‘Sopranos’ star wants to flee the US after feeling ‘uncomfortable’ under Trump administration
Joe Pantoliano is looking for a change of scenery.
The Emmy award-winning actor, who starred as Ralph “Ralphie” Cifaretto in 21 episodes of the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” admitted that he’s not happy with the current administration and President Donald Trump.
Pantoliano, 73, told his social media followers that he’s even taken the steps to get out of the country and secure visas in Portugal.
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While attending the “Tucci in Italy” premiere in New York earlier this week, the “Memento” star gave insight toward the current political climate.
“I’m so uncomfortable with the nature of what’s happening in our country, and I just want to run for the hills,” Pantoliano told Page Six.
“It’s hard for me to think about people’s bulls–t like making a TV show. The world is on fire, it’s hard for me to concentrate.”
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Pantoliano and his wife, Nancy Sheppard, recently returned from a trip to Portugal, and they’re thinking of planting new roots abroad.
“We just got back. We really love it there,” he said before expressing concerns about the power grid following last month’s 18-hour blackout, which affected both Spain and Portugal.
“They just got hit with a cyberattack, and I think that’s just a rehearsal for what will happen here,” he said.
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Pantoliano admitted that that reason alone was enough for him to “keep a lot of cash at home, not a lot but enough to get me going for a couple [of] weeks.”
He insisted the amount wasn’t easy to find, though, and that it’s “buried and there’s no map.”
The “Matrix” actor caught up with his Instagram followers on Friday and revealed that he’s very serious about fleeing the states.
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“We actually looked into getting visas so that we could live there part of the time, or most of the time. its a great place to retire,” he said. “It’s just, it suits me. I love to walk … I take amazing walks there. They had a blackout, I mean, all of Spain … half of Europe, France, Spain, Portugal.”
Spain’s Interior Ministry declared a state of emergency after a massive power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, knocking out traffic lights and forcing the evacuation of subway systems in both countries, among other disruptions.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez later said a problem in the European grid that he described as a “strong oscillation” was behind the outage, but that the cause was still being determined. Spanish power distributor Red Eléctrica said that restoring power to the country and neighboring Portugal could take six to 10 hours.
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“I dunno, maybe it’s a dress rehearsal for what’s going to happen here,” Pantoliano said. “You gotta think about that. You’ve got to think about our future, why is all of this happening? I’m very confused … and I wish I could understand why this is happening.”
“The Fugitive” star may join a growing list of celebrities fleeing the United States.
Rosie O’Donnell confirmed her move to Ireland in March, saying she left the U.S. days before Trump’s inauguration, and explained that the new location would be a good fit for her 12-year-old son, Clay.
During a recent appearance on Ireland’s “Late Late Show,” she discussed her recent decision to move and her longstanding feud with Trump.
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When asked about her decision to move to Ireland, she also said, “The President of the United States has it out for me and has for 20 years,” later adding that “he sort of uses me as a punchline whenever he feels the need.”
Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi sold their Montecito estate in August and purchased a farmhouse in the U.K. after Trump’s successful bid to return to the White House during the 2024 presidential election.
Tigers’ star becomes first player in MLB history to achieve home run feat
Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene made history during the Tigers’ 9-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday.
Greene, 24, became the first player in MLB history to hit two home runs in the ninth inning.
Greene’s first ninth-inning blast broke a 1-1 tie, as Kenley Jansen’s cutter was right down Broadway, and the Tigers’ star didn’t miss it. Greene’s 371-foot blast just got over the wall in right field to give the Tigers a 2-1 ninth-inning lead.
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Colt Keith followed Greene’s lead as he hit a home run of his own to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead. The Tigers’ home run party continued with Javier Baez’s two-run blast to put them up 5-1.
The Tigers didn’t stop there, as they continued to hit and brought Greene back up to the plate for the second time in the inning with a 6-1 lead.
However, Greene faced a different pitcher in his second at-bat of the inning as Jake Eder replaced the struggling Jansen on the mound for the Angels.
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The pitching change didn’t matter for Greene, as the result was the same: another home run.
Greene crushed Eder’s hanging sweeper 409 feet into the right-centerfield seats for a three-run home run to give the Tigers a 9-1 lead and etched himself into the history books, although Greene was not immediately aware he made history.
