No deal after Trump, Hill leaders meet as JD Vance says shutdown almost certain
Republican and Democratic congressional leaders left a meeting with President Donald Trump with no deal to avert a government shutdown as the deadline fast approaches.
Leaders met with Trump on Monday for roughly an hour to negotiate a path forward to avert a partial government shutdown, but it appeared neither side was willing to budge from their position.
Vice President JD Vance said after the meeting, “I think we’re headed into a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing. I hope they change their mind.”
“If you look at the original they did with this negotiation, it was a $1.5 trillion spending package, basically saying the American people want to give massive amounts of money, hundreds of billions of dollars to illegal aliens for their health care, while Americans are struggling to pay their health care bills,” Vance said. “That was their initial foray into this negotiation. We thought it was absurd.”
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Democrats, however, have pushed back on assertions that they’re looking to salvage healthcare for anyone but the American people.
“There was a frank and direct discussion with the President of the United States and Republican leaders. But significant and meaningful differences remain,” Jeffries said. “Democrats are fighting to protect the health care of the American people, and we are not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of every day America, period.”
Congress has until midnight Oct. 1 to pass a short-term funding extension, or continuing resolution (CR), to avert a partial government shutdown. The House already passed a funding extension, but the bill was blocked in the Senate earlier this month.
Republicans and the White House want to move forward with their “clean,” short-term funding extension until Nov. 21, while Democrats have offered a counter-proposal that includes a permanent extension of expiring Obamacare tax credits and other wishlist items that are a bridge too far for the GOP.
Vance appeared alongside Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought in a show of Republican unity after the meeting, but made clear both sides are still far apart.
Thune, holding up a copy of the funding extension, panned Jeffries and Schumer’s accusation that the bill was partisan in nature.
Congressional Republicans argue that the House GOP’s is everything that Democrats pushed when they controlled the Senate: a “clean,” short-term extension to Nov. 21 without partisan policy riders or spending, save for millions in new spending for increased security for lawmakers.
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“To me, this is purely a hostage-taking exercise on the part of the Democrats,” Thune said. “We are willing to sit down and work with them on some of the issues they want to talk about, whether it’s an extension of premium tax credits, with reforms, we’re happy to have that conversation. But as of right now, this is a hijacking.”
Neither Schumer nor Jeffries took questions after their remarks, but appeared slightly more optimistic than their GOP counterparts after the meeting concluded.
“I think for the first time, the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartisan bill,” Schumer said. “Their bill has not one iota of Democratic input. That is never how we’ve done this before.”
Vance said he was “highly skeptical” that it was Trump’s first time hearing the issue and said there was a bipartisan path forward on healthcare – but panned Democrats’ push to include an extension of COVID-19 pandemic-era Affordable Care Act (ACA) extensions in the bill.
“We want to work across the aisle to make sure that people have access to good healthcare,” he said, but added, “We are not going to let Democrats shut down the government and take a hostage unless we give them everything that they want. That’s not how the people’s government has ever worked.”
The meeting in the Oval Office comes after Trump canceled a previously scheduled confab last week with just Schumer and Jeffries. At the time, the president railed against their demands on his social media platform Truth Social and contended that congressional Democrats were pushing “radical Left policies that nobody voted for” in their counter-CR.
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Democrats’ demands center on an extension to expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, though their counter-proposal also included language to repeal the healthcare section of the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” and a clawback of canceled NPR and PBS funding.
Senate Republicans have argued that Democrats’ desires are unserious, and Thune has publicly said that Republicans would be willing to have discussions on the ACA subsidies, which are set to sunset at the end of this year, after the government is funded.
Schumer insisted Democrats needed it addressed immediately, however, in a press conference back on Capitol Hill after the meeting.
“We think when they say later, they mean never. We have to do it now, first because of the timing issue and second, because now is the time we can get it done,” he said.
The White House is also leveraging the threat of mass firings should the government shut down that go beyond the standard furloughing of nonessential employees. Still, Schumer and Senate Democrats have not buckled.
The Senate is expected to vote again on the bill on Tuesday.
