous 2024 presidential debate against former President Donald Trump.

Klain told investigators that he believed Biden's memory got worse over time, but he still had the ability to govern, a source familiar with his interview told Fox News Digital.

The source said Klain also claimed to have heard concerns about Biden's political viability from both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Biden's own national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, by 2024, though it's not clear if those concerns are tied to his mental acuity nor that they spoke to Klain together.

A spokesperson for Sullivan vehemently denied the account.

Klain also told investigators that Biden appeared tired and ill before the 2024 debate, the source said.

In a letter requesting his appearance, Comer quoted Klain as cutting Biden's debate prep short last year, "due to the president’s fatigue and lack of familiarity with the subject matter," adding that Biden "didn’t really understand what his argument was on inflation," citing a POLITICO report from earlier this year. 

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Former counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti sat down with House investigators earlier this week on voluntary terms.

Unlike the vast majority of others before him, who did not acknowledge media gathered outside the committee room, Ricchetti told Fox News' Chad Pergram that "of course" Biden was up to the job of president.

Ricchetti's interview was also the longest by far – running roughly eight hours on Wednesday.

A source familiar with Ricchetti's sitdown described him as "combative and defensive" during exchanges with House Oversight staff.

Ricchetti asserted he had personal relationships with Jill Biden and Hunter Biden in addition to the former president, the source said.

His own family had relationships with the Biden administration as well – three of his four children worked in the Treasury, State Department and in the White House.

The longtime Democratic operative and lobbyist was one of two longtime trusted aides reportedly with Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, when he drafted his bombshell letter announcing he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

Former senior advisor to the president Mike Donilon is the latest member of Biden's inner circle to appear before House investigators, sitting down with them voluntarily on Thursday for roughly five hours.

Donilon first began working for Biden in 1981 as a pollster when Biden was the junior U.S. senator from Delaware.

Alongside Ricchetti, he was one of two Biden aides who were present when he drafted his announcement dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

Donilon told investigators he received $4 million to work for Biden's 2024 re-election campaign and would have gotten $4 million more if Biden had won, a source told Fox News Digital.

He staunchly defended Biden during his interview, the source said, accusing Democrats of overreacting in the wake of Biden's debate.

Donilon told investigators Biden is "a leader who was deeply engaged and in command on critical issues," according to his opening statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

"Every president ages over the four years of a presidency and President Biden did as well, but he also continued to grow stronger and wiser as a leader as a result of being tested by some of the most difficult challenges any president has ever faced," Donilon said.

Fox News Digital's Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.

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A second WNBA game has been plagued by a flying sex toy.

On Friday night, a matchup between the Golden State Valkyries and the Chicago Sky was interrupted in the third quarter when the object flew across the court. The officials stopped the game to remove the lime green adult toy, and play continued.

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Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham issued a PSA after the moment went viral on social media.

"Stop throwing dildos on the court… you’re going to hurt one of us," she wrote on X.

Sky star Angel Reese jokingly blamed Fever guard Sydney Colson for the incident after Colson facetiously said it was her sex toy that had gone across the court earlier in the week.

Golden State won the game, 73-66. Veronica Burton had 18 points in the victory.

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It’s unclear whether anyone was ejected from the game, but it’s the second instance over the last few days that a sex toy has interrupted a game, particularly a Valkyries game. 

On Tuesday night, it was Golden State going up against the Atlanta Dream. The Valkyries had rebounded a miss with about one minute left in the game when the object flew from the stands and down onto the court. The object bounced a few times away from the ballhandler and then toward the near sideline.

The officials didn’t immediately stop play once the object was thrown. The sequence continued until Golden State turned the ball over out of bounds.

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Jeannie Seely, known for her soulful country songs, has died. She was 85.

Seely died on Friday at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee after complications from an intestinal infection, her publicist confirmed, according to the Associated Press.

Fellow country icons, including Dolly Parton, paid tribute to Seely, known as "Miss Country Soul."

