WATCH: Israel obliterates Tehran missile launcher in dramatic airstrike footage
Israel Defense Forces shared a video on social media showing a surface-to-air missile launcher in Tehran being taken out by an airstrike.
The dramatic video shows the moment the launcher was struck from above, sparking an explosion filled with smoke and missiles flying into the air.
Israel launched “Operation Rising Lion” on Thursday night, targeting Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure. The initial strike took out several of Iran’s top military leaders and nuclear scientists.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has completed a wide-scale wave of strikes to degrade the Iranian regime’s weapons production capabilities.
Numerous weapons production sites across Iran were targeted following the wide-scale wave of strikes carried out earlier today on infrastructure belonging to the Quds Force, the IRGC, and the Iranian military in Tehran.
Aeriel map views show the sites that were struck, which included a site for producing fuels for various types of missiles and a production site for components of aerial defense systems belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Fox News’ Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
Emergency crews in northern Israel
have treated 8 people with injuries, including 1 person who is listed in moderate condition and seven people with light injuries, following a barrage of strikes on Sunday, according to a spokesperson from Magen David Adom (MDA).
The MDA spokesperson also said there were nine people suffering from anxiety following the attack.
Additionally, crews evacuated 10 injuries, including a woman who was about 72 years old and listed in moderate condition. The spokesperson noted that the woman was suffering from smoke inhalation.
Six other individuals were evacuated with mild injuries and taken to area hospitals.
Fox News’ Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
Former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy discussed Iran’s ballistic missile launchers being ‘deliberately targeted at civilian areas overnight’ on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
“This is the first time that we’ve had Iranian ballistic missiles being fired in the middle of the day as opposed to the middle of the night, catching everyone off because they thought they would have until the evening,” Levy explained.
Levy added that while Israelis are well-trained on how to seek shelter quickly from attacks from Iran, this threat is “very different.”
“We know the Iranian regime is launching dozens of missiles at the same time to overwhelm Israel’s missile defenses and that it is deliberately aiming at Israel’s civilian areas and civilian buildings,” Levy said. “We control the airspace over Tehran and the leaders of the regime in Iran need to think very carefully before they continue to bombard Israel’s population centers.”
Levy said that the “root cause of the conflict in the Middle East is that Iran is governed by a radical fundamentalist religious regime that is trying to oppress the entire region in pursuit of its vision of destroying Israel.”
“And Israel has now launched this operation to eliminate the twin threats of an Iranian nuclear bomb and ballistic missiles because it understands that the regime is committed to Israel’s destruction,” Levy said. “That’s the root of the conflict between us. Israel wants to exist, and the Iranian regime doesn’t want us to exist.”
Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst said that interceptors were in action earlier today to stop incoming fire into Israel’s second-largest city.
Yingst showed one of the interceptors could be seen in the sky above, working to stop missiles from striking the city.
Sirens could be heard ringing out as a warning to send residents into bomb shelters, Yingst shared.
Israel has been facing retaliation from Iran after launching missiles against Tehran’s leadership and energy infrastructure as part of “Operation Rising Lion” this weekend.
Iran’s military responded with a wave of missile strikes against Israel, which have killed at least 13 people as of Sunday. More than 200 were wounded in the series of strikes, as dozens remain missing.
Emergency medical crews with Magen David Adom (MDA) continue scanning the area for casualties after Iran’s latest barrage of strikes in northern Israel.
Video provided by MDA showed EMTs and paramedics providing medical treatment to people as buildings continued to burn following an attack by Iran on northern Israel.
MDA is Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service.
A spokesperson for MDA said, “Large MDA forces are scanning the area to locate any additional casualties.”
Fox News’ Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad urged U.S. citizens in Iraq to avoid any large gatherings and places frequented by foreigners, as threats increase over potential violence or attacks on U.S. businesses.
The State Department shared the alert from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on X Sunday afternoon.
“The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is aware of the increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence or attacks against U.S. businesses and locations frequented by U.S. citizens,” the alert read. “We urge all U.S. citizens in Iraq to avoid locations frequented by foreigners and any large gatherings or crowds.
We will continue to assess the situation and provide additional information as needed,” the alert continued. “The Travel Advisory for Iraq remains Level 4: Do Not Travel. U.S. citizens should not travel to Iraq for any reason.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran targeted him with a missile in recent days as the two countries have exchanged deadly airstrikes.
“They sent a missile through my bedroom window,” Netanyahu told Fox News’ Bret Baier, going on to say that Iran views Israel and the U.S. as its largest obstacles to gaining control over the Middle East.