“Yeah, I just found that out — pretty cool,” Greene said postgame. “But the game is over. We got to show up tomorrow and try to win another baseball game.”
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Greene became the first Tigers player to hit two homers in an inning since Magglio Ordonez against the Oakland Athletics on Aug. 12, 2007. The only other Tigers player to homer twice in an inning was Hall-of-Famer Al Kaline, against the Kansas City A’s on April 17, 1955.
On the season, Greene has a .262 batting average with six home runs and 16 RBI in 31 games played.
The American League-best Tigers (21-12) will play the struggling Angels (12-19) again on Saturday at 9:38 p.m. ET.
Drugged 5-year-old boy saved after woman allegedly tries to sneak him across the border
A U.S. lawful permanent resident was arrested on Wednesday after she allegedly attempted to smuggle a drugged child into the country through the Southern Border using a fake birth certificate, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Gloria Lopez-Corona, 24, from Mexico, attempted to enter the U.S. with a five-year-old boy through the San Luis port of entry in Arizona, where she presented a birth certificate that was revealed to be for a different child based on the age, as the birth certificate was for a two-year-old.
The child was determined to be an unaccompanied child from Mexico who was sedated. The child had been given melatonin gummies and was sleepy and disoriented. Homeland Security Investigations seized the items believed to have been used to drug the child.
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Lopez-Corona later admitted she was not the child’s mother and that the birth certificate was fake. Lopez-Corona said she was the mother to a two-year-old back home in Mexico. Immigration officials found the drugged five-year-old child’s mother, Reyna Cecilia Hernandez Reyes.
Lopez-Corona claimed she was forced to smuggle the child into the U.S. by a person who threatened her family and that she did not contact police because “she did not trust the police in Mexico,” according to the New York Post. She said she was told to drive to a location where the child was placed into a car seat in her back seat by an unnamed individual. The woman said she was offered $1,500 to transport the child but turned the money down.
The child at one point told agents “that he was given gummies by his mother,” according to the outlet.
Reyes, a Mexican citizen, admitted to giving her child to an unknown woman to be smuggled into the U.S. Reyes, who the child was returned to, was charged in connection with the attempted smuggling.
The plan was to have the child taken to Reyes’ husband in Los Angeles, according to the New York Post. The man was smuggled into the country three years ago. Federal agents later found that he was deported three times before his last entry.
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Lopez-Corona, who was arrested by Homeland Security Investigations, faces charges for Alien Smuggling.
“This depraved individual drugged an innocent child and trafficked them into our country,” Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Fox News. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, DHS will protect children and stop the traffickers and smugglers that exploit children.”
Michael Bolton had strange symptoms before aggressive brain cancer diagnosis
A Grammy-winning singer and his family have revealed the surprising early symptoms of his brain cancer.
Michael Bolton, who was diagnosed in December 2023 with glioblastoma — the most aggressive and fastest-growing form of brain cancer — first exhibited signs that something was amiss the month prior, according to his daughters.
During a family night at the bowling alley, Bolton, 72, bowled out of turn several times, they told People during a recent interview.
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That same night, the singer had also fallen out of his chair, which was “very unusual,” Taryn, 45, told the outlet.
“He’s super athletic, and he doesn’t drink,” she said. “So he fell, and we were like, ‘What just happened?’”
“That was when we were like, ‘Something’s wrong with his brain.”
Looking back now, Bolton’s daughters recognize “so many things” they missed.
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Earlier that fall, the Grammy winner had struggled to keep his balance and experienced nausea while performing at a charity event.
His daughters had assumed the strange symptoms were due to lack of sleep or excess stress, they said.
“He’d been working nonstop that whole time,” Taryn recalled while speaking to People.
“It is truly among the most tragic diseases.”
“Traveling, doing shows, doing all of these things. We were like, he’s getting older, he’s tired, he’s stressed out. All of these things we sort of explained in a way, one by one.”
Following the strange symptoms while bowling, Bolton began experiencing headaches, his daughters shared.
The following Monday, he received an MRI that detected a brain tumor, which was removed surgically and found to be glioblastoma.
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While rare, glioblastoma is known for affecting people across all ages and for its fast, aggressive development, according to Michael Canney Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Carthera, a Colorado health tech company that develops medical devices to treat severe brain disorders.
