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One police officer has been killed and another was injured in a shooting Friday night in Newark, New Jersey, according to reports.The shooting happened just after 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of Carteret Street and Broadway.Both officers were taken to University Hospital, where one was pronounced dead, FOX 5 NY reported.The injured officer is in critical condition, according to a Facebook post from the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association.One suspect was shot at the scene and a handgun was recovered, according to FOX 5.HERO POLICE OFFICER RESCUES UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER FROM BLAZING WRECKAGENew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wrote in a

An illegal immigrant who once served as an aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has reportedly self-deported to Colombia, praising the "freedom of movement" in the South American nation after working in Congress despite being in the country illegally.  Diego de la Vega was born in Ecuador and immigrated to the United States as a 7-year-old in 2001 on a visitor’s visa that he overstayed, Migrant Insider reported. The news raises thorny questions about his employment status for the Queens-based congresswoman."It’s bittersweet. I hadn’t left the country in 23 years — from age seven to age 30," de la Vega told

A South Carolina man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 was executed by firing squad early Friday evening – a method used for the first time in 15 years in the U.S.Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m. after being shot by three volunteer prison employees at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, according to the Associated Press.Sigmon, who previously admitted to killing the couple because his ex-girlfriend refused to get back to him, was blindfolded and strapped to a chair with a target on his chest.TEXAS DEATH ROW INMATE MOUTHS

The standoff between six-time Pro Bowler Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns reached new heights this week as reports surfaced about a meeting that ultimately did not happen. Last month, the star pass rusher recently informed the Browns of his desire to be traded to another team. Garrett then asked to meet with Browns owner Jimmy Haslam. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut according to NFL Network, Haslam rejected the offer to meet with Garrett. Haslam then pointed Garrett in the direction of Browns general manager Andrew Barry, per Cleveland.com.MYLES GARRETT NEXT TEAM ODDS: BROWNS FAVORED TO RETAIN STAR DE,

Roy Cooper, the former governor of North Carolina, took a swipe at former Carolina Hurricanes winger Mikko Rantanen after Rantanen was traded Friday. Rantanen, 28, played in just 13 games with the Hurricanes after they acquired him from the Colorado Avalanche in January, scoring just two goals during his brief stint.After an interesting debacle with a long-term contract in Carolina, the Hurricanes made a second trade, this time sending Rantanen to the Dallas Stars, the team with which he ultimately signed a long-term extension with.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Bad turnover, Mikko. You would have loved it here but

Christina Haack has drawn a boundary when it comes to romantic relationships after three failed marriages.During the season finale of the first season of her show, "The Flip Off," the 41-year-old HGTV star briefly discussed her relationship with her estranged husband, Josh Hall, with Jeff Lewis, this week’s guest judge."You know, obviously you’re a very attractive, successful woman," Lewis told her on the show. "I’m sure you’re going to date a lot. … Do we have to marry them all?""No, no. No more marriages," Haack responded, according to People.HGTV STAR CHRISTINA HAACK REGRETS NOT GETTING PRENUP, WISHES SHE 'NEVER MARRIED'

Country music singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress broke her silence for the first time on Thursday, nearly a year after she admitted herself to rehab following her admission that she had been "drunk" during her controversial national anthem performance at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.Andress, 33, appeared on "The Viall Files" podcast this week to discuss the fallout from her performance and what transpired just before she took the field at Globe Life Field in Arlington in mid-July. "That day started as a very – what seemed like a normal day," Andress recalled. "At that point, like that day, I knew that I was

A California Democrat said he was "politely chased down" by a flight attendant at an airport this week who told him his colleagues looked "heartless" for not standing for Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel, the 13-year-old boy with cancer who was honored during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress. Rep. Ro Khanna said the interaction with the flight attendant, whom he identified as Jim Barrett, unfolded in Chicago. "Sir, I am a Democrat but the way the party behaved was embarrassing. Made us look heartless. I don't care who is up there, you stand for the boy with cancer," Khanna recalled Barrett as saying.

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration announced Friday that it will rescind more than $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, citing concerns over rising antisemitism on campus and the school's failure to address it.Earlier this week, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Education (DoED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the initiation of a "comprehensive review" of more than $5 billion in federal grant money that goes to Columbia, "in light of ongoing investigations for potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act" related to antisemitism on campus. It has only been four

President Donald Trump threatened to impose "large scale" sanctions against Russia after the country carried out a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he was "strongly considering" sanctions and tariffs "until a ceasefire and final settlement agreement on peace is reached."National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told reporters that Trump is ready to use carrots or sticks" to bring both Russia and Ukraine to the table. When asked by Fox News Channel Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich for more details on what could be sanctioned, Hassett simply said there are

Kelly Stafford said Thursday that she was relieved after the Los Angeles Rams agreed to a restructured contract with Super Bowl champion Matthew Stafford last week, but for Kelly, it was not always smooth sailing in the Stafford household. During the latest episode of her podcast "The Morning After," Kelly was joined by her husband to discuss his new contract, which did not extend his time with the Rams beyond his original extension, but it did raise his salary substantially across his final two seasons. Kelly, who previously discussed the speculation about a potential trade, said she was happy to learn that Stafford would

Martina Navratilova has been outspoken about transgender athletes in women's sports for a long while, and earlier this week, she attacked a Democrat senator who voted against the bill.Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastro was one of the 45 Democrats to vote against the bill, despite President Donald Trump's executive order.In a statement, Cortez Mastro explained why she voted against the bill, despite "support fair play and… not support transgender athletes competing in girls' and women's sports."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"I believe local schools, student athletes, coaches, and parents are much better equipped to implement fair, strong politics

