Trump’s hardline border czar warns sanctuary state what will happen if it doesn’t cooperate
While on a visit to the New York state Capitol, President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan warned migrant “sanctuary” jurisdictions to “get out of the way” or they will “get exactly what they don’t want, more ICE agents in your community.”
New York state law restricts local and state law enforcement agencies from complying with ICE detainers or holding illegal immigrants solely based on their immigration status. Another policy, known as the “Green Light Law,” allows illegal immigrants to obtain drivers’ licenses valid in the state of New York.
Surrounded by Republican state lawmakers in the state Capitol building, Homan renewed his promise to deport “the worst first” and decried non-cooperation policies such as New York’s, saying that they pose a threat to federal agents and communities.
He urged local and state law enforcement authorities to “let us in the jails” voluntarily but vowed that sanctuary policies would not stand in the way of the Trump administration’s deportation plans.
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“This is an attack on immigration enforcement, that’s plain what it is,” he said.
Homan said the result of not complying with immigration authorities would be more ICE agents in the community rather than less.
“You’re not going to stop us, New York state, you’ve got to change the sanctuary status. If you don’t, get out of the way, we’re going to do our job,” he said. “We’ll double the man-force if we have to. Rather than one officer arresting a bad guy, now I have to send a whole team.”
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Homan also slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who has said she supports deporting criminal illegals but has criticized much of Trump’s recent immigration actions.
“She’s talking out of both sides of her mouth, saying, ‘I want criminal aliens to be deported,’ while she wants all the roadblocks [so that] it’s not happening,” he said.
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“Releasing a public safety threat back into the public is just stupid, it’s just common sense,” he said. “You have forced us into the community because you have failed to let us in the jail.”
Avi Small, a spokesperson for Hochul, pushed back against Homan, telling told Fox News Digital that “Governor Hochul has been clear with New Yorkers: she supports secure borders and deporting violent criminals, but won’t let New York help the Trump Administration tear babies away from their parents.”
“This isn’t the first time Trump Administration officials have lied about our policies — and it probably won’t be the last — but Governor Hochul is staying focused on keeping New Yorkers safe,” he said.
Meanwhile, Assemblyman Matt Slater, one of the New York Republicans present for Homan’s visit, told Fox News Digital, “It is reassuring to know that we finally have partners on the federal level like President Trump and Director Homan who are prioritizing national security and public safety.”
“Director Homan sent a clear message that New York’s dangerous sanctuary policies that protect criminal illegal immigrants and the Green Light Law will no longer be acceptable,” he said.
Russia reportedly presents demands that need to be met to end war in Ukraine
Russia has laid out a list of demands to U.S. authorities that need to be met in order for the war in Ukraine to end, Reuters reported, citing two people “familiar with the matter.”
The requests are also aimed at resetting the Kremlin’s relations with Washington, D.C., the outlet noted.
The list of demands came just before Russia’s Defense Ministry announced it has taken over Sudzha, the biggest town in the Kursk region that has been overrun by Ukrainian forces since the surprise cross-border offensive in August 2024. The takeover came after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited military headquarters in the region and spoke to military commanders there.
The exact contents of Russia’s list of demands are not yet known, but they are allegedly similar to demands previously presented to Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO.
Russian and American officials have allegedly discussed the terms over the past few weeks in person and virtually, the people told Reuters.
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Earlier requests included not allowing Ukraine to join NATO, an agreement to not deploy foreign troops to Ukraine and international recognition of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia owns Crimea and four provinces.
As of Wednesday, President Donald Trump was still waiting to hear if Putin would agree to a 30-day truce that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to during cease-fire talks in Saudi Arabia.
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Also on Wednesday, the Kremlin said it was waiting for more details about the proposal before issuing any comment. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he would brief Russia.
“We’re going to bring it to them directly,” Rubio told reporters, referring to Russia. “We’re going to say that Ukraine is prepared to stop all battlefield activity and begin an immediate process of negotiating an enduring end of the war. And we’ll see what their response is. If their response is yes, then we know we’ve made real progress, and there’s a real chance of peace. If their response is no, it will be highly unfortunate, and then it’ll make their intentions clear.”
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Russia has so far opposed anything short of a permanent end to the conflict and has not accepted any concessions.
Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is expected to travel to Moscow this week, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News on Tuesday.