“Although glioblastoma’s cause isn’t fully known, the disease begins when genetic changes in brain cells cause them to grow out of control,” Canney, who was not involved in Bolton’s care, told Fox News Digital.
“These cancerous cells rapidly invade surrounding brain tissue, making the tumor especially aggressive and hard to treat.”
Canney confirmed that the symptoms Bolton experienced — confusion, sudden falls and severe headaches — are consistent with glioblastoma warning signs.
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“Other potential red flags include nausea, memory loss, personality changes, speech difficulties and vision changes,” he added.
“While the symptoms of glioblastoma are not unique to this disease, anytime you or a loved one experience an unexplained change in behavior, mental awareness or motor control, it’s important to see a medical professional.”
After surgery, Bolton completed radiation and chemotherapy, which have so far kept cancer at bay, the report noted.
He receives ongoing MRIs every two months to ensure that he is still clear of tumors.
Treatment and prognosis
Glioblastoma is among the deadliest cancers, with patients living for an average of just over a year after diagnosis. The five-year survival rate is less than 5%.
“It is truly among the most tragic diseases,” Canney said.
“A number of clinical trials are underway that give us an immense sense of hope.”
Part of what makes glioblastoma so severe is its resistance to treatment, according to the expert.
“Around your brain, there’s a natural protective barrier called the blood-brain barrier,” he told Fox News Digital.
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“While this barrier keeps the brain safe from toxins and other harmful substances, it also blocks the life-saving chemotherapy drugs used in treating most cancers.”
In some cases, including Bolton’s, glioblastoma treatment can begin with surgery to remove the tumor, provided it has not grown too deeply into the brain, Canney said.
Other treatment options include radiation and chemotherapy, which can “modestly extend survival,” he noted.
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“Although current treatment options are limited, a number of clinical trials are underway that give us an immense sense of hope,” Canney said, pointing out a new form of ultrasound-based technology that is showing promise.
“If approved, this technology will enable doctors to safely and temporarily open the blood-brain barrier for the first time ever — allowing a greater number of potentially more effective chemotherapy drugs into the brain.”
Life-threatening disease completely reversed with injections given in new trial
Using semaglutide injections, scientists were able to reverse life-threatening cases of liver disease in a new clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Semaglutide, which is traditionally a treatment for type 2 diabetes, was given to participants who had been diagnosed with a life-threatening form of liver disease called metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
“This is a major step forward in the field,” said Arun Sanyal, M.D., director of the VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, in a video from VCU. “It provides patients with additional choices when we think about treating fatty liver disease.”
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MASH is a severe form of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), which was previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to WebMD.
Both MASH and MASLD are marked by excessive fat in the liver, which can be dangerous.
“Over time, the buildup of fat in the liver can lead to inflammation, liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer,” stated a press release about the study.
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Researchers chose to investigate semaglutide as a potential treatment because this class of drug has previously been shown to reduce fat and liver scarring for people with MASH.
Between 2021 and 2023, 800 randomly selected participants across 37 countries received once-weekly injections of either semaglutide or a placebo, the press release stated. More than half had type 2 diabetes and around 75% were obese.
After 72 weeks of treatment, 62.9% of participants had less inflammation and fat accumulation in their livers.
In the placebo group, only 34.3% of participants experienced a decrease in symptoms.
“The liver actually starts looking substantially better under the microscope in these patients,” noted Sanyal.
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The researchers also found that 36.8% of the semaglutide group saw improvements in their liver fibrosis, versus 22.4% in the placebo group.
Participants treated with semaglutide also saw improvements in liver enzymes and blood measures of liver fibrosis, as well as 10.5% weight loss.
“I’ve been working with GLP-1 treatments for 16 years and these results are hugely exciting.”
Some adverse experiences were more common in the semaglutide group, including nausea, diarrhea, constipation and vomiting.
“Novo Nordisk continues to explore semaglutide across metabolic and cardiovascular health, including MASH, a condition with limited treatment options for patients and healthcare professionals,” said Anna Windle, PhD, senior vice president of clinical development, medical and regulatory affairs at Novo Nordisk, maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, in a press release provided to Fox News Digital.