Podcasters Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz joked about the left trying and failing to create their own network of podcasts to push liberal ideas.Some have referred to the 2024 election as the "podcast election," arguing that Rogan, Schulz and others turned the tide for President Donald Trump by having him on their shows and saying the left needs the equivalent to reach young male voters. "I saw on CNN after the election, they were talking about us in specific, and they were talking about how there is this network of podcasts that are interconnected that has been financed, like, this huge

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said fellow House member Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., "ain't throwing no one off any single committee" after the Tennessee lawmaker said Democrats who derailed Thursday's censure vote should be removed from their committee assignments.The House decided on Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for his outbursts during President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Ten Democrats voted with Republicans to reprimand Green, sending the chamber into chaos as most House Democrats gathered with Green to sing "We Shall Overcome."Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was ultimately forced to call the House into a

EXCLUSIVE: The top lawmaker on the House Education and Workforce Committee is backing President Donald Trump as he readies to potentially abolish the federal Department of Education, but the lawmaker is skeptical Congress could offer support."I support him in the fact that we need to abolish the Department of Education, return education to the states, especially for K-12, and gain control of the higher-ed institutions and make them work," Chair Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "Whether we can abolish it or not is the question"He pointed out that the Senate's threshold for most legislation,

A producer for the Oscar-winning film, "The Brutalist," is defending the production’s use of artificial intelligence.D.J. Gugenheim, one of several producers involved in the film, spoke with Deadline at the Oscars on Sunday night, saying the technology is simply a tool."If you’re in post on a film, there’s so many tools that you use, whether it’s lighting, sound, and these are all versions of functions of numbers," he told the outlet. "What’s important about how we’re making a film is that we’re trusting the actors and the creatives and the talent to make a film. So, if no one is losing

Three states joined 11 others in passing universal school choice legislation.Republican Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed a bill that expanded a school choice program to universal eligibility.The Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act will provide $7,000 for students in non-public schools to be used for tuition or tutoring in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ocean Andrew, said that the signing of the bill marks a "major victory for Wyoming families with the signing of HB 199 into law."DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHES 'ENDDEI' PORTAL FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS TO REPORT DISCRIMINATION"This ESA program is a huge step forward in expanding

A New Mexico adult infected with measles has died, state officials said Thursday. The death comes eight days after an unvaccinated child in Texas died from the disease during a growing outbreak in the state that has infected nearly 160 people.The adult was not vaccinated and didn’t seek medical help before dying, although the cause of death is still under investigation.The victim lived just across the state line from the west Texas region where the outbreak is centered. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MEASLES OUTBREAK"We don’t want to see New Mexicans getting sick or dying from measles," Dr. Chad Smelser,

President Donald Trump said he still wants answers seven months after an assassination attempt on his life during a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. "I want to find the answers," the president said during an executive order signing in the White House Thursday. "I've told them. … We can no longer blame Biden for that one. He should have released that a long time ago."Gunman Thomas Crooks, 20, killed rally attendee Corey Comperatore and critically wounded two others, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, in his attempt to kill Trump, who was grazed in the ear by a bullet.SECRET SERVICE

Could the cover-up be bigger than the crime?So it’s of little surprise that few people even realized that Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, appeared in the well of the House chamber and was formally admonished by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with a resolution of censure Thursday morning.The House voted 224-198 with two members voting present to censure Green for his antics during President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday night.Per the resolution, Green had to present himself in the well as Johnson read the resolution before the House for his infractions and officially castigated him, with a rap of the

Stephen A. Smith will continue to be ESPN's staple — and make a lot of money while doing so.The longtime reporter and analyst has agreed to a five-year extension worth at least $100 million, according to The Athletic.Smith has been a longtime host of "First Take," which will continue to be his primary duty with the network, the report said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe report also stated that he will make fewer other appearances, which will give him more rein on his own podcast. There, he further dives into other topics, including plenty of politics.Smith has been

President Donald Trump, while signing executive orders Thursday in the Oval Office, vowed to bring home two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for eight months."Elon is right now preparing a ship to go up and get them," the president told Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy. "We love you, and we're coming up to get you, and you shouldn't have been up there so long."Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were stranded at the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft had technical issues. NASA ASTRONAUTS NOT ‘FRETTING’ OVER EXTENDED MISSION, ‘GRATEFUL’ FOR MORE TIME

The Jacksonville Jaguars have reportedly made a trade with the Houston Texans, sending veteran wide receiver Christian Kirk to their AFC South rival. Houston gets a 2026 seventh-round pick, which originally belonged to the Los Angeles Rams, in exchange for Kirk, according to The Athletic. The trade comes one day after news broke that the Jaguars planned to release Kirk, who missed the final nine games of the 2024 season due to a broken collarbone. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThat move would have saved Jacksonville $10.7 million against their salary cap, according to Spotrac. The trade does the same thing

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who is taking credit for a recently criticized Democratic mashup of identical social media posts, turned down Tesla CEO Elon Musk's extravagant offer to the mind behind the "cringe video."At least 22 Democratic lawmakers participated in a "S--- That Ain’t True" social media campaign ahead of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, posting identical videos to social media in a mashup against the president. Musk made fun of the synchronized mashup on social media, offering in a post on X to buy a Cybertruck for anyone who can "provide proof of who wrote

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., bucked his party this week, criticizing fellow Democrats for not standing for 13-year-old cancer survivor DJ Daniel during President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress."I don't know why we can't fully celebrate," Fetterman told Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital. "I mean, I have a 13-year-old myself, and thank God she's never had cancer, but I think that's something we can all celebrate there. And I think it was a touching moment. And, like I said, that's part of the best of the American experience."Fox News Digital reached out to 30 Democratic lawmakers