Actor rips Democrat leaders for state’s decline: ‘Rampant crime and filth’
EXCLUSIVE – Actor-musician Frank Stallone remembers the glory days of California when the state lived up to the iconic The Mamas & the Papas’ song “California Dreamin,'” but he suggested those lyrics are now long forgotten due to rampant crime and “filth.”
“I came to California in ’79 and it was totally – it was California Dreamin’, and I wasn’t even in the best time,” Stallone told Fox News Digital. “No, it was a lot better earlier… but it was real California sunny, you know? Cool. Not much crime. And I drove through downtown – I had to do something yesterday. And the filth, the graffiti and the homelessness is almost like that movie ‘Escape from New York.’ I mean, it’s that scary. I mean, I batten down the window, locks… You’re talking trash piled four feet high. Just filth.”
“Escape from New York,” starring Kurt Russell, centers on a concluding war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union as Manhattan is converted into a giant maximum security prison. In its sequel, “Escape from L.A.,” the president of the United States bans all citizens who don’t conform to his conservative views to Los Angeles, which became an island after an earthquake.
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Stallone said that California is a beautiful state, but it’s been ruined by poor leadership, from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to Gov. Gavin Newsom. He had particular ire for Newsom’s priorities after the governor announced his new podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom.”
“I think it’s like ‘In Living Color,'” Stallone said. “I think this guy is so transparent. He’s so phony. He’s a terrible speaker. The hands and the hair and everything. He’s just set up to be made fun of, you know what I mean? And he’s a bad governor.”
Both Newsom and Bass were condemned for how they handled – or mishandled – the devastating wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area and claimed almost 30 lives and thousands of homes in early 2025.
Bass, for her part, was questioned by reporters about why she was abroad in Ghana while the blazes were raging. Bass was on a trip to Africa for the swearing-in of Ghana’s president when the Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7 and got back into the city on Jan. 8.
While Bass and her office said that she was in constant communication with officials during that time, a recent Los Angeles Times report found that her text messages from that time no longer exist.
“And I don’t know, why are you in Ghana? Hello? What’s that have to do with being the mayor of Los Angeles?” Stallone mused.
Bass did admit her Africa trip was a mistake.
“Absolutely it is, and I think that I have to demonstrate that every day by showing what we’re doing, what is working, what are the challenges,” Bass told NBC Los Angeles when asked if she’s trying to “regain confidence.”
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Stallone went on to say that he believes Bass used fired fire chief Kristin Crowley as a “scapegoat” because it was obvious the Santa Ana winds were on their way.
“You know, when you have 70-mile-an-hour winds, and you’ve had a drought, that is kind of a recipe for disaster,” he said.
Stallone warned the city to get its act together before it’s set to host the Summer Olympics in 2028.
“I don’t think it’s a great representation for the Olympics,” he said. “It’s not a good look. It’s really terrible.”
Stallone said he wants to see Rick Caruso, a Los Angeles real estate developer, run for governor. He previously ran an unsuccessful campaign against Karen Bass for mayor in 2022.
“I just I think our leadership is really bad,” he said. “I hope Rick Caruso runs for governor. He’d be a fantastic governor. You know, he’s a builder. He’s a visionary. You know, he’s one of those type guys. And I think it’d be really good.”
Caruso also blasted Bass for her actions during the wildfires.
“There’s no water in the Palisades. There’s no water coming out of the fire hydrants. This is an absolute mismanagement by the city. Not the firefighters’ fault, but the city’s,” Caruso told Fox11 Los Angeles.
“We have got a mayor that is out of the country, and we have got a city that is burning, and there is no resources to put out fires,” Caruso added. “It looks like we’re in a third-world country here.”
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Additionally, Stallone wants to see the homeless encampments cleaned up immediately, and for the city to return to a mindset of crime and punishment.
“You’ve just got to move them out,” he said. “No more of these Winnebagos parked for months on the curb. You know, we got to move. No more pitching tents on sidewalks where people can’t walk. No more pitching tents in front of people’s houses. I mean, when I was going down to the gym, it was so compacted with homeless people. The stench – also that that type of unsanitariness breeds you know… All kinds of bad stuff… There’s a lot of human excrement. It’s just terrible.”
