Ukrainian anti-corruption raid uncovers alleged $10K monthly payments to lawmakers
A former Ukrainian prime minister has been accused of plotting to bribe politicians with stacks of U.S. dollars in a scheme aimed at weakening President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, a former political advisor has claimed.
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (UNACB) first confirmed Jan. 13 it uncovered an alleged effort by the leader of an unnamed parliamentary faction to offer illegal benefits to lawmakers, according to Reuters.
Video released by UNACB showed stacks of U.S. dollars seized during overnight searches earlier this week, including footage of a woman in an office sitting behind a desk. Authorities did not publicly identify the suspect.
According to the Kyiv Post, published recordings allegedly show that three lawmakers were offered $10,000 per month in exchange for their votes, with the case linked by some to Yulia Tymoshenko, a veteran politician, former prime minister and current leader of the Batkivshchyna party.
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Former Zelenskyy press secretary Iuliia Mendel told Fox News Digital the cash allegedly belonged to Tymoshenko and was intended to pay lawmakers to vote against the president’s legislative proposals.
“In Ukraine, such transactions are usually discussed in U.S. dollars, as you can see from the law enforcement reports,” Mendel, a former political advisor said.
“The U.S. dollars shown in that video were allegedly hers that she was supposed to use to pay people to vote against Zelenskyy’s legislative proposals. She said it was her personal savings,” Mendel added.
Mendel said the sums shown in the footage appeared relatively modest, “about $40,000,” she said, noting other corruption cases in Ukraine have involved “much larger sums, sometimes millions of dollars.”
The raid on Tymoshenko’s party office reportedly lasted nearly all night.
“Officers arrived in the evening and remained in her office for almost the entire night,” Mendel said.
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Investigators allege several lawmakers — reportedly including members of Zelenskyy’s own faction — approached Tymoshenko, leading to discussions about regular monthly payments in exchange for coordinated voting.
Despite reportedly being served with a notice of suspicion, Tymoshenko also addressed parliament this week, calling the case “political persecution against me.”
“The so-called ‘urgent investigative actions’ that lasted all night ended at the Batkivshchyna party office. These ‘urgent investigative actions’ have nothing to do with law and order,” Tymoshenko also wrote on Facebook.
According to Mendel, the goal was not to attack Zelenskyy personally but to fracture the ruling mono-majority in parliament.
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“Ukraine’s system is a parliamentary-presidential republic, meaning the legislature plays a central role in governance. When the president controls a mono-majority, legislation can pass quickly,” Mendel said.
“Breaking that majority would significantly weaken Zelenskyy’s legislative authority.”
Tymoshenko, a central figure in the 2004 Orange Revolution and Ukraine’s first female prime minister, has faced legal trouble before.
In 2011, she was jailed over a gas deal with Russia in a case widely viewed as politically motivated before being released in 2014. She is expected to appear before Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court.
“Corruption is one of the key reasons we are losing this war. It severely damages Ukraine’s image on the international stage,” Mendel warned.
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“By 2024, corruption had reached such a scale that Ukrainians chose an extremely dangerous and painful path — exposing it publicly in order to fight it,” Mendel added.
“Now, cases like this bring the issue back into the spotlight. Corruption will destroy Ukraine.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Zelenskyy’s office for comment.
Senate passes $174B funding package, sends it to Trump’s desk
After a brief series of delay tactics deployed by Democrats, the Senate passed a $174 billion spending package, sending a trio of funding bills to President Donald Trump’s desk.
The move puts Congress one step closer to averting a partial government shutdown, but lawmakers are only halfway through completing and passing the legislation needed to keep the lights on in Washington, D.C.
Neither party is keen to repeat the events of last fall, when Congress shattered the record for the longest government shutdown in history at 43 days. Still, hurdles remain before the fast-approaching Jan. 30 deadline to fund the government.
