Chuck Schumer threatens legal move against Trump over ’60 Minutes’ appearance
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., responded to President Donald Trump’s “60 Minutes” interview with what appeared to be a legal threat in an X post earlier Monday morning.
Trump appeared on the CBS news program for the first time since settling his lawsuit with CBS’ parent company Paramount on Sunday night. The sit-down interview was also Trump’s first time on “60 Minutes” since Oct. 2020, ahead of the presidential election.
Schumer called the interview “unhinged” and suggested that he would file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the episode’s editing.
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“Maybe I should file a complaint with the FCC against the Trump White House for editing his unhinged 60 Minutes interview. It will use the exact same language Trump lodged against Vice President Harris,” Schumer wrote.
Schumer’s post seemed to be in reference to Trump’s original lawsuit against CBS News, in which he accused the company of deceptively editing a 2024 “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, ahead of the presidential election.
However, Trump did not file an FCC complaint at the time, though he called for the network to lose its broadcasting license over the issue. The FCC complaint was filed by the Center for American Rights, which argued that CBS News’ editing decisions “amount to deliberate news distortion” and violated FCC rules.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer’s office and Paramount for comment.
Both Harris and CBS News were mocked by conservatives after it appeared that the network shortened a lengthy “word-salad” response from Harris that aired on “Face the Nation” to a more focused and condensed answer that aired on a special edition of “60 Minutes.”
CBS News denied that it took part in “deceitful editing” of the interview in a statement more than a week later.
“60 Minutes gave an excerpt of our interview to ‘Face the Nation’ that used a longer section of her answer than that on 60 Minutes. Same question. Same answer. But a different portion of the response,” the statement read.
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Trump sued CBS News for $10 billion in damages, later raising the figure to $20 billion, accusing the network of “deceptive doctoring” in favor of Harris. Paramount later agreed to a $16 million settlement in July.
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Though CBS News and Paramount have denied any wrongdoing, sources told Fox News Digital that CBS has agreed to update its editorial standards, adding a new rule requiring the release of full, unedited transcripts of future presidential candidates’ interviews.
‘Half the country feels insulted’: Maher slams hosts for one-sided ideology
HBO host Bill Maher called out late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Monday for not thanking him after Maher defended Kimmel during his suspension over comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer.
During the latest episode of Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the HBO host told guest Michael Rapaport that he believed Kimmel no longer liked him because he left Maher out when thanking people who supported him during the suspension.
“Look, Jimmy apparently doesn’t like me too much anymore because he thanked everybody but me. And I was adamant, adamant, about supporting him that week and the next week,” Maher said.
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On a recent episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the comedian criticized ABC for suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following Kimmel’s suggestion that Kirk’s suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, was a Trump supporter. Reports at the time indicated that Robinson had leftist leanings.
“ABC – they are steady. ABC stands for ‘Always Be Caving,” Maher said. “So Jimmy, pal, I am with you. I support you. And on the bright side, you don’t have to pretend anymore that you like Disneyland.”
Maher acknowledged that Kimmel’s claim about Robinson was wrong but said the late-night comic shouldn’t lose his job over it.
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“Look, I don’t think what he said was exactly right. I don’t,” Maher said. “We don’t agree on that. He [shouldn’t] lose his job for it!”
On his podcast, he told Rapaport, “Like I said, I can’t lie and say I think what he said was accurate, but I was adamant that he shouldn’t be thrown off the air.”
Maher, who was fired from his own ABC show in 2002 for comments about the 9/11 hijackers, added that Kimmel “did a great show.”
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However, the HBO host said he understood why about half the country dislikes network late-night shows like Kimmel’s, pointing to the consistent liberal ideology they promote on-air.
“My problem with him and hosts like that, quite frankly – they’re all quite similar in this regard – is that they’re ideologically captured by one side,” he said.
Maher added, “It’s just not what I do or what I’m doing. And so, and there’s a reason why half the country feels insulted by them and has turned off to them because it’s just one very predictable point of view.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Kimmel’s reps for comment.
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Officials fear politician has vanished internationally with son after criminal charges
A former Democratic Oregon county commissioner facing several felony charges may have fled the United States, according to authorities.
Former Clackamas County Commissioner Melissa Fireside in March 2025 allegedly stole $30,000 from her mother’s boyfriend, who is currently living in an assisted living facility, according to KPTV.
Prosecutors said that during one visit to the assisted living facility, Fireside got access to the bank account belonging to her mother’s boyfriend, then called the bank and guided him on resetting his online information.