“And the sad thing is, I see guys that are in better shape than me that are young, standing there begging around the corner,” Stallone continued. “Why don’t you go out and get a job? You know, I just – I really don’t want to pay for that. I mean, yes, there are some people that are mentally ill, I get it. They should be getting help somewhere, but we could create a lot of jobs. This city is filthy. We said, listen, we’ll put you to work. You can be on a road crew, help clean up the city. You can make a few bucks.”
The beauty of the Golden State, he concluded, is being obscured by poor policies and even worse leadership.
“I mean, this is such a beautiful state,” he said. “Beautiful. We got the mountains, we got snow, we got the ocean. We’ve got everything. It’s just run wrong…. I mean, the crime. It’s just ridiculous. You know, $900 you can steal and nothing happens. But that, to me, is I’m lost on that one. You know, when I was a kid, you stole a candy bar, you get a kick in the butt.”
Stallone’s mention of $900 in theft refers to the state’s Proposition 47. Prop 47 made several crimes, including shoplifting, grand theft and receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor instead of a felony if the value of the property did not exceed $950, “unless the defendant had prior convictions of murder, rape, certain sex offenses, or certain gun crimes.” It also lowered the penalty for the personal use of most illegal drugs below a certain weight.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Mayor Bass’ office and Governor Newsom’s office for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
Senate Dems throw down gauntlet on spending bill as shutdown deadline looms
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that his party would oppose the spending bill that Republicans drafted and passed through the House, as the Friday midnight deadline looms for Congress to take action to avoid a government shutdown.
“Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort. But Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their Continuing Resolution without any input from Congressional Democrats,” Schumer wrote on X, echoing comments he made on the Senate floor.
“Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to pass the House CR,” he wrote. “Our caucus is unified on a clean 30-day CR that will keep the government open and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass. We should vote on that.”
Schumer called for a one-month spending bill to keep the government open until April 11 so that Democrats can better negotiate a deal. The continuing resolution, which passed through the House Tuesday on a nearly party-line vote of 217-213, would keep the government open for the next six months, for the rest of the fiscal year which ends Sept. 30.
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The minority leader addressed the Senate floor after a lunch meeting with Democratic senators on Wednesday, as some were reportedly concerned that a shutdown would be more grim for their party despite them broadly being against the CR.
“There are not the votes right now to pass it,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told reporters after the meeting, according to NBC News. “Democrats had nothing to do with this bill. And we want an opportunity to get an amendment vote or two. And so that’s what we are insisting on.”
“Quite frankly, both outcomes are bad,” Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., added, according to NBC. “Elections have consequences, but this is an extreme bill. If it passes, it will hurt a lot of ordinary people on the ground. If the government shuts down, that will hurt a lot of ordinary people on the ground, and so that is the dilemma in which we found ourselves.”
Warnock said the additional problem he has with the bill “is that I think it advances this project that we’re seeing come from the executive branch, this power grab that does not respect that the power of the purse is with the Congress.”
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has not voiced whether he would support the bill in the upper chamber.
“I’m weighing the badness of each option,” Kelly said, acknowledging that supporting the six-month stopgap would set a bad precedent that Republicans can put together funding bills without Democrats involved in the negotiation process.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he would support the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, while Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., said Democrats “are unified in not wanting to shut down the government” but should vote for a short-term bill.
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President Donald Trump supports the six-month continuing resolution so Republicans can focus their time early in his second term on advancing his agenda on the border and taxes.
The bill, which bolsters military spending while slashing non-defense domestic programs, needs 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has indicated he will reject the continuing resolution, so the GOP needs at least eight Democrats to cross the aisle in order to avoid a filibuster.
Republicans argue it is too late to swap in a one-month bill, as the House is already on recess until March 24.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., signaled to reporters that he is open to having conversations with Democrats on adding potential amendments to the CR.
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., torched Republicans for keeping Democrats from the negotiation table thus far.
“Republicans are in charge of the Senate, in charge of the House, and have the White House. The American people know who’s in charge,” he reportedly said. “It’s ridiculous for Republicans to try to blame the party that’s the minority everywhere.”
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Politico reported that multiple White House sources say that Schumer will allow enough centrist Democrats to join Republicans in supporting the continuing resolution, despite his vocal opposition of the measure on the Senate floor Wednesday.
“They’re 100% gonna swallow it,” one White House official reportedly told the outlet. “They’re totally screwed.”
