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A few days ago, while staying in Teton Village, Wyoming, a gentleman approached me because he had heard about my book, "Out of This World." Over coffee, he described years spent investigating more than 100 reports of unidentified aerial phenomena tied to rocket launches along Florida's Space Coast. Most proved explainable. A few did not.Then he recounted a remarkable story involving a retired U.S. Navy officer who had served as a military mortician and claimed he had examined what he believed were the bodies of non-human beings. Rather than accepting or dismissing the account, I asked the questions any experienced

Federal authorities on Tuesday charged 10 Southern California defendants in a series of healthcare fraud schemes, including one case involving nearly $270 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims and another that allegedly defrauded Medicare out of approximately $27 million.The charges were part of the Justice Department's broader "2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown," which resulted in charges against 455 defendants nationwide in schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud.Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche described the operation as "the greatest combined federal and state effort in combating healthcare fraud in history.""Fraudsters can no longer rip off American taxpayers," Blanche said

Former Rep. David Trone, D-Md., fell short in his comeback bid to return to Congress after pouring millions of his personal fortune into the race to unseat an incumbent Democrat. Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., defeated Trone on Tuesday in a bruising primary battle for a gerrymandered House seat in western Maryland, according to The Associated Press. The intraparty contest was one of the costliest primaries of the 2026 cycle, with more than $32 million spent between both candidates, who had considerable wealth at their disposal to boost their respective campaigns.It is unclear whether total spending eclipsed the Kentucky primary battle that

Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a previous Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, defeated a high-profile Trump impeachment figure in one of the nation’s bluest House seats.Lander, who describes himself as a "liberal Zionist," defeated Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., who was the only other Democrat in the House primary race. The deep-blue district spans Lower Manhattan and parts of western Brooklyn, taking in liberal strongholds from Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side to Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope and Sunset Park.The primary victory for

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville and his co-host Al Hunt offered their takes on why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., will not be a viable contender for the 2028 election.While Hunt and Carville are both staunch Democrats, they have warned time and time again that the party needs to shift away from far-left policies and social agendas if it wants to win elections.When one listener noted increasing talk of Ocasio-Cortez’s prospects as a 2028 contender, asking if America is ready for a female president, Hunt offered a 2-pronged answer."I don't think AOC will be the nominee or the next president. I

President Donald Trump will be at MetLife Stadium for the World Cup Final next month, and he'll be there in a big way.FIFA President Gianni Infantino told "Fox & Friends" in studio on Tuesday that he and Trump will deliver the FIFA World Cup trophy to the winning team's captain on the field."We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together," Infantino said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTrump and Infantino did the same last year for the FIFA Club World Cup Final, also at the New Jersey

Hope they have Maalox and Pepto-Bismol on hand when President Donald Trump visits Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Republicans over lunch.Senate GOP Steering Committee Chairman and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., invited Trump for the luncheon Wednesday. Some Senate Republicans may wonder if they’re the ones on the menu. Both Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, are out after the president refused to endorse them and they lost their primaries. Trump has also sparred with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., exasperated that he can’t execute his legislative agenda.Scott is a close ally of the president. He lost

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