Photographer wins Pulitzer for capturing photo of mid-air bullet inches from Trump

A New York Times photographer was awarded with a Pulitzer Prize Monday for his photos of the assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The July 13 event yielded numerous historic photos and videos, such as when Trump quickly got up after being shot as Secret Service agents escorted him off the stage holding his fist in the air while shouting the words, “Fight, fight, fight.”

One iconic image by The Times’ Doug Mills managed to capture the split-second moment a speeding bullet was seen mid-air next to Trump’s head at the rally. The photo was one of several he captured that day that earned him one of the most prestigious awards in journalism.

Days after the assassination attempt, Mills sat down with Fox News at the Republican National Convention to share his firsthand account of the shocking ordeal. 

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“I just happened to be down, shooting with a wide-angle lens just below the president when he was speaking. There was a huge flag waving right above his head, and I just happened to be taking pictures at the same time,” he told “America’s Newsroom” in Milwaukee at the time.

“Then, when I heard the pops, I guess I kept hitting on the shutter, and then I saw him reach for his [ear]. He grimaced and grabbed his hand and looked. It was blood, and then he went down, and I thought, ‘Dear God, he’s been shot,'” he continued.

Mills said the moment he discovered he had captured an image of the bullet whizzing past Trump was a “surprise” to him.

It happened after he was ushered into a tent and began sending photos of Trump’s defiant fist pump to an editor.

“I was like, ‘Oh, hell. I remember taking pictures of him when this happened. Let me go back and look.’ I started looking at it. I started sending them right away, and I called one of the editors and said, ‘Please look at these really closely. This might have been near the moment where he was shot,’” he said. 

“She called me back like five minutes later and said, ‘You won’t believe this.’ She goes, ‘We actually see a bullet flying behind his head, and I was like, ’Oh my gosh.'”

Mills said he captured the rally images with a Sony a1 camera. 

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“Doug Mills of The New York Times won the breaking news photography prize for his photos capturing the attempted assassination of President Trump last year, including an image in which a bullet can be seen,” the New York Times’ media reporter Katie Robertson reported as she touted three other other Pulitzers The Times won for stories on Sudan, Afghanistan and Baltimore.

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MSNBC walks back ‘misstatement’ about FBI head Kash Patel

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Monday had to walk back an eyebrow-raising claim made the previous week about FBI Director Kash Patel.

On Friday’s edition of the morning talk show, Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director at the FBI, shared the claim that Patel had been seen out partying more often than working at the office. 

“Reportedly, he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building,” Figliuzzi told “Morning Joe” co-host Jonathan Lemire. “And there are reports that daily briefings to him have been changed from every day to maybe twice-weekly.”

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Figliuzzi, who is a national security and intelligence analyst for MSNBC, said his contacts at the FBI told him the agency was in a state of “chaos.” 

“People don’t know what’s happening from day-to-day,” he added.

Figliuzzi’s comments were picked up by several media outlets last week. On Monday’s show, Lemire took a moment to retract those comments.

“Frank Figliuzzi was on that hour, discussing the work of administration officials,” Lemire began, referring to Friday’s “Morning Joe.”

“At the end of that segment, Figliuzzi said that FBI Director Kash Patel has been more visible at nightclubs than the FBI headquarters. This was a misstatement. We have not verified that claim,” Lemire said.

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MSNBC did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson declined to comment.

Last month, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll replaced Patel as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). A source close to Patel previously told Fox News Digital that the role was taken off of his plate so he could focus on his role as FBI director.

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Elon Musk shares vision of ‘life insurance’ for humanity after Earth is incinerated

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is prioritizing his vision for life on Mars as his time with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) comes to an end.

Musk sat down with Fox News host Jesse Watters for an interview where he shared the DOGE team’s findings regarding government waste, fraud and abuse, and expanded on his idea of Mars colonization as “life insurance” for humanity.