He argued Israel has long been their main obstacle, but said, “The other obstacle they have is President Trump.“
“I’ll tell you, they view President Trump as an enormous obstacle. They think that Israel is a very big obstacle, and they’re out to get us both,” he said.
“They want to kill him. Look, he’s enemy number one. He’s a decisive leader. He’s. He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with him in a way that is weak,” he added.
The Israeli leader wen ton to say that Iran plans to hand over nuclear weapons to its proxies, if they are able to develop them. He also said Iran is working to build intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), both of which threaten “nuclear terrorism on a global scale.”
President Donald Trump recently vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a U.S. official told Fox News on Sunday.
Details of the assassination attempt and when Trump vetoed it have yet to be confirmed.
“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said one source, a senior U.S. administration official who spoke to Reuters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to reports of the blocked plan in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier on Sunday.
“There’s so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I’m not going to get into that,” Netanyahu said.
“But I can tell you, I think that we do what we need to do, we’ll do what we need to do. And I think the United States knows what is good for the United States,” he added.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy contributed to this report
Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s former Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, according to Iranian state media reports.
Shamkhani was one of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s top senior advisors and was reportedly taken out in his home in Tehran by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) airstrike.
The death of Shamkhani marks another significant blow by the Israelis in dismantling Tehran’s military leadership.
Shamkhani served as one of Iran’s top military officials for decades, beginning as the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Ground Forces.
The IRGC is one of the country’s most powerful centers. It was created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and has evolved from a paramilitary, domestic security force into a transnational force that has come to the aid of Tehran’s allies in the Middle East, from Syria and Lebanon to Iraq, per the Times of Israel.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., criticized his Republican colleague Lindsey Graham for being overly willing to involve the U.S. in Israel’s conflict with Iran on Sunday, saying he hopes President Donald Trump will show restraint.
Paul made the comments during an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” with host Kristen Welker pressing regarding Graham’s response to the beginning of hostilities this weekend.
“Well, his initial response was, game on. And I don’t consider war to be a game, the hundreds of thousands of people that potentially will now die on both sides,” Paul said.
“I think it’s going to be very hard to come out of this and have a negotiated settlement. I see more war and more carnage, and it’s not the U.S.’s job to be involved in this war,” he continued. “Iraq was a mess, Afghanistan was a mess. And one of the things I like about President Trump is he has shown restraint. And so I think his instincts are to not be involved in this war, but there will be a lot of pressure from Lindsey Graham and others to get involved in this War, and I hope that his instincts will prevail.”
Trump himself reportedly told ABC News on Sunday that “it’s possible” the U.S. could become involved in the conflict.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. “could get involved” in Israel’s ongoing conflict with Iran, ABC News reported Sunday.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation from Fox News Digital. ABC reported that Trump acknowledged that the U.S. is “not at this moment involved” in the conflict, but he said “it’s possible” that could change.
So far, the U.S. has only supported Israel defensively, bolstering the nation’s missile defenses amid waves of attacks from Iran.
Israel’s ongoing military campaign on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure could mark not just a military escalation but a strategic shift, according to retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin.
The former head of Israeli military intelligence and one of the architects behind the legendary 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor said Israel should expand its sights not just military targets, but political ones.
“Israel took the decision that, on one hand, it’s time to end the leadership of the Axis of Evil — the head of the snake,” Yadlin told Fox News Digital. “At the same time, deal with the main problems there. Which is the nuclear.”
Yadlin didn’t say how long he thought the conflict would drag on. While he didn’t openly call for regime change, Yadlin suggested the IDF take out regime targets “beyond the military level.”
“It’s not a one-day operation. It seems more like a week, two weeks. But when you start a war, even if you start it very successfully, you never know when it is finished.”
“I hope that the achievements of the IDF, which are degrading the Iranian air defense, degrading the Iranian missile, ballistic missile capabilities, drones capabilities, and maybe even some regime targets beyond the military level that Israel started with, will convince the Iranians that it is time to stop. And then they will come to negotiation with the Trump administration much weaker.”
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Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter says Israel is going to continue its campaign aimed at wiping out Iran’s nuclear program on Sunday as the two nations have a deadly exchange of airstrikes.
Leiter made the comments during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. In addition to Israel’s strikes, Leiter also noted the U.S. support in bolstering Israel’s anti-missile defenses, though the U.S. has not carried out any offensive actions against Iran.