President wins major victory over tech giant in censorship case
President Donald Trump has won a $24.5 million settlement from YouTube over the platform’s suspension of his account following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots.
The Alphabet-owned company is the last of the three major social media platforms sued by Trump, alongside Meta and Twitter, now called X, to resolve claims tied to his removal.
According to a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital, $22 million of the settlement will be contributed on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit supporting construction of a new White House State Ballroom.
Per the filing, Alphabet will also pay $2.5 million to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union, author Naomi Wolf, and several individuals.
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The deal closes out a series of high-profile legal battles Trump launched against Big Tech after being banned from multiple platforms.
Meta reached a $25 million settlement earlier in 2025, while X reportedly paid $10 million, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
YouTube suspended Trump’s channel on Jan. 12, 2021, saying his content violated policies against inciting violence.
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The channel was reinstated in March 2023. Trump’s lawsuit argued the ban was unconstitutional and violated his First Amendment rights.
Negotiations reportedly included mediation sessions at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in May, where he invited Google CEO Sundar Pichai and co-founder Sergey Brin.
Discussions allegedly continued over golf and lunch at Trump’s nearby club.
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John P. Coale, Trump’s lead attorney, emphasized the role of Trump’s return to the White House in accelerating the settlements. “If he had not been re-elected, we would have been in court for 1,000 years,” Coale said, per The Wall Street Journal.
A Google spokesperson confirmed the settlement to Fox News Digital and pointed to the filing as their official response.
Illegal alien, found with loaded gun and $3K cash, registered as Democrat voter
After an illegal alien, Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was arrested by ICE, Republicans blew the whistle on the fact that he was a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.
According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. The development was first reported on by columnist Dustin Grage.
Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan explained that there is nothing in Maryland law allowing for non-citizens to be registered to vote in federal or state elections even if Roberts were still a legal resident.
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Now, the House Freedom Caucus is demanding answers from the Maryland State Board of Elections about “gaping holes” in the state’s election integrity systems.
In a letter sent to the elections board on Monday, the Freedom Caucus also demanded answers on why the board has been “obstructing a valid request by the Department of Justice to ensure compliance with federal election laws, citing immigration enforcement as a primary concern.
Morgan pointed to a letter the elections board sent to the Justice Department in August in which State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis expressed concern that if the board gave over voter information to the federal government that data would be used for “used for enforcement of immigration laws against Maryland residents.”
Commenting on the letter, Morgan asked, “If illegal aliens are not allowed to vote, why would they be on the voter rolls in the first place? And how would that enhance immigration enforcement? I don’t know, but that’s the excuse that they wrote to the DOJ.”
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“It’s ridiculous,” he went on, adding that “everyone reasonable wants a safe and secure election.”
Before his arrest by ICE, Roberts headed the Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, despite not being legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, according to authorities.
He was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant last week. ICE agents arrested Roberts after he attempted to flee and was found hiding in brush. The vehicle Roberts was driving was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and a loaded Glock 19 firearm, ICE said.
Roberts also had illegal weapons possession charges from 2020 and was given a final order of removal in 2024.
The state of Iowa revoked Roberts’ education license on Sunday, triggering the Des Moines School Board to place him on unpaid leave.
“We were notified that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked Doctor Roberts’ license to practice as a superintendent in the state of Iowa. Without such a license, Doctor Roberts is not in compliance with his contract,” said Jackie Norris, chair of the school board.
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Morgan said that though Roberts’ case is baffling, he fears he may just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to illegal aliens registered to vote in Maryland.
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“We have no idea how widespread this is. We hear rumors, but we have no idea,” he said.
“This is uncharted territory,” he added.
Trump flexes military muscle as Kremlin warns over potential Tomahawk missiles
President Donald Trump is flexing new leverage in the war in Ukraine — allowing the nation to use U.S. weapons to strike deep into Russia, weighing whether to provide Kyiv with Tomahawk cruise missiles and vowing Ukraine can take back all its land — while pressing China and India to slash purchases of Russian oil.
Ukraine supporters are cheering the shift, noting that after months of frustration over the grinding conflict, Trump appears to be changing tactics. From a combative February meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his declaration last week that Ukraine could reclaim all of its original territory, the president is signaling a harder line on Moscow.
On Fox News’ The Sunday Briefing, Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg revealed that Trump had authorized long-range Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. Vice President JD Vance added that the administration is weighing whether to send Tomahawk missiles, a capability the Biden White House had denied. The weapons would be funded by European partners.
“We’re certainly looking at a number of requests from the Europeans,” Vance said. “It’s something the president’s going to make the final determination on.”
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The U.S.-made Tomahawk has a range of about 1,500 miles, meaning Kyiv could theoretically target Moscow if Trump approves the transfer. Russia quickly issued warnings, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov questioning whether Ukrainians could operate such systems without American assistance.
“Who can launch these missiles, even if they end up on the territory of the Kyiv regime?” Peskov asked. “Can they be launched only by Ukrainians, or must it still be done by American personnel? Who provides the targeting? A very deep analysis is needed here.”
He dismissed the weapons as strategically meaningless. “There is no panacea that can change the situation on the fronts. There are no magic weapons, whether Tomahawk or others, that can alter the dynamics,” Peskov said.
Still, Trump’s stance marks one of his most striking reversals. Last week, he suggested Ukraine could not only hold its ground but also return to its original borders, calling that “very much an option,” while urging NATO nations to shoot down Russian drones and jets that cross into their airspace.
He added that Russia has been “fighting aimlessly for three and a half years in a war that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win. This is not distinguishing Russia.”
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This month, Russian drones entered Polish and Romanian territory. Missile-carrying MiG-29 jets crossed into Estonian territory.
Eastern European officials say Moscow’s provocations are meant to test NATO unity. “Part of these provocations are to see: will there be solidarity? Will there be a clear decision within NATO to increase defense?” Romanian foreign minister Oana Țoiutold Fox News Digital.
The tougher tone follows Trump’s August summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, which produced few breakthroughs. Since then, Trump has ratcheted up pressure, urging Europe to accelerate its energy break with Moscow and coordinating a new sanctions package with U.S. allies.
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“Inexcusably, even NATO countries have not cut off much Russian energy and Russian energy products,” Trump told the United Nations General Assembly. “China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil.”
The president has already imposed a 50% tariff on Indian goods, citing New Delhi’s reliance on Russian fuel. Officials suggest additional measures are under consideration if India and China do not curb their energy ties with Moscow.
Music star Democrat faces criticism over ‘hateful’ comments against Trump, Republicans
South Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is being criticized for feeding a “sickness” and “spreading hate” through his rhetoric against President Donald Trump and Republicans, especially in light of a deadly anti-ICE shooting in Dallas this week.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, former Texas Republican Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexican-born woman elected to Congress, criticized Pulido and other Democrats for “attacking our men and women serving this country for enforcing the laws.”
“It’s this type of hateful rhetoric that is causing innocent lives to be lost,” Flores said. “And because of that, we’re seeing all these shootings, and it will continue to happen because, at the end of the day, this hateful rhetoric is coming from members of Congress, from senators.”
“They need to set an example,” she went on. “Americans are looking up to these individuals. And so, if they’re seeing that they’re spreading hate, then that instills in them hate as well towards our men and women [in law enforcement].”
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This comes as the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) accused Pulido, who is a Tejano music star, of having a “lengthy history of engaging in violent, extreme political rhetoric.”
The committee said that despite Pulido condemning political violence, such as Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and calling for a toning down in rhetoric on both sides, his own words through the years have not been consistent with this call.
On Sept. 10, Pulido posted on X, “I don’t care what side of the political aisle you are, what happened to Charlie Kirk is abhorrent. The political rhetoric needs to be brought down on both sides. I pray for him, his family and also for our country.”
According to the NRCC, however, Pulido’s inflammatory rhetoric goes back years, even including dressing up as a blood-soaked Trump for Halloween in 2015. A screenshot of the since-deleted post shared with Fox News Digital shows a bloodied Trump with a Spanish caption reading, “Years ago Donald Trump and Paquita had a son. Here is the exclusive image.”
