Alaska Natives contradict Democrats’ claims on ANWR after Senate undoes drilling ban
FIRST ON FOX: Democrats sounding the alarm of potential harms to Alaskan communities if their efforts were reversed and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was further opened to energy development got a very different response than they may have been expecting from a consortium of local Natives.
Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate voted Thursday night to pass a resolution from Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, that formally reversed a Biden-era rule restricting more than 1 million acres to development in the refuge, where Native communities like Kaktovik reside.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., notably spoke out on the Senate floor against the effort, saying that Congress rightly established the refuge in 1980 but neglected to properly protect the “very fragile ecosystem” there from development, calling it “America’s Serengeti.”
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“So far, we’ve been able to protect the coastal plain and keep it intact as it has been for millions of years, and many Americans had hoped we had moved on,” Cantwell said.
Using “the Congressional Review Act to drill in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge (could) very well backfire on our drilling advocates. If Congress votes to overturn the Biden record of decision today, it would create legal and regulatory chaos, not clarity.”
Additionally, several Democrats and at least one Republican supported a separate bill in April that would designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as statutorily protected wilderness, shutting out any development whatsoever.
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“There are some places too special and too amazing and too ecologically and culturally significant to allow them to be permanently despoiled by oil and gas,” House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Jared Huffman, D-Calif., said at the time as chief sponsor.
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., also led that bill’s introduction along with Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania moderate from the Philadelphia suburbs.
Despite such claims that development would damage the land and adversely affect those living there, Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) — a group representing the communities in and around the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, were ecstatic at the Senate’s reversal of the restrictive rule.
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“These joint congressional resolutions are a positive sign that congressional decisionmakers support our Iñupiaq self-determination,” VOICE President Nagruk Harcharek said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
Harcharek said that the vote is turning the tide on years of “lopsided relations” with Congress and the executive branch.
Our “communities are cautiously optimistic for the people of Kaktovik following this vote — supported by our local and regional leaders — in our Indigenous homelands.”
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Kaktovik Mayor Nathan Gordon Jr., added that the “Kaktovikmiut” — the community’s residents — overwhelmingly support responsible development projects in their native lands because it provides a prime way for them to provide for themselves and their regional economy.
“Kaktovik is the only community within ANWR, but the federal government and Congress have disregarded our voices for generations,” Gordon said.
A whaling captain who also attended a joint appearance in the region by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright also praised the news, crediting such officials for making efforts to engage with the Native community on issues that impact their lands.
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“Moving forward, we are hopeful to continue this positive relationship built on mutual respect with both Congress and the executive branch,” Charles C.C. Lampe said.
In a statement after the vote, Begich remarked that “America is strongest when Alaska is empowered to responsibly develop its resources.”
Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, also expressed the importance of listening to their state residents’ needs rather than the assumptions of the bureaucracy.
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Murkowski said previous Democratic administrations “paused everything, illegally canceled every lease, and then rewrote the program to ensure that neither leasing nor development would occur.”
“Their worldview was exactly backwards,” she said.
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“Today, we are on the cusp of righting this wrong, rolling back the lawless lock-up of ANWR, and unleashing good-paying jobs and opportunity for Alaska’s working families,” added Sullivan.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cantwell, Markey, Huffman and Fitzpatrick for comment.
Hollywood star endorses Republican for California governor after ‘devastating’ Dem admin
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood icon Lorenzo Lamas is endorsing a pro-law enforcement Republican for California governor after he says that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a “devastating” impact on the state.
Lamas, who is best known for his action roles in the 80’s and 90’s, told Fox News Digital he is endorsing Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco for governor, saying, “The impact on the state of California with the current [Newsom] administration is nothing short of devastating.”
Lamas said that “over the years I’ve been very careful about voicing an opinion politically,” noting that “sometimes it can affect who you work for, depending on a company’s or studio’s political point of view.”