“We are going to deal with the nuclear program as best we can. We still have a few surprises up our sleeve. I think we’ve proven that over the past couple of days. We’re determined to get this done,” Leiter said.
“At this point, what we’ve requested from our ally, our greatest ally, the United States, is defensive posture. They’re helping protect our civilians through defensive missile systems. And that’s our ask at this point, whether or not they join in the battle to ensure a total dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program is a decision the administration will have to take,” he said.
President Donald Trump urged Israel and Iran to cease hostilities and “make a deal” on Sunday, comparing their conflict to other recent flare ups in the region.
“Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP! Also, during my first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy, as they have for many decades, and this long time conflict was ready to break out into WAR. I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!)” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River. There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way! Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!” he added.
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan joined “Fox & Friends Weekend” to discuss the IDF and Iran continuing to trade strikes in a deadly missile war Sunday.
Erdan, who also formerly serves as Israel’s security minister, says Israel will soon destroy all of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The former official predicted that Israel will continue its strikes within Iran for weeks.
“We need to pound and we need to attack their nuclear facilities many times in order to erode their capabilities, destroy as many as possible in order to delay their nuclear program,” Erdan said.
“And we’re doing it not only against their nuclear facilities but also against their ballistic missile because we realized they accelerated their manufacturing of ballistic missiles,” he added.
The Israeli government urged its citizens to avoid public gatherings and to remain near “protected spaces” on Sunday.
The guidance from the Israeli Home Front Command comes as Iran continues its missile barrage in response to Israel’s own strikes on Tehran this weekend.
“The Home Front Command has now instructed residents across the country to remain close to protected spaces. Movement in public areas should be minimized, and public gatherings must be avoided. Upon receiving an alert, enter a protected space and remain there until an official update is issued,” Israeli officials warned.
Israeli citizens receive warnings of missile and rocket attacks via the Home Front Command app on cellphones. The app has been warning of missile strikes roughly 15-30 minutes ahead of impact.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. had “nothing to do with” Israel’s attack against Iran but warned that any attack against the U.S. would be met with the “full strength and might” of the U.S. military.
“The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in the early morning hours of Sunday.
“If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before,” he continued. “However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!”
Trump’s comments came hours after the Israel Defense Forces claimed responsibility for a series of strikes on the headquarters of the Iranian Defense Ministry and a nuclear project, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly strikes.
“The IDF completed an extensive series of strikes on targets in Tehran related to the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project,” the IDF wrote on X. “The targets included the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters, the headquarters of the SPND nuclear project, and additional targets, which advanced the Iranian regime’s efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon and where the Iranian regime hid its nuclear archive.”
Despite Trump’s statement, Iran says it has evidence that the U.S. was involved in the attack.
“We have solid proof of the support of the American forces and American bases in the region for the attacks of the Zionist regime military forces,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told foreign diplomats in a meeting broadcast on state TV.
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The United States Embassy in Jerusalem
has issued a security alert stating that American government workers and their families in Israel remain indoors, as Iran has hit the Jewish state with drone and missile strikes.
The alert, first made on Saturday and then posted again Sunday morning, comes as Iranian strikes have so far killed at least 10 people in Israel and injured upwards of 180.
“As a result of the current security situation and ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, the U.S. Embassy has directed that all U.S. government employees and their family members continue to shelter in place until further notice,” the embassy’s alert, posted on its website and X, said.
“Given the proximity of missile and debris impacts, the U.S. Embassy has offered employees living near the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv the option to voluntarily relocate to new accommodations further away,” the alert continued.
Meanwhile, Israeli airspace remained closed, with arrivals and departures, according to a statement from an Israel Airports Authority spokesperson.
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Israel says roughly 50 of its fighter jets carried out dozens of strikes inside Iran
overnight targeting the country’s nuclear development capabilities and its military and energy infrastructure.
The IDF says it has struck over 170 targets and more than 720 “military infrastructure components” in just three days of fighting as part of its “Operation Rising Lion.”
“Throughout the night, Israeli Air Force fighter jets flew over Tehran and struck infrastructure and targets of the Iranian nuclear project, under the guidance of the Intelligence Directorate,” the IDF said.
“The strike targeted more than 80 objectives, including the headquarters of the Iranian Ministry of Defense, the headquarters of the nuclear project (SPND), and additional targets where the Iranian regime hid the nuclear archive,” the statement continued.
Israel President Isaac Herzog on Sunday mourned the Israeli victims killed in Iranian missile strikes overnight.