Fireside then allegedly used the account to take out $29,000, which went to repay a loan given to her by a state representative. Prosecutors also said Fireside withdrew $1,000 which was put into her account.
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Authorities began investigating after the man’s daughter reported suspicious activity to his credit union.
In an Oct. 31 news release, the Oregon Department of Justice said Fireside may have fled the country and filed a motion to revoke her conditional release.
The father to Fireside’s 9-year-old son called the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday and said the child was withdrawn from school, adding that his ex-partner “apparently has fled the country,” according to court documents.
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The Oregon DOJ said that Fireside possibly used a fake ID to enter Mexico.
On Tuesday, Fireside allegedly made a reservation to fly from Mexico to Amsterdam, according to the Oregon DOJ.
“Our top concern right now is the safety and well-being of this child,” said Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield. “We are working closely with law enforcement partners here and at the federal level to locate Ms. Fireside and ensure she is held accountable under Oregon law. No one should be able to evade justice by crossing a border.”
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Fireside was charged with first-degree aggravated theft, first-degree theft, computer crime and first-degree forgery. The Oregon DOJ said her conditional release agreement required her to stay in Oregon unless given permission to leave the state.
Fireside’s trial was scheduled to begin on Dec. 2.
Shannon Kmetic, an attorney for Fireside, declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital.
Only person to live through horrific passenger plane crash breaks silence
The only survivor of June’s Air India crash in the Indian City of Ahmedabad told BBC News he feels like the “luckiest man” alive – but said the label feels cruel as he mourns his brother and struggles with the physical and mental wounds left by the tragedy.
Viswashkumar Ramesh, 39, was the only person to walk away from the wreckage of the London-bound Boeing 787 after it crashed moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad.
He told BBC News that while his escape felt like a “miracle,” the loss of his younger brother and the trauma that followed have left him unable to return to normal life.
“I lost my brother as well. My brother is my backbone,” he said. “Last few years, he was always supporting me.”
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Since returning to his home in Leicester, Ramesh has battled severe post-traumatic stress, his advisors told the outlet, and has struggled to speak with his wife and 4-year-old son.
“Now I’m alone,” he said. “I just sit in my room alone, not talking with my wife, my son. I just like to be alone in my house.”
Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time. There were 242 passengers and crew members onboard the flight.
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Video from the scene showed smoke rising from the wreckage as Ramesh stumbled away with minor visible injuries. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi later visited him in the hospital, where Ramesh recalled unbuckling his seatbelt and crawling out of the fuselage through an opening near his seat, 11A.
Speaking beside local community leader Sanjiv Patel and family spokesman Radd Seiger, Ramesh said reliving the crash remains too painful.
“I’m thinking all night, I’m suffering mentally,” he told BBC News. “Every day is painful for the whole family.”
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Ramesh said he continues to endure physical pain from leg, shoulder, knee, and back injuries that prevent him from working or driving.
“When I walk, not walk properly, slowly, slowly, my wife helps,” he said.
His advisors said he was diagnosed with PTSD while hospitalized in India but has not received further treatment since returning to the U.K.
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They described him as “lost and broken,” calling for senior Air India officials to meet with him and other families affected by the crash.
“They’re in crisis, mentally, physically, financially,” Patel said. “It’s devastated his family.”
Seiger said repeated requests for a meeting with the airline have been ignored or declined.
“The people who should be sitting here today are the executives of Air India,” he said. “Please come and sit down with us so that we can work through this together to try and alleviate some of this suffering.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Air India for comment on the matter.
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Still, Air India, owned by Tata Group, said in a statement to BBC News that company leaders have continued to visit families of victims and that an offer to meet Ramesh’s representatives “remains open.”
The airline said care for Ramesh and others affected by the crash “remains our absolute priority.”
Legendary political figure makes major election eve announcement: ‘needs a change’
Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, a Republican who has largely avoided politics for years, has endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for governor, saying New Jersey “needs a change” and describing the GOP nominee as a “compassionate” and “decent” leader he’s known for decades.
Kean served as New Jersey’s 48th governor from 1982 to 1990 and came from a family that produced generations of American political leaders, including William Livingston, the state’s first constitutional governor, according to the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
Kean announced his endorsement Monday on social media, urging voters to back Ciattarelli in Tuesday’s election.
“I haven’t been involved in partisan politics for a number of years, but this year is different,” Kean said in a video shared by Ciattarelli on X. “New Jersey needs a change and needs a change badly. Jack Ciattarelli is that change.”
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In the video, Kean praised Ciattarelli’s character and work ethic.
“We’ve got a lot to do in New Jersey,” he continued. “I’ve known Jack for 25 years. He’s compassionate, he’s decent, he works hard, and he’d be a great Governor for New Jersey.”
