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'Psy-op': Conservatives skeptical of House Dems' motives in protecting Johnson

House conservatives are warily watching their Democratic counterparts after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., led a statement promising to protect Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from a GOP-led ouster threat.

"Some people are wondering if this isn’t like a psy-op, where the Dems are saying we’re going to publicly support you because they want, at the end of the day, for him to be vacated?" Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.

House Democratic leaders...

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Jelly Roll's wife hits back at critics after meeting her 'hall pass'

Jelly Roll's wife is not tolerating any backlash after meeting her "hall pass."

Over the weekend, Bunnie Xo uploaded a video of her meeting Motionless in White's lead singer, Chris Cerulli. "When you finally meet your hall pass," she wrote on top of the video meeting Cerulli at Las Vegas' Sick New World music festival on Sunday.

Bunnie, whose legal name is Alyssa DeFord, captioned the video, "You could say we’re in love now," adding a laughing face emoji and a white heart. Playing alongside...

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Alabama lawmakers eye gambling compromise as legislative session nears its end

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday proposed a compromise on gambling legislation that would authorize a state lottery and multiple sites with electronic gambling machines. But the measure faces an uncertain outlook in the closing days of the legislative session.

A conference committee approved the two-bill proposal as lawmakers aim to put the issue to a statewide vote this August. Lawmakers in the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate could vote on the measure as soon as Tuesday...

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Common mental health problem can shorten cancer survivors’ lives, study finds: ‘Critical issue’

Cancer survivors who feel lonely tend to have a greater risk of dying, research suggests.

The study, led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN), found that cancer survivors with the highest levels of loneliness had the highest mortality risk, according to a press release.

Researchers analyzed 3,447 cancer survivors 50 years of age and older, pulling data from the 2008-2018 Health and Retirement Study.

CANCER CASES...

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Pennsylvania House votes to criminalize Bluetooth stalking

Pennsylvania took a step Tuesday toward becoming the latest state to punish someone for using a Bluetooth-connected device to track someone without their permission.

The state House of Representatives voted 199-1 to approve legislation that would make using a tracking device to secretly track another person part of Pennsylvania's laws against stalking. The crime would be punishable as a third-degree misdemeanor, or up to 90 days in jail.

The bill goes to the Senate, where a separate bill is...

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Colombia's president says hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from military bases

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from two military bases in the South American country.

In a brief statement, Petro said that an inspection this month by the army found that hundreds of thousands of bullets, thousands of grenades and 37 anti-tank missiles were stolen from a military base in the center of the country and another near the Caribbean coast.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COLOMBIANS PROTEST AGAINST LEFTIST...

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Astros' Jose Abreu getting sent to A-ball after tumultuous start to season

In his first 10 seasons in the Major Leagues, Jose Abreu was named to three All-Star Games, earned three Silver Slugger Awards, and won an MVP in the truncated 2020 season — soon, he is in A-ball.

The Houston Astros announced on Tuesday they will send the first baseman down to the minor leagues on Tuesday as he continues to struggle at the Major League level.

Abreu signed a three-year deal worth nearly $60 million with Houston prior to the 2023 season, and he posted career-lows with a...

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Portuguese-flagged ship targeted in Arabian Sea drone assault; Houthi rebels claim responsibility

A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, corresponding with a claim by Yemen's Houthi rebels that they assaulted the ship there, authorities said Tuesday.

The attack on the MSC Orion, occurring some 375 miles off the coast of Yemen, appeared to be the first confirmed deep-sea assault claimed by the Houthis since they began targeting ships in November. It suggests the Houthis — or potentially their main benefactor Iran — may...

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Top UN court rejects request for Germany to halt military aid to Israel

The top U.N. court rejected on Tuesday a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza.

The International Court of Justice said that legal conditions for making such an order weren't met and ruled against the request in a 15-1 vote, effectively siding with Germany, which told judges that it's barely exporting any arms to Israel.

ORTEGA-LED NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF ABUSES 'TANTAMOUNT TO CRIMES AGAINST...

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Arrest warrant issued for Central African Republic's former president over human rights abuses

An internationally backed court in the Central African Republic issued an international arrest warrant Tuesday for the country’s exiled former President François Bozizé for human rights abuses from 2009 to 2013, a spokesperson said.

The Special Criminal Court was set up in the capital, Bangui, to try war crimes and other human rights abuses committed during the coups and violence that the country has experienced since 2003.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REPORTS 10,000 CHILDREN STILL FIGHTING...