“A very sad and difficult morning,”
Herzog wrote on X.
“Our sisters and brothers were murdered and injured last night by criminal Iranian attacks against the civilian population in Bat Yam, Tamra and other communities. Jews and Arabs, veteran citizens and new immigrants, including children and the elderly, women and men,” he continued.
“I share in the heavy mourning of the families and grieve the terrible loss,” he added. “I pray for the recovery of the injured and to find the missing. We will mourn together. We will overcome together.”
At least eight people were killed and more than 200 were wounded in a series of strikes that hit parts of Israel, as dozens remain missing.
Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report
Israeli Defense Forces issued an evacuation order Sunday morning for Iranian civilians residing near weapons production facilities in Iran.
“Urgent warning to all Iranian citizens: All persons who are currently or in the near future present in or around military weapons production factories and their support institutions should immediately leave these areas and not return until further notice,” an IDF spokesperson said in a statement.
“Your presence next to this infrastructure puts your life at risk,” the statement continued.
Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Saturday that Beijing “explicitly condemns Israel” for its attacks against Iran and that it backs Tehran’s military response to protect its national sovereignty.
The comments were made when the two foreign ministers had a phone call on Saturday.
“China
explicitly condemns Israel for violating Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity,” Wang said. “China firmly opposes the brutal attacks targeting Iranian officials that have caused civilian casualties, and supports Iran in safeguarding its national sovereignty, defending its legitimate rights and interests, and protecting the safety of its people.”
“Israel’s actions severely violate the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, as well as the basic norms of international relations,” he continued. “In particular, its attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities sets a dangerous precedent and could lead to catastrophic consequences.”
He added that China “supports the international community in upholding justice and speaking out promptly” and urges countries with influence over Israel “to make concrete efforts to restore peace.”
“China is willing to maintain communication with Iran and other relevant parties and continue to play a constructive role in easing tensions,” Wang said. “China hopes that Iran will ensure the safety of Chinese institutions and personnel.”
Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report
Dramatic photos show lawmaker’s home after assassination as manhunt continues
New photos show gaping holes in the windows of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark’s home in Brooklyn Park following a Saturday morning shooting that left them both dead.
Federal and local authorities continue to search tirelessly for suspect Vance Luther Boelter, who is accused of killing Hortman and her husband. He is also accused of shooting State Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, in their nearby Champlin home.
Photos show massive holes in several of the Hortmans’ windows on the back side of the house while other windows and their garage door have been boarded up.
As the search for Boelter continues, South Dakota has been put on alert as authorities ramp up their search.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that while authorities believe Boelter, 57, could still be in Minnesota, they’re asking residents in South Dakota to be on the lookout.
“They’ve also put an alert out in South Dakota,” Klobuchar said, adding that the suspect is still believed to be in the Midwest.
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Later on Sunday, the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota confirmed to Fox News that an alert was sent saying the suspect’s car had been found near Highway 25 and 301 Avenue in Faxon Township, Sibley County. The suspect, however, was not located, according to the alert.
The sheriff’s office warned residents to use caution and keep their doors locked.
Klobuchar also gave an update on Hoffman and his wife, saying that they are “hanging in there” after each suffering “multiple, multiple gun wounds.”
“His wife was out of surgery first, and she’s actually texted some of our mutual friends, and he may face some additional surgeries,” the senator said of the Hoffmans. “He is also in stable condition right now, from what I know.”
Klobuchar warned citizens not to approach Boelter as he should be considered dangerous.
“But right now everyone on edge here because we know that this man will kill at a second,” she said. “We also know that he is clearly off balance, that from the manifesto on some of his writings, some of the things that he has said recently, that he’s someone that no one should mess with except for law enforcement.”
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Authorities have said the lawmakers were targeted in a planned attack.
Other photos show Boelter’s home in Minneapolis boarded up.
The FBI shared images of Boelter appearing to impersonate a police officer and wearing a mask while on the doorstep of one of the lawmaker’s homes. A second photo shows him wearing a tan cowboy hat at a Minneapolis business shortly after the shootings.
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The FBI named Boelter to its most wanted list and is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to Boelter’s arrest and conviction.
LA mayor defends city as ‘not in chaos’ after thousands of rioters take to the streets
Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says what is happening in her city does not compare to the 1992 Rodney King riots that followed the acquittal of white police officers who were videotaped beating the Black motorist.
Despite a growing list of arrests, tens of thousands of people taking to the streets and curfew put in place, Bass told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that this is nothing like what happened more than 30 years ago.