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He has also suggested that Trump voters are racist, commenting on a 2017 news story about California farms being untended due to the president’s immigration policies by saying, “That’s what racist America wanted, that’s what you got.”
In another post from 2016, Pulido wrote that Trump is “racist all the way” and that “his candidacy plays to the alt right.”
This August, he accused Republicans of “literally becoming everything they accused others of being. Marxists and fascists.”
Pulido also previously expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement by posting a black square on his Instagram for “Blackout Tuesday” and sharing a video of a Houston BLM rally with the caption “#GodBlessTexas.”
He has said in a video that “there’s a lot of great cops out there” but that “at the end of the day, there’s not a country out there that doesn’t oppress.”
Referring to allegedly racist police officers in a 2017 X post, Pulido used profanities in Spanish to describe them.
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Addressing Pulido and other Democrats directly, Flores asked them to “please stop playing political games with our men and women that are just doing their job.”
“At the end of the day, we’re all Americans. We want the best for our communities, and they should not be prioritizing their political party over safety,” she said.
Flores said that for many who grew up listening to Pulido’s music, he has a special responsibility to set an example of civility and respect.
“He is an icon in the Tejano industry. A lot of people look up to his music, and so he has an obligation to talk about this issue and to show respect towards our [law enforcement] men and women because he has such a huge fan base,” she said.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, NRCC spokesman Reilly Richardson said, “Bobby Pulido’s history of engaging in extreme political rhetoric is utterly disqualifying.”
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“Radical Democrats like Pulido have been unapologetically demonizing ICE agents and our law enforcement for years,” said Reilly.
“A deep and pervasive sickness has infected the radical left in this country, and Democrats like Bobby Pulido are feeding it,” he added.
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Meanwhile, another Texas leader, Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, said the problem goes far beyond Pulido.
He called the attack on the Dallas ICE facility last week “horrific,” saying it “proves the Left’s relentless attacks on law enforcement puts our officers in real danger.”
“It’s past time Democrats take responsibility for their violent rhetoric, which has fueled these attacks, and join the fight to protect our brave ICE officers!” said Jackson.
Pulido did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment by the time of publication.
Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban reportedly calls it quits after 19 years
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have split after 19 years of marriage, according to reports.
“Nicole’s sister has been a rock and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another,” sources told People magazine.
“She didn’t want this. She has been fighting to save the marriage.” According to TMZ, they have reportedly been living apart “since the beginning of summer.”
Urban, 57, and Kidman, 58, have two children together, daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
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Representatives for Kidman and Urban did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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The Oscar-winning actress first met Urban in 2005 at an event in Australia. One year later, the couple married in Sydney.
Kidman previously revealed that she and Urban decided from the beginning of their relationship that they would only communicate by voice.
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“We don’t text,” Kidman told Parade magazine. “We call. We’ve done this since the very beginning. The reason it started at the beginning was because I didn’t know how to text, and it just kind of worked for us. So, now we don’t.”
She added, “We just do voice to voice or skin to skin, as we always say. We talk all the time, and we FaceTime, but we just don’t text because I feel like texting can be misrepresentative at times.”
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In addition to their no-texting rule, Kidman said that “not having secrets” helps keep their union strong.
In 2023, the “Somebody Like You” singer told Fox News Digital that “it’s always family first” in his household.
“It’s balanced, so it means it goes out of balance sometimes, and we just put it back in balance,” Urban said. “It’s never perfectly in balance, but we get it back on track.”
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The “Big Little Lies” actress was previously married to Tom Cruise after meeting on the set of “Days of Thunder.” The former couple have two adopted children, Isabella and Connor.
Florida task force seizes enough cocaine ‘to kill every American’ in record effort
EXCLUSIVE – A Florida-based multi-agency task force has seized a record one million pounds of cocaine during fiscal year 2025 — a haul officials say represents 378 million lethal doses, enough to kill every American.
