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The fatal Border Patrol shooting of a man who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says was armed with a 9mm pistol during a confrontation with agents on Saturday has sparked a clash among gun rights groups, pitting defenses of lawful carry and protest rights against warnings about escalating anti-law-enforcement rhetoric.Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, was shot Saturday morning while allegedly protesting an immigration enforcement operation targeting an illegal immigrant with a criminal record.DHS officials say Pretti approached Border Patrol agents while armed with a handgun and "violently resisted" when they attempted to disarm him, leading to the

Senate Democrats are ready to break a fragile truce that would avert a partial government shutdown after a Minneapolis man was fatally shot by a border patrol agent on Saturday. Congressional Democrats were already leery of backing funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of the agency’s presence in Minnesota and beyond, but the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation has shattered what little unity they had on the bill. Now, Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plan to vote against the legislation, which is currently included in a broader

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he plans to skip next month's Super Bowl, slamming the halftime performers and griping that the California game is too far away.Trump, who attended last year’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans, told the New York Post: "It’s just too far away. I would, I’ve great hands the Super Bowl. They like me."This year’s Super Bowl will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, near San Jose.He added, "I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter."NFL TAPS BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMER FOR SUPER

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