Trump shares video of airstrike on Iran-backed Houthis: ‘They will never sink our ships again!’

Trump on Friday shared video of a recent airstrike on Houthi rebels, writing, “They will never sink our ships again.”

“These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis! They will never sink our ships again!”

The black and white aerial footage appeared to show a group assembling before a massive blast leaves nothing but a crater. 

The Trump administration has been conducting daily airstrikes on the Iranian-backed rebels for the last 20 days following renewed Houthi threats against Israeli vessels last month after Jerusalem cut off humanitarian aid headed for the Gaza Strip.

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Late last month, the group took responsibility for attacks on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and several U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

The Houthis have also shot down three U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones since March 3, sources previously told Fox News.  

The State Department put forward sanctions after the Houthis shot down the first Reaper in early March, and on Tuesday, the State Department announced sanctions on “financial facilitators, procurement operatives, and companies operating as part of a global illicit finance network supporting the Houthis.” 

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told CBS’ “Face the Nation” late last month: “These guys are like al Qaeda or ISIS with advanced cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and some of the most sophisticated air defenses, all provided by Iran. Keeping the sea lanes open, keeping trade and commerce open, is a fundamental aspect of our national security.” 

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On Monday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Houthis have been “decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks.”

“Many of their Fighters and Leaders are no longer with us,” he continued. “We hit them every day and night — Harder and harder. Their capabilities that threaten Shipping and the Region are rapidly being destroyed. Our attacks will continue until they are no longer a threat to Freedom of Navigation. The choice for the Houthis is clear: Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you. Otherwise, we have only just begun, and the real pain is yet to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran.”

The terrorist network, backed by Iran, began escalating its attacks on Western ships in the Red Sea following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel. Notably, security experts have pointed out the Houthi attacks are not indiscriminate as they do not routinely target Chinese or Saudi Arabian vessels. 

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Trump also issued a message to Iran on Monday and warned if the attacks do not stop, Washington will come for Tehran next. 

Obama reportedly distancing himself from Democratic Party after leaving it ‘far weaker’

Former President Barack Obama sought to distance himself from the Democratic Party after leaving it in shambles following his departure from the White House, according to a new book. 

The book, “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” published by William Morrow and Company, claims that Obama was never a Democratic Party loyalist. Instead, the authors allege, Obama curried favor from a group of “Black professionals” for his campaigns, unlike former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and former President Joe Biden. 

Additionally, Obama’s creation of Organizing for Action — a nonprofit that launched in 2012 following Obama’s re-election to advance his legislative priorities — fractured the Democratic Party, according to the book, authored by political journalists Jonathan Allen of NBC News and Amie Parnes of The Hill.  

“Though Organizing for Action never realized his vision, it competed with the party for power and money,” the book said. “He left the Democratic Party far weaker than he found it. Or, as one Black party operative put it, ‘Obama destroyed that s—.’” 

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The book also detailed how the Clintons, along with Biden and former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and a few other party operatives, sought to “rebuild the party infrastructure” following Obama’s 2016 departure from the White House. This meant preventing far-left Democrats from seizing control of the party and ensuring party loyalists ran the show, according to the book. 

“By helping install party loyalists at the national and state committees over the course of years, these establishment Democrats kept progressive outsiders at bay. ‘You know who did that?’ said one Black Biden ally familiar with the maneuvering. ‘Bill and Hillary motherf—ing Clinton,’” the book related. 

“Fight,” released Tuesday, also revealed how Obama remained hesitant to back former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election to replace Biden, amid concerns about his mental fitness. The book claimed that Obama didn’t believe Harris had the capacity to beat now-President Donald Trump in the November 2024 race, frustrating Harris. 

Ultimately, Obama endorsed Harris five days after Biden announced he would not run for office again in the 2024 race — a delay that offended Harris and required some “mending” between the two Democrats, a source close to Obama said, Allen and Parnes wrote. 

A spokesperson for Obama’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Even so, Obama’s wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, appeared at the Democratic National Convention in August 2024 after Harris clinched the party’s nomination. 

