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Costco shoppers shared their opinions about the company’s "commitment" to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in the wake of many other retailers scaling back their DEI efforts."Baloney, to be honest with you. I think they should get rid of it," Robert of Madison Heights, Michigan told Fox News Digital. "Puts people in there that aren't qualified to do this, to do the job that they're hired for."Shoppers in Michigan, Texas and New York spoke with Fox News Digital while they were shopping or pumping gas at the retail store.Several customers shared similar sentiments as Robert, evoking the term "merit"

It’s hard to believe that 2025 is already 1/12 complete. We survived the transition from an incoherent placeholder presidency to the new America and a new president. We endured the global cooling, oops, warming, that brought snow to Florida and Texas and 11-degree mornings to north Georgia. January didn’t stop there. It featured the terrifying nightmare of a Dunkin’ Donuts shortage and the media freakout over the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America. Along the way, the world kept getting crazier. Like always, the press led the way. Here are some of the craziest stories from

Emotions were running high at The Skating Club of Boston Thursday after six people with ties to the organization died in a plane crash near Reagan International Airport Wednesday night. Among those who spoke were Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, who couldn’t hold back tears while talking about the crash.President Donald Trump said there were no survivors after an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The plane was carrying 64 people, among them teenage skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers Jin Han and Christine Lane and their coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. CLICK HERE FOR

Billy Crystal, who lost his home in the Palisades Fire, shared a moving message at the LA FireAid Benefit Concert on Thursday night at the Kia Forum.Following Green Day's performance, Crystal took the stage to introduce the show, with proceeds going to a non-profit, supporting displaced families, rebuilding of infrastructure as well as advancing fire protection technologies."Our goal is simple tonight, to raise more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents," the comedian joked. Crystal explained that Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Intuit Dome, would be matching everyone's donation, $1 for $1, on Thursday

The Trump administration has told top officials at the FBI to resign or lose their jobs, Fox News has learned. The exact number has not been disclosed, but the ultimatum was allegedly given to senior employees promoted under former director, Christopher A. Wray.President Donald Trump’s administration took these steps as his nominee to lead the bureau, Kash Patel, said he would not begin his tenure with retribution or focus on past transgressions. "I have no interest, no desire and will not, if confirmed, go backwards. There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be no retributive actions taken," Patel said

Vice President JD Vance delivered blunt advice to Republican senators considering voting against President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead key three-letter agencies: "You don't get to make these decisions."Vance sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday for an interview from the nation’s capital a day before the Senate held confirmation hearings for FBI director nominee Kash Patel and DNI director nominee Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard, Patel and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK), Trump’s pick to lead the United States Department of Health and Human Services, are considered to be the administration’s most controversial picks, who could struggle to get confirmed.Vance said he

During the latest episode of his podcast, three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade revealed some details about a health scare he faced more than a year ago.Wade underwent surgery in December 2023 that removed 40% of a kidney. The surgery was followed by what Wade described as a "shocking" cancer diagnosis.A full body scan confirmed the presence of a "cyst/tumor" on one of Wade's kidneys. "And the doctor was like, ‘You need to have kidney surgery,’" the 43-year-old retired basketball star noted on Thursday's edition of "The Why with Dwyane Wade" podcast.SIGN UP FOR TUBI AND STREAM SUPER BOWL LIX FOR FREEWade

Actor Idris Elba announced amid his forthcoming knife crime documentary that the United Kingdom must consider "innovative" prevention methods such as blunting or banning knives.According to IMDb, the documentary, "explores the reality of knife crime in the UK, meeting offenders, families, youth workers, and police to understand this crime and find solutions, including discussions with Keir Starmer and King Charles."The 52-year-old actor spoke with the BBC shortly before the release of his documentary about how to solve knife crime. "The truth is that kitchen knives are perhaps 25% of the knives used in most of the terrible crimes. That’s one of