“Mars is life insurance for life collectively. So, eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun. The sun is gradually expanding, and so we do at some point need to be a multi-planet civilization because Earth will be incinerated,” Musk said in an interview that aired Monday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

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The sun, a medium-sized star with a radius of about 435,000 miles, will eventually run out of energy and expand into a red giant star when it starts to die, according to a NASA fact sheet.

The government space agency noted that the red giant star could become so large that it would engulf Mercury, Venus and possibly Earth as well, although the sun’s lifespan, according to scientists, will last another 5 billion years.

Musk explained that his vision for Mars is more than just landing on the planet and planting flags and laying footprints; it’s about creating a self-sustaining city.

“The fundamental fork in the road of destiny [is] that Mars is sufficiently self-sustaining and can grow by itself if the resupply ships from Earth stop coming for any reason, whether that is because civilization died with a bang or a whimper,” he told Watters. “If the resupply ships are necessary for Mars to survive, then we have not created life insurance.”

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“We’ve not created life insurance for life collectively. So that’s the key point in the future where [the] destiny of life, as we know it, will forever be affected, is when Mars becomes self-sustaining.”

Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform X in mid-March that a SpaceX Starship will depart for the red planet at the end of 2026, carrying Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot.

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He predicted that if the missions go well, humans could start landing on Mars as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more likely.

Dem rhetoric about ‘fighting oligarchy’ mocked as Alex Soros’ luxury home goes viral

Conservatives skewered an online photo of liberal megadonor Alex Soros and former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

An article from The New Yorker went viral on Monday for showcasing notable New Yorkers in their living rooms, ranging from big names in entertainment to politics. Staff writer Naomi Fry summarized that living rooms are “the most public-facing of a home’s spaces, and, as such, it bears a particular burden: that of showcasing to others who the occupants are.”

Many of the photos that went viral were specifically those of Democrats. Conservative social media account ComfortablySmug shared four images featuring Soros and Abedin, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., MSNBC host and activist Rev. Al Sharpton, and former Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff. 

“[Ladies] and gentlemen, the Democrat party,” Comfortably Smug wrote. 

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Republican communications staffer Steve Guest poked fun at the photo of Sharpton, quipping, “Of course Al Sharpton has a photo of just himself hanging on his wall.”

The photo featuring Soros went particularly viral because of the Democrat’s recent focus on fighting oligarcy. The successor of liberal megadonor George Soros sits while holding hands with his new fiancée Huma Abedin in what appears to be an expensive minimalist apartment with a massive view of the city behind them. Manhattan is known as one of the most prohibitively expensive real estate markets in the world. 

“Sure let’s have that oligarchy conversation,” The Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller said, appearing to refer to the recent “Fighting Oligarchy” tour where Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Ocasio-Cortez have rallied Americans against the influence of the mega-wealthy in American politics.

Political strategist Matt Schuck responded with a similar, “Tell me again about that whole ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour.”

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Many also found the photo to be tone-deaf.

“This is weird,” the account representing the conservative media outlet, Townhall, wrote.

Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter Chuck Ross responded to the photo with a simple, “Lmao.”

Education secretary drops hammer on Harvard in scathing letter

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sent a scathing letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber on Monday, not only blasting the Massachusetts Ivy League school’s handling of antisemitism on campus but also advising school officials to refrain from applying for future federal grants because they will not “be provided.”

In her no-holds-barred letter, McMahon told Garber that the federal government has a “sacred responsibility” to be an important steward of American taxpayer funds, adding that the school has amassed a largely tax-free $53.2 billion endowment and receives billions of dollars in taxpayer funds each year.

“Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right,” she wrote. “Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these ‘students’ come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country – and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public?”

She also said the university has “made a mockery” of the higher education system in the U.S., inviting foreign students to its campuses who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the U.S.

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McMahon slammed the school for adopting an “embarrassing” remedial math program for undergraduates, questioning why a school that’s so difficult to get admitted to has to teach low-level mathematics.

She called Harvard out for being embroiled in plagiarism scandals and lambasted the school for allowing Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review to engage in “ugly racism.”

McMahon blasted Harvard for hiring former Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York City and Lori Lightfoot of Chicago to teach “leadership” at its School of Public Health.

“This is like hiring the captain of the Titanic to teach navigation to future captains of the sea,” she said.

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“The above concerns are only a fraction of the long list of Harvard’s consistent violations of its own legal duties. Given these and other concerning allegations, this letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the federal government, since none will be provided,” McMahon later wrote. “Harvard will cease to be a publicly funded institution and can instead operate as a privately-funded institution, drawing on its colossal endowment, and raising money from its large base of wealthy alumni.

“You have an approximately $53 billion head start, much of which was made possible by the fact that you are living within the walls of, and benefiting from, the prosperity secured by the United States of America and its free-market system you teach your students to despise,” she added.

In closing, McMahon reminded Garber that the Trump administration had been willing to maintain federal funding to Harvard as long as the school complied with federal law to protect and promote student welfare and stop racial preferencing.

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“The proposed common-sense reforms – which the Administration remains committed to – include a return to merit-based admissions and hiring, an end to unlawful programs that promote crude identity stereotypes, disciplinary reform and consistent accountability, including for student groups, cooperation with Law Enforcement, and reporting compliance with the Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, and other Federal Agencies,” McMahon said. “The Administration’s priorities have not changed, and today’s letter marks the end of new grants for the university.”

Harvard confirmed to Fox News Digital that it received a letter from the administration on Monday.

“Today, we received another letter from the administration doubling down on demands that would impose unprecedented and improper control over Harvard University and would have chilling implications for higher education,” a Harvard spokesperson said. “Today’s letter makes new threats to illegally withhold funding for lifesaving research and innovation in retaliation against Harvard for filing its lawsuit on April 21.

“Harvard will continue to comply with the law, promote and encourage respect for viewpoint diversity, and combat antisemitism in our community. Harvard will also continue to defend against illegal government overreach aimed at stifling research and innovation that make Americans safer and more secure,” the spokesperson continued.

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McMahon’s letter comes just days after President Donald Trump declared that his administration was going to be taking away Harvard’s tax-exempt status.

Trump made the announcement after Fox News reported that his administration asked the Internal Revenue Service to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status. The Ivy League school’s failure to address antisemitism on campus is grounds for losing its 501(c)(3) status, sources said at the time.

Trump argued in mid-April that Harvard had “lost its way” and didn’t deserve federal funding.

“Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called ‘future leaders,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Look just to the recent past at their plagiarizing President, who so greatly embarrassed Harvard before the United States Congress.”

Harvard has become a target of Trump’s broader crackdown on universities, much of which is in response to last year’s anti-Israel unrest that erupted on campuses across the country.

On April 11, the Trump administration sent a letter to Garber and Harvard Corporation Lead Member Penny Pritzker outlining the institution’s failures and a list of demands from the White House. In the letter, the administration accused Harvard of failing to uphold civil rights laws and to foster an “environment that produces intellectual creativity.”

The Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding if Harvard did not reform governance and leadership as well as its hiring and admissions practices by August 2025. The letter emphasized the need for Harvard to change its international admissions process to avoid admitting students who are “hostile” to American values or support terrorism or antisemitism. 

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Harvard refused to comply with the demands, with Garber saying that “no government… should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”

The Trump administration then froze $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard and is reportedly looking to slash another billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The university later filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its “unlawful” freezing of funds.

Hegseth orders ‘historic’ reduction of general officers in the military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the U.S. military will soon be seeing a dramatic reduction in the number of general officers across all branches. 

He called the reduction a “historic” move to fulfill President Donald Trump’s commitment to “achieving peace through strength.” 

“We’re going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters,” said Hegseth. 

According to Hegseth, there are currently 44 four-star and flag officers across the military, making for a ratio of one general to 1,400 troops, compared to the ratio during World War II of one general to 6,000 troops.