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"She was one of my dearest friends," Parton said on her social media accounts. "I think she was one of the greater singers in Nashville and she had a wonderful sense of humor. We had many wonderful laughs together, cried over certain things together and she will be missed."

Born on July 6, 1940, the Titusville, Pennsylvania native started performing at the young age of 11 on local radio.

She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s and worked at Imperial and Liberty Records to work on her songwriting skills.

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In 1965, Seely was encouraged to relocate to Nashville where she performed on the Porter Wagoner Show and signed with Monument Records shortly after.

Seely was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in September 1967, becoming one of the first women to regularly host Opry segments. She awed audiences throughout her Opry tenure with 5,397 performances – the most appearances of any artist in the show's history. Her final appearance was on February 22, 2025.

Seely’s illustrious career spanned more than six decades. She rose to fame with her 1966 single, "Don’t Touch Me," as the popular song ranked at number 2 on the Billboard country chart at the time.

"Don’t Touch Me" was written by Hank Cochran. The song earned Seely her first and only Grammy Award, for best country and western vocal performance in the female category.

Cochran and Seely were married in 1969 and divorced in 1979.

Her other popular hits include "Can I Sleep in Your Arms?" and "I’ll Love You More (Than You Need)."

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Beyond performing, Seely was a talented songwriter. Her work was recorded by country legends such as Willie Nelson, Dottie West and more artists.

Her second husband, Gene Ward, died in December. In May, Seely revealed that she was in recovery after undergoing multiple back surgeries, two emergency procedures and spending 11 days in the ICU. She also suffered a bout of pneumonia.

"Rehab is pretty tough, but each day is looking brighter and last night, I saw a light at the end of the tunnel. And it was neon, so I knew it was mine!" she said in a statement at the time. "The unsinkable Seely is working her way back."

Seely’s latest project was released in July 2024, a cover of Dottie West's "Suffer Time," recorded at the world-renowned RCA Studio B. She performed it at the Opry the year before.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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SummerSlam is set to take over the New York and New Jersey area on Saturday and Sunday in the first two-night event in the WWE show’s history.

The premium live event is set to take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford and the first night as a card with three championships up for grabs, a country music star in action and the in-ring return of Roman Reigns.

Read below for what to expect on Night 1 of SummerSlam.

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CM Punk has proclaimed himself to be the "best in the world" when it comes to pro wrestling. But since his return to WWE, injuries, bad luck and Seth Rollins have kept him from the ultimate goal of winning the World Heavyweight Championship. Punk earned the title shot after winning a gauntlet match on "Monday Night Raw."

Gunther has held the championship since he won it back from Jey Uso months after his WrestleMania 41 defeat. He defeated Goldberg during their Saturday Night’s Main Event match and now has the challenge of going up against Punk, who is possibly his most formidable opponent in quite some time.

It will certainly be a battle of wills when those two get into the ring for the main event. 

While no one has heard from Rollins since he got injured weeks ago against LA Knight, one has to wonder whether he will lurk in the background and make sure Punk doesn’t get his hands on gold.

Tiffany Stratton has withstood each test she’s faced so far. She dispatched Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 41, Nia Jax in a Last Woman Standing match and then Trish Stratus at Evolution. She’s been on fire, but she will have her biggest test yet in Jade Cargill.

Cargill won the Queen of the Ring Tournament and chose to square off against Stratton. It will be her first shot at a singles title. Cargill put her feud with Naomi behind her, defeating her in a No Holds Barred match at Evolution.

Stratton and Cargill are two of the top women on SmackDown roster and either performer is more than fit to be holding the belt at the end of the night.

Jelly Roll was in Randy Orton’s corner when the "Legend Killer" faced off against Drew McIntyre at Saturday Night’s Main Event. He got involved in the match, distracting McIntyre and allowing Orton to capitalize. As Paul laid the beatdown on Orton, Jelly stepped in and knocked Paul onto his back. McIntyre, out of nowhere, hit Jelly with a Claymore.

It was the inflection point of a feud between the two duos, and it culminated in a SummerSlam match. Jelly Roll even showcased that he has a Black Hole Slam in his arsenal. WWE fans we’ll see if the country music artist could provide some doom and gloom for McIntyre and Paul.

The unusual pairing of Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss has hit it big with the WWE audience. Flair saved Bliss from a spear at Evolution, and Bliss saved Flair from an onslaught from Raquel Rodriguez during a "Friday Night SmackDown" episode.

Are they friends? No, not yet. But the two have earned a shot at the tag titles and could end up the tag team champions by the night’s end.

But Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez have no interest in giving up the titles. Rodriguez held the belt with Liv Morgan, but Perez stepped in when Morgan went down with an injury. The two defensed it the titles at Evolution and now have a chance to really put their names on the division with a victory over veterans in Bliss and Flair.

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Karrion Kross has been on the tail of Sami Zayn for months, and the rivalry will come to a head on the first night of SummerSlam. Zayn got the better of Kross at Night of Champions back in June, and Kross defeated Zayn a few weeks ago.

Kross has told Zayn that he will never be a world champion while Zayn has tried to focus on his pursuit of a title and put Kross behind him. So far, to no avail as Kross’ beatdowns kept Zayn from participating in the championship gauntlet, which Punk won.

If Kross wins, Zayn has to tell him he was right. If Zayn wins, Kross will have to say he was wrong about Zayn.

It has been quite a while since Roman Reigns competed in a match. The last time fans saw him, Paul Heyman was giving him a low blow, allowing Rollins to win the triple threat match that included Punk at WrestleMania 41.

Reigns came back to help Jey Uso from a Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker beatdown. It set up for what’s to come at SummerSlam – a gigantic tag-team match.

Reed and Breakker got the last laugh on "Monday Night Raw." Reed put Uso down for the count, and Breakker speared Reigns through a barricade. Reed, then, stole Reigns’ shoes.

It will be an all-out brawl when these four get into the ring.

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President Donald Trump wrapped up his second term's 28th week in office announcing he would reposition two nuclear submarines amid increased tension with Russia, after just adding new tariffs to a host of countries. 

On Monday, Trump unveiled a new deadline for Russia to end its conflict with Ukraine, and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the announcement is an additional "step towards war." 

In response, Trump made a rare announcement Friday that he would reposition two submarines to best respond to the escalated tension between the two countries. 

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"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that," Trump said in a Friday post on Truth Social. 

Trump did not disclose any additional details regarding the submarines, and defense officials rarely comment on submarine placement given the highly classified nature of their operations. 

Here’s what also happened this week:

Trump also signed several executive orders Thursday related to tariffs, including raising the tariffs on Canada from 25% to 35%. 

The president raised the tariff rate due to Canada’s contribution to the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs into the U.S., according to the Trump administration. However, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney challenged that assessment. 

"Canada accounts for only 1% of U.S. fentanyl imports and has been working intensively to further reduce these volumes," Carney said in a Friday statement.  

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Trump also modified reciprocal tariffs on a series of countries Thursday, bumping up the tariff rate on Brazil to 50%. 

Meanwhile, Trump reached a trade deal on Thursday with South Korea, driving down tariffs against South Korea from 25% as pitched in the spring to 15%. Additionally, Trump agreed Thursday to continue trade talks with Mexico for another 90 days. 

Trump also signed the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act into law Wednesday, which would make permanent a partial claims program that seeks to keep veterans from losing their homes to foreclosure. 

The new partial claims program under the Department of Veterans' Affairs' (VA) Home Loan Program permits veterans who are behind on mortgage payments to tack on those payments to the tail end of their loans, while also offering them an interest-free loan in the interim. 

TRUMP SIGNS NEW LAW HELPING VETERANS AVOID FORECLOSURE WITH PARTIAL CLAIMS PAYMENT PROGRAM 

"This legislation provides desperately needed relief to veterans and their families who have fallen behind in their mortgages," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "It's a really sort of an amazing situation, and it helps keep our promise to end veterans homelessness. And, we're going to do that for America. We're going to do that for our great veterans."

Estimates suggest the partial claim program could assist up to 3.7 million veterans, according to Trump. 

"It's common sense legislation," Trump said. "My administration is committed to doing everything possible to ensure that our veterans are treated with respect and treated as well as anybody in this country."

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EXCLUSIVE: Republican New York State Sen. Bill Weber told Fox News Digital about what he believes will happen to New York City in a variety of areas if socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor in November.

"It could be in chaos," Weber, who represents New York’s 38th State Senate district along the Hudson River outside New York City, told Fox News Digital about the prospect of a Mamdani victory. 

"I mean, we even see some of those big issues happening now in the city. Anyone that's gone into the city recently sees a lot of just unsafe situations."

Weber, the son and brother of NYPD officers, spoke to Fox News Digital days after the city witnessed the deadliest mass shooting in half a century in Midtown Manhattan, sparking a bitter war of words between all four mayoral candidates about public safety in the city.

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Mamdani has been heavily criticized for previous calls to defund the police, which he attempted to walk back in a Wednesday press conference, which is a critique that has been amplified in the wake of the shooting on Monday.

Weber told Fox News Digital that the police department in New York City needs more resources, not less.

"We've got to continue to fund the police department and when you hear rhetoric starting in 2020, and even continuing today with some political figures, including, you know, Mamdani, who could be the next mayor of New York City, in the past talking about defunding the police and really taking a different approach to law enforcement. It's a real concern, not only now, but what could happen in the future."

Weber continued, "So I'm hopeful that clearer minds will prevail, and we will continue to support the police department, which is the best in the world, and we need to make sure that we continually support them financially and all the tools that they need to do their jobs effectively."

'CULTURE OF SHAME': NYC COUNCIL MEMBER SOUNDS ALARM OVER MAMDANI VOTERS FALLING FOR 'PIPE DREAM'

Weber told Fox News Digital he represents a district with either the first or second most Jewish residents per capita in the state and that many Jewish voters have expressed concern to him about Mamdani’s long history of anti-Israel stances.

"A lot my Jewish residents are very concerned," Weber, who recently penned an op-ed on the subject of Mamdani and Israel, explained.

"They have family that live in the boroughs of New York City. A lot of them commute into the city as well. So they're very worried about the rhetoric that Mamdani has really spewed over a long time. And you know. Even up until recently, he still refuses to condemn the globalized intifada, which is very concerning because we saw what happened on October 7th."

Political experts have suggested that the three candidates other than Mamdani need to coalesce around one candidate in order to defeat Mamdani, which Weber said he supports but says it's unclear whether that will happen or who that candidate will be to form a one-on-one matchup.

"The opposition, whoever that candidate is going to be, they need to really rally behind and unify behind one candidate, whoever it is, and I even offered to be a liaison to try and facilitate one of, or at least getting them all together into a room to have one candidate to run against Mamdani because I'm fearful that the rest of them will split the vote and then Mamdani will sneak in," Weber said.

In terms of what New York City’s economy will look like in four years if Mamdani becomes mayor, Weber pointed out that New York City drives most of the revenue back to the state in Albany and suggested a bleak outlook if Mamdani, who has been labeled a communist by some, were to win. 

"I think he's very serious about what he's indicating that he wants to do, which would really be a devastating impact on New York City," Weber said.  "If we chase out building owners, if we chase out the wealthy people to go to Florida or other states that are more tax friendly, it will have a devastating impact not only on New York City, but on New York state as a whole."

"So, you know, we should take him at his word. He wants to have government-run supermarkets. I mean, these are all code words of what we've heard from socialist nations around the world, socialist nations that have failed, and we don't want to see a failure in New York City. So we need to take him, listen to him, take him at his word and really fight back to make sure that none of those programs get implemented in that. Really, that starts with defeating him at the polls in November."

Fox News Digital reached out to the Mamdani campaign for comment.

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House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., is investigating whether former President Joe Biden's closest aides worked to conceal evidence of mental decline in the octogenarian Democrat during his White House term, and whether an autopen was used for executive decisions without his knowledge.

Biden himself asserted to the New York Times that he "made every decision" regarding autopen pardons specifically, and his allies have dismissed the GOP-led probe as a partisan show.

Several ex-senior White House officials are due in the coming weeks, including former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and ex-White House chief of staff Jeff Zeints.

But Comer's staff have also met with a number of people so far – some who have said very little, while others have given no information at all.

COMER DISMISSES BIDEN DOCTOR'S BID FOR PAUSE IN COVER-UP PROBE: 'THROWING OUT EVERY EXCUSE'

Below are the eight people who have sat down with House investigators so far:

Former White House staff secretary Neera Tanden appeared for a voluntary interview on June 24.

A source familiar with Tanden's interview said she described having "minimal interaction" with Biden during her sit-down with investigators.

Tanden also said she would submit requests for autopen signatures to members of Biden's team, but was not aware of what actions or approvals occurred between the time she sent the memo and the time she received it back with the president's approval, the source said.

Tanden's lawyer told Fox News at the time that she "consistently followed a protocol" that was used by both Republican and Democratic administrations in the past.

"That same protocol existed in the Clinton and Obama administrations, which Ms. Tanden learned in discussions with previous staff secretaries from those administrations. She further understood and believed that the same process was followed in the Trump 1 and Bush administrations," the lawyer said.

Tanden had been tapped to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) early in Biden's term, but she withdrew after bipartisan pushback in the Senate.

Former White House physician Kevin O'Connor was the second ex-Biden administration official to appear when he came in on July 9, and the first to appear under subpoena.

Before serving as White House doctor, however, O'Connor was known to be a close associate of the Biden family for years. 

Investigators were hoping to learn whether O'Connor knowingly obscured signs of advanced aging or loss of mental acuity in Biden. He notably met with a Parkinson's Disease expert at the White House at one point, according to the New York Times – though the revelations were downplayed by the White House at the time.

O'Connor's lawyers had attempted to delay his scheduled deposition date over concerns that the scope of the committee's investigation would violate doctor-patient confidentiality.

He ultimately did appear when Comer rejected his delay request, but O'Connor was in and out of the committee room in less than an hour after pleading the Fifth Amendment to all questions, save for his name.

FAR-LEFT FIREBRAND SAYS SHE 'NEVER HAD A CONCERN' ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL STATE AS HOUSE PROBE HEATS UP

Ashley Williams is a longtime Biden advisor who still works for the former president, according to her LinkedIn. She appeared for a voluntary transcribed interview on July 11.

The close Biden ally's time with him goes back to assisting then-second lady Jill Biden during the Obama administration, according to a 2019 profile of Biden staffers.

She served as his trip director for the 2020 campaign before being hired to the White House as deputy director of Oval Office Operations and a special assistant to the president.

Williams repeatedly told committee staff during her sit-down that she did not "recall" various things "an untold number of times," but that she believed Biden was fit to be president today, a source told Fox News Digital.

"Examples include she could not recall if she spoke with President Biden in the last week, if teleprompters were used for Cabinet meetings, if there were discussions about President Biden using a wheelchair, if there were discussions about a cognitive test, if she discussed a mental or physical decline of President Biden, if she ever had to wake President Biden up and how she got involved with his 2020 campaign," the source said.

Anthony Bernal, who was nicknamed Jill Biden's "work husband" for their close relationship, was the second person subpoenaed to appear. 

Like O'Connor, Bernal's July 16 deposition lasted less than an hour after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment to investigators.

Bernal served as former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady. He also still appears to work for the Bidens, according to LinkedIn, which says he works for Jill Biden specifically.

"During his deposition today, Mr. Bernal pleaded the Fifth when asked if any unelected official or family members executed the duties of the President and if Joe Biden ever instructed him to lie about his health," Comer said in a statement after Bernal's deposition.

RON KLAIN DODGES REPORTERS AFTER MARATHON GRILLING IN BIDEN COVER-UP PROBE

Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations Annie Tomasini had been scheduled to appear for a transcribed interview, before her counsel requested a subpoena from Comer shortly before her July 18 appearance.