“There is zero comparison,” Bass told host Dana Bash. “I was at the epicenter when it was occurring.”
“It was a citywide civil unrest,” she continued. “It was the nation’s worst in terms of the most costly, the number of people died, the number of people arrested. There is no comparison. And unfortunately, that is what is being pushed, as though the city is in chaos, there’s civil unrest everywhere. For most Angelenos, they’re like, what city are they describing? They are definitely not describing Los Angeles.”
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Bass said the anti-ICE riots are occurring within one to two square miles of a city that is 500 square miles. While speaking with Bash, she acknowledged that both police officers and rioters were injured during the unrest.
The mayor criticized ICE raids for their economic impact, noting the construction, fashion and restaurant industries.
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“The disruption and the fear that has been caused by the raids has really had a devastating effect and has been a bodyblow to our economy. I don’t think the president understands that we have entire sectors of our economy that cannot function without immigrant labor,” she said.
On Saturday, the scene took a turn from peaceful to violent as rising unrest spurred police to deploy tear gas.
“The demonstration has taken the street. A DISPERSAL ORDER has been issued for all persons located on Alameda south of Aliso and North of Temple to immediately leave the area,” the LAPD wrote in a warning on X.
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“People in the crowd are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects. Less lethal has been approved. Less lethal may cause discomfort and pain. It is advised that all persons leave the area,” another alert read.
Hillary Clinton’s ‘second daughter’ weds Soros’ son in lavish Hamptons event
Former top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and Alex Soros, son of billionaire left-wing donor George Soros, married in a lavish wedding in New York on Saturday that reportedly drew attendance from high-profile Democrats stretching from former Vice President Kamala Harris to former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
The couple married in Water Mill, N.Y., at a Soros family estate on Saturday, according to the New York Times, which reported the swank Hamptons wedding drew private jets, fleets of black SUVs “and Clinton aides galore in a rare concentration of wealth and power.”
Democrat heavyweights including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Harris – as well as her husband Doug Emhoff – and Pelosi attended the wedding, the New York Times reported. Other celebrities and high-profile attendees included Vogue’s Anna Wintour, socialite Nicky Hilton Rothschild, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, the outlet reported, citing attendees.
“I’m looking forward to being a witness to their marriage; to the celebration that we all are going to be part of; to seeing so many longtime friends gathered in one place to really enjoy being part of Huma and Alex’s start of their married life. And I think we all could use some fun, so I’m looking forward to all of it,” Hillary Clinton told Vogue of the wedding in an article published Saturday.
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Soros, 39, is the chairman of the Open Society Foundations, which is a massive $25 billion nonprofit founded by George Soros, 94, and helps bankroll left-wing causes and politicians across the country. Abedin, 48, is the former longtime aide to Hillary Clinton and often called the former secretary of state’s “second daughter.” Abedin was previously married to disgraced former New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner.
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The wedding included a live performance from Boyz II Men, the vocal harmony group behind hits such as 1991’s “Motownphilly,” according to the Times, as well as toasts from Hillary Clinton, Wintour, and the Albanian prime minister. Abedin wore two custom wedding dresses over the course of the day, Vogue reported.
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The wedding’s menu reportedly included cuts of Wagyu beef, grilled prawns and chilled English pea soup.
Soros popped the question to Abedin in July of last year, sharing the announcement on his Instagram page at the time.
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“This happened…we couldn’t be happier, more grateful, or more in love,” Soros wrote in an Instagram post, accompanied by a photo of him on one knee.
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Abedin told Vogue of her engagement: “I was shocked, not by the fact that he proposed, but it was the timing that made no sense. It was a very hectic, very chaotic day, and I was leaving for a trip the next day. I went to get my hair colored in the morning [and] I dropped something on my foot, so I was wearing sneakers.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Open Society Foundations on Sunday morning inquiring if representatives for the couple had any additional comment to include on the wedding, but did not immediately receive a reply.
Former MLB star suffers devastating hamstring tear in Savannah Bananas game
Sean Casey, a former MLB All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds, reportedly suffered a serious injury while he played for the highly popular Savannah Bananas baseball team on Friday night.
Cassey suffered a torn hamstring while running the bases as the team played at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, FanDuel Sports Network broadcaster Jim Day said during the Reds’ game against the Detroit Tigers.
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“It is real when you’re running and you’re 51 years of age,” Day said, via The Cincinnati Enquirer. “He got a massive ovation. And he was at the plate. And he was rounding first base, thinking about going to second. And the crowd was cheering him on. Now he grabbed his hamstring.
