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One of America’s most iconic historical figures would be “highly disappointed” with the country today, according to actor and producer Michael Douglas, who stars as legendary scientist and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in a new Apple TV+ miniseries. “The show was a great reminder for me about how fragile democracy is,” Douglas told Variety Magazine during a press conference in …

Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosector, called out disgraced former attorney Michael Avenatti on Tuesday after he threw cold water on the hush money case against Donald Trump. Avenatti joined MSNBC’s Ari Melber from prison on Tuesday and cast some doubt on the Trump hush money case, which he said was “stale,” Fox News Digital previously reported. “I wouldn’t take …

A 68-year-old woman who was attacked and robbed as she walked into church over the weekend sustained a skull fracture and remains in critical condition, a family member said on Tuesday. The suspect, who is still on the loose, followed the woman up the steps of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in the Jamaica section of Queens, N.Y., before jumping …

The State Department responded to the controversy surrounding its new diversity, equity and inclusion chief Zakiya Carr Johnson, explaining that it has “high confidence” in her ability to lead in a “complex world.” Carr Johnson has previously called America a “failed historic model” and demanded the destruction of tradition “at every juncture” on the altar of antiracism. The State Department …

Social media users trashed Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, after she turned her gaffe about the moon being “made of gases” into a slam of Republicans on social media Tuesday. Reacting to the backlash she received for telling school children that the moon is made of gases ahead of Monday’s eclipse, the lawmaker said that her Republican critics are hounding …

Fox News senior political analyst Juan Williams, whose 2010 firing from his longtime perch at NPR came following analysis he offered on Fox News, responded Tuesday to allegations by an editor for the public radio broadcaster detailing rampant bias and absence of registered Republicans in its newsroom. Veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner gave a lengthy rebuke of his employers’ media …

Ex-ESPN anchor Jemele Hill called out Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for “political cowardice” because he won’t publicly endorse President Biden ahead of the 2024 election. In an exclusive interview with “Fox & Friends” on Friday, the actor and former WWE superstar explained that he ultimately regretted endorsing Biden in 2020 because of the division it has caused. “Am I going …

University of Texas at Austin (UT) students blasted their school for complying with state law to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices on campuses. UT laid off dozens of employees who worked in their DEI programs to comply with a new state law, the university announced last week. The students wanted UT to defy state law in order to …

NPR editor Uri Berliner issued a lengthy rebuke of NPR’s media coverage of major news stories over the last few years, such as the Hunter Biden laptop and the COVID lab leak theory, and called out the outlet’s “efforts to damage” Trump’s presidency. Berliner, a senior business editor at the outlet, wrote in an essay for the Free Press that …

The Tennessee state legislature passed a bill, which is now headed to the governor’s desk, requiring public schools to teach “age-appropriate and grade-appropriate” gun safety courses to students starting next year. “We see this proposed legislation as a critical step in averting firearm related accidents while fostering greater awareness and responsibility among gun owners,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Todd, …