“But I think we’re at a point now, not just in California, but I think nationwide, that we have to start at least voicing what we feel is wrong with what’s happening,” he explained.
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Lamas said he was motivated to finally speak out after long watching his home state be mismanaged despite its enormous economy and abundant natural resources. He described the Democratic Party’s grip on California as “a sickness that’s permeated the state from the top to the bottom.”
“We have to figure out what we’re going to do with the people that are disenfranchised and living on the streets, the programs that supposedly are budgeted for these folks, where is that money? … There’s nobody that’s accounting for the millions of dollars that are spent on welfare programs that’s not benefiting anybody that can use it,” he said.
Regarding the several devastating natural disasters the state has experienced in recent years, Lamas said, “I grew up in Pacific Palisades, that fire devastated my hometown. The home I grew up in burned down. My elementary school burned down. Why? Because not enough budget was allocated to resources to fight the fire.”
“Not only that, the people that lost their homes in the Palisades. Many of them were second, third generation people. They cannot afford to rebuild in the city that they grew up in, the city that they came to love. Why? Well, because, hey, guess what? It takes years to get rebuilding plans approved. There’s just so much red tape, so much bureaucracy, and Chad wants to just eliminate it.”
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“I’ve watched the wealthiest state in the nation become completely mismanaged by the current administration,” he went on. “It’s just it’s beyond the pale what’s happened to my state.”
Meanwhile, Lamas said that he believes Bianco, who has framed his candidacy around cost of living and public safety issues, “is the man that can really turn this thing around.”
“We’ve got to have a governor that’s pro-law enforcement, that’s going to keep our moms and our daughters safe on the streets,” he said, explaining, “I have two daughters that live in Los Angeles, and there I tell them, every single day [that] their heads got to be on a swivel. You see all the crime that’s rampant, not just in California, but all around the country. It’s permeating this beautiful nation of ours, and it really makes me sick.”
Bianco is facing a steep uphill battle to win as a Republican in deep blue California. It has been nearly two decades since a Republican won a statewide race. On the Democratic side of the aisle, California Rep. Eric Swalwell and former Rep. Katie Porter, both progressives and vocal critics of President Donald Trump, are running to replace Newsom, who is term-limited.
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On whether he believes California is ready to send a Republican to the governor’s mansion, Lamas answered, “What I see in Chad is a tremendous gift of being able to present his agenda with a commonsense foundation, and that’s going to appeal to anybody with half of a brain.”
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“Last November 6th, America voted for commonsense. And I think it’s time that California votes for commonsense, and the only person that I really feel can bring that to our state is Chad Bianco.”
A spokesperson for Newsom brushed off Lamas’ criticism, sending Fox News Digital a one-word response, simply asking, “Who?”
Bianco has also been endorsed by UFC legends Royce Gracie and Dan Henderson.
Afghanistan watchdog reveals impact of weapons left behind following US withdrawal
The final report from a government watchdog tasked with overseeing Afghanistan reconstruction efforts declared that “U.S. taxpayer-funded equipment, weapons, and facilities” left behind during the chaotic 2021 U.S. withdrawal have now “formed the core of the Taliban security apparatus.”
The 137-page document released this week from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) states that Congress provided approximately $144.7 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction between 2002 to 2021, as part of a mission promising to bring stability and democracy to the country, “yet ultimately delivered neither.”
“Due to the Taliban takeover, SIGAR was unable to inspect any of the equipment provided to, or facilities constructed for, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) following the Afghan government’s collapse,” the report said. “However, DOD determined that the United States left behind approximately $7.1 billion in material and equipment it had given to the ANDSF.”
“Similarly, any remaining ANDSF facilities that were not destroyed, can be assumed to be under Taliban control. These U.S. taxpayer-funded equipment, weapons, and facilities have formed the core of the Taliban security apparatus,” it added.
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The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan concluded in August 2021 under the Biden administration.