“I thought he was just playing to the crowd. You know like, ‘Hey, I’m an older guy and it’s hard for me to run.’ Turns out he completely tore his hamstring. He completely tore the hamstring off the bone. He’s got surgery this week. Took one for the team. . . . We wish Sean Casey the best. That’s a tough one right there.”
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The incident occurred in the bottom of the seventh inning. Casey was at the plate when the ball got away from the catcher. He took off for first.
As Casey came around first base, he started to tug at his hamstring. The Bananas sent a pinch-runner for Casey and he came off of the field.
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“What a moment to have one more AB in front of the greatest fans in the world last night in Cincinnati!!” Casey wrote on X. “Thx to @TheSavBananas n @YellowTuxJesse for the opportunity! Banana Ball is so fun, what an experience! I was hoping for one more double in the gap, but I’ll take the walk for the team n tight morning hammy.”
Former child star recalls romance scenes with much older actor on set
Alison Arngrim, who starred as Nellie Oleson in “Little House on the Prairie,” believes there’s one episode from the series that wouldn’t be made today.
On a recent episode of the “Little House 50” podcast, Arngrim spoke to host Pamela Bob, as well as “Little House” co-star Dean Butler, about an episode from the show’s fourth season titled “Here Come the Brides,” which aired in 1977.
The episode tells the tale of how Oleson is wooed by Luke Simms, a teen boy in town. The two eloped after a brief romance. However, after their parents found out, they were taken back to the Justice of the Peace to be unmarried.
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Olesen said she had just turned 15 when they shot the episode. Her character was supposed to be 13.
“I was super… teenage [with] puberty insanity happening,” Arngrim explained. “She’s just barely 13. This cat is, he’s playing I guess 16, 17. He’s in his late 20s.”
Bob Marsic, who played Simms, was 22.
“It’s young girls — children — accosting a grown man who they have not been introduced to,” said Arngrim about how the characters reacted to Simms’ appearance.
“That would not happen today, right?” Bob asked. “That casting a full-grown adult to play or even kiss — and it was an innocent kiss, but it’s a kiss — a minor.”
Filming was awkward from the start, Arngrim recalled, noting that she hadn’t met her on-screen love interest before they started filming.
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“I think we were like kissing on the first day or something,” she said. “Maybe the second — day two? It was pretty quick, it was like, ‘Hi, introduce yourself, now you’re in love.’’”
Arngrim noted that if a similar scene were filmed today, there wouldn’t be a significant age gap between the young actors. An intimacy coordinator, which didn’t exist at the time, would also be on set.
The former child star described how at one point, Marsic brought his girlfriend to the set while the episode was filmed.
“That was another of the weird moments,” said Arngrim on the podcast. “His girlfriend shows up, and it was weird because it was like … there was this vague thing of her wanting to be there for the romantic scenes.”
“I was like, does this woman think that I am a threat?” she chuckled. “Really? This 15-year-old pimply girl? No. No. I am not a threat to your relationship. I am not stealing your man.”
Back in June 2024, Butler spoke to Fox News Digital about how he had struggled with anxiety after discovering that he would be giving his co-star, 15-year-old Melissa Gilbert, her first kiss – both on-screen and in real life.
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Butler was 23 when he was cast in the popular TV show, which aired from 1974 to 1983.
“You just couldn’t do it today,” the actor, who played Almanzo Wilder in “Little House,” told Fox News Digital. “There would be way too much blowback. It’s remarkable that we didn’t get more blowback than we did. . . . But I think it was handled so tastefully that people … forgot about the age difference.”
“I think the audience had been watching Melissa for years and loved her incredibly,” Butler shared. “They wanted to see when she, so honestly and innocently, declared her love for this young man. She fell in love from the first time she laid eyes on him. The audience was prepared to go right along with that.”
According to Butler, the characters from the original book series were supposed to have a 10-year age difference. He noted that Gilbert had “complete trust” in her TV dad, who carefully supervised the scene.
“That was a very powerful relationship Melissa had in her life, the one she had with Michael Landon,” said Butler. “When Michael said, ‘This is the guy for you,’ she was prepared to suspend all of her anxieties and just step into it. And Michael never led anyone wrong in the series. He really had it down. He knew what he was doing. He believed very strongly in his creative instincts. He trusted that it would work.”
“I’m just really grateful that I was the guy that he felt he could trust with this,” Butler added.
