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Late-night host Bill Maher asserted that anti-COVID lockdown advocates who argued that closing schools for an extended period of time would cause more harm than good to children "were right," and that the Wuhan lab leak theory "wasn't a conspiracy theory" after all.During Friday's episode of "Real Time," Maher said that years after the COVID pandemic finally came to a close, he's tired of hearing people make excuses for how dissenting voices were treated for speaking out against COVID policies like masking and lockdowns."I get it that we didn't know exactly what was happening at the beginning of COVID, and

California Gov. Gavin Newsom jetted to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum and used the global stage to take aim at the Trump administration, a move that quickly spawned a string of viral moments and mockery. Trump administration officials and the president himself converged on Davos, Switzerland, this week to meet with global government and business leaders to discuss the economy at large, and as President Donald Trump upped the ante on pressuring European leaders to ink a deal for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. Trump dominated headlines as foreign dignitaries met with the deal-maker-in-chief at the high-profile annual forum, with Newsom

You finish a drink at the bar, friends arrive and a table opens. You grab your glass, head to the dining room and ask a simple question: "Can you transfer my tab?"For bartenders, that routine request can come with an unexpected cost."Logistically, it's not difficult," said Dawn Kenney, owner of Players Locker Room, a sports bar and restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. "Our software is actually very capable of switching who's serving them."AMERICANS ARE FED UP WITH TIPPING CULTURE, YET MANY STILL SHELL OUT 20% AT RESTAURANTSModern point-of-sale systems, she told Fox News Digital, can move checks between bartenders and servers with

A travesty of justice is unfolding in Arkansas, but it isn’t too late to stop it.At 1:12 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 8, 2024, Aaron Spencer and his wife awoke to find their 13-year-old daughter missing from her bed. Spencer’s wife called 911, while Spencer jumped into his vehicle and sped off into the night, desperate to find any trace of his missing child. He hadn’t gone far when he spotted the truck of Michael Fosler, with his daughter inside.Fosler was no stranger to the Spencers. In July of that year, Fosler allegedly raped Spencer’s daughter, resulting in his

Republicans are clinging to a razor-thin 218-213 House majority.But House Speaker Mike Johnson shouldn't expect many reinforcements anytime soon.This month's shocking early House retirement of MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and the unexpected death of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California further shrunk the GOP's margins in the chamber.And that has House GOP leaders keeping a tight leash on the party's rank and file members.DEMOCRATIC TAKEOVER FEARS SOAR AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS CLING TO FRAGILE MAJORITY"They'd better be here," Johnson recently said of his members. "I told everybody, and not in jest, I said, no adventure sports, no

Minnesota’s alleged fraud scandal continues with the blue state now "on the clock" to comply with federal officials."We asked Minnesota for evidence that child care funding goes to legitimate providers," Jim O’Neill, deputy secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), wrote in an X post video alongside HHS Assistant Secretary Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Alex Adams. "Six weeks later, they still have not sent this information."FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP FROM CUTTING CHILDCARE FUNDS TO DEMOCRATIC STATES OVER FRAUD CONCERNSThe ACF sent a "preliminary notice of non-compliance" to the state, according to O’Neill."We are no longer

The Pentagon said in an unclassified national defense strategy document titled "Restoring peace through strength for a new golden age of America" on Friday, that it plans to shift more of the responsibility of deterring North Korea to South Korea.The U.S. would take a "more limited" role in keeping North Korea in line, the Pentagon said in the document obtained by Fox News Digital."With its powerful military, supported by high defense spending, a robust defense industry, and mandatory conscription, South Korea is capable of taking primary responsibility for deterring North Korea with critical but more limited U.S. support," the document

A Columbus, Ohio, man who allegedly posted threats to "shoot" and "blast" federal immigration agents on social media has been federally charged after agents later found rifles, ammunition and body armor inside his home, prosecutors said.Justin Mesael Novoa, 21, was charged with making threatening interstate communications, including threats to assault or murder a federal law enforcement officer, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday.According to charging documents, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received information last month about threats directed at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees on X.Investigators say Novoa posted a message on June 8, 2025, under the username