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“Kamala Harris is more than ready for this moment,” Michelle Obama said at the convention. “She is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency and she is one of the most dignified — a tribute to her mother, to my mother, and probably to your mother, too, the embodiment of the stories we tell ourselves about this country.” 

Meanwhile, Democrat strategists predict that Barack Obama’s influence over the Democratic Party is waning, and some have suggested he is out of touch with the appeal of Trump. 

For example, political commentator and author Ben Burgess wrote an op-ed after Obama delivered a speech at the Obama Democracy Forum that part of the “problem” is Obama doesn’t understand why Trump won the 2024 election and that the American public should stop listening to the former president. 

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“​​Obama’s characteristic rhetorical virtues were on full display,” Burgess wrote in December 2024 for MSNBC, following Obama’s speech. “He was a constitutional law professor before he was a politician, and he still sounds like one. At the same time, he was a once-in-a-generation talent as a political communicator. He knows how to convey a complex set of ideas in a digestible and appealing way.” 

“But there was a massive gaping hole at the center of his speech,” the op-ed stated. “He still doesn’t understand why his eight years in power culminated in the rise of Trump.” 

“Fight” details how Trump secured the White House for a second term and the fallout of his victory for the Democratic Party. It is based on interviews Allen and Parnes conducted with more than 150 political insiders, according to the book’s description. 

Long-suffering American industry embraces tariffs: Trump ‘threw us a lifeline’

American shrimpers were pleased to see President Donald Trump unveil his latest round of tariffs this week.

The president on Wednesday announced plans for new tariffs on goods imported from foreign countries. The new measures include a baseline levy of 10% on foreign imports and “individualized reciprocal higher” tariffs on certain countries, the White House said.

Leann Bosarge, the COO of Bosarge Boats, told FOX Business’ Lydia Hu on Friday that the tariffs “threw us a lifeline” in the struggling domestic shrimp industry.  

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“The U.S. domestic shrimp industry has been on a downward trajectory for decades now as a direct result of the unfair trade in the overseas aquaculture industry for growing shrimp overseas,” Bosarge said. “And these tariffs threw us a lifeline that we needed to hopefully live to fight another day in our industry in this country.” 

The domestic shrimp industry in the Gulf and South Atlantic has seen the value of the shrimp it catches drop significantly, with NOAA Fisheries data showing it has gone from $522 million in 2021 to $269 million in 2023, according to the Southern Shrimp Alliance, a trade organization representing shrimp fishermen, processors and other stakeholders from eight states.

Hu reported shrimpers believe the tariffs will help level the playing field with the foreign shrimp industry.

Imports make up 94% of shrimp eaten in the U.S., with countries such as India, Ecuador, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Argentina among the top sources of the imported shrimp, per the Southern Shrimp Alliance.

The organization has said subsidies, forced labor and other factors have made shrimp production in foreign countries cheaper, hurting the American shrimp industry. 

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Hu reported Borsage was “getting paid prices for shrimp that she got paid back in the 1980s and, of course, she’s dealing with 2025 prices of doing business.”  

The new tariffs “are expected to slow imports and prevent Americans from becoming completely dependent on foreign shrimp producers while the administration addresses harmful trade policies and enforcement deficiencies,” according to the Southern Shrimp Alliance.

Southern Shrimp Alliance Executive Director John Williams said in a Wednesday statement that the organization was “grateful for the Trump Administration’s actions,” saying the tariffs will “preserve American jobs, food security, and our commitment to ethical production.” 

The new import tariffs are slated to come into force soon, with the White House saying the 10% baseline levy will hit on April 5 and the reciprocal tariffs expected on April 9. 

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While unveiling the tariffs on Wednesday, Trump said it was “one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history,” calling it the U.S.’ “declaration of economic independence.” 

The president has moved to put other tariffs in place since taking office. For instance, in mid-March, he implemented a 25% levy on imported steel and aluminum.

