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EXCLUSIVE: Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said Ukraine has gained new leverage against Russia, arguing that Moscow’s renewed talk of negotiations comes as Kyiv has strengthened itself militarily, politically and diplomatically.Valtonen’s comments carry particular weight because Finland is one of NATO’s newest members and now sits on the alliance’s longest border with Russia. Finland joined NATO in April 2023 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ending decades of military nonalignment and transforming the country into a frontline state in Europe’s security posture."Ukraine certainly is now holding the cards," Valtonen told Fox News Digital Monday in an interview at the United

Last week, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith begged President Donald Trump not to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden."I don't want him there," Smith said. "It has nothing to do with politics, policy, or anything like that. It has everything to do with him disrupting and contributing at the same time to the chaos that's going to exist at Madison Square Garden."To Smith's chagrin, Trump didn't listen. The president is expected to attend Monday night's game as the Knicks look to take a 3-0 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs.Smith addressed Trump's attendance again

An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 32 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in ruined buildings and sending a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami into nearby coasts.Several mostly low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damages in the hard-hit city of General Santos. Tsunami damage was reported in at least one southern coastal village. Smaller waves were measured in Indonesia and Palau and as far away as southern Japan.The quake also triggered a landslide in Glan, a municipality in the province of Sarangani, that killed 13 villagers, Rene Punzalan, a provincial disaster-mitigation official, told

I've done this 'racin deal for a long time, as Darrell Waltrip (D-Dubya!) would say. I've watched a lot of NASCAR races. Covered a lot of Daytona 500s. Seen a lot of nasty wrecks.A lot of nasty wrecks.Only a few, however, have made me queasy: The infamous Ryan Newman crash in the 2020 Daytona 500, a Ryan Blaney crash at the 2023 Firecracker, and an Erik Jones wreck at Talladega the following season.That's it. That's the list.The Chase Elliott-Christopher Bell wreck Sunday afternoon at Michigan had this NASCAR fan feeling queasy. Lord knows it had other drivers feeling the same

EXCLUSIVE — Noncitizens in a key blue state were on the voter rolls for years — and some even voted in prior elections, according to documents obtained via public records request.The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) requested voter rolls from all 21 counties in the Garden State and found multiple instances of noncitizens seeking naturalization asking to be removed from the rolls, claiming they were unknowingly registered to vote. Most were registered as Democrats.Noncitizens cannot vote in state or federal elections, and the candidates for citizenship worried that being on the rolls would disqualify

Imagine, for a moment, that Graham Platner was a Republican.The Democrats would be going nuclear, declaring him a horrible human being.He’s utterly unfit for office, they would shout, sexting other women while he was married.How could he represent Maine in the Senate, they would say, when he was sporting a Nazi tattoo?WATCH: MAINE VOTERS DIVIDED ON PLATNER AS SCANDALS SHADOW DEMOCRATIC PRIMARYLook at the New York Times, which found three women who say he physically manhandled them and made them extremely uncomfortable.How could the Republicans even dream that he could win an election?But of course, Platner is a Democrat –

As testimony in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial resumes Monday, one Texas attorney says the case could ultimately turn less on the fatal confrontation itself and more on how jurors interpret questions of self-defense, race, any prior interactions between the teens and even the unique culture of high school track meets.Anthony, who is accused of fatally stabbing fellow student Austin Metcalf during a confrontation at a Texas track meet last year, has pleaded not guilty and is arguing he acted in self-defense. The closely watched trial began last week amid intense public scrutiny and debate surrounding the case.Prosecutors rested their

Sharon Stone said that HBO's controversial show "Euphoria" should be shown in America’s high schools and that parents "should have to see it."During a conversation with Keke Palmer for Variety's "Actors on Actors" series, the 68-year-old actress, who joined the cast of "Euphoria" for its recently concluded third and final season, heaped praise on the show, which has drawn criticism for its graphic depictions of sex, drug use and violence."I think it’s the greatest show on television," the "Basic Instinct" star said."Euphoria," which premiered in 2019, centered on a group of high school students confronting the challenges of adolescence, but