Suspect in custody after ‘American Idol’ executive and her husband murdered

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA – A suspect is now in custody after Robin Kaye, a longtime “American Idol” music supervisor, and her husband were found murdered inside their Los Angeles mansion on Monday, a source told Fox News Digital. 

Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were found dead inside their Encino home after Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers conducted a welfare check. Both were 70. 

“We are devastated to hear of Robin and her dear husband, Tom’s, passing,” an “American Idol” spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “Robin has been a cornerstone of the Idol family since 2009 and was truly loved and respected by all who came in contact with her. Robin will remain in our hearts forever and we share our deepest sympathy with her family and friends during this difficult time.”

The LAPD confirmed to Fox News Digital that officers responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. on July 14 for a welfare check in the 4700 block of White Oak Avenue in Encino. 

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Officers saw blood near the entrance of the home and broke a window to gain access. Inside, they discovered the couple shot to death, according to TMZ.

Kaye was found dead in the pantry while Deluca’s body was found in a bathroom, according to NBC Los Angeles. 

The LAPD told Fox News Digital the case is being handled by the Valley Bureau Homicide Division.

TMZ also reported that police had responded to the same property on Thursday, after a neighbor said they spotted someone jumping a fence and possibly trying to break in. Officers reportedly found no sign of forced entry at that time.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, Mauro Quintero, who serviced the couple’s pool every week, recalled having a conversation with Deluca about another attempted break-in, which he said occurred about a month and a half ago.

“Tom told me that somebody tried to break in, and the dog, he woke up and barked,” Quintero said. “So they got up, and I guess they turned the lights on, and the people run away.”

WATCH: Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Delucas pool cleaner, Mauro Quintero, details a previous break-in attempt on home

Quintero said that Deluca didn’t tell him how many people were involved with the attempted break-in but mentioned that the intruders were masked. Deluca told him that they were trying to open the door when they were interrupted.

“At that point [Deluca] put something on the wall so the people don’t jump in anymore. I guess he was trying to see if that will save him from another break-in. But I never expect that they got murdered like this.”

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Guy Cohen from SecureIT Homes told Fox News Digital that the couple contacted the home security company after the first attempted break-in. 

“They were looking for solutions to help prevent future burglaries,” Cohen said. “And we came over and provided them the solutions that we have and options to help protect their home and their family. And unfortunately, we couldn’t get to them in time. They were just not ready to move forward at the time. And this could have been all prevented.”

While speaking with Fox News Digital, Cohen shared the original estimate that the company provided the couple after visiting the house and explained the options that had been presented to them at the time.

WATCH: SecureIT Homes technician details what was included in an estimate for Robin Kaye and Tom DeLuca’s home

“When we look at a home like this — this is a big property — we like to deploy an early detection system such as infrared beams or a monitored camera system that would help detect and deter and get people off the property before they even touch the house,” he said. “That was option one. Option two was to reinforce the windows to make them unbreakable. And then the last thing would be a safe room, so if the burglar gets through all the layers of defense, you have a fallback space to go to.”

Cohen said that he met with both Kaye and Deluca, who he described as a “very cordial, nice couple.” 

“Obviously, they were scared at the time they had a burglary, and they were looking for solutions,” he said. “We’re very sad to hear about this senseless situation, and we wish we could have gotten to them sooner.” 

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Kaye, per IMDb records, worked on “American Idol” for over 15 seasons and won multiple Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. Her résumé also includes “Lip Sync Battle” and other major TV productions.

Trump taunts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett with cognitive test challenge

President Donald Trump lobbed a signature zinger on Tuesday as he paused to speak with reporters before boarding Marine One en route to an artificial intelligence summit. 

“[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], look, I think she’s very nice, but she’s very low IQ, and we really don’t need low IQ,” Trump said, smiling as cameras rolled. 

He added, “Between her and Crockett, we’re going to give them both an IQ test to see who comes out best.”

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Trump went on to share his own credentials: “I took my test. I took a real test at Walter Reed Medical Center, and I aced it. I got every one of all those questions right,” he told the waiting press. 