The seizure was announced by Joint Inter-Agency Task Force – South (JIATF-S), led by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The unit, which includes the U.S. Coast Guard, works with partner nations to disrupt the flow of illicit drugs through the “transit zone” between South America, Central America and the Caribbean and to weaken transnational criminal organizations.
According to the task force, the amount of drugs seized over the past 12 months is enough to fill 42 dump trucks. The 2025 fiscal year ends Tuesday.
JIATF-S confirmed to Fox News Digital that the effort has denied cartels and narco-terrorists $11.34 billion in revenue and removed 377.9 million lethal doses from the streets.
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JIATF-S operates across 42 million square miles, from the Eastern Pacific to the Western Atlantic, stretching from international waters north of the Caribbean Antilles to the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn.
The region has long been a major trafficking corridor for drugs, arms, cash and people. Well-financed and sophisticated criminal networks continue to exploit the area, officials said.
“By disrupting the flow of these deadly drugs, JIATF-S is saving lives and protecting our homeland,” the agency added.
A seizure of this magnitude has never been accomplished before. Officials said the one million pounds of cocaine does not include the strikes on Venezuelan narco-terrorists.
The Trump administration has vowed to intensify military action in the Caribbean as part of its counter-narcotics strategy.
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In recent months, U.S. forces have conducted multiple operations targeting smuggling vessels as President Donald Trump pushed to crack down on cartels and stem the flow of cocaine and other illicit drugs into the United States.
In February, Trump designated groups, including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel as foreign terrorist organizations. The Justice Department has also offered a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro is accused by U.S. authorities of helping lead the Cartel of the Suns, a Venezuelan drug-trafficking network allegedly comprised of senior government and military officials.
“As he gained power in Venezuela, Maduro participated in a corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization,” a State Department bulletin states.
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Prosecutors allege Maduro helped arrange multi-ton shipments of FARC-produced cocaine and directed the Cartel of the Suns to provide the group with military-grade weapons.
In August, Trump approved the deployment of several U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers to strengthen counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean.
Maduro responded by declaring that Venezuela was ready to resist any attacks, calling the move “an extravagant, unjustifiable, immoral and absolutely criminal and bloody threat.” He has accused Trump of orchestrating a broader campaign to overthrow his government.
Far-left gun club professor placed on leave after radical group exposed
EXCLUSIVE: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed a professor who is a member of a far-left gun club on administrative leave.
“The University of North Carolina has informed Dr. Dwayne Dixon, professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, that he has been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, following recent reports and expressions of concern regarding alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence,” Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications Dean Stoyer said in a statement to Fox News Digital Monday afternoon. “Placing Dr. Dixon on leave will allow the University to investigate these allegations in a manner that protects the integrity of its assessment.
“Depending upon the nature and circumstances of this activity, this conduct could be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including potential termination of employment according to the standards set forth in the Trustee Policies and Regulations Governing Academic Tenure in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and pursuant to UNC practice,” the statement continued.
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“At this time, the total length of the administrative leave has not been determined, as it will depend on the time needed to thoroughly assess the allegations and investigate if needed.
“The University continues to reaffirm its commitment to rigorous debate, respectful engagement and open dialogue in support of free speech. There is no place for or tolerance of inciting or extending sympathy toward violence of any kind within the UNC community,” the statement concluded.
Dixon is an Asian and Middle Eastern Studies professor at the university, according to his biography page. He is also a self-professed member of Redneck Revolt’s Silver Valley chapter, the group’s website shows.
Redneck Revolt is a gun club described by the Counter Extremism Project as a “far-left group” that “stands against capitalism and the concept of the nation-state, including its symbols such as police, prisons, and courts.”
In 2017, Dixon rallied with other far-left demonstrators in Durham, North Carolina, according to the Herald Sun. The rally was billed as an anti-KKK event, but the KKK was not there. Dixon was armed that day, accused of helping block public roadways “while armed with a semi-automatic weapon rifle capable of firing multiple shots within seconds, which upon observance by members of the public caused alarm and concerns for safety.”
He was charged with having a weapon at a public assembly or rally and going armed to the terror of people, both misdemeanors. Those charges were eventually dropped.