Border volunteers stunned at the ‘difference’ under Trump compared to Biden
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Veterans who have volunteered to help secure the border in Southern California say there has been an incredible difference in what they have seen since President Donald Trump took office in January.
“There has been such an amazing difference between what was going on during the Biden administration versus what’s going on under the Trump administration” said Kate Monroe, a Marine Corps veteran who became the founder of Border Vets, a group of U.S. military veterans who have given their own time and money to patch up holes in the border barrier in Southern California.
The comments come as Trump has continued his push to secure the southern border, seeking to make good on a promise that became a cornerstone of his third campaign for president.
The data seemingly indicates Trump has made good on that campaign promise, with the number of southern border encounters last month hitting lows not seen in about a quarter-century last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data that was first reported by Axios.
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CBP agents apprehended roughly 8,300 people attempting to illegally cross the border in February, the data showed, the lowest monthly total recorded since fiscal 2000. The data also showed that CBP encounters with illegal migrants attempting to cross the border dropped sharply from this time last year, with the agency recording just shy of 30,000 encounters last month, a drop from 130,000 in February 2023 and 2024.
Members of the Border Vets have noticed the difference, telling Fox News Digital that they have observed a drastic decrease in people crossing the border in this once-busy sector.
“Things are getting better down at the border,” one Marine veteran who volunteers for Border Vets told Fox News Digital.
The area of border these veterans patrol is largely near Jacumba Hot Springs, California, a secluded area about 70 miles east of San Diego. One such area of Jacumba Hot Springs that was noticeably quiet on Tuesday was the previously infamous “San Judas Break,” a hole in the border barrier that had seen more than 3,000 migrants per week spill through as recently as last year.
Monroe, who at that time last year was the Republican candidate for California’s 49th Congressional District, decided to take it upon herself to patch the border hole, enlisting a group of veterans to put up a makeshift barrier of razor wire that effectively closed off the small gap.
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“I felt the anger and frustrations of millions of fellow Americans watching in horror as thousands of people poured through,” Monroe told Fox News Digital last February, noting that the gap her organization helped patch once allowed “terrorists, drugs, and human trafficking to infiltrate while local and national city economies bear the burden of supporting these migrants.”
Monroe’s volunteer act quickly went viral and spawned the creation of Border Vets, which has since gone on to plug multiple holes in Southern California’s barrier between the U.S. and Mexico.
Border agents have largely welcomed the help of the volunteer group, according to one agent who anonymously spoke with Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Both CBP agents and Border Vets members told Fox News Digital that they have personally witnessed a sharp decrease in attempted crossings since Trump took office, leaving a once-busy sector suddenly quiet after the record crossings of the few years prior.
“There used to be hundreds of people crossing every time I came, [now] not a one,” Monroe said. “The difference has been absolutely amazing. I feel like our national security is getting less and less at risk by the day.”
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At another area of the Jacumba Hot Springs border with Mexico, a makeshift shelter set up by non-governmental organizations that once housed migrants daily sat empty on Tuesday, a sign of the quickly changing situation at the border.
Nevertheless, members of the Border Vets say they are remaining vigilant, continuing to check in on known soft spots along the border in an attempt to keep the flow of illegal crossings at its current lows.
“Secure the border, plain and simple,” a Navy veteran member of Border Vets explained when asked by Fox News Digital what motivated him to come out to the border on Tuesday. “This is the United States of America, and an open border policy that we’ve dealt with for the last four years has been nothing but a detriment to the country.”
I had the opportunity to be the very first guest on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new podcast last week. I’m under no illusions about why I was invited: Gavin Newsom wants to run for president in three years, and he thinks that talking conservative figures like me increase his recognition, help him present as a centrist, and cast him as a champion of the left in a time when the left has no real leaders.
A few people have complained that I shouldn’t have done the show at all. How could I help Gavin Newsom, they say. To that, I bluntly say: Are those people nuts? Gavin Newsom isn’t an oddball college professor or an obscure blogger. He is the governor of one of America’s largest states, one of the world’s largest economies and the nerve center of many of America’s most important companies and industries. Of course, I’m going to talk to him if he asks!
So, what did I see, talking with Gavin for an hour and a half, face to face?