Tomasini followed O'Connor and Bernal's lead in pleading the Fifth Amendment, which people coming in voluntarily cannot do.

"During her deposition today, Ms. Tomasini pleaded the Fifth when asked if Joe Biden, a member of his family, or anyone at the White House instructed her to lie regarding his health at any time," Comer said in a statement after her deposition.

"She also pleaded the Fifth when asked if she ever advised President Biden on the handling of classified documents found in his garage, if President Biden or anyone in the White House instructed her to conceal or destroy classified material found at President Biden’s home or office, and if she ever conspired with anyone in the White House to hide information regarding the Biden family’s ‘business’ dealings."

She first worked for Biden as a press secretary when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a U.S. senator from Delaware.

Ron Klain served as Biden's chief of staff for the first two years of his White House term and played a key role in preparing him for his disastrous 2024 presidential debate against former President Donald Trump.

Klain told investigators that he believed Biden's memory got worse over time, but he still had the ability to govern, a source familiar with his interview told Fox News Digital.

The source said Klain also claimed to have heard concerns about Biden's political viability from both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Biden's own national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, by 2024, though it's not clear if those concerns are tied to his mental acuity nor that they spoke to Klain together.

A spokesperson for Sullivan vehemently denied the account.

Klain also told investigators that Biden appeared tired and ill before the 2024 debate, the source said.

In a letter requesting his appearance, Comer quoted Klain as cutting Biden's debate prep short last year, "due to the president’s fatigue and lack of familiarity with the subject matter," adding that Biden "didn’t really understand what his argument was on inflation," citing a POLITICO report from earlier this year. 

LONGTIME BIDEN AIDE SAYS HE STOOD TO EARN UP TO $8M HAD PRESIDENT WON RE-ELECTION

Former counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti sat down with House investigators earlier this week on voluntary terms.

Unlike the vast majority of others before him, who did not acknowledge media gathered outside the committee room, Ricchetti told Fox News' Chad Pergram that "of course" Biden was up to the job of president.

Ricchetti's interview was also the longest by far – running roughly eight hours on Wednesday.

A source familiar with Ricchetti's sitdown described him as "combative and defensive" during exchanges with House Oversight staff.

Ricchetti asserted he had personal relationships with Jill Biden and Hunter Biden in addition to the former president, the source said.

His own family had relationships with the Biden administration as well – three of his four children worked in the Treasury, State Department and in the White House.

The longtime Democratic operative and lobbyist was one of two longtime trusted aides reportedly with Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, when he drafted his bombshell letter announcing he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

Former senior advisor to the president Mike Donilon is the latest member of Biden's inner circle to appear before House investigators, sitting down with them voluntarily on Thursday for roughly five hours.

Donilon first began working for Biden in 1981 as a pollster when Biden was the junior U.S. senator from Delaware.

Alongside Ricchetti, he was one of two Biden aides who were present when he drafted his announcement dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

Donilon told investigators he received $4 million to work for Biden's 2024 re-election campaign and would have gotten $4 million more if Biden had won, a source told Fox News Digital.

He staunchly defended Biden during his interview, the source said, accusing Democrats of overreacting in the wake of Biden's debate.

Donilon told investigators Biden is "a leader who was deeply engaged and in command on critical issues," according to his opening statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

"Every president ages over the four years of a presidency and President Biden did as well, but he also continued to grow stronger and wiser as a leader as a result of being tested by some of the most difficult challenges any president has ever faced," Donilon said.

Fox News Digital's Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.

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The typical time that broadcast networks report on the advertising world is just before Super Bowl Sunday, to give viewers an advance peek at what companies will be shelling out millions to display. The clothing company American Eagle just scored a marketing coup with ad with White actress Sydney Sweeney making a sly joke about her "genes" and her jeans. 

"Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color," cooed the actress. "My jeans are blue." This quickly spurred outrage from purple-haired TikTokers and leftist websites complaining about "centering Whiteness" and "fascist propaganda." 

On Tuesday, July 29, ABC’s "Good Morning America First Look" was already employing the word "backlash." Anchor Rhiannon Ally began: "Time to check the pulse, we begin with the backlash over a new ad campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney." Co-anchor Andrew Dymburt added "in one ad, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed actress talks about genes as in DNA being passed down from her parents." 

HOW 'GENETICS' ADS FROM AMERICAN EAGLE AND DUNKIN’ TRIGGERED A CULTURAL FIRESTORM

Then Ally lowered the boom: "The play on words is being compared to Nazi propaganda with racial undertones." Robin Landa, a professor of advertising at Kean University in New Jersey, brought the leftist theme: "The pun ‘good genes’ activates a troubling historical association for this country. The American Eugenics Movement and its prime between 1900 and 1940 weaponized the idea of good genes just to justify White supremacism." 

In other interviews, Landa took the eugenics thing to its illogical conclusion, that one could suspect the American Eagle company was not just promoting "White genetic superiority," but a movement that "enabled the forced sterilization of marginalized groups." Most people just saw them selling their jeans as sexy. 

At least Dymburt suggested the backlash wasn’t economic: "Despite that backlash, American Eagle stock has been soaring." 

JD VANCE SOUNDS OFF ON SYDNEY SWEENEY AD UPROAR, MOCKS LEFT'S 'NAZI' STRATEGY

But was there any serious "backlash" beyond the Left? TMZ.com cited anonymous sources inside American Eagle claiming "the ad campaign is creating tremendous buzz and their independent polling shows the vast majority of folks — around 70% — find the commercial appealing." 

On the CBS News streaming channel, business reporter Jo Ling Kent relayed "American Eagle’s new ad campaign, featuring actress Sydney Sweeney, is coming under fire for what was supposed to be a clever play on words." It couldn’t be "clever"? 

Did this company know and expect that purple-haired leftists would cry Nazi and that would lead to an avalanche of social-media impressions and debates? It’s hard to argue they stumbled into this, not knowing what a blonde, White actress using wordplay about "genes" could cause. 

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On NPR’s "Morning Edition" on Wednesday, co-host Steve Inskeep discussed the Sweeney ads with Metaforce marketing guru Allen Adamson. Inskeep explained "There was some social media commentary. ‘Oh, there's something racist about this.’ And I get that, I understand people raising that. But I think there's also something real here — isn't it? — in that advertisers do think about the race and ethnicity, the look of the people they choose to pitch their products to us." 

BACKLASH AGAINST SYDNEY SWEENEY ‘JEANS/GENES’ AD GETS MOCKED BY WH: AMERICANS ARE 'TIRED OF THIS BULLS---’

Adamson claimed: "For years, the tide was flowing in a different direction. There was a pressure on advertisers to diversify, to show people in ads that usually were not shown in ads because that was unusual. All the ads had a sort of 'Leave It to Beaver' old-fashioned look." 

The ‘Beaver’ line is overdoing it, but advertisers after the George Floyd riots absolutely worked hard to diversify the actors in their ads. It’s not offensively "woke" to have minorities of all kinds selling you Eggo waffles or McDonald’s burgers. That’s all still too capitalist for the left-wingers. But having a White actress joke about race clearly grabbed attention. 

The NPR anchor suggested Trump was part of the formula: "So if people were going for diversity in past years, are advertisers going for some other look now that the politics of the country are a little different?" Adamson said yes, because "advertising needs to disrupt the norm." 

On Wednesday night’s "Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert actually hinted that the leftist backlash was a little strident. "Some people look at this and they’re seeing something sinister, saying that the genes-jeans denim wordplay in an ad featuring a White blond woman means American Eagle could be promoting eugenics, White supremacy and Nazi propaganda. That might be a bit of an overreaction — although Hitler did briefly model for Mein Kampfort Fit Jeans." Colbert added: "How do you say ‘badonk’ in German?" 

The broadcast networks didn’t launch too heavily into this ad campaign, perhaps suspicious of being part of a sneaky advertising plot, as Brian Stelter tried to call it a "nontroversy." Sometimes, an ad for jeans is all about selling jeans. 

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