Trump alleges Putin and Xi are coordinating against the US after Beijing military parade

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of conspiring against the U.S. after the three world leaders met in Beijing during a military parade.

“The big question to be answered is whether or not President Xi of China will mention the massive amount of support and ‘blood’ that The United States of America gave to China in order to help it to secure its FREEDOM from a very unfriendly foreign invader,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Many Americans died in China’s quest for Victory and Glory,” he continued. “I hope that they are rightfully Honored and Remembered for their Bravery and Sacrifice! May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.”

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The parade attended by the three U.S. adversaries commemorated the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, highlighting Beijing’s efforts to showcase military power and deepen alliances at a time of heightened global tensions.

Kim’s attendance at the parade was his first trip to Beijing since 2019, as Pyongyang seeks to bolster ties with both China and Russia.

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The military parade in Beijing featured thousands of troops marching through Tiananmen Square in a 70-minute display showcasing China’s latest weaponry.

Meeting ahead of the event in Beijing, Putin championed the “unprecedentedly high” ties between himself and Xi amid the Russia-Ukraine war that began with a Moscow invasion in February 2022.

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The meeting reaffirmed the increased unity the two countries have pursued following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Expert raises concerns over Kim Jong Un’s daughter’s upbringing after China debut

Kim Jong Un set foot in Beijing Tuesday for his first visit to China in years, accompanied by his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, also thought to be his successor, per South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS).

The young girl is believed to be around 12 or 13 and her debut appearance outside of her home country signals a possible role as North Korea’s heir-in-waiting, a parenting expert suspects. She was first publicly introduced in North Korea in 2022.

Dressed in a smart black suit, Kim Ju Ae followed her father as they were welcomed by Communist Party officials ahead of China’s military parade, marking the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. 

On Wednesday, she may stand alongside Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping.

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A parenting expert warned that bringing Kim Ju Ae onto the global stage at a young age could carry consequences.

“She’s being shaped into a role, rather than being supported to figure out who she is as an individual and that pressure could have a huge impact on her mental health,” Kirsty Ketley told Fox News Digital. 

“Even the most carefully groomed successor, like she could be, would struggle when thrust into leadership and even when later in life.

“It’s likely she’ll be under constant coaching, but that doesn’t remove the emotional weight of having your future decided for you at such a young age.”

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North Korea’s famous father and daughter left Pyongyang on Monday for the international event, crossing into China by armored train to watch the country’s biggest-ever display of military power.

The event will last 70 minutes and include soldiers, tanks, anti-drone systems and aircraft passing through Tiananmen Square as President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin look on.

So far, Kim Ju Ae has been seen at a missile launch in November 2022 and other public events in North Korea in June.

NIS has claimed Kim Ju Ae enjoys skiing, horse riding, and swimming, and is privately homeschooled in Pyongyang, per the Associated Press. She is also said to appear on postage stamps in North Korea.

Ketley said Kim’s daughter should be looking ahead to high school and testing boundaries in relatively safe environments.

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“Kim Ju Ae doesn’t get those usual luxuries because her playground is now military parades and meetings with world leaders,” Ketley warned.

“While she may be carefully shielded and trained, internally she could well be experiencing anxiety, confusion, or even loneliness. Intense public pressure can stunt children’s emotional growth.”

Despite Tuesday’s global introduction, the public is not aware of Kim Ju Ae’s exact age. It’s thought she is the second of Kim Jong Un’s and his wife, Ri Sol-Ju’s, three kids because rhe dictator remains secretive about his family.

Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman inadvertently revealed the girl’s existence over a decade ago in an interview with The Guardian.

During a 2013 trip to Pyongyang, Rodman told reporters he had “held the baby Ju Ae,” calling Kim Jong Un a “good dad.” 

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“If I were advising Kim Jong Un, I’d urge him to balance his daughter’s exposure to power with opportunities for normality, including friendships, play and chances to fail, which are the building blocks of resilience,” said Ketley.

Trump addresses viral video of mysterious items being tossed out of White House window

President Donald Trump has dismissed a bizarre viral video showing mystery objects being hurled from a White House window as fake.

The footage appeared to show someone repeatedly throwing objects from the top floor of the White House onto the lawn below.

At a packed press conference, the president told how the mansion’s windows were sealed and bulletproof and suggested the clip was made by AI. 

The short video began circulating widely on social media over the weekend and racked up thousands of views while fueling speculation online. 

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People debated whether the clip showed a staffer, while others floated conspiracy theories about hidden activities inside the Washington, D.C., mansion with items lobbed from what many speculated was the Lincoln Bedroom.

At first, a White House official claimed the footage involved a contractor carrying out routine maintenance while Trump was away.

But at the packed press conference Tuesday, Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy showed the clip to Trump in real time, prompting the president to laugh and explain why he thought it was fake.

“No, that’s probably AI-generated,” Trump explained. “You can’t open the windows. You know why? They’re all heavily armored and bulletproof. They’re sealed. And number two, each window weighs about 600 pounds. You have to be pretty strong to open them up!”