The GOP nominee has narrowed the gap with Democratic rival Rep. Mikie Sherrill in a highly competitive race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.
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In his post Monday, Ciattarelli said Kean set the standard for effective leadership.
“Now it’s our turn to bring that kind of government back,” he said. “Let’s get out and vote for real change, real results, and a brighter future for New Jersey.”
Before becoming governor, Kean served in the New Jersey Assembly, where he became the youngest speaker in state history. As governor, he pushed major education reforms, strengthened environmental protections, and promoted the slogan “New Jersey and You: Perfect Together.”
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He won re-election in 1985 with nearly 70% of the vote, one of the largest margins in state history. After leaving office, he became president of Drew University, where he oversaw significant growth in funding and facilities.
Later in his career, then-President George W. Bush appointed Kean in 2002 to chair the 9/11 Commission. His bipartisan leadership on the panel elevated him to national prominence and cemented his reputation as one of New Jersey’s most respected public figures.
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New Jersey and Virginia are the only states that hold gubernatorial elections the year after a presidential race, contests that often draw national attention as early tests of voter sentiment ahead of the midterms.
Thune signals GOP may push for January deadline as Schumer blocks House bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans are considering pushing back the House-passed government funding extension in a bid to give lawmakers more time to pass spending bills.
The House’s continuing resolution (CR) would reopen the government until Nov. 21. That bill has been blocked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats 13 times so far and has pushed the shutdown into record-breaking territory.
Given that the original seven-week plan has now shrunk to just three weeks as the shutdown drags on, Thune and the Senate GOP realize that more time will be needed to pass appropriations bills.
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“The House-passed CR is, you know, the idea that we could get any appropriations bills done, you know, by November the 21st now, that date’s lost,” Thune said.
The objective now is to produce a CR that extends the funding deadline, possibly into January. Thune said that he was “certainly open” to extending the deadline into next year. Senate Republicans tried to get a package of three bills on the floor, along with possibly more, late last month. But that move was blocked by Senate Democrats.
“As you look at the calendar, if you want to do normal appropriations work, you look at how long it takes to get bills across the floor in the Senate and through the House,” he said. “It’s, you know, the longer sort of runway there is better.”
To do so would either require a fresh CR, or the House-passed bill could be amended. Still, anything that Republicans hash out will need to break through the 60-vote threshold in the Senate and require support from Democrats.
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Any changes to the House’s bill, or a new bill, would also need to be sent back to the House, which House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has kept out of session now for over six weeks.
Johnson, when asked about time running out on the House-passed CR, didn’t say whether lawmakers would need to craft a new one or extend the Nov. 21 deadline. He blamed Senate Democrats, however, for running out the clock.
“We’re very mindful of the clock,” Johnson told Fox News’ Will Cain on “The Will Cain Show.” “And the great irony here is the Democrats are the ones that are taking the time off that clock. We needed it.”
But lawmakers in the lower chamber already expected that more time would be needed given the blockade in the upper chamber.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital in an interview late last month that he believed a new CR would be needed, “having wasted this much time.”
Asked about what timing he believed would be realistic, Cole said he could see a short-term measure “probably into early January” in a bid to avoid a colossal, year-end funding bill known as an omnibus where all 12 appropriations bills and numerous spending and policy riders are crammed into one bill.
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“In both chambers, both parties, there’s a dread of what’s called the Christmas omnibus, where we put you right up to the edge of Christmas, and they don’t let you go home to your family until you pass a God awful omnibus bill. We don’t want to do that to our members,” he said.
But there’s another faction within the GOP calling for a longer-term bill. A source familiar with the House Freedom Caucus told Fox News Digital last month that its chairman, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., would advocate for a bill extending into December 2026 — provided he agreed with the details in the measure itself.
Meanwhile, Thune said that he was optimistic that the shutdown could end this week. The Senate is nearing yet another scheduled recess, this time for Veterans’ Day next week, that could see lawmakers leave Washington, D.C., with the government still closed.
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He wasn’t ready to outright cancel the recess, but noted that “if we don’t start seeing some progress or some evidence of that by at least the middle of this week, it’s hard to see how we would finish anything by the end of the week.”
“I think we’re getting close to an off-ramp here, but, you know, this is unlike any other government shutdown,” he said.
NFL broadcaster under fire for strange commentary as Buffalo defeats Kansas City
Tony Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys star-turned-broadcaster, raised eyebrows during his call of the Buffalo Bills’ win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
The CBS color analyst was making some awkward noises as he tried to describe holding penalties that were called against the Bills.
