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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s relationship with Bill Belichick may have deteriorated toward the end of the coach’s 23-year tenure, but the longtime owner is with the masses who feel he should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.Shock is an understatement for how the football world reacted to reports that Belichick didn’t get the necessary votes to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his first try.Kraft was among those, saying Belichick "unequivocally" should be heading to Canton.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Whatever perceptions may exist about any personal differences between Bill and me, I strongly

Recently departed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee caught blowback Wednesday for demanding that Congress insert a provision in the upcoming spending bill to ban ICE agents from congregating near polls on Election Day.Critics ratioed Inslee online, saying he admitted Democrats’ long-held claim — to the contrary — that they do not want illegal immigrants voting or that illegal immigrants are not voting.Inslee, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, called the ban a "must have" and said it is the "last chance to do this."DEMS BLASTED FOR TRYING TO ‘DEPORT’ ICE FROM SWING COUNTY, REFERENCING ‘BLOOD MONEY’ RENT"In the midst of ICE horror,

A longtime television weatherman has died in a small plane crash in Idaho earlier this week.On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Roland Steadham, the chief meteorologist for CBS2, was named as one of the people who died in the two-person crash near Emmett, Idaho earlier that day, CBS affiliate KBOI announced."For the past decade, Roland Steadham guided people through storm after storm in Idaho," the station wrote. "He loved to study the weather and shared it with people across Idaho. Roland’s excitement for the weather was contagious."WELL-KNOWN TEXAS ATTORNEY'S WIFE AMONG VICTIMS OF DEADLY PRIVATE JET CRASH IN MAINEAccording to the Gem

A Democratic candidate for attorney general in Ohio sparked immediate backlash over a Facebook post explaining his plan to "kill Donald Trump.""I want to tell you what I mean when I say that I am going to kill Donald Trump," Elliot Forhan, Democratic candidate for Ohio attorney general and a former state representative, posted on Facebook Monday. Forhan continued, "I mean I'm going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process resulting in a

A cruise ship was trapped in thick sea ice on Saturday while sailing near Antarctica.The Scenic Eclipse II became stuck while sailing through the Ross Sea. It requested assistance after it was unable to break through the surrounding pack ice, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a press release.In footage shared by a member of the Coast Guard, the USCGC Polar Star is seen breaking apart thick ice as it approaches the stranded vessel.CDC REPORTS FIRST CRUISE NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK THIS YEAR, AS NEARLY 90 PEOPLE ARE INFECTEDAfter reaching the ship’s location, the Coast Guard icebreaker made multiple close passes through

House lawmakers are launching a congressional investigation into two major hospital systems amid allegations they allowed wealthy foreign patients to bypass U.S. organ transplant waiting lists, as more than 100,000 Americans remain on those lists and thousands die each year waiting for life-saving organs.Reps. Jason Smith, R-Mo., and David Schweikert, R-Ariz., who lead the House Ways and Means Committee’s oversight effort, sent letters Tuesday to the University of Chicago Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center in New York demanding records by Feb. 10 and warning they will issue subpoenas if the hospitals fail to comply.The allegations, first reported by the

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday defended Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller after Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., criticized the pair for labeling the U.S. citizen killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis as a "domestic terrorist."Tillis was the first Senate Republican to call for Noem to be fired after the killing of Alex Pretti, 37, who was shot by federal agents as he was recording immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis over the weekend."What she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying. She should be out of a job," Tillis told reporters earlier on Tuesday. "It’s

Border czar Tom Homan met with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Tuesday as the Trump administration shakes up its federal immigration crackdown following two fatal shootings and subsequent protests in the Twin Cities.The meetings came after President Donald Trump on Monday replaced Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino with Homan to lead operations in Minnesota, days after 37-year-old Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis."Today I met with Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and top law enforcement officials to discuss the issues on the ground in Minnesota," Homan said in a post on