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has ramped up her criticism of President Trump recently, calling him a “rapist” in a post on X following a DOJ update related to Jeffrey Epstein.

She appeared to be referencing the 2023 civil trial leveled against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury found Trump liable of sexual assault, but not of rape. 

Critics said she defamed the president with the remark.

Back in May, Crockett said “you’re terrified of smart, bold Black women telling the truth and holding you accountable” after President Trump called her a “low IQ person” on Meet the Press.

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Whether Ocasio‑Cortez or Crockett will take the bait and accept the IQ test challenge remains to be seen.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

‘The View’ co-hosts fire back at Obama: ‘Pointing the finger at the wrong person’

“The View” co-hosts clapped back at former President Obama and Mark Cuban’s recent criticisms of the Democratic Party on Tuesday, arguing that the voters have been doing the work and elected officials were to blame. 

“So, let me remind everybody who is out in the front lines marching when we had the giant marches that went on, it was the people, the people went out,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said. “They were not navel-gazing, it was older people saying, ‘why are you touching my Social Security?’ It was not people whining. It was about people saying, ‘why are you taking these rights from my child when my child was born here?’ This has not been about Democrats laying back. This has been about y’all, because their messaging was always the same.” 

Goldberg was referring in part to Obama, who urged Democrats to “toughen up” on Friday at a political fundraiser, and said success would require a “little less navel-gazing.”

“And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up,” Obama said. “Don’t tell me you’re a Democrat, but you’re kind of disappointed right now, so you’re not doing anything. No, now is exactly the time that you get in there and do something.”

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“Democrats have been angry at what this man tried to do the last time. They’ve been angry this time. So, I, with much due respect to you both, I believe you are pointing the finger at the wrong person when you say Democrats,” Goldberg said. 

Co-host Sara Haines confirmed that Goldberg was differentiating between voters and elected officials and said she agreed. 

“Voters are very impassioned,” Haines said. 

Goldberg continued, “When you say Democrats, he’s talking to us, saying our messaging is bad, and I’m saying, no, our messaging has not been bad because people have been out.” 

Cuban also said during a recent podcast interview that the party’s “Trump sucks” message was not the way to win.

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“We picked the wrong pressure points,” Cuban said on “Pod Save America” on Sunday. “It’s just ‘Trump sucks.’ That’s the underlying thought of everything the Democrats do. ‘Trump sucks.’ Trump says the sky is blue. ‘Trump sucks.’ That’s not the way to win! It’s just not! Because it’s not about Trump — it’s about the people of the United States of America — and what’s good for them!”

Co-host Ana Navarro addressed Cuban’s remarks directly and said, “Yeah, OK, so some of us say Donald Trump sucks. He does suck, and it feels good to say it!”

Navarro also said people weren’t waiting for a savior for the Democrats, as Obama suggested during his Friday remarks. 

“Stop looking for the quick fix,” Obama said. “Stop looking for the messiah. You have great candidates running races right now. Support those candidates.” 

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Haines said that she interpreted Obama and Cuban as referring to elected Democrats and added that she agreed, before calling out the party for not offering a plan for immigration. 

“It would be a ripe time for some elected Democrat to come forward with a secondary plan that isn’t just ‘march against ICE agents in sanctuary cities.’ People want commonsense solutions and no Democrat is coming out and saying, ‘This a decades-old problem. It crosses all administrations, but here’s what I’m proposing.’ I’ve heard none of that,” Haines said.

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Here’s the money people in each state could pocket under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

FIRST ON FOX: The White House rolled out an interactive map of the U.S. showing the savings Americans can expect from initiatives under President Donald Trump‘s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act on a state-by-state basis, Fox News Digital learned Tuesday. 

Trump signed the massive piece of legislation into law on the Fourth of July, touting that its tax cuts will make the U.S. economy similar to a “rocket ship” as Americans begin feeling its effects. 

On Tuesday, the White House published an interactive map of the 50 states that provides breakdowns of how much Americans can expect to save and see in their pocketbooks compared to if the bill had not been passed and signed into law. 

