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VP Vance turns tables on Biden after criticism of infamous Oval Office meeting
Vice President JD Vance fired back at Joe Biden’s new criticism of the infamous Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dismissing the former commander-in-chief’s foreign policy as a “total disaster.”
“I think it’s rich for Joe Biden to comment on anything that we’re doing when it comes to Russia and Ukraine,” Vance on Thursday told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum on “The Story.” “Under Biden’s administration, Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine… I wish Joe Biden the best. I don’t really care what he has to say about American foreign policy because so much of what he actually did was a total disaster.”
In an interview with the BBC earlier this week — his first since leaving office in January — Biden called the President Donald Trump-Vance meeting with Zelenskyy “beneath America.”
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In addition to addressing Biden’s criticism, Vance reaffirmed the Trump administration’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty but stood by earlier comments suggesting the U.S. may scale back its role as lead negotiator in peace talks.
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“We obviously want Ukraine to remain a sovereign country,” he said. “We knew that the Russians’ first offer would be too much. We knew that they would ask for more than was reasonable to give. That’s how negotiations often work. I’m not bothered by that.”
“What would bother me is if we conclude that the Russians are not engaging in the negotiation in good faith. And if that happens, yeah, we’re [going to] walk away,” said Vance.
Despite a recent rejection of a ceasefire proposal by Russia, Vance struck a cautiously optimistic tone about the direction of peace talks.
“I actually think it’s progress that they’re even talking,” he said. “We’re putting concrete peace plans on the table.”
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Vance also addressed developments in global trade, touting the administration’s first formal tariff agreement reached with the U.K. Earlier this year, the Trump administration imposed a 10% reciprocal tariff on U.K. imports, and additional tariffs on global products like steel and vehicles.
“Because of our long time history and allegiance together, it is a great honor to have the United Kingdom as our FIRST announcement,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Many other deals, which are in serious stages of negotiation, to follow!”
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Vance said the U.K. was chosen first because of its openness and strong relationship with the current administration. As for China, which retaliated with steep tariffs of its own, Vance acknowledged the difficulty of rebalancing global trade but said the administration remains committed.
“We’re [going to] have a conversation with them. We’ll see where it leads,” he said. “We just [want a] deal with any country, whether it’s China or anybody else that makes American workers and American businesses in a better position,” Vance continued, saying he felt that goal was “very achievable.”
Turning to domestic issues, Vance discussed ongoing efforts under DOGE, even as its leader, Elon Musk, steps back from day-to-day involvement.
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“Elon’s not disappearing,” Vance said. “Nobody said that the work of DOGE would only last 110 days and that would be it… We think there’s a lot more waste and fraud that we can find.”
He confirmed that Attorney General Pam Bondi is preparing investigations into potential large-scale fraud and that lawsuits could follow.
“I know that she’s working on building the case against some of these people who have committed absolute fraud on the American people. You’re [going to] see some of those prosecutions over the next few years,” he said.
When asked about rumored tension between himself and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom have been floated as potential Trump successors, Vance dismissed the idea.
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“Marco’s actually my, probably my best friend in the administration,” he said. “We hang out and talk all the time. He’s doing a really good job. And, of course, I’m doing the best job that I can.”
Still, Vance didn’t rule out a run for the presidency in 2028.
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“I can see myself doing a really good job for the next 1,100 days, and then the American people can figure it out from there,” he said.
President Trump taps FOX News’ Judge Jeanine Pirro for position in DC
President Donald Trump has tapped “The Five” co-host Judge Jeanine Pirro to be the interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C.
“I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday. “Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself. Congratulations Jeanine!”
Pirro has left Fox News Channel and a rotation of Fox News personalities will fill her seat on “The Five” until a new co-host is named.
“Jeanine Pirro has been a wonderful addition to The Five over the last three years and a longtime beloved host across FOX News Media who contributed greatly to our success throughout her 14-year tenure. We wish her all the best in her new role in Washington,” a spokesperson for FOX News Media said in a statement.
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Pirro served as the assistant district attorney and district attorney in New York’s Westchester County and became the first woman to service as a judge in Westchester County Court.
She joined Fox News Channel in 2006 and hosted “Justice with Judge Jeanine” for 11 years before joining “The Five,” which has emerged as the most-watched show on cable news.
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Trump also announced on Truth Social that Ed Martin, who was the previous interim U.S. attorney in D.C., will be moving to the Department of Justice as its “Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.”
“In these highly important roles, Ed will make sure we finally investigate the Weaponization of our Government under the Biden Regime, and provide much needed Justice for its victims. Congratulations Ed!” Trump wrote.
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Trump pulled Martin’s nomination for U.S. attorney in D.C. following resistance on Capitol Hill signaling he did not have the votes to be confirmed.