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Unsurprisingly, Newsom is charming and friendly in-person. You don’t become governor of 40 million people without having some charisma. But there’s clearly a layer beneath the charm. I saw that Newsom wants to be president more than any living person (and possibly every dead person, too). He is an ambitious man, and his new podcast is clearly a product of that ambition.
One thing I learned in my podcast experience: The California governor isn’t a joke. He has a shark’s instincts and is hoping that voters will have a goldfish’s memory.
That ambition came through when I brought up Gavin Newsom’s support of Prop 16, a measure to legalize racial discrimination in California that lost by more than 16 points in 2020. Back then, at the height of the George Floyd moment, it looked like wokeness, BLM, and CRT were going to dominate America for ages and so he was right there to support their worst excesses. But now, wokeness is in rapid retreat.
So how did Newsom defend his support? He evaded, and acted like he had to check his notes to remember what I was talking about!
Gavin didn’t need any notes: What he was doing was a stall tactic. Before he ties himself down on that issue, he wants to see where the winds blow the next few years.
They say that Wayne Gretzky was the greatest hockey player ever because, rather than going where the puck was, he could anticipate where the puck would be in the future and went there.
Newsom is similarly savvy with politics. In 2004, when he was mayor of San Francisco, he became nationally famous by ordering city clerks to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples. At the time, he was violating California state law and going against a large majority of Americans. But Newsom anticipated what was coming. Within just a few years, Democrats would overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage and now Newsom had credibility for being ahead of the curve.
Do I think the man who was so far out front on gay marriage is suddenly really a moderate on women’s sports? Not even close. But he can see the polls. He’s moving to where the puck will be in four years.
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But we shouldn’t fall for this pivot, and fortunately, swerving to the center won’t be that simple for Gavin. In the end, he still has an eight-year record as governor of California. He signed a bill making it illegal to require that teachers tell parents when a student has changed their name and gender while at school. He signed AB 101, which mandates ethnic studies classes in California public schools. Under his watch shoplifting became so rampant that pharmacies had to lock up their toothpaste. Newsom’s California loses over 200,000 people a year in out-migration to other states.
Newsom got a bit irritated when I suggested he was “slick,” precisely because it’s so accurate. His show is a charm offensive, a calculated play, a rebrand for a man who knows the Democratic Party took a beating in 2024 and needs a new face. He hopes that by looking moderate on the perfect cocktail of issues, he can both get liberals to back him in a primary and then moderates and Republicans to back him in a general election.
It might work. One thing I learned in my podcast experience: The governor isn’t a joke. He has a shark’s instincts and is hoping that voters will have a goldfish’s memory.
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He knows his current record can’t win him the White House, and so he’s trying to rewrite what that record is.
The conservatives he speaks with in the weeks to come shouldn’t let him.
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‘Miami Vice’ star cut off famous daughter after she refused to go to college
As a father of five, Don Johnson is always looking for ways to guide his children.
During an appearance on “Good Morning America” this week, the 75-year-old veteran actor, who is promoting his new Hulu show “Doctor Odyssey,” opened up about his thoughts on some of his kids following in his footsteps.
“I warned them against it. I said, ‘This is not for you,'” Johnson said, before telling the hosts of the Johnson family rule.
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“When Dakota [Johnson] was graduating from high school … we have a rule in the family,” he continued. “The rule is that if you don’t go on to college and get a job, you’re off the family payroll.
“Out of high school, I went to Dakota and said, ‘Do you want to go visit some colleges?’ And she said, ‘I’m not going to college.’ I said, ‘Oh, that’s interesting. How are you going to look after yourself?’ She said, ‘Don’t you worry about it. I’m going to be an actress.’
“Three months later, she had that part in ‘The Social Network’ and hasn’t looked back,” he added.
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The distinguished actor who found mega success as James “Sonny” Crockett in the 1980s TV series “Miami Vice,” has been married to wife Kelley Phleger since 1999. The couple share three children: Atherton Grace, Jasper and Deacon. He is also father to son Jesse Wayne Johnson from his relationship with Patti D’Arbanville and Dakota Johnson from his marriage to Melanie Griffith.
Before finding fame, the Golden Globe Award winner once recalled being down on his luck at the beginning of his career.