The interactive map focused on data such as: real wage increases, which are understood as the increase to a worker’s income after accounting for inflation; a family’s expected real take-home pay increase; how many seniors benefit from the no tax on Social Security; the percentage of a state’s labor force who are expected to benefit from not paying taxes on tips; the number of jobs protected in a state, and other data. 

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In California, the nation’s most populated state, residents can expect a real wage increase of $4,900 to $8,800 and a real take-home pay increase of $8,500 to $12,500 for a typical family with two kids, according to the map. 

“A typical family with two children in California can expect to see higher take-home pay of about $8500 to $12500 with OBBB compared to if it was not passed,” states the map, which includes links to more detailed data on any given state. “Around 4% of the labor force is employed in occupations that would likely benefit from the no taxes on tips provision of the OBBB. Around 6.0 million seniors in California could benefit from the no taxes on Social Security provision of the OBBB.”

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Residents in a Heartland State such as Nebraska can expect a real wage increase of $3,700 to $6,600 and a real take-home pay increase for a typical family with two children of $7,300 to $10,300. The map also touts 300,000 seniors in the Cornhusker State are expected to benefit from the lack of tax on Social Security, and an expected 29% of the state’s labor force is expected to benefit from the lack of tax on overtime pay. 

On the East Coast, residents of New Jersey can expect real wage increases of $5,000 to $9,000, and a real take-home pay increase of $8,600 to $12,700 for typical families with two children, according to the data reviewed by Fox News Digital. New Yorkers can expect a $4,400 to $8,000 real wage increase, and a real take-home pay increase of $8,000 to $11,700, data show.

Trump had been rallying Republican lawmakers to pass the legislation since the early days of his administration this year, as it advances his agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. 

House and Senate Republicans delivered the legislation to Trump’s desk in July after a hard-fought battle that included a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in their condemnation of the bill, mostly over its increase to the debt limit. 

A handful of Republicans, such as Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted against their chamber’s respective versions of the bill due to its $5 trillion increase to the debt limit. Former Trump ally Elon Musk also broke with the president over the bill, calling on lawmakers to “kill the bill” as it made its way through Congress due to its increase to the U.S. debt ceiling. 

The bill ultimately passed and includes key provisions to permanently establish individual and business tax breaks included in Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and incorporates new tax deductions to cut duties on tips and overtime pay. It also rescinds certain Biden-era green energy tax credits, allocates approximately $350 billion for defense and Trump’s mass deportation efforts, and institutes Medicaid reforms. 

WHITE HOUSE HANDS AMERICANS ‘BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL’ CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY’D SAVE UNDER ACT

“We have officially made the Trump tax cuts permanent,” Trump said during the signing ceremony. “That’s the largest tax cut in the history of our country.… After this kicks in, our country is going to be a rocket ship economically. We’ve delivered no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.… It makes the child tax credit permanent for 40 million American families.… The Golden Age of America is upon us.”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised the bill in an opinion piece published on Fox News Digital earlier in July, celebrating that Americans can expect to keep “an additional $4,000 to $7,200 in annual real wages.”

“The bill prevents a $4.5 trillion tax hike on the American people,” he wrote in an op-ed published July 4. “This will allow the average worker to keep an additional $4,000 to $7,200 in annual real wages and allow the average family of four to keep an additional $7,600 to $10,900 in take-home pay. Add to this the president’s ambitious deregulation agenda, which could save the average family of four an additional $10,000. For millions of Americans, these savings are the difference between being able to make a mortgage payment, buy a car, or send a child to college.” 

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“The One Big Beautiful Bill also codifies no tax on tips and no tax on overtime pay — both policies designed to provide financial relief to America’s working class,” he added. “These tax breaks will ensure Main Street workers keep more of their hard-earned income. And they will bolster productivity by rewarding Americans who work extra hours. All Americans can learn how President Trump’s tax cuts will impact their lives for the better with a new White House calculator.” 