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Hegseth, who has pledged to transform the military into a “leaner, more lethal force,” issued a memo to senior Pentagon personnel on Monday in which he ordered the reductions to be carried out in two phases. 

In the first phase, Hegseth ordered a “minimum” 20% reduction of four-star generals and flag officers in the active-duty component as well as a 20% reduction in the National Guard. 

In phase two, the secretary is ordering an additional 10% reduction in general and flag officers across the military. 

The secretary called the reductions part of his “less generals, more GIs policy.” 

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In a video announcing the change, he said the reductions will be done “carefully, but it’s going to be done expeditiously.” 

He said “this is not a slash-and-burn exercise meant to punish high-ranking officers” but rather a “deliberative process, working with the joint chiefs with one goal: maximizing strategic readiness and operational effectiveness by making prudent reductions.” 

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“We got to be lean and mean. And in this case, it means general officer reductions,” said Hegseth. 

Congress sets the number of general officers allowed in the military. The total number of active-duty general or flag officers is capped at 219 for the Army, 150 for the Navy, 171 for the Air Force, 64 for the Marine Corps and 21 for the Space Force.

Skull of legendary medieval royal may have been unearthed at ruined church

A skull was recently discovered at a medieval church – and an expert believes it may belong to a legendary European king.

Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist and portrait sculptor based in Hungary, spoke with Fox News Digital about the discovery.

The skull was found in the ossuary portion of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Gábor believes the skull belongs to Matthias Corvinus, who ruled as king of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490.

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Called Matthias the Just, the medieval king is known for restructuring the Hungarian army and ushering in judicial reforms.

The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, now an archaeological site, had been the burial site of Hungarian kings for centuries. 

The site was raided by the Ottomans in the 16th century before it was destroyed by a fire in 1601.

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Gábor told Fox News Digital she found an “exceptionally high degree of morphological similarity” between the unknown skull and the skull of Matthias Corvinus’ son, János Corvinus.

“The greenish discoloration observed on the bone surface likely indicates the presence of a metal crown once worn, which left traces through oxidation.”

“[The skull’s] external characteristics are also of exceptional importance: the greenish discoloration observed on the bone surface likely indicates the presence of a metal crown once worn, which left traces through oxidation,” Gábor said.

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The physical features of the skull also match what’s known about Corvinus, down to his age and height, she also noted.

“This phenomenon, along with other features — such as the estimated age at death (43–48 years; Mátyás died at age 47) and the body height of 172 cm — provide further support and reinforce the possibility of royal origin.”

Gábor also created plastic facial reconstructions of the examined skulls in an effort to help visualize the facial features.

“The comparative analyses … [were] based on detailed proportional and morphological evaluations, including the results of the facial reconstruction,” she said.

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Researchers plan to study the skull further, Gábor added, including full genomic and mitochondrial DNA analyses and isotope analyses, to learn more.

“This research could shed new light on the appearance and person of Matthias Corvinus, and also on the historical treasures still hidden at Hungarian heritage sites,” the expert said.

A-list stars turn heads on fashion’s most glamorous night in NYC

Fashion’s biggest night is here. The first Monday of May showcases the biggest stars at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the annual Met Gala.

The 2025 Met Gala’s theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” Per the Met, the theme honors Black dandyism and “the importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora.” 

According to Vogue, Black dandyism is “a fashion revolution, a movement steeped in history, resistance, and pride.” The hosts of this year’s event include Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and A$AP Rocky.

Silk & Sound were on the carpet before the event to sing Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”

A$AP Rocky spoke to reporters on the carpet and revealed that he and Rihanna are expecting their third child. 

“It feels amazing, you know. It’s time that we show the people what we was cooking up. And I’m glad everybody’s happy for us because we definitely happy, you know,” Rocky said, according to the Associated Press.

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Below is a look at the stars who attended the 2025 Met Gala.

Sydney Sweeney shined on the carpet in a black gown with rhinestones and a plunging neckline. The actress wore dark, sultry makeup for her look.

Venus Williams paid homage to her tennis roots and wore a green tennis skirt with a green polo and floor-length green jacket. Her sister, Serena Williams, wore a light green, off-the-shoulder gown. Her look was paired with a long train.

Anne Hathaway wore a black and white sequined floor-length skirt with a white button-up tucked in. Hathaway’s hair was pulled back in a high ponytail, and she wore a statement diamond necklace with the look.

Zendaya wore a nude paintsuit with a matching hat. She kept her jewelry simple, showing off her engagement ring from Tom Holland.

Demi Moore wore a unique look to the 2025 Met Gala. Her two-toned, black and white dress featured an arch that went over her head.

Pamela Anderson donned a makeup-free look on Monday night. She wore a silver sequined gown. Anderson paired her look with a diamond ear cuff.

Diana Ross made a statement on the red carpet with a long white feather train. She was accompanied by her son, Evan Ross. He wore a black suit with sequin accents on the jacket.

Diana’s daughter, Tracee Ellis Ross, also walked the carpet on Monday night.

Heidi Klum kept her look simple with a strapless black dress.

Zoe Saldaña wore a black and white gown with a collar and button details throughout.

Simone Biles wore a blue mini-dress with a long train. Biles wore a bow tie with her bangs swooped to the side. Her husband, Jonathan Owens, accompanied her in an all-white suit.

Lupita Nyong’o wore a light blue suit with a matching hat and cape.

Gigi Hadid wore a gold gown with gold sequins. The supermodel paired the look with long, statement earrings.

Singer Lorde wore a gray two-piece, backless dress.

Joey King wore a green, embellished pantsuit with a black and white checkered T-shirt. She paired the look with a brown belt and an abstract gold and brown tie.

“White Lotus” actress and Blackpink member Lisa stood out on the carpet in mesh tights and a sequined, cropped jacket.

Other “White Lotus” stars, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Aimee Lou Wood, walked the carpet together on Monday night.

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra walked the carpet together. Jonas wore a white shirt with black pants and Chopra wore an extravagant black and white polka-dot gown. She paired her look with a large black hat.

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Sabrina Carpenter showed off her legs at the 2025 Met Gala. The singer wore a tuxedo-style bodysuit with a long train and platform heels.

Miley Cyrus wore a leather, cropped top with her hair styled back in a braid. Her two-piece look was paired with a floor-length black skirt and a Cartier gold choker necklace.

Cynthia Erivo wore a lavish black gown. The top of her dress was embellished with red and silver sequins. She pulled the look together with knee-high boots and an exaggerated black train.

Lana Del Rey attended the Met Gala in a black gown with a large black feather and a long, black train.

Sofia Richie Grainge wore a white dress with a large bow on the back of her dress. 

Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman attended the event together.

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Ciara and Russell Wilson were hand-in-hand on the carpet. Ciara wore a black dress with cut-outs on the side and on the front. Wilson kept his look simple with a black suit and coat.

Nicole Kidman wore a strapless black gown with short black gloves to the 2025 Met Gala.

Kim Kardashian wore a leather, black dress with a very low back. She paired the look with a pointed black hat and silver jewelry.

Hailey Bieber wore a black blazer as a dress to the Met Gala. 

Kendall Jenner walked the carpet at the same time as Hailey and was in a long gray dress that had a blazer top. 

Kendall’s sister, Kylie Jenner, walked the carpet in a floor-length black and gray gown that had a sheer stomach area. She styled her hair in a slick back bun.

Shakira was seen in a bubblegum pink gown, with ruffles along the backside.

Alicia Keys was in an off-the-shoulder stripped pantsuit. She paired the look with a beaded, red headpiece and a puffer coat.

Chappell Roan was in a vibrant pink pantsuit and wore her bright red hair down.

Madonna wore a champagne pantsuit.

Stevie Wonder attended the Met Gala in an all-black look.

Nicki Minaj wore a pinstriped dress with a deep plunging neckline and a floral arrangement on the side.

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