Johnson told The Wall Street Journal in 2024 he “spent years living below the poverty line” and admitted he went for years getting “cast in a lot of forgettable roles, including five unsuccessful TV pilots,” before landing his role in “Miami Vice.”
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“I couldn’t believe somebody had seemingly been jotting down my thoughts, feelings and emotions. The part was meant for me,” he recalled. “The audition went well, so well that I was convinced it was a sure thing.”
Johnson went on to star in the popular show for five seasons and received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Det. James Crockett.
That same year, Johnson reflected on the ups and downs of fame during his career-making success on “Miami Vice.”
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“For a long time, I couldn’t even go anywhere,” he told People magazine. “I had to isolate. The [women] know where you are. We had security 24/7.
“One day, I reflected on Elvis [Presley] and thought, ‘Isn’t this kind of the way Elvis lived and died?’ Not that I’m comparing myself to Elvis, but in terms of him not being able to have a personal life. So, I learned to manage it and vowed not to let it imprison me,” Johnson said.
On a personal level, however, Johnson said he has found the key to a successful marriage.
“Marry right,” he told People. “A bad marriage will age you.”
In 2023, he revealed the relationship advice he once received from Bob Dylan.
“Obviously, [Kelley]’s a saint. I was with Bob Dylan one time, and I was having relationship issues. And Bob looks up at me and goes, ‘Well, see, love is about kindness, trust and respect, isn’t it?’ And that’s the embodiment of Kelley,” Johnson told Parade about what makes Phleger perfect for him.
“It’s kindness, trust and respect, and we have that with each other. We’re lovers and friends, and it’s fun. She’s an amazing woman.”
Along the way, Johnson has found the good in Hollywood in that he’s cultivated a lot of strong relationships throughout the years, including his friendship with Bruce Willis.
During his appearance on “Good Morning America” this week, Johnson recalled the moment he first met Willis while the “Die Hard” star was tending bar in New York City.
“I’d go in there and sit with Bruce. … Bruce was such a good storyteller, and he’d tell me about all the trials and tribulations of dealing with the drunks and the actors. … And, you know, I got to be friendly with him,” Johnson recalled. “I said, ‘You know what? You’d be awesome.’
“So, I called the casting director … and I said, ‘This guy is interesting. He’s special. Bring him in and read him.’ She did and cast him in ‘Miami Vice’ before he was ever in anything else.”
Johnson said he knew from the beginning Willis was special, saying, “I could just tell.”
During an interview with Entertainment Tonight in February, Johnson briefly touched on Willis’ health.
“We’re best of friends, and he’s having a little bit of a struggle right now,” he said of Willis, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2022. “I take this moment to send him love.”
World’s largest retailer spars with China over its response to Trump tariffs
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, recently clashed with China after asking Chinese suppliers to absorb the Trump tariffs. Beijing appeared to threaten the company after it apparently asked Chinese suppliers to slash their prices to offset the impact of the tariffs.
Chinese officials met with Walmart, which also operates its warehouse club chain, Sam’s Club, in China, to discuss the retailer’s request that suppliers absorb the tariffs. Walmart reportedly asked some of its Chinese suppliers to reduce their prices by 10%, according to Bloomberg.
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Officials reportedly issued a veiled threat, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The outlet added that China Central Television wrote on social media that “if Walmart insists” on having suppliers cut prices, “then what awaits Walmart is not just talk.”
WSJ also reported that “Walmart representatives said they would work with Chinese suppliers to find ways to avoid damaging the interests of the parties involved,” citing people familiar with the matter.
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In 2023, Walmart appeared to be reducing its reliance on Chinese suppliers. According to a Reuters estimate, 60% of Walmart’s imports from January to August 2023 came from China, down from 80% in 2018. The big-box retailer, according to the outlet, began importing more goods from India.
In a call with investors last month, Walmart CFO John David Rainey said that the Trump tariffs were “unpredictable,” but added that he believed the major retailer “can navigate that very well.”
However, he expressed concern about the potential impacts of the Trump tariffs on everyday consumers.
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In response to fentanyl trafficking into the U.S., President Donald Trump imposed a new 20% tariff on China, in addition to the ones Beijing already faces. The president defended his tariff policies during his address to a joint session of Congress.
“China’s average tariff on our products is twice what we charge them,” President Trump said in his address earlier this month.
Walmart did not immediately respond to Fox Business’ request for comment.