‘Ruthless’ hosts say they see through Newsom’s transformation in Democratic Party

“Ruthless” podcast hosts Josh Holmes, Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook and Comfortably Smug took aim at Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom in his attempt to shed far-left stances he and his party have embraced in recent years during their appearance Tuesday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

Newsom has been making headlines in recent weeks for comments appearing to moderate his stances on issues like immigration and transgender treatment of children, which many believe is his planting the seeds of a 2028 presidential bid.  

“Well, I think he’s making a decision to go on the Republican track in the Democratic Party,” Duncan reacted. “It’s a bold choice. We’ll see how it works out for him, but the other choices are [to] get arrested, fight I.C.E. or become a communist. So I like his odds.”

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Ashbrook suggested Newsom hasn’t “stuck the landing” with his pivot from the far-left. He later took a swipe at Newsom’s eagerness to appear on right-wing podcasts, telling Watters, “Everybody sees through his BS.”

“But it is absolutely the avenue he should be taking,” Ashbrook added. “It is it’s the way of the future. New media is the way of the future.”

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Smug compared the liberal politics of California to the New York City mayoral race where socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani continues to lead in all the polls against rivals Andrew Cuomo and incumbent mayor Eric Adams, both running as independents after previously running as Democrats. 

“You have so much of the party that has lined up behind a communist. Is that ‘Thelma & Louise’ – let’s go over the cliff. Let’s go crazy. Let’s learn nothing from this election,” Smug said. “And there’s this, like, glimmering hope of like, ‘You know, maybe Cuomo could pull it off.’ There’s some rational group of Democrats left, isn’t there? And I don’t know. I don’t know if there are any left.”

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Holmes, a Minnesota native, said progressive politics has hit close to home while discussing the Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, who is running on a similar platform as Mamdani. 

“Look, they’ve had this problem in Minneapolis for a lone time,” Holmes told Watters. “It came from a huge number of Somali immigrants that came in with no mandate to assimilate whatsoever in the city of Minneapolis. That’s where I’m from. And you can see the community just sort of become something else, right? And then it produces folks like Omar. They have absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the state, completely on their own, on an island in the middle of Minneapolis. It’s sad.”

FOX News Media announced it has landed a licensing deal with the “Ruthless” podcast as part of the company’s expansion of new media. 

“The FOX News Media ecosystem we have built over the past seven years continues to thrive and set new records, and the ‘Ruthless’deal is a natural extension of our powerhouse brand as audiences reshape how they consume quality content,” FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement Tuesday. 

“We have cultivated an unrivaled bench of successful personalities who are well-positioned to excel in today’s evolving media landscape, where podcasting offers the kind of deep engagement our platforms are known for.”

The “Ruthless” co-hosts said in a joint statement, “We are thrilled to take ‘Ruthless’ to the next level through this strategic partnership. There is a growing appetite for authentic political and cultural conversations, and our podcast delivers with no-holds-barred, irreverent takes that deeply resonate with our dedicated audience.” 

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Gavin Newsom drops F-bomb after he’s surprised by Joe Rogan question on podcast

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom was pressed to defend his COVID-19 record by podcast giant Joe Rogan on Monday.

The Democratic leader, and likely 2028 presidential candidate, appeared on former U.S. Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan’s podcast for a wide-ranging interview about problems facing California as well as Newsom’s personal life and political career. 

During the interview, Ryan asked Newsom to respond to a question sent in to him by his friend and fellow podcaster.

“Motherf—–r,” Newsom exclaimed before saying he was a fan of Rogan, who has been critical of the Democrat.

Ryan warned Newsom it was a “tough” question before reading it aloud: “Who will be held accountable for mandating COVID-19 vaccines for children, which were unnecessary and ineffective, and who will take responsibility for the unprecedented increases in myocarditis and cancer cases among them?”

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“Second to that, do you feel any remorse for that draconian decision that was obviously heavily influenced by the pharmaceutical companies’ desire for maximum profit?” 

Newsom denied that he caved to the pharmaceutical industry, saying he’s passed “some of the most progressive laws” against Big Pharma in the nation. 