A Pentagon watchdog found the following year that, “Afghan forces had 316,260 weapons, worth $511.8 million, as well as ammunition and other equipment in their stocks when the former government fell, though the operational condition of these items was unknown.”
“The DoD reported that the U.S. military removed or destroyed nearly all major equipment used by U.S. troops in Afghanistan throughout the drawdown period in 2021,” the Pentagon watchdog said at the time.
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In the SIGAR report released this week, Gene Aloise, the Acting Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, wrote that, “Multiple factors contributed to the failure of the U.S. effort to transform a war-torn, underdeveloped country into a stable and prosperous democracy.”
“For example, early and ongoing U.S. decisions to ally with corrupt, human-rights-abusing powerbrokers bolstered the insurgency and undermined the mission, including U.S. goals for bringing democracy and good governance to Afghanistan,” he wrote in a letter attached to the report. “Efforts to improve Afghanistan’s economic and social conditions also failed to have a lasting impact. And, despite nearly $90 billion in U.S. appropriations for security-sector assistance, Afghan security forces ultimately collapsed quickly without a sustained U.S. military presence.”
The SIGAR report said the “ANDSF remained reliant on the U.S. military in part because the United States designed the ANDSF as a mirror image of U.S. forces, which required a high degree of professional military sophistication and leadership.
“This created long-term ANDSF dependencies. As a result of those dependencies, the decision to withdraw all U.S. military personnel and dramatically reduce U.S. support to the ANDSF destroyed the morale of Afghan soldiers and police,” the watchdog said.
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“Despite Afghanistan falling to the Taliban in 2021, the United States continued to be the nation’s largest donor, having disbursed more than $3.83 billion in humanitarian and development assistance there since,” it also revealed. “In the March 2025 quarter alone, disbursements totaled $120 million.”
Martha Stewart opens up about unconventional plan she’s made for the end of her life
Martha Stewart has her end-of-life plans already set.
During an appearance on Shawn Killinger’s “50+ & Unfiltered” podcast, Stewart said she plans on being “composted” when she dies.
“Oh, I’m going to be composted. When one of my horses dies, we dig a giant hole really deep in one of my fields,” Stewart began. “We have a pet cemetery. And the horse is wrapped in a clean, white linen sheet and very carefully dropped down into this giant lovely grave.”
“I want to go there,” she plainly stated.
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Stewart owns a 150-acre farm in Katonah, New York, which serves as her primary residence. She owns farm animals and horses.
“Oh, I’m going to be composted. When one of my horses dies, we dig a giant hole really deep in one of my fields.”
Killinger asked Stewart if her plan is “legal” or “allowed,” and the Emmy Award winner appeared uninterested in the legal semantics.
“It’s not going to hurt anybody, it’s my property,” Stewart said.
She made it clear that being buried in a traditional way is off the table.
“But these coffin things and all that stuff, no way,” Stewart added.
The process that Stewart plans on going through after her death is called terramation.
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According to Return Home, a company that offers terramation, it’s “the process of transforming human remains into nutrient-rich soil through controlled natural decomposition, offering an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, Stewart discussed never having plastic surgery done – but hasn’t ruled the possibility out.
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“Nope. I’m trying not to ever go under the knife. It doesn’t appeal to me. I have this theory, if one takes care of oneself really well and follows strict, but not life-threatening kinds of disciplines, one can look good, feel good and be good for a whole life.
“I’m 84 years old and I’m trying really hard to look good,” Stewart said.
The lifestyle guru also mentioned that she’ll never be photographed nude. “No. I don’t look good enough,” she simply told Killinger.
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Taylor Swift is shaping an ultra-luxe wedding at a top coastal resort: report
Taylor Swift may be writing her biggest love story yet.
Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island — an ultra-luxe resort near a home Swift owns — is suddenly at the center of a celebrity wedding storm.
Sources told Page Six that Swift paid off another bride who had the venue booked for June 13, 2026 — the date she was allegedly determined to lock down for her own wedding with NFL star Travis Kelce.