“He wasn’t getting the support from people that I thought,” Trump told reporters at the White House earlier in the day. “You know, he’s done a very good job. Crime is down 25% in DC during this period of time… I can only lift that little phone so many times of the day. But we have somebody else.”
Trump’s decision to replace Martin came amid a May 20 deadline to confirm the former defense attorney and “Stop the Steal” organizer. That’s because if the Senate fails to confirm a U.S. attorney nominee within 120 days, federal district court judges may select an interim U.S. attorney, according to the Department of Justice.
State trooper blows hole in prosecutors’ theory on how Karen Read’s boyfriend died
A Massachusetts State Police sergeant who played a key role in the investigation that led to Karen Read’s original mistrial on murder charges testified Thursday that, early on, he told other authorities that John O’Keefe may have been hit in the face with a bar glass, causing injuries to his face and head.
Investigators, however, ultimately alleged that Read struck her Boston cop boyfriend with the back of her Lexus SUV and fled the scene, leaving him to die in the cold, on Jan. 29, 2022. Police arrested her on hit-and-run manslaughter charges days after she found him dead outside 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts, and prosecutors secured an indictment for second-degree murder months later.
Defense lawyer Alan Jackson got State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik to concede on Thursday that he called the medical examiner’s office and said there was a possibility that O’Keefe could have been hit in the face with a cocktail glass.
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“At 10:41 a.m., you called the medical examiner’s office to inform them that Mr. O’Keefe quote, was struck in the face with a cocktail glass, or at least appeared to be, correct?” Jackson asked.
“That is in part what I advised the medical examiner’s office,” Bukhenik began. “Where they are, responsible for the medical portion of…”
Jackson cut him off, objecting during his own line of questioning. After a brief sidebar, Judge Beverly Cannone told the witness to do his “best” to answer the questions he was asked.
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“Did you contact the medical examiner’s office at in (sic) the morning of … January 29th, 2022?” Jackson asked.
“Yes,” Bukhenik replied.
“And did you state to them that there was a possibility that the decedent, John O’Keefe, was struck in the face with a cocktail glass?”
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“I don’t recall my words exactly, but that sounds accurate to what I might have said,” the sergeant replied.
Jackson pressed him about what he did to secure the house, a potential crime scene.
Nothing.
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Jackson also asked if key witnesses, such as fellow Boston Police Officer Brian Albert, his sister-in-law, Jennifer McCabe, and her husband, Matt McCabe, could have lied from the start about whether O’Keefe entered Albert’s home at 34 Fairview Road hours before he was found dead on the front lawn.
Of those three, only Jennifer McCabe has testified as of Thursday in Read’s second trial. She told jurors she saw Read’s vehicle outside the house shortly after midnight but never saw either Read or O’Keefe come inside.
Outside court Thursday, where she was not speaking under oath, Read told reporters in plain words that she saw him go inside.
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“I saw him go in the house,” she said.
When she was asked if she could describe the “how and when,” she said no but said she has in the past and believes special prosecutor Hank Brennan may play a clip at trial.
Investigators recovered a broken glass and black straw separately from the scene, as was O’Keefe’s missing sneaker, evidence that Bukhenik said supported investigators’ ultimate theory that the victim had been struck by a motor vehicle.
Brennan, on direct examination, asked Bukhenik if there was a phrase about that in law enforcement circles.
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“Knocked out of your shoes,” Bukhenik said.
Another component to that theory was Read’s broken taillight. Brennan played Ring camera video taken from O’Keefe’s driveway that showed the light was cracked when she left his house around 5 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2022.
Bukhenik said he questioned Read about the broken taillight later that morning and quoted her as saying, “I don’t know how I did it last night.”
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O’Keefe had significant injuries to his face and head as well as cuts on his right arm by the time Bukhenik saw him at Good Samaritan hospital, he said.
Bukhenik, who moved to the U.S. from Ukraine when he was 9 and joined the Marine Corps after 9/11, is expected to return to the witness stand Friday morning when court resumes at 9 a.m. ET.
Biden denies giving Harris widely reported order during her doomed 2024 campaign
Former President Joe Biden denied telling former Vice President Kamala Harris that there could be no “daylight” between them while she was on the campaign trail, and defended what was widely seen as a flubbed opportunity for the vice president to differentiate herself from Biden during her October 2024 interview on the ABC show.
Co-host Sunny Hostin brought up her question posed to Harris ahead of the election. Hostin asked at the time if there was anything the then-vice president would have done differently from Biden and Harris said “not a thing comes to mind.”
Hostin said the vice president’s answer was “weaponized against her,” and asked Biden about the reporting that he had told Harris “there could be no daylight” between the pair while she was campaigning.
“Well, look, first of all, I did not advise her to say that, number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role, number one. Number two, I think it was, I think she was talking about, she wouldn’t have changed the successes we had, not opposed to, we wouldn’t change anything at all. She has to be her own person, and she was. She was. And so I think that was used in a way that is contrary to what she meant by it, when she said that and I think that, you know, she was part of every success we had,” the former president said.
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A book, written by reporters Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen, alleged Biden “would say publicly that Harris should do what she must to win. But privately, including in conversations with her, he repeated an admonition: let there be no daylight between us.”
“But the day of the debate Biden called to give Harris an unusual kind of pep talk — and another reminder about the loyalty he demanded. No longer able to defend his own record, he expected Harris to protect his legacy,” they wrote. “Whether she won or lost the election, he thought, she would only harm him by publicly distancing herself from him — especially during a debate that would be watched by millions of Americans. To the extent that she wanted to forge her own path, Biden had no interest in giving her room to do so.”
Hostin asked the former president during the interview on Thursday to respond to critics who argued that he should have dropped out of the race sooner to give Harris more time, noting that Harris’ campaign was roughly 90 days.
“I say, number one, that there were still six full months, she was in every aspect, every decision I made, every decision we made, and I don’t think, I hope I don’t sound the wrong way. I don’t think anybody thought we’d be successful as we were,” Biden responded.
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Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, 2024. That left Harris with the full month of August, September and October to run her campaign, in addition to a few extra weeks.
The former president blamed sexism and racism for Harris’ loss and revealed he wasn’t surprised by Trump’s win.
Hostin has also blamed Harris’ loss on racism and misogyny after the election.
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“As a country, it’s very difficult for people to believe that racism and misogyny, they’re just alive and well. I think that we don’t want to think that about ourselves, our neighbors, our friends, but it’s – my lived experience tells me that it does still exist, even if your lived experience doesn’t tell that it exists and, you know, the facts support that,” Hostin said, pointing to a graph that showed “a clear racial divide” in who voted for Trump as opposed to who voted for Harris.
Trump admin’s top officials unveil plan to overhaul system ‘destroying our health’
Four top Trump administration officials from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shared their visions for improving the American healthcare system and aligning the agency with the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) platform in an exclusive interview Thursday on “Special Report.”
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya sat down with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of healthcare and improving the quality of care nationwide.
“We all share a vision that’s been a lifelong vision for all of us, which is to make our country healthy, to have evidence-based science, to have gold standard replicable science, and then use that to challenge what we have — this kind of bedrock system that is destroying our health,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“The healthcare system in this country is a bundle of perverse incentives that force people to do the wrong thing. And we’ve turned this country into a sick care system rather than a health care system. And all these people are the people who are gonna change that.”
Drs. Bhattacharya, Makary and Oz said their goals at their respective agencies are to: improve the health and longevity of the American people, focus on cures and meaningful treatments and improve the quality of care on all levels.
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“We’re laser-focused on the broader picture, the more holistic picture,” said Dr. Oz, quoting Hubert Humphrey, a former Democratic vice president whose name is on the building they work in. “He [Humphrey] said, ‘It’s the moral obligation of government to take care of those of us at the very dawn of our lives, children, at the twilight of our [lives], the elderly, and those living in the shadows.’ That’s our focus.”
Baier then turned to recent HHS leadership changes critical to advancing the MAHA agenda, asking RFK Jr. about the U.S. Surgeon General nomination change.
President Donald Trump pulled Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination for U.S. Surgeon General Wednesday ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing.
Nesheiwat, a former Fox News medical contributor, had her nomination withdrawn due to scrutiny over her credentials and criticism about her medical views not aligning with the White House.
Trump announced wellness influencer Casey Means would replace Nesheiwat, who will work at HHS in another capacity.
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“Casey Means, we felt, was the best person to really bring the vision of MAHA to the American public,” RFK Jr. told “Special Report.” “She has a unique capacity to articulate it. She’s written a book that really mobilized, galvanized the movement. She is an extraordinary — she is excellence in everything that she’s ever endeavored.”
The former 2024 Independent presidential candidate dismissed criticism of Means, who reportedly did not finish her medical residency nor possess an active medical license.
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“She was the top, the very top of her medical class at Stanford. She is in every — during her residency, she won every award that she could win,” said RFK Jr. “She walked away from traditional medicine because she was not curing patients.”
Airline reps fired after viral confrontation with customer: ‘Make me check you in’
Chaos erupted at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina when two Frontier Airlines representatives screamed at a paying customer and barred him from checking in for his flight.
The interaction between the unnamed customer, a 45-year-old married father of three, and the Frontier representatives began shortly before he started filming last Friday, according to the New York Post, which obtained the video that millions have viewed on social media.
He reportedly showed up at the airport 50 minutes before his flight but had not checked in online. He missed the electronic kiosk’s 60-minute check-in deadline, and when he approached the agents, they told him he needed to pay a $25 late check-in fee.
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“They all kind of started chiming in, ‘Well, you should have checked the website,’ like, not in a professional or polite way,” the man told the outlet. “They were like, ‘It was your fault for not checking the website. Sorry, it’s on you,'”
A back-and-forth with the agents ensued over the fee and lasted for about 20 minutes before he decided to pay it, the customer said.
“I’m never flying this sh—y airline again,” he admitted to saying before he began filming, setting the agents off.
“Oh, you’re going to check me in,” the agent said, apparently quoting the customer’s words back to him. “I bet you was wrong.”
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“I paid for a ticket,” the man said in the video.
“And you didn’t pay $25 for an agent assist fee,” the agent says. “And you thought you was going to check in three hours later, hello?”
“And you thought you was going to get on your flight?” the agent repeatedly asks while filming the customer and snapping her fingers.
Meanwhile, another agent can be heard laughing.
“Because it’s a policy, we don’t control that,” the other agent said.
The customer was reportedly traveling from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Boston.
“Make me check you in,” the first agent says several times.
“You literally work for an airline that I bought a ticket for,” the customer says.
The man vented his frustration to the New York Post.
“What was remarkable to me also is that not one person on their side took the professional route or the high road,” he told the outlet.
“Listen, it’s my money at the end of the day, and when somebody is caught off guard with a charge that they feel is in some ways unfair or unreasonable, of course they have a right to express themselves,” he said.
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The New York Post reported that he ended up paying $500 for a JetBlue ticket to get home.
“It’s not OK to be disrespectful of somebody for no reason, but I was not being disrespectful to them personally, in my opinion,” he said. “I thought that they were being disrespectful to me out of the gate because I was complaining about a fee that I was completely caught off guard by.”
Frontier said it has cut ties with the representatives, who were not directly employed by the company.
“We are aware of what occurred and have been directly in touch with the customer,” a spokesperson for the airline confirmed. “The individuals in question, who work for a third-party contractor, are no longer associated with the Frontier account.”
A look at who took home the night’s top honors at the 2025 ACM Awards
Country music’s biggest night has arrived.
The industry’s brightest stars, including Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire and more, gathered at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, to find out who is taking home the night’s biggest honors.
Here is the complete winner’s list for the 2025 ACM Awards.
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Entertainer of the year
- Lainey Wilson
- Chris Stapleton
- Cody Johnson
- Jelly Roll
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
Music event of the year
- “You Look Like You Love Me,” Ella Langley and Riley Green
- “Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan
- “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone and Morgan Wallen
- “I’m Gonna Love You,” Carrie Underwood and Cody Johnson
- “We Don’t Fight Anymore,” Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton
Album of the year
- “Whirlwind,” Lainey Wilson
- “Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine),” Megan Moroney
- “Beautifully Broken,” Jelly Roll
- “Cold Beer and Country Music,” Zach Top
- “F-1 Trillion,” Post Malone
Female artist of the year
- Lainey Wilson
- Ella Langley
- Kacey Musgraves
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Megan Moroney
Single of the year
- “You Look Like You Love Me,” Ella Langley and Riley Green
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey
- “Dirt Cheap,” Cody Johnson
- “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone and Morgan Wallen
- “White Horse,” Chris Stapleton
Duo of the year
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Muscadine Bloodline
- The War and Treaty
Male artist of the year
- Chris Stapleton
- Cody Johnson
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- Jelly Roll
Group of the year
- Old Dominion
- Flatland Cavalry
- Little Big Town
- Rascal Flatts
- The Red Clay Strays
Song of the year
- “Dirt Cheap,” Cody Johnson
- “4X4XU,” Lainey Wilson
- “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone and Morgan Wallen
- “The Architect,” Kacey Musgraves
- “You Look Like You Love Me,” Ella Langley and Riley Green
New female artist of the year
- Ella Langley
- Ashley Cooke
- Dasha
- Jessie Murph
- Kassi Ashton
New male artist of the year
- Zach Top
- Bailey Zimmerman
- Gavin Adcock
- Shaboozey
- Tucker Wetmore
New duo or group of the year
- The Red Clay Strays
- Resless Road
- Treaty Oak Revival
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Visual media of the year
- “You Look Like You Love Me,” Ella Langley and Riley Green
- “4X4XU,” Lainey Wilson
- “Dirt Cheap,” Cody Johnson
- “I’m Gonna Love You,” Carrie Underwood and Cody Johnson
- “Think I’m In Love With You,” Chris Stapleton
Songwriter of the year
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Ashley Gorley
- Chase McGill
- Jessi Alexander
- Josh Osborne
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Artist-songwriter of the year
- Lainey Wilson
- Ernest
- HARDY
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
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