He also defended his record on the pandemic, arguing California worked closely with the Trump administration and moved aggressively to mitigate damage from the virus, “like many states, red states included.”

“I mean, Florida shut down their bars and restaurants before California. The question was, when did we start to unwind some of those restrictions? California was more restrictive and we were certainly aggressive at scale,” he said.

The governor claimed his team was compiling an “objective review” of the good and bad outcomes of these policies and comparing them to what other states did.

Regarding vaccines, Newsom declared they “save lives” but that he respected Rogan’s question. He explained that he received “a lot of feedback” from independent advisors regarding their safety.

“I took their advice, not as a doctor, but as a governor. So, with humility —seriously —humility and grace, I’ve asked them to have that report done. It’s going to be done next month. And it’ll be the only state that I know of that is putting out a truly objective review of what went right and what went wrong,” he added.

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“I know everyone’s a Godd— genius now in hindsight,” Newsom declared. “But at the time, none of us knew what we were up against, including the President of the United States, who I worked very closely with.”

Newsom appeared to shift some of the scrutiny of his leadership onto President Donald Trump, claiming he worked closer with Trump than any other Democratic governor during the pandemic.

“And I say that with the kind of humility he deserves as well —grace that he deserves in terms of the decisions he made early on. We were all up against something none of us had any experience on,” he said.

When asked if he had made any mistakes during the pandemic, Newsom named the closures of outdoor spaces like beaches as something he would’ve done differently.

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The governor went on to argue that California had unfairly become a symbol of failed pandemic policies when states like Florida had taken similar actions during the pandemic early on.

“We weren’t the only state doing it, but the state of mind of the ‘California Derangement Syndrome.’ There’s a ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ no question. But there’s also ‘California Derangement Syndrome.’ As if California stands unique in some of these interventions and respects. It’s true in some but not all,” he said.

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Masked thieves target high-end store in DC, steal $20K worth of clothing

A group of masked thieves are wanted in Washington, D.C., after they targeted a luxury athletic apparel store and made off with about $20,000 in merchandise late last month, authorities said.

Six suspects entered an Alo store in D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood at around 7:30 p.m. on June 30, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

Surveillance video shows the suspects walking past what appears to be a security guard standing at the door before swiping clothing off clothing racks and display counters.

The suspects left the store with armfuls of merchandise before escaping the scene in a silver or gray Ford Edge with covered tags, police said. The vehicle sped away in an unknown direction on Wisconsin Ave NW.

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The store estimated the thieves stole $20,000 worth of merchandise, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital.

Alo did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Witnesses told FOX5 DC that there was no police presence at the high-end store at the time of the theft.

Tanning teen rushed to the hospital after freak accident at the beach

The driver of a pickup truck allegedly ran over the legs of a 15-year-old girl lying on the beach in Oak Island, North Carolina.

Oak Island Public Safety officials were dispatched to a public beach on Monday just after 2 p.m. while responding to reports of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle driving on the beach, according to a press release.

Upon arrival, authorities located the victim, who was evaluated on-scene for “possible non-life-threatening injuries” after the vehicle apparently ran over her legs.

Authorities transported the victim to a nearby hospital “out of caution,” city officials said in the press release.

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“The vehicle, a 2020 model GMC pickup truck, belongs to TI Coastal Services, a private contractor conducting Beach Survey work for engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol, in preparation for the upcoming 2025 / 26 Beach Nourishment Project,” Oak Island said in the press release. “The Survey began on July 7 and is intended to last two weeks.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to TI Coastal Services for comment.

The project, which includes both land and sea surveying, was scheduled to take place between June 30 and July 7.

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The city quashed false reports that the town’s Beach Safety Unit caused the accident, saying that information spread on social media and other platforms is “FALSE and should NOT be shared if viewed online.”

“Claims such as this can quickly cause the spread of misinformation, and lead to a dangerous lack of trust in first responders,” the city said. “As with any claim of such a serious nature, it is always important to remember to evaluate the source of the information before sharing or forming opinions.”