‘Jeopardy!’ fans erupt in disbelief after iconic pop culture stumps contestants

“Jeopardy!” fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop culture.

On Thursday’s episode of the long-running game show, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the “Fictional Characters” category. 

The prompt read: “Boq is one of these fictional people, ‘Not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small.'”

Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting $5,999 of her total $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed “What is a Lilliputian?”

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“I’m afraid it’s not the Lilliputians from ‘Gulliver’s Travels,'” “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings told her.

Walheim’s competitors, Wallace and Wargin, also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift’s classic 1726 novel.

Wallace’s answer was revealed to be “What are lili?” The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, noted that his response was “almost Lilluputian.” Jennings agreed, adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters’ full name.

Wargin’s first guess was “What are Lilliputians?” before he crossed the answer out and wrote, “dwarves.” 

Jennings then informed the contestants that “What is a Munchkin?” was the correct answer. 

“In the 1939 movie of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ the Munchkins are very small, but in the book, the Munchkins are said to be about Dorothy’s height,” Jennings told them.

Wargin, who was in the lead heading into the final round with $16,000, had bet $5,201, which dropped him down to $10,799.

However, as a four-day “Jeopardy!” champion, Wargin’s total winnings were $70,199.

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Many fans watching at home had easily guessed the right answer as the character of Boq played a prominent role in the 2024 mega-hit movie musical “Wicked,” which was an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. 

Boq was portrayed by Ethan Slater in “Wicked,” which starred Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. 

After the episode ended, fans flocked to social media to share their dumbfounded reactions.

“Read the word “Boq” and SCREAMED “MUNCHKIN!!!!!!!!” How did NO ONE GET THIS??? wrote one social media user on X.

“How did no one get that BOQ answer on jeopardy right,” another X user added.

“Everyone who watched Jeopardy and recently watched Wicked was screaming at their TV tonight…,” one viewer chimed in. 

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“No one knew boq is a munchkin on final jeopardy, ” a “Jeopardy” fan posted on X, adding crying emojis.

“My entire household was shouting MUNCHKIN!!! Apparently not one of the 3 saw ‘Wicked,’” another fan wrote on X.

“Final was so easy. How did they all miss it,” a viewer wondered in the show’s Reddit discussion thread.

Both the movie and the play “Wicked” were based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book “The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” 

Maguire’s novel is centered on the imagined backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West and presents an alternate version of events that took place before L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”

Boq is featured in both books, but he was not included in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz,” which starred Judy Garland.

After “Wicked” was released last November, the film became a major blockbuster, raking in $747.2 million worldwide against a $150 million budget. The movie is now the highest-grossing musical film adaptation of all time. “Wicked” also received 10 nominations at the 2025 Academy Awards, including nods for Erivo as best actress and Grande as best supporting actress.

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The movie took home Oscars for best costume design and best production design. 

Slater is set to return as Boq, along with Erivo as Elphaba and Grande as Galinda, in part two of “Wicked,” titled “Wicked: For Good.” It is due out this fall.

DOGE saves $1,000,000 after discovering agency uses magnetic tapes to store data

The U.S. General Services Administration has saved $1 million by converting decades-old information storage technology, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Friday. 

In a post on X, DOGE said that the agency, which supplies office space, transportation and other basic services to federal agencies, saved money by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to permanent modern digital records.

The move is part of the Elon Musk-led group’s mission to get rid of wasteful government spending. 

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Earlier this week, the group said The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a month for website changes before canceling the contract and having an internal staffer take over. 

While combing through loads and loads of data, DOGE discovered a previous contract by the VA for its website maintenance.

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“Good work by @DeptVetAffairs,” DOGE said in an X post on Wednesday. “VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications. That contract has not been renewed, and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week.”

GAS said on Thursday it will save $4.5 million by “optimizing leases & reducing our footprint” with less unused office space. 

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“Smart moves like this mean more efficiency & better spaces for agencies to deliver for the American people,” a GSA post on X states. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to the GSA, but did not hear back by the time of publication.