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“We are encouraged by these published findings in the NEJM and what this could mean for patients. Based on these data, we look forward to working with regulatory authorities to bring this potential new treatment option to patients.”
“While these results must be treated with caution, the analysis shows semaglutide can be an effective tool to treat this advanced liver disease,” said lead researcher Professor Philip Newsome, director of the Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies at King’s College London, in the release.
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“I’ve been working with GLP-1 treatments for 16 years and these results are hugely exciting,” he added.
Sanyal noted that semaglutide had previously been shown to be beneficial for obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
“Now we can add liver disease to that list.”
Looking ahead, the research team plans to gather data from nearly 1,200 participants in 37 countries for up to five years to determine semaglutide’s impact on long-term liver complications.
Elizabeth Hurley reflected on a simpler time before she revealed she was dating country music star Billy Ray Cyrus.
Hurley, 59, looked completely at ease wearing a skimpy red bikini while strolling the beach in the Maldives.
The “Austin Powers” actress shared a few “happy memories” from her tropical getaway where she celebrated her son, Damian Hurley’s birthday.
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“Well…it’s been a helluva few weeks since my glorious sojourn in the Maldives, but here are some of my happy memories,” Hurley captioned a carousel of images.
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The “Bedazzled” star slipped into a backless sundress in one snap, and showed off views from her luxurious cabana at the Baglioni Maldives hotel.
Hurley and Cyrus, 63, went Instagram-official with their secret relationship on Easter Sunday with a shared photo of the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer kissing his new girlfriend.
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Days later, the “Rowing with the Wind” actress posted a series of shots from her “Tennessee weekend” with the country star right by her side.
Cyrus debuted his new song “Ask (Honor Song)” last week, and told “The Ty Bentli Show” that not only is their blossoming relationship a gift from God, but he’s also the happiest he’s been in a long time – thanks to his new romance.
“It’s just been beautiful,” Cyrus said, noting there are “no expectations of where we go from here other than her and her son. I do love him a lot, and it’s great that God brought them into my life when he did. It’s just a good thing.
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“It’s been a long time since I’ve been this happy.”
The former co-stars reconnected over text, with Hurley making the first move nearly two years after they worked on the 2022 film “Christmas in Paradise.”
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“We did very few scenes together, but the couple times we were in the same scene, there was a chemistry there that felt … we just laughed, and it was at a time I wasn’t laughing a lot. And I found out the oddest thing,” he said of Hurley.
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“I’ve obviously, I know all about her life and career and me, a kid from Flatwoods, Kentucky, going to sit and pretend I’m an actor with Elizabeth Hurley knowing that, wait, how did this happen? And the oddest part was first how much we laughed.”
Cyrus was in the throes of divorce from his third wife, Firerose, when Hurley contacted him unexpectedly after not communicating for more than two years.
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“I felt like, ‘Wow, can life get any harder? Can it get any tougher?’ For me, at a certain point, it was like, ‘You can’t get knocked down any flatter than laying on your back when life is kicking you,’” Cyrus said. “And, in this moment, this hand kind of reached out in a text message, not a physical hand, as in the one you saw in the picture. That’d be good. A friend reached out.”
Investing legend Warren Buffett says he’s stepping down, picks who he wants as replacement
Warren Buffett said on Saturday that he plans to step down by the end of this year as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
The billionaire investor named Greg Abel, who is vice chairman, as his replacement.
“I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive of the company at year end,” Buffett said at Berkshire’s annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
Abel, 62, has been vice chair since 2018.
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Abel joined the former MidAmerican Energy, now known as Berkshire Hathaway Energy, in 1992, eight years before Berkshire took it over.
Buffett, 94, said he would “hang around” the conglomerate after retiring as CEO, according to CNBC.
He said he has no plans to sell his shares in Berkshire Hathaway, which are expected to be donated after his death.
“I would add this, the decision to keep every share is an economic decision because I think the prospects of Berkshire will be better under Greg’s management than mine,” he added.
After making his announcement, the investor received a several-minute standing ovation in honor of his decades of service.
Buffett has been preparing Abel to be his successor for years, telling CNBC in 2021, “The directors are in agreement that if something were to happen to me tonight, it would be Greg who’d take over tomorrow morning.”
