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"Real Time" host Bill Maher revealed details Friday of his meeting last week with President Donald Trump at the White House, saying Trump was more gracious and good-humored than he expected."You can hate me for it, but I'm not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured," Maher said. "And why isn't that in other settings- I don't know, and I can't answer, and it's not my place to answer. I'm just telling you what I saw, and I wasn't high."Maher mocked those who treated the White House visit like it was "some kind of summit" brokered by their mutual friend

The Navy recently deployed another warship, which successfully repelled multiple Iranian-backed Houthi attacks, to secure the southern border.USS Stockdale, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, left Naval Base San Diego on Friday to support U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) southern border operations, in accordance with President Donald Trump's recent executive orders.The executive orders included a national emergency declaration and clarification of the military’s role in protecting the territorial integrity of the U.S.NAVY DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL WARSHIP TO CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, DRUG SMUGGLING AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER"Stockdale’s departure reinforces the Navy’s role in the Department of Defense’s coordinated efforts to comply with the order,"

A federal judge has upheld a Trump administration policy that allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out enforcement operations at churches and other places of worship despite lawsuits against it from faith-based groups.U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, appointed by Trump during his first term, denied a request from more than two dozen Christian and Jewish organizations to block the policy. The groups said it infringes on religious freedoms and is causing drops in attendance, especially among immigrants worried about being detained by ICE.The court found little evidence that ICE is targeting churches or that the change in

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolina police on Friday released an age-progression photo of missing Cornelius girl Madalina Cojocari, who was 11 years old when she vanished from her home in November 2022, on her 14th birthday.Her disappearance remains unsolved to this day, and her parents — the primary suspects previously charged in connection with her disappearance — have since been released from jail. Her mother, Diana Cojocari, fled the country following her release."Madalina's investigation began in December of 2022," Cornelius Police Department Chief David Baucom said in a Friday video posted to the Department's Facebook page. "Madalina was last seen

FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) referred the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) to the Department of Justice Friday, as the state continues to allow trans athletes to compete in girls' sports. It is the second DOJ referral the state's educational institutions have faced in the last month over the issue, after the Department of Health and Human Services referred MDOE, the Maine Principal's Association and Greely High School on March 28.Now, the OCR informed Maine Assistant Attorney General Sarah Forster of a second DOJ referral in a letter on Friday. The letter, obtained

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville lashed out at "g--d--- idiot" moderates who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election on his "Politics War Room" podcast on Thursday.Carville laid into moderate voters who disapproved of former President Joe Biden’s policies and chose Trump in hopes of change.According to Carville, many of these moderates who voted for Trump are now "surprised" at the policies he's enacting and regret their "stupid" votes.JAMES CARVILLE GIVES DEMOCRATS TOUGH ADVICE ON TRUMP, WINNING FUTURE ELECTIONS"But they didn’t vote for this, and they are kind of surprised. Well, if you didn’t know this, then you

Karen Read, accused of mowing down her Boston cop boyfriend, John O'Keefe, and leaving him to die on the ground in a blizzard, told an interviewer that she would have applauded OJ Simpson's acquittal on murder charges in the 1990s if she'd gone through the same legal battles she's now facing, back then."I’m not saying I believe OJ was innocent, but I believe that it was not a completely above-board investigation," Read, 45, told Vanity Fair in remarks published Thursday. "Now that I am smarter, I would’ve cheered at that acquittal. You have to hold cops accountable."When the trial came

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant raised eyebrows earlier this week when he performed a grenade celebration a week after getting fined for using gun gestures.Morant faced criticism for the new celebration maneuver from former NBA stars Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on Thursday night. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"He has a history that maybe he should leave the celebrations where people might die alone," Smith advised during the "Inside the NBA" broadcast.Barkley called it "immature" and predicted that former Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins was happy that he did not "have to deal with is crap" anymore.Morant, again,