Despite attempts by Senate Democrats to slow the process, with lawmakers railing against recent actions by the Trump administration in Minnesota and Colorado, the power of jet fumes and an impending week-long break from the Capitol smashed through any resistance.
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The three-bill package, known as a minibus, includes legislation to fund commerce, justice, science and related agencies; energy and water development and related agencies; and interior, environment and related agencies.
Comparatively, that package, and a forthcoming two-bill package from the House, are much easier lifts for lawmakers to pass than what’s to come.
Funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proved tricky, given congressional Democrats’ outrage over the agency’s actions in Minnesota.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was hopeful that a forthcoming package would include that bill, and that it could advance through the House to the Senate in the coming weeks.
“Appropriators are working on another package of the four remaining bills, which I hope will receive the same bipartisan backing that has characterized the appropriations cycle thus far,” Thune said on the Senate floor. “And before the end of the month the Senate will need to process all of these funding bills and get them to the president’s desk.”
But there is an acknowledgment among several lawmakers that Congress will likely have to turn to a short-term funding extension, or continuing resolution (CR), for some remaining funding bills or directly targeted at DHS.
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Congressional Democrats are demanding restrictions on DHS funding, particularly money that flows to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent last week.
Lawmakers are staying tight-lipped, for now, about what exactly the restrictions could be.
In the upper chamber, Homeland Security Appropriations Chair Katie Britt, R-Ala., said that Republicans had sent a “counteroffer to the Democrats but have yet to hear back from them.”
When asked if, ultimately, a CR for just DHS funding would be acceptable for the time being, she told Fox News Digital, “What I want to do is actually pass a bill.”
“I find it hard to believe that Democrats would give President Trump, in their words, a ‘slush fund’ on DHS,” Britt said. “So I think figuring out a pathway forward is what we need to do for everybody involved. And so I’m continuing to be committed to doing that. Time is of the essence.”
Britt’s opposite on the committee, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., noted that the bill was “obviously the hardest,” but contended that Democrats did not want to try to fix every issue in one fell swoop.
He also believed that a CR wouldn’t fix any of the issues, either.
“A CR doesn’t stop them from terrorizing our citizens, doesn’t stop the violence,” Murphy said. “So, a CR isn’t great. A budget without any constraints on DHS isn’t likely to get a lot of Democratic votes either.”
“That’s one of the difficult things to figure out, is whether there’s any language you can put in a budget that the administration will follow,” he continued. “But yes, I think there are ways that we could write accountability into the budget that would be hard for the administration to avoid.”
The Senate’s passage of the minibus comes after the House advanced its latest two-bill package on Wednesday evening. That bill totaled roughly $80 billion in funding for the State Department and related national security, as well as federal financial services and general government operations.
That legislation easily passed the House in a 341-79 vote on Wednesday evening and is now headed to the Senate for its consideration.
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House appropriators are expected to release the text of their minibus covering the War Department, Labor Department, Education Department, Department of Transportation, and Department of Health and Human Services, among others, in the coming days.
House GOP leaders are hoping to advance that bill, which will likely be the largest by far, next week while the Senate is in recess. The House will be out the following week.
Questions remain about whether DHS funding will be part of that legislation or its own standalone issue, however.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital on Wednesday, “Right now, there’s no bipartisan path forward for the Department of Homeland Security bill.”
Common food allergy plummets nationwide after experts recommend bold new approach
Historically, parents were advised to avoid feeding peanuts to babies for the first few years of life, but emerging research has confirmed that introducing them sooner — as early as infancy — could help stave off food allergies.
A 2025 study led by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed medical records from dozens of pediatric practices across the U.S., finding that early introduction of peanuts resulted in a 27% decrease in peanut allergy diagnoses among children and a 38% decrease in overall food allergies.
The latest research also found that eggs had surpassed peanuts as the most common food allergen in the children studied. Beyond peanuts, other common food allergens include milk, egg and wheat.
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The new research — published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in October 2025 — focused on a two-year period after new guidance was issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which first advised parents to introduce peanuts earlier.