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Still, both Butler and Gilbert had to overcome their fears in attempting to bring the scene to life.
“I think a lot of young actresses might’ve folded under the pressure,” said Butler. “Melissa had no experience. She’d never been on a date. Never kissed anyone. Never did anything like that. That was still all ahead of her. So to ask her to step into that when she had no real life experience? It does speak to Melissa’s gumption and her courage. She just did it. She put all of her anxieties aside and just stepped in. She knew what she had to do to be the Laura that she was supposed to be.”
The pair smooched in the episode titled “Sweet Sixteen.” Butler said that nearly 100 people surrounded them on set to make sure the shot was perfect.
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“My job was to make it as easy for her as possible by really being the gentleman I was raised to be,” Butler shared. “There’s been no casting pairing like what they did with us since then. That casting could simply never happen today. Certainly not on a mainstream television show.”
Pennsylvania Democrat faces backlash from own party after backing Army celebration
Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., has voiced support for President Donald Trump’s military parade, saying Americans should support it regardless of politics.
“This parade is comprised of our sons, daughters, mothers and fathers — the very best of us. Regardless of your politics, it’s appropriate to celebrate the 250 years of sacrifice, dedication and service,” Fetterman posted on X, Saturday.
Trump presided over a parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US Army in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, in which thousands of Americans flocked to the nation’s capital. The festivities included a display from the Army’s Golden Knights Parachute team, which conducted a jump above the crowd, multiple flyovers, WWII Jeeps on display and members of the military waving to the crowds while riding in tanks down Constitution Ave.
“Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did, too — that’s what we’re doing tonight,” he said.
“As we celebrate tonight, we also think of the hundreds of thousands of Army soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice for our nation and selflessly laid down their lives in every war, from the revolution to the war on terror, to the Gold Star families with us today,” Trump told the D.C. crowd.
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In Alexandria, Virginia, a “No Kings” anti-Trump protest took place. The protests were a nationwide demonstration against the president, and were also supported by Walmart heiress Christy Walton. Alexandria’s branch was attended by estimates of 1,000 to 5,000 people.
Fetterman was booed by attendees at the “No Kings” rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fetterman, who was elected to the Senate after surviving a debilitating stroke, was once a progressive darling but has since drawn the ire of his party for his views on Israel and immigration.
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“Now, this is not a rally for one party, we’ve got Democrats here today. We’ve got Republicans and Independents here today. We are looking to the leaders who will fight for us because, even today, there are folks among the Democratic Party who think we should roll over and play dead. Anyone seen John Fetterman here today?” Leah Greenberg, the co-founder of the progressive nonprofit Indivisible, asked the crowd at the Pennsylvania rally. The crowd roundly booed the senator in response.
The Pennsylvania senator was recently the victim of a scathing New York Magazine profile, in which former staffers accused him of missing votes and being mentally unwell and erratic. Fetterman dismissed the report as “a hit piece from a very left publication,” and told Bill Maher on Saturday that his staff cynically exploited his health issues and turned on him because of his views on Israel and immigration.
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“What happened after Israel, and the border, and some of the times I have to disagree with my party, that’s what brought us to that place where kind of a cancelling. It was a little bit of a different thing. Now we’ve all moved on from that… I’ve made 90% of the votes, none of them were determinative, people in the Senate have missed more votes than I did, but they weren’t breaking the kind of rules that I did, so they weaponized that in a very cynical way,” Fetterman told Maher.
Fathers who do this simple thing raise happier kids with fewer behavior problems
Children with actively involved fathers thrive significantly more — academically, emotionally and behaviorally — than their peers without involved fathers, according to a new study from the University of Virginia and Hampton University.
The research, which analyzed U.S. census data from over 1,300 children across Virginia, revealed that children with engaged dads were more likely to earn top grades, less likely to have school behavioral problems and less likely to exhibit depression.
Girls in particular were more likely to get better grades with engaged dads (53% compared to 45% without) and were far less likely to have diagnosed depression (1% vs. 10%), according to the report. Boys were far less likely to get into trouble at school. Only 22% of boys with involved fathers had school behavior issues — compared to 35% of boys with less engaged dads.
“Dads matter for both boys and girls,” study co-author Brad Wilcox wrote. “But they matter more for boys’ school behavior and girls’ emotional well-being.”
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The study defines “engaged” fathers as those who reported managing parenting demands “very well” and regularly share meals with their families, at least four times a week.