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“That’s in fact… my wife was complaining about it the other day. She said, love to have a little fresh air come in, but you can’t. They’re bulletproof,” Trump repeated.

Trump also used the moment to discuss one of his recurring important themes, which is the risks posed by artificial intelligence.

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“And one of the problems we have with AI, it’s both good and bad,” he told reporters. “If something happens really bad, just blame AI. But also they create things—you know, it works both ways. If something happens, it’s really bad. Maybe I’ll have to just blame AI, but there’s truth to it because I see so many phony things.”

Amazon will soon restrict Prime benefit that shoppers have used for 15 years

Amazon Prime’s free shipping perk will be restricted to household members only starting next month as the shopping juggernaut phases out the “Prime Invitee program.”

The program, which allowed Amazon Prime members to share their shipping benefits with people outside their household that didn’t have a membership, will end on Oct. 1, according to the company’s website. 

An Amazon spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business that it is ending the Invitee program, which launched in 2009, and focusing its advertising on its Amazon Family program, which includes allowing members to share several membership benefits with one other adult in their household, up to four teens added before April 7, 2025, and up to four profiles for children.  

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These benefits include fast and free delivery on Prime eligible items, access to exclusive Prime events and deals, Prime Video, Prime Reading and access to third-party benefits like Grubhub.   

Amazon didn’t disclose specific figures for its Prime membership in its latest earnings call. However, they described the last Prime Day sale, which kicked off in July, as its “biggest Prime Day shopping event yet.”  

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“This year’s Prime Day event was bigger than any previous four-day period that included a Prime Day event, with record sales and more items sold during the four days,”  Amazon posted in a July blog following the two-day shopping bonanza. 

The company also said independent sellers, most of which are small and medium-sized businesses, also achieved record sales and a record number of items sold. 

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Amazon has charged an annual fee of $139 for its Prime membership in the U.S. since 2022. That is an uptick from its previous cost of about $119 a year. 

However, J.P.Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a research note that the bank thinks the Seattle-based e-commerce giant could raise the price of its popular Amazon Prime membership in 2026. 

Federal judges block Trump’s attempt to fire Biden appointee in major power clash

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., allowed a Biden-appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to keep her job, at least for now, as part of a lawsuit centered on President Donald Trump’s authority to remove members of independent agencies without cause.

In a 2-1 order, a three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Trump unlawfully fired FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and that her firing was squarely at odds with Supreme Court precedent.

“The government has no likelihood of success on appeal given controlling and directly on point Supreme Court precedent,” the panel wrote, adding that “bucking such precedent is not within this court’s job description.”

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Slaughter was abruptly fired after Trump took office, rehired when Judge Loren AliKhan ruled in her favor in July, and then re-fired days later when the appellate court briefly paused AliKhan’s decision.

The three-judge panel, comprising two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee, lifted that pause on Tuesday, which means Slaughter can now return to work.

The Trump administration could now seek relief from the full appellate court bench or the Supreme Court. A Department of Justice spokesperson told Fox News Digital the government plans to appeal Tuesday’s order.

The Trump appointee on the panel, Judge Neomi Rao dissented, saying the “balance of equities here is ultimately indistinguishable” from other cases where the Supreme Court has temporarily greenlit Trump’s firings.

DOJ attorneys had argued for the appellate court to grant the Trump administration a stay and keep Slaughter’s firing in place, pointing to the Supreme Court’s decisions to do the same in recent separate cases involving other independent agencies, including two labor boards.

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“The court’s reinstatement of a principal officer of the United States—in defiance of recent Supreme Court precedent staying similar reinstatements in other cases—works a grave harm to the separation of powers and the President’s ability to exercise his authority under the Constitution,” the attorneys wrote.

The firings all relate to a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which found that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s firing of an FTC commissioner was illegal. Firing commissioners without cause, such as malfeasance, before their seven-year tenures were up was a violation of the FTC Act, the high court found.

While the Supreme Court has let Trump’s firings at other independent agencies proceed temporarily while the lawsuits play out in the lower courts, Slaughter’s case would present the most blatant question yet to the justices about whether they plan to overturn Humphrey’s Executor. Legal scholars have speculated that the current conservative-leaning Supreme Court has an appetite to reverse or narrow that decision.

Trump initially fired both Democrat-appointed members of the five-member FTC at will. Slaughter has vowed to see her lawsuit through to its conclusion, while the other ousted member, Alvaro Bedoya, has since resigned.

Slaughter said she plans to be back to work on Wednesday.

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“Amid the efforts by the Trump admin to illegally abolish independent agencies, incl the Federal Reserve, I’m glad the court has recognized that he is not above the law,” Slaughter wrote on social media. “I’m eager to get back first thing tomorrow to the work I was entrusted to do on behalf of the American people.”

Trump also recently fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, a move Cook is now challenging in court. That case presents its own unique set of challenges, in part because the Supreme Court said this year that the Federal Reserve was more insulated than other independent agencies.