That updated guidance was based on a landmark 2015 study — the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) trial — which found that for infants who had severe eczema or an egg allergy, exposing them to peanuts when they were between 4 and 11 months old could reduce peanut allergy risk by 81%.
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The guidelines were updated again in 2021, encouraging the introduction of peanut, egg and other major food allergens as early as 4 to 6 months for all children — including those without a history of prior reaction, according to health experts.
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“Everyone has been wondering whether these landmark public health interventions have had an impact on reducing rates of IgE-mediated food allergies in the United States,” said first author Stanislaw Gabryszewski, M.D., Ph.D., an attending physician in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, in a statement.
“We now have data that suggest the effect of this landmark public health intervention is occurring.”
The latest findings “are supportive of efforts to increase education and advocacy related to early food introduction practices,” the study authors wrote.
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“If confirmed, these findings would represent a meaningful public health advance — affirming that clinical research, when coupled with clear guidelines and committed dissemination, can indeed shift the trajectory of childhood food allergy.”
Study limitations
The study only included data through early 2019 and did not consider the guidance released in 2021, which recommended early introduction of multiple allergens regardless of risk, the researchers acknowledged.
It also relied on allergy diagnoses from electronic health records, which may miss some cases. Also, the researchers did not capture individual feeding patterns.
Because the study was observational, it cannot prove cause and effect, but only association, the researchers noted. Other factors may influence the outcome.
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In some children, peanut allergy can trigger severe, life-threatening reactions, including difficulty breathing, swelling of the throat and a dangerous drop in blood pressure, according to Mayo Clinic. These reactions require immediate treatment with epinephrine, a life-saving allergy medication.
Not all parents may be comfortable with these revised guidelines, health experts say.
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“Not everyone has followed those guidelines, but this is further evidence that this early introduction is effective at preventing food allergies,” Dr. Susan Schuval, chief of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital in New York, previously told Fox News Digital.
Parents are encouraged to discuss any concerns with their pediatrician before introducing potential food allergens.
Jay Leno shares ‘most Hollywood’ comment he heard while caring for wife with dementia
Jay Leno continues to stand by his wife during her battle with advanced dementia, a decision that has stunned some in Hollywood.
The former “Tonight Show” host revealed that while caring for his wife of 45 years, Mavis, some people have reacted with disbelief and even suggested he find a girlfriend.
“You take a vow when you get married, and people are stunned … they’re so shocked that you would live up to it. Why?” Leno said during an appearance on the “Life Above the Noise with Maria Shriver” podcast.
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Shriver reacted, “In sickness and in health. … Then, when there is a sickness and you’re there, you’re saying people are like, ‘Whoa.’”
Leno said the most surprising comment came straight out of Hollywood.
“Yeah, my favorite thing was — and this is the most Hollywood thing — a guy said to me, ‘Uh, so are you going to get a girlfriend now?’ Well, no, I have a girlfriend. I’m married. I’ve been married 45 years. ‘Yeah, but you know what I mean.’ No … we’re kind of in this together, you know. You can’t, ‘Honey, honey, I’ll be with my girlfriend, I’ll be back later.’ That was like the most Hollywood thing. It just made me laugh,” he said.
Shriver asked whether the reaction had surprised him.
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“But you’re saying that people … their reaction has been surprising to you?” she asked.
“We just make a big deal out of it,” Leno replied. “You’re just doing the right thing because you’re supposed to. Right? That’s kind of — that used to be the norm, and then when you strayed, that was the out-of-whack part. Now the out-of-whack part is fairly common, and staying and doing what you’re supposed to do is stunning to people. Well, we kind of made a deal, you know.”
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Leno, 75, has been married to Mavis, 79, since 1980. The couple never had children. He has described standing by her side not as a sacrifice but as a responsibility he accepted decades ago.