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Buffett took over Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 with business partner Charlie Munger, which at the time was a failing textile company. Munger died in 2023.
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The conglomerate is now worth more than $1 trillion and Buffett is worth more than $168 billion, although he still lives in the modest Nebraska home he bought for $31,500 in 1958.
His son, Howard, is also expected to succeed him as non-executive chairman of Berkshire.
Experts weigh in after critics sound the alarm over dangers of REAL ID
While many public policy leaders believe implementation of REAL ID requirements across the country will bolster national security, some more libertarian critics say the Bush-era protocol could come at a cost to individual liberty and bigger government, with one expert telling Fox News Digital it essentially sets up a de facto national ID system and treats law-abiding Americans with suspicion.
When Congress debated REAL ID in 2005, libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, strongly opposed the move, positing that it constituted a national ID card that had no limitations on what type of information could be stored on it, posing a significant threat to American civil liberties.
After being signed into law, the implementation of REAL ID was repeatedly postponed during administrations of both political parties, including the first Trump administration during the height of the COVID pandemic. This year, however, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set a new deadline for obtaining a REAL ID of May 7. Having REAL ID-compliant identification will be required to board domestic commercial airline flights and to access some federal facilities like courthouses or military bases.
So, should citizens be concerned about getting a REAL ID? Fox News Digital spoke to two policy experts, one supportive and one critical, for their views.
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What are the benefits?
Simon Hankinson, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, told Fox News Digital that requiring additional documentation to obtain a REAL ID will have a significant impact on identifying and cracking down on terrorism and other illegal activity in the U.S., including illegal immigration.
By requiring a REAL ID to fly, Hankinson explained that IDs offered by liberal states to illegal immigrants will no longer allow those illegals to easily move about the country unchecked.
He pointed to the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, in which several of the al Qaeda terrorists involved had obtained valid state licenses, which were accepted for boarding their flights.
And while Hankinson acknowledged that concerns about data privacy are legitimate, he pointed out that most Americans already have much of their information stored in databases such as that of the Social Security Administration.
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Hankinson said the government will have to be held to the highest standards to uphold citizens’ privacy. Still, he compared the risk-reward scenario posed to the nation by REAL ID to nuclear power.
“If it’s done right, you can mitigate the risks, and you can have, like France, 75, 80% of your power from nuclear power plants,” he said. “If you cut corners, and you put the wrong people in charge and you take risks, then you end up with Chernobyl.”
What are the concerns?
But Jim Harper, a senior fellow of digital privacy and constitutional law at the American Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital that though REAL ID is not technically a national identification card, since it is issued by individual states, obtaining one enters private citizens into a national database, effectively making it a national identification system.
“REAL ID is a national ID system. And historically, national ID systems have been used for terrible things,” he said. “We want to make sure that we don’t position ourselves in the United States ever to have that much authority reside with the government. And so, for two decades now, I’ve been arguing against REAL ID, simple as that.
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What is the problem with being entered into a national system? Harper explained that his concern is that setting up such a system treats American citizens as suspects before they have committed any crimes.
He granted that the dangers of REAL ID are “not as urgent” as something like the Patriot Act, which was passed in the wake of 9/11 and significantly expanded the scope and powers of law enforcement and intelligence operations in the U.S., but that it similarly expands the ability of the government to control and monitor its citizenry.
“I reject the idea of having law-abiding American citizens put into a national I.D. system because they might be terrorists. That’s not the way we do law enforcement in this country, to treat people as suspects from go,” he said. “I don’t think natural born citizens should, should be put into a national I.D. system for immigration control. That’s the that’s the problem of illegal immigration being visited on the citizen. That’s not how it’s supposed to work.”
In his view, the “burden” of the reasons for having a national ID “all falls on the citizen, on the individual who’s not accused of any crime or any wrongdoing. That’s not the way to do it.”
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What should I do?
Harper predicted that the federal government will ultimately bend on enforcing REAL ID requirements and continue to “kick the can down the road” as they have done for two decades.
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What’s more, according to both Hankinson and Harper, citizens in most states will still have other options available to them if they want to opt out of getting a REAL ID.
In the end, the decision of whether to obtain a REAL ID or to accept the risks of not doing so rests with individual citizens.