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, the resort denied the claims.
“Ocean House prides itself on being rooted in client confidentiality, integrity, loyalty, and service,” the hotel said. “The team at Ocean House is committed to offering each of our brides, grooms, their families, and friends an experience of a lifetime when hosting a wedding at our resort.
“When clients and their families choose Ocean House as their wedding venue, it is an agreement and commitment between our team and that family. Ocean House would not and is not allowing another party or entity to buy a wedding group out of a contracted wedding date. We appreciate the interest in our brides and grooms yet allow them to confirm their wedding location with who they choose.”
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Representatives for Swift and Kelce did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
If Swift and Kelce do plan their wedding at Ocean House, the venue easily matches the scale of their rumored guest list — which reportedly includes Selena Gomez and Gigi Hadid as bridesmaids, according to Page Six.
Ocean House is one of New England’s most prestigious hotels.
The AAA Five Diamond and triple Forbes Five-Star property — a distinction held by only 14 resorts worldwide — has become the epicenter of celebrity wedding speculation.
At Ocean House, luxury comes with a serious price tag.
Standard rooms start at $660 a night and can exceed $1,000, while suites reach up to $7,845 per night. The Penthouse Suite is priced at $10,000 a night. Its Ocean & Harvest Spa and COAST fine-dining restaurant are Forbes Five-Star rated.
Dining at the luxury resort includes 10 on-site options ranging from COAST’s fine dining to lobster boils, casual beach fare and champagne bars.
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Seafood lovers can visit the Verandah Raw Bar or the resort’s signature seafood restaurant, while Théa at Dune Cottage offers an exclusive beachside escape reserved for guests and members. For a more lively vibe, Dalia serves Spanish-style tapas, wine and cocktails.
The sprawling 13-acre oceanfront property also features a private 650-foot white-sand beach, manicured gardens and classic Victorian architecture.
With lawns, herb gardens, ballrooms and waterfront dune cottages, the resort can host lavish ceremonies of any size.
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Ocean House offers 46 guest rooms, 23 signature suites and 10 beachside cottages, restored with more than 5,000 historic furnishings and architectural elements from the original property. Guests can enjoy marble-finished bathrooms, custom wooden furnishings, sweeping ocean views and modern amenities expected at a top-tier resort.
Other amenities include yoga, cooking classes, movie nights, wine tastings, sunset yacht excursions and a luxurious spa — complete with a saltwater lap pool and high-end fitness and wellness studios.
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For ultimate VIP treatment, Ocean House offers a “land and sea” package: a private cruise on the Aphrodite yacht once used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Shirley Temple and Fred Astaire, according to The Providence Journal.
Individual sailings start at $5,000, while a three-night suite stay paired with the yacht trip exceeds $42,000.
Swift and Kelce announced their engagement on Aug. 26 after two years of dating.
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The couple shared their major relationship milestone on Instagram with the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
In photos Swift shared, Kelce was seen kneeling as Swift caressed his face during the intimate moment.
The “Love Story” singer began dating Kelce in 2023.
Bryan Kohberger trying to buddy up with serial killers from behind bars, source says
Between filing complaints about the prison food and taunts from fellow inmates, convicted killer Bryan Kohberger has been trying to get in touch with serial killers from around the country, according to a former homicide investigator with knowledge of the situation.
Chris McDonough, the director of the Cold Case Foundation and a retired detective, said he has insider knowledge of Kohberger’s behavior in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna.
When asked if Kohberger has made any friends behind bars so far, he said his source told him Kohberger’s been making overtures to other high-profile killers and “sees himself above everyone around him.”
“He’s tried reaching out to other serial killers, but I don’t know whether any relationships have formed,” McDonough told Fox News Digital. “Both inside and outside — he’s trying to communicate with people outside the walls.”
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Kohberger was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at Washington State University when he drove 10 miles away for a 4 a.m. home invasion massacre at the nearby University of Idaho.
He stabbed four undergrads to death in an off-campus house – Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
He left scant evidence behind — but dropped a Ka-Bar knife sheath with his DNA on it. The case dragged on for more than two years, and he finally pleaded guilty when his attempts to have the potential death penalty taken off the table failed.
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He received four consecutive sentences of life without parole, plus another 10 years, after pleading guilty to avoid the firing squad.
The Pennsylvania native entered Idaho prison with a target on his back, experts previously told Fox News Digital, due to the notoriety of the crime and the callous selection of victims, whom he had no known ties to.
In a little over four months in prison, he’s already filed official complaints claiming he’s been mistreated, harassed and threatened by his fellow inmates.
“He’s desperately trying to get transferred out of J-Block because of relentless taunting from other inmates,” McDonough told Fox News Digital. “Recently, his big complaint has been food, especially the bananas, because he’s a vegan. He didn’t like the type or quality of the food being prepared.”
However, complaining about that won’t help, with food services run by fellow inmates, McDonough explained.
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“It wouldn’t be surprising if the inmates intentionally give him the worst bananas — ‘Give this one to Kohberger,'” he said.
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Although the J-Block cell keeps Kohberger physically isolated for 23 hours a day, minimizing a risk that any other inmate could make good on threats of violence, Kohberger doesn’t like it and wants to be moved, McDonough said.
“His latest issue is that he’s implied that if they don’t move him out of J-Block—complaining his cell is too small and so on—he’ll harm himself. No one knows what that means. It could be a manipulation tactic, almost like a toddler having a tantrum, to get himself into a better unit.”
Affluent suburban high school launches socialism club for teens to build ‘better world’
A promotional flyer obtained by Fox News Digital shows that a high school in a well-to-do New Jersey suburb is advertising a brand-new club for young socialists.
The Highland Park High School Socialist Club in New Jersey held its first meeting Thursday at lunchtime, according to the flyer. The teen anti-capitalists are advised by a Mr. Girvan.
“WE WANT YOU,” the flyer says above an image of infamous communist Karl Marx, who is pointing toward the reader. The image is a play on the famous “I WANT YOU” illustration, a WWI Army recruiting poster that features “Uncle Sam.”
“Learn ways to solve social problems that don’t involve exploiting the working class,” the flyer says.
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Further promotional slogans include, “Learn what socialism is — not just what they tell you,” “Learn media and literacy skills along the way,” and “To help us build a better world!”
“Workers of the world unite!” the bottom of the flyer says, employing one of the most common socialist phrases.
Highland Park is located southwest of New York City, and the median household income is more than $100,000, according to Census Reporter, which is well higher than the national average of $83,730.
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A March 2025 survey by the Cato Institute showed that young people increasingly favor socialism.
While minors weren’t surveyed, Cato found that 62% of 18-to-29-year-olds view socialism favorably. Meanwhile, 14% of respondents said they favored full-fledged communism. The sample size of the poll was 2,000 people.
Last month, avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected to be the next mayor of New York City. The Associated Press reported that three quarters of New Yorkers under the age of 30 who voted in November voted for the 34-year-old soon-to-be mayor.
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In response to several questions, Fox News Digital received a brief reply from Highland Park School District Superintendent Kristina Susca.
“All high school clubs are subject to the Equal Access Act requiring that school districts permit extracurricular clubs, regardless of their political content,” she said.
Sydney Sweeney fights back against attacks over American Eagle jeans campaign in powerful response
Sydney Sweeney is done staying quiet.
The “Anyone but You” star is addressing the backlash head-on after months of heated debate over her American Eagle’s campaign, “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.”
Sweeney said the intense reaction wasn’t something she ever expected.
“I was honestly surprised by the reaction,” she told People. “I did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. I don’t support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren’t true.”
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The playful pun instantly sparked controversy online, with some critics arguing the “jeans” and “genes” wordplay carried racially charged implications.
Others compared the sultry shoot to Brooke Shields’ provocative 1980 Calvin Klein denim ads.
The actress said she’s usually someone who keeps her head down and avoids commenting on controversy. But the growing narrative around her intentions made her rethink her silence.
Sweeney, who described herself as someone who “leads with kindness,” said clarifying her stance felt necessary.
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“Anyone who knows me knows that I’m always trying to bring people together. I’m against hate and divisiveness,” she explained.
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“In the past my stance has been to never respond to negative or positive press but recently I have come to realize that my silence regarding this issue has only widened the divide, not closed it. So I hope this new year brings more focus on what connects us instead of what divides us.”
What started as a play on words in a denim campaign tagline exploded into a full-blown controversy.
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The commercial sparked backlash after she spoke about genes being “passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color.”
“My jeans are blue,” she added as the camera closed in on her eyes.
When the campaign was released on July 23, it faced immediate backlash, with some critics on social media suggesting it had shades of “eugenics” and “white supremacy.”
American Eagle released a statement on its social media accounts on Aug. 1, saying, “’Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story. We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.”
The star first addressed the debate last month during her GQ “Men of the Year” cover story, where she responded simply and directly when asked if the backlash caught her off guard.
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“I did a jean ad. I mean, the reaction definitely was a surprise, but I love jeans. All I wear are jeans. I’m literally in jeans and a T-shirt every day of my life,” she told the magazine at the time.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Sweeney for comment.
‘American Sniper’ star puts countryside retreat on the market for $2.6 million
Sienna Miller is ready to part ways with her cottage in the English countryside.
The “American Sniper” actress has placed her home in Toweridge, West Wycombe on the market for $2.6 million, in partnership with listing agents Hugh Maconochie and Eddie Hamilton with Savills.
Originally built in the 16th century, Miller purchased the five-bedroom and four-bathroom home in the early 2000s and renovated it during the pandemic to add a few modern touches, according to Mansion Global.
In addition to the nearly 2,000-square-foot main house, the property also includes a guest suite, affectionately referred to as “The Outhouse.” The converted garage acts as a space for guests, as it includes a studio bedroom, a wood-burning stove and a walk-in shower.
The home, which was featured in Architectural Digest in August 2022, also includes private gardens, including a wildflower meadow and a pond.
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Miller recently shocked fans when she debuted her baby bump at the 2025 Fashion Awards in London, England, on Dec. 1 in a lingerie-style sheer dress.
This is the actress’s third pregnancy, and second child with her boyfriend, Oli Green. The two welcomed their daughter in 2023, and she is also a parent to daughter Marlowe, 13, whom she shares with ex Tom Sturridge.
The “Horizon: An American Saga” star spoke to Elle UK in 2022 about her decision to freeze her eggs at the age of 40.
“[The] pressure… [about] kids, and should I have more, and why haven’t I, and all of that, which is a really loud noise. Biology is incredibly cruel on women in that decade – that’s the headline, or it certainly was for me.”
“Then I got to 40, and I froze some eggs,” she added. “Having been really focused on the need to have another baby, I’m just like, if it happens, it happens. That kind of existential threat has dissipated.”
Miller and Green sparked dating rumors in early 2022, and went on to make their red-carpet debut together in March at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. The two remained quiet about their relationship, with Miller later announcing their pregnancy at a Vogue World: London event in September 2023.
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She spoke about her relationship with Green during a June 2024 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, explaining she “didn’t expect to take it seriously” when they first began dating, but “then quite quickly, I fell in love.”
Miller also addressed their 14-year age gap, saying, “I wasn’t like, ‘I’m gonna get a younger boyfriend,’” joking she actually thought, “Why are you so young? That’s so annoying.”
“There is a difference in the way that generation of men respect women,” she said. “It’s specific to him, he is very wise and well-adjusted, but I do believe it’s also that generation. They have grown up with a slightly more level playing field. I see it in his female friends as well as in the men.”
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