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Dixon and several other members of Redneck Revolt were also present at the 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. That rally ended when James Fields, now a convicted murderer, plowed through a crowd with his vehicle, killing a woman named Heather Heyer.
Later, during a panel hosted by Harvard University, Dixon said Fields “slow rolled” past him in his vehicle several times.
“One time he paused right in front of me, and I waved him off with my rifle,” Dixon said. “In his last pass he accelerated and a block away he killed Heather.”
Redneck Revolt, along with about a dozen right-wing groups, were sued by the city of Charlottesville and private business owners in the community. The groups were accused of breaking an anti-paramilitary law, a law that prohibits “falsely assuming the role of law enforcement” and a public nuisance law.
Redneck Revolt later entered into a consent decree with the city to avoid a trial.
“The judge’s decision earlier this week to deny the motion to dismiss meant that the case would go to trial,” according to a post on the group’s website. “Further, that meant that members of Redneck Revolt would need to be deposed, and that thousands of dollars would need to be spent on the legal defense.”
The group was represented by a high-powered, progressive New York City nonprofit, the National Lawyer’s Guild, and described the suit as “harassment” and “state repression of anti-racist activists.”
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In 2018, Dixon was charged with simple assault stemming from unrest on the night that a Confederate monument, a statue known as Silent Sam, was forcibly toppled by left-wing rioters on UNC’s campus, according to WRAL. That charge was later dismissed.
According to the Counter Extremism Project, Redneck Revolt is “an offshoot of the John Brown Gun Club,” which recently made headlines for posting recruiting flyers at Georgetown University that celebrated the assassination of conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
“Hey fascist! Catch this!” the flyer said, a nod to writing that was allegedly written on bullet casings by Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Kirk’s assassination.
“The only political group that celebrates when Nazis die,” the advertisement said.
A QR code on the flyer led to a page that read, “We’re building a community that’s done with ceremonial resistance and strongly worded letters. If you want to make a real change in your community, let us know below.”
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The John Brown Gun Club has an extensive history of political violence.
Earlier this year, 12 people were charged after an attack on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas.
One of the suspects was Benjamin Song, a long-time Antifa agitator, who was charged with three counts of attempted murder of federal agents in addition to three counts of discharging a firearm.
He was identified as a member of the John Brown Gun Club when he was sued in 2023 by a right-wing group called the New Columbia Movement.
That group alleged that Song was providing security at a drag event in Fort Worth as a member of the John Brown Gun Club’s Elm Fork Chapter. He was accused of pepper spraying members of the group, but never charged criminally.
Another John Brown Gun Club member, Willem van Spronsen, was killed by authorities in 2019 when he tried to blow up an ICE detention center by igniting a propane tank and throwing Molotov cocktails at the building.
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He left behind a manifesto that said, “I am Antifa,” and was hailed by fellow left-wing agitators as a “martyr” and hero of the movement.
‘Get your a– in the front row’: Rex Ryan fires back at Browns QB Sanders
Former NFL head coach Rex Ryan had a fiery response to Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ comments about the players at that position around the league.
Sanders said last week he was “capable of doing better” than the current starters around the NFL. However, on Sunday, Sanders didn’t see the field as the Detroit Lions wrapped up a 34-10 victory over the Browns. Dillon Gabriel received some action late in the game after Joe Flacco was benched.
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Ryan said on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Monday that something was “missing” from the Sanders conversation as the panelists debated over what head coach Kevin Stefanski should do at the position.
“This kid talks and he runs his mouth. Like he said, ‘I can be a starting quarterback’ with his arms crossed like this. Get your a– in the front row and study and do all that. If I know, the whole league knows,” Ryan said.
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“Quit being an embarrassment that way. You’ve got the talent to be the quarterback, you should be. You should be embarrassed that you’re not the quarterback now.”
It’s unclear what Stefanski will decide when it comes to quarterbacks this season. Gabriel already has a touchdown pass under his belt, while Sanders is still searching for the field.
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Cleveland will take a trip across the pond for a game in London against the Minnesota Vikings.