“The results here are consistent with literature indicating that boys respond to family problems by acting out (“externalizing” in the literature), whereas girls turn inward (“internalizing” in the literature). In other words, the pain experienced by paternal disengagement is more likely to be manifested externally for boys and internally for girls. And that is what we see here in the state of Virginia,” the authors wrote.
There was no racial divide in school performance or school behavior problems between White and Black children from intact families in the state, the authors said.
The study also found no correlation between a father’s race or education level and his level of involvement. However, marital status made a “significant” difference in paternal involvement. Over half (51%) of children with married parents have highly engaged fathers — compared to just 15% of those with cohabiting parents.
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Children in blended families or living with only their fathers were as likely to have engaged fathers, the study also found.
The authors say the good news is that the marriage rate has leveled off in Virginia since 2020, after being on a decline for decades. Nearly 70% of children live in households with married parents in Virginia, according to their research.
They are proposing that Virginia lawmakers launch a bipartisan “father-friendly policy” initiative, following in the footsteps of states like Florida and Tennessee, to support fathers and families in the state.
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Their policy proposals suggest making schools “boy-friendly,” “create a positive culture of fatherhood,” “limit access to pornography,” “revive civic efforts to promote prosocial masculinity,” develop pro-father programs to help disadvantaged dads and make more efforts to help formerly incarcerated fathers succeed.
The report was authored by scholars at UVA, the American Enterprise Institute, the American Institute for Boys and Men, the Brookings Institution, the National Center for Black Family Life at Hampton University, the Institute for Family Studies, and the National Marriage Project.
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Nebraska teen’s miraculous recovery journey after father’s tough love moment in rehab
For many young girls, their father is the childhood hero who carries their bike, puts the Band-Aid on their injuries, and – in my case – caught me when I fell off the horse.
But when I was 15, Dad did a lot more than clean a scraped knee. On my way to softball practice, I was in a head-on collision that left me with a traumatic brain injury and in a coma for more than two weeks.
I didn’t know it at the time, but my father, who is a first responder for our county, was on the scene.
He stabilized my neck as the emergency team extracted me from the car and lifted me into the ambulance. For many fathers, that might be the most heroic and most difficult thing they do for a child.
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But a few months after the accident, Dad did something even harder: he told me that there was a bigger hero in my life – God – and that my recovery was between me and Him.
In rural Nebraska, where I live, most 15-year-olds are learning how to drive, stressing over geometry and working on their family farms. That year, however, I was in a brain trauma rehabilitation facility, learning how to walk, identify colors and eat properly.
It was the hardest thing I’d ever done, especially as someone who had played softball, raised horses and coached Special Olympian barrel racers. Now I needed help for things as basic as brushing my teeth, getting dressed and going to the bathroom.
One day, I was done with it all. Discouraged, exhausted and resigned to a helpless existence, I told the therapist to take me back to my room at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. There was Dad, once again my biggest supporter, who literally had saved my life.
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Only this time, he wasn’t the hero. “I can’t make you walk,” he said. “This is a conversation you need to have with God.”
I was floored, but Dad was right. I was stuck in my own misery and had never taken my circumstances to my Father. Part of it was pride. I had been the one who was competitive and took care of others. Now I was totally dependent on others.
In total humility, I stared at the ceiling of my rehab room, and I asked God for help. The next day, I was ready to try again and to try and stand for the first time.
Almost three years after that conversation, I don’t know why God allowed me to be in that accident. But I’ve come to realize that my story isn’t about me – but about what it can do for others.
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For example, I was ticked when I found out that 98,000 people on my Caring Bridge page saw images of me on a hospital bed. But I’ve also heard from some of those people directly that seeing my struggle gave them hope and increased their faith.
I went to prom this spring with a young man named Carson, a friend I made at Madonna. He was in an accident like mine and is confined to a wheelchair. While his body is still struggling, it’s clear that his light is very much alive. What he needs more than anything as he continues on his recovery is to feel a real connection with other people, especially those his age.
And this summer, I’ll be going to New Orleans with 20,000 teenagers, young adults and supportive adults for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Youth Gathering.
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My story won’t be plastered on the screens, but it’ll certainly come up in conversation, especially since I attended the last Gathering just months before my accident. Answering “What have you been up to?” could help kids recovering from their own traumas, impacted by family abuse, or simply stuck in the mental health challenges common in my generation.
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On Father’s Day, I’m eternally grateful that I get to spend yet another one with my dad, the man who held me as a baby and also when I was being loaded into an ambulance. And I’m even more grateful to the Heavenly Father, who is still the other hero by my side.