11-year-old’s prank takes deadly turn as suspect is now charged with murder

A Houston, Texas man was charged with murder after allegedly killing an 11-year-old who played a “ding-dong ditch” prank.

Officials in Houston said 42-year-old Gonzalo Leon Jr. was charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing Julian Guzman, 11, on Saturday, as he was running away. Guzman was pronounced dead on Sunday.

Guzman rang doorbells of several homes in the area before running away, the officials said. One witness told police that Guzman was running from a house after ringing a doorbell just before he was allegedly shot.

Leon Jr. was detained at the scene but was later released. He was arrested by Houston Police Department’s SWAT team on Tuesday and booked into the Harris County Jail.

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According to FOX 4, police didn’t have reason to believe the suspect acted in self-defense.

“In my opinion, it doesn’t look like any type of self-defense. It wasn’t close to the house, so it’ll more than likely be a murder charge,” said Houston Police Department Sgt. Michael Cass.

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A similar incident took place in Frisco, Texas on July 28 when Damon Wolfe, 58, allegedly shot at a group of teenagers who were participating in the “ding-dong ditch” prank, officials said. 

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Wolfe was charged with three counts of aggravated assault.

Trump and Leavitt blast CBS host as ‘stupid’ and ‘nasty’ in fiery takedown

President Donald Trump and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took turns knocking CBS News’ “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan on Friday, calling her “stupid” and “so bad.” 

Speaking with the Daily Caller, Trump took a victory lap over his settlement with CBS’ parent company, Paramount, after accusing the company of election interference for its handling of a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. He then pivoted to speculating about the future of Norah O’Donnell, who left “CBS Evening News” earlier this year but remains at the network.

“Pay her $12 million a year, and she’s not going to be there very long,” Trump told the Daily Caller. “But if she’s not already out, I mean, she’s pretty close, I would say she’s pretty close.”

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Trump then invoked Brennan, saying, “The woman on the ‘Face the Nation’ is so bad.”

He turned to Leavitt, who was present during the interview, and asked, “What do you think of her?” 

“She’s stupid. You can put that on the record,” Leavitt said. 

“She’s nasty,” Trump added.

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Trump went on to praise Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying, “He handled her” during a recent interview. After Daily Caller White House reporter Reagan Reese noted Rubio’s frequent appearances on “Face the Nation,” Trump replied, “Because he’s good and he’s smart.” 

Neither Brennan nor CBS News responded to requests for comment. 

Last month, Rubio had a contentious exchange with Brennan over Trump’s highly-anticipated meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders after his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

“You know there is concern from the Europeans that President Zelenskyy is going to be bullied into signing something away. That’s why you have these European leaders coming as backup tomorrow,” Brennan said.

That is not true,” Rubio interjected, as the two spoke over each other. “But that’s not true, they’re not coming here tomorrow to keep Zelenskyy from being bullied.”

“We had one meeting with Putin and like a dozen meetings with Zelenskyy… They’re not coming here tomorrow to keep Zelenskyy from being bullied. They are coming here because we’ve been working with the Europeans. We talked to them last week… The President talked to these leaders as early as Thursday… This is such a stupid media narrativeRubio said.

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World’s largest cruise ship sets sail as industry nears record-breaking highs

The world’s largest ship set sail on Sunday, making its debut out of Port Canaveral, Florida.

Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas has 20 decks and eight neighborhoods with seven pools. It accommodates 5,000 passengers.

“Star of the Seas represents the next bold step in our journey to reimagine vacations,” said Royal Caribbean Group president and CEO Jason Liberty in a press release.

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“It brings together the best of our innovation, signature experiences, and the most sought-after destinations into one unforgettable vacation.”

He added, “With Star, we’re not just launching a ship, we’re advancing our mission to create the world’s best vacations responsibly for guests of all ages.”

In January, AAA released its first-ever “Cruise Travel Forecast.”

It projects that 19 million Americans plan to take cruises this year.

Stewart Chiron, a Miami-based cruise industry expert known as “The Cruise Guy,” told Fox News Digital that “2025 is another record year.”

“More people have cruised in 2025 than any previous year in history,” he said. “Future bookings are at record levels when compared to the same time in any previous year.”

Last year, 18.2 million travelers went on cruises, according to the AAA report.

Chiron said he sees demand surging in the Caribbean, Alaska and Europe.

The cruise forecast report found that 72% of passengers are heading to Caribbean destinations in search of sunny vacation times.

Six percent plan on heading to Alaska, while 5% of people will be cruising in the Mediterranean, according to the report. 

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He added that he’s seeing interest in the Panama Canal, Japan and Asia growing along with expedition cruises to the North and South Poles.

“Cruise lines are responding to strong demand from cruise passengers who are desiring private destinations and the enticing experiences that are unavailable at the other ports being visited on regular itineraries,” said Chiron.

While the cruise industry is on the uptick, Chiron said there are a few things to consider.

“Geopolitical issues and fuel costs are always a concern,” said Chiron. “The cruise industry has protective measures in place, including the ability to move ships to ensure smooth sailings.”

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“Passenger and ship safety is paramount,” he added.