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LAURA INGRAHAM: Columbia's president should have been fired long ago

Fox News host Laura Ingraham calls out university presidents for allowing "spoiled brats" to take over campuses in her opening monologue Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle." 

LAURA INGRAHAM: Biden's spoiled brats. That's the focus of tonight's "Angle." Now, stories of horrible, bratty children indulged by their parents are nothing new. Until children are punished, until they're made to stop, they're going to keep misbehaving. Is anyone really surprised that the anti-Israel Columbia brats took...

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Two Columbia students who faced off with mob speak out, claim a car full of 'masked people' surveilled them

Two Columbia University students attempted to blunt the break-in of Hamilton Hall on campus at the hands of anti-Israel throngs, telling Fox News they wanted to make a quiet statement by standing up to unruliness.

Charles Beck and Rory Wilson spoke to "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday after Beck was filmed being assailed by masked demonstrators. Wilson joined his classmate in a "spur of the moment" decision stemming from his disdain for the chaos. 

Video of the confrontation showed the two...

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SEAN HANNITY: Biden is completely missing in action

Fox News host Sean Hannity shreds President Biden's response to the anti-Israel protests on college campuses on "Hannity."

SEAN HANNITY: One Jewish student told the local news, "It is a very visceral, very visceral feeling in me when someone tells me to go back to the gas chambers," and Joe Biden says nothing at UCLA? A suspected "Zionist" wearing a Star of David necklace forced off the sidewalk by racist students. The pro-Palestinian rioters said that Zionist Jews are not allowed to use the...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar shushes Fox News reporter as Dem faces backlash for comment on 'pro-genocide' Jews

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, shushed Fox News congressional correspondent Aishah Hasnie while attempting to press her about her recent comments about "pro-genocide" Jews. 

Hasnie approached Omar as the "Squad" member was stepping out of a car and on her way to a presser.

"Congresswoman, do you regret the comments that you've made about Jewish students being pro-genocide?" Hasnie asked, which Omar ignored. 

"Do you believe that there are demonstrators out there that are pro-genocide?" Hasnie...

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Two killed after small plane crashes in rural Indiana

Two people were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in a wooded area in northern Indiana, authorities said.

MILITARY JET CRASHES NEAR HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEW MEXICO

The aircraft crashed around 2:20 p.m. in a rural area outside Bristol, roughly 55 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said.

The sheriff's office confirmed the deaths of the two occupants of the plane, but no further information about the victims was available.

The Federal Aviation...

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Tunisian opposition declines to participate in election unless political prisoners freed

Tunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored.

More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and rewriting the country’s constitution. Voters weary of political and economic turmoil approved his constitutional changes in a...

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Top battleground Senate race heats up as party-backed Republican faces onslaught from former Trump official

What is expected to be one of this year's most closely watched Senate races has morphed into a one-sided slugfest for the Republican nomination as a well-funded former Trump official continues his relentless onslaught against the national party-backed candidate.

Dr. Jeffrey Gunter, who served as former President Trump's ambassador to Iceland, made waves in Nevada last month when he announced a multimillion-dollar ramp up of his Senate campaign, causing heartburn for national Republicans who...

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Kentucky inmate who killed 3 children, raped their mother dies awaiting execution

A western Kentucky man on death row for killing three children, raping their mother and setting their home ablaze has died, officials said Tuesday.

Kevin Wayne Dunlap, 51, died Sunday after being transported to a hospital from the Kentucky Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb said. She said federal regulations prevented her from releasing any further information.

POLICE IN OKLAHOMA SUBURB FOUND ONE SURVIVOR AFTER DAD KILLED FAMILY AND...

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Riley Gaines slams new Title IX protections as the 'most anti-woman' pursuit of the Biden administration

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines called President Joe Biden’s overhaul of Title IX the "most anti-woman" pursuit of this administration as six other states filed a lawsuit challenging the new provisions on Tuesday. 

Speaking at a virtual press conference attended by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Gaines spoke at length about the overhaul which aims at safeguarding LGBTQ+ students and changing the ways in...

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Widowed dad should not take girlfriend on annual father-daughter trip, Reddit users insist

A Reddit user whose girlfriend objected to being left out of his annual father-daughter trip is completely right to exclude her, said other Reddit users and experts who spoke to Fox News Digital. 

"AITA for not booking tickets for my [girlfriend] to come on holiday with me and my daughter?" asked Reddit user "Acrobatic-Agent-6532" in a Monday, April 29, post on Reddit's "Am I the A--hole" (AITA) subreddit. 

In the post, the man revealed that his girlfriend was extremely upset with him for...

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