In January 2024, Leno filed for conservatorship over Mavis’ estate, stating she “lacks the necessary capacity to execute the estate plan” due to “major neurocognitive disorders (including dementia),” according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Mavis is far more than the spouse of a TV icon. She earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2002 for her advocacy supporting Afghan women living under Taliban rule.
The couple first met at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
US spot named ‘worst’ tourist designation worldwide in comprehensive new study
A recent report is shining a light on popular destinations considered the “worst” for tourists to visit because they fall short of the hype they’ve received over the years.
Analysts looked at more than 100 tourist attractions around the world and came up with a list of the “worst” destinations that “underwhelm visitors despite their global fame,” according to the report.
Stasher, a travel company specializing in luggage storage, released the findings based on Google Reviews ratings, TikTok engagement, airport accessibility, country safety and local accommodation quality.
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Grabbing the “worst” label of all was the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
“Located [23 miles] from the LAX airport, this sidewalk of celebrity stars had the lowest Google rating and safety score,” analysts noted.
There are over 2,800 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honoring achievements in film, TV, music, radio and live performance, according to its website.
The stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are located on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.
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Trip Advisor ranks the site 3.4 out of 5 stars on its website and puts it at no. 64 on a “to-do list” for those visiting Los Angeles.
“The area is run down, dirty and full of shady figures,” one person wrote on Trip Advisor. “Prices in restaurants and shops are completely different. Celebrities are hardly met here, but [there are] plenty of homeless people. We walked down the street once and then moved on quickly.”
Another visitor said, “[The] Hollywood Walk of Fame was definitely not what I expected based on TV and movies. The whole area felt unsafe during our visit, and I wouldn’t recommend taking young children.”
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Another person had a different take.
“OK, it’s a bit shabby, tacky and touristy, but if you’re a tourist, then why not! We loved looking at all the stars’ names etc. and going in and out of the tourist shops … Done, ticked [it] off the list.”
“It’s an iconic piece of Hollywood.”
One tourist wrote, “If you’ve never been to Hollywood before, then the Walk of Fame is definitely worth seeing. Famous throughout the years, it’s an iconic piece of Hollywood.”
Another visitor said, “The Hollywood Walk of Fame is simply part of a visit to Los Angeles. The many stars of famous artists are exciting to [see], and it is fun to discover familiar names.”
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A person wrote, “Don’t expect to see the glamour of Hollywood, as it’s disappointing. The image you have of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is one of stardom and glitz, but the reality is your average city center with expensive gift shops.”
“The reality is your average city center with expensive gift shops.”
Other notable destinations making the report’s “top 10 tourist traps that just aren’t worth it” are the Dead Sea, between Israel and Jordan, and the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Great Wall of China was also among that group.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Hollywood Walk of Fame for comment.
On its website, the location shares its full history. It notes that “today, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce continues to add stars to the Walk of Fame as the representative of the City of Los Angeles. An average of two stars are added to the Walk on a monthly basis. The Walk is a tribute to all of those who worked so hard to develop the concept and to maintain this world-class tourist attraction.”
Federal judge says California manipulated district lines based on race
“A federal judge criticized California’s voter-approved congressional map to redraw districts to favor Democrats, calling it a case of “racial gerrymandering” in a scathing opinion.
Judge Kenneth Lee noted his concerns about race being a factor in his dissent as a panel of judges voted 2-1 to uphold the map.
“California sullied its hands with this sordid business when it engaged in racial gerrymandering as part of its mid-decade congressional redistricting plan to add five more Democratic House seats,” Lee wrote.
“We know race likely played a predominant role in drawing at least one district because the smoking gun is in the hands of Paul Mitchell, the mapmaker who drew the congressional redistricting map adopted by the California state legislature,” he added.
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The court rejected a claim by Republicans that the map approved as part of Proposition 50 violated the Voting Rights Act by drawing maps to favor Hispanic and Latino voters.
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The decision allows California to use the map, which could give Democrats more House seats. The California Republican Party said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency injunction.
“The well-reasoned dissenