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Former first lady Michelle Obama shared it took a special effort to remain down-to-earth while parenting in the White House during her podcast on Wednesday. "And it took a mighty effort to leave the grandeur at the door and to just be there and talk about fifth grade," Obama said in a conversation with Bruce Springsteen on the latest episode of her podcast "IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson," which she co-hosts with her brother.Michelle Obama praised her husband, former President Barack Obama, for being a good parent despite the "grandeur" of his job.MICHELLE OBAMA REVEALS WHY HER DAUGHTERS TRIED TO 'PUSH

Taiwan’s top envoy to the U.S. urged the Senate to ease tax burdens between the two countries and asked Congress to fast-track foreign military sales, following a closed-door lunch Wednesday with the House.  Ambassador Alexander Tah-Ray Yui, Taipei’s top representative in Washington, told Fox News Digital that he is encouraged that U.S. leaders recognize the urgent existential threat China poses, but emphasized the need to get weapons into the hands of the Taiwanese military more quickly and to address issues impeding two-way investment. "We appreciate the United States prioritizing Taiwan and helping us strengthen our defense capabilities," Yui said. "We’re cheering on

The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a lengthy resolution this week that, in part, calls for the overturning of the Supreme Court's 2015 gay marriage ruling.The text of the resolution, titled, "On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family," calls "for the overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family."The multifaceted and wide-ranging resolution calls "for laws that affirm marriage between one man and one woman, recognize the biological reality of male and female, protect children’s innocence against sexual predation, affirm and strengthen parental rights in

FIRST ON FOX – The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a previously deported illegal immigrant from Mexico after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement amid rioting in Los Angeles on June 7.LA has experienced days of unrest, with agitators setting fire to cars, throwing bricks and fireworks at police officers and vehicles, graffiting property, looting businesses, and smashing windows of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) headquarters downtown in response to ICE raids in the city last week.Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is charged with attempted murder after throwing the Molotov

Transgender track and field athlete AB Hernandez won two first-place medals at the California state championships earlier this month and, on Saturday, laughed off the backlash.The Jurupa Valley High School athlete was at the center of the controversy surrounding transgender athletes’ participation in California high school athletics. It drew condemnation from President Donald Trump and dueling lawsuits between the Justice Department and the state.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe California Interscholastic Federation even made a change to allow biological females to receive first place medals if their standing was displaced by a transgender athlete. "It’s definitely crazy. I get

Tech executive Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets making some of his recent social media posts attacking President Donald Trump, admitting they went "too far.""I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far," Musk wrote on X.This comes after a recent public spat between the two as Musk began criticizing Trump for his "big beautiful" spending bill after the billionaire tech executive spent months working to cut wasteful spending as part of the Department of Government Efficiency, which Musk has since departed.At one point, Musk claimed Trump was in the Justice Department's files

Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend provided the jury more insight into the rapper's life outside his music mogul status when she returned to the witness stand Tuesday for cross-examination in his federal trial for sex crimes.Using a pseudonym, "Jane" testified that she broached the subject of rehab for the "Last Night" rapper after allegedly witnessing him "overdoing the partying." She claimed he would offer her ecstasy before engaging in role play and that Diddy liked to use the words "voyeurism" and "escapism" to describe his fantasies of watching her participate in sexual encounters with male escorts.Attorney David Seltzer told Fox News

Karen Read's defense has called the expert believed to be its final witness as her trial in the death of Boston cop John O'Keefe, which began back in April, nears a close.Prosecutors allege that Read, after a night out drinking, rammed O'Keefe in reverse with her Lexus and left him to die outside a house party during a record-setting blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022.Dr. Andrew Rentschler testified briefly Tuesday afternoon and is expected to return to the stand for at least half a day Wednesday before the defense rests.KAREN READ REVEALS SHE WILL NOT TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSEHe is

Macklemore’s Seattle home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood was reportedly burglarized over the weekend while his three children were sleeping inside, and his nanny said she was maced in the face.The nanny told police two men entered the home through an unlocked patio door just after midnight Saturday and sprayed her with bear mace before demanding to know "where are the jewels, b----?" according to a police report by Fox News Digital.After "helping her clean the spray out of her eyes," the men then led her around the house by the arm while they allegedly rifled through drawers, cabinets and closets