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As fans were dialed into the classic matchup between the two AFC rivals, they couldn’t help but comment on what Romo was saying, or trying to say, during the game.
The Bills ended up winning the game, 28-21, as they stopped two of Patrick Mahomes’ final heaves toward the end zone in the closing seconds. And while the win was huge for Buffalo moving forward through the season, Romo took the brunt of the criticism for his call.
Romo had been under scrutiny plenty of times as he transitioned from the playing field to the broadcast booth. Before Super Bowl LVIII, he addressed some of the criticism he’s received.
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“It’s a normal arc of someone’s career,” he said at the time. “Honestly, I think a lot of people were rooting against Mahomes because he’s been there. They want to see people new.
“It’s just part of an arc when you do something at a very high level. I think that’s normal. Same thing happens in football. You become dominant at things, and then all of a sudden people are like, ‘OK.’ Then at the end, Tiger Woods comes back and everyone roots for you. It’s just a normal arc of a career. It’s not abnormal. It’s absolutely what’s supposed to happen.”
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He did say he received some praise for how he called games, though his chemistry with legendary broadcaster Jim Nantz had also been put under the microscope.
Deadly mountain disaster claims 7 lives as rescue efforts hampered by weather
An avalanche on Monday swept through a camp in Nepal, killing five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said.
Five foreigners were injured at the base camp on Mount Yalung Ri, located at 16,070 feet. Their nationalities and identities have not been disclosed.
A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the agency was aware of the avalanche and was working to gather information.
“The U.S. Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens,” the spokesperson said. “We are closely monitoring the situation and stand ready to provide consular assistance.”
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Rescue crews were reaching the site on foot. A rescue helicopter attempted to reach the site, but bad weather forced it to turn back. Nepal’s Armed Police Force spokesperson Shailendra Thapa said it will try again Tuesday at dawn.
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Mount Yalung Ri is an 18,370-foot peak. It’s considered suitable for beginners with no previous experience climbing high mountains.
Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, including Mount Everest.
Earlier this month, a South Korean climber died after getting caught in a powerful storm while attempting to summit a Himalayan peak just south of Mount Everest.
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In the autumn months, climbers often scale smaller peaks before the rainy season and winter months.
Musk targets socialist mayoral frontrunner with warning he says New Yorkers will feel
Billionaire Elon Musk warned in an interview that the policies of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, would cause a major decline in living standards.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” and acknowledged that Mamdani is the frontrunner in the mayoral race but said that his agenda, if implemented, would hurt New Yorkers’ quality of life.
“Mamdani is a charismatic swindler,” Musk said. “I mean you gotta hand it to him, like, he can light up a stage, but he has just been a swindler his entire life.”
“If Mamdani’s policies are put into place, especially at scale, it would be a catastrophic decline in living standards, not just for the rich, but for everyone. As has been the case with every socialist experiment,” Musk added.
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Mamdani, who is currently a member of the New York State Assembly, has campaigned on implementing a range of socialist policies if he wins the New York City mayoral race.
His platform calls for raising New York City’s minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030, along with raising the corporate tax rate to match New Jersey’s 11.5% rate. Mamdani has also called for eliminating bus fares and creating a universal childcare policy.
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He has proposed building 200,000 new units of “permanently affordable, union-built, rent-stabilized homes” over the next decade while also immediately freezing rents for tenants in rent-stabilized units.
Mamdani’s platform also includes the creation of city-owned grocery stores that would operate on a rent-free basis without property tax liabilities, with the stores buying and selling goods at “wholesale prices” to give consumers a “public option” in the grocery store market.
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Mamdani defended his proposed tax hikes in an interview with Martha MacCallum on Fox News’ “The Story” last month.
“I’ve said time and time again that I believe these are the most straightforward ways that we can actually fund universal childcare, making buses fast and free, and I’ve said that the two clear ways to do so: raising personal income taxes on the top 1% by 2% and raising the corporate tax to match that of New Jersey’s corporate tax of 11.5%,” Mamdani said. “Now, if there are other ways to raise this money to fund this agenda, the most important thing is that we fund the agenda.”
He also pushed back on the need to cut spending in other areas of the city’s budget to fund his priorities.
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“I don’t think we have to cut, I’ve spoken about raising taxes on the wealthiest. And frankly, this is an issue that we have here in New York City, and frankly, even across this country. When I’ve spoken to Trump voters right here in New York City – Hillside Avenue in Queens, Fordham Road in the Bronx – they’ve told me it was the cost of living that drove them to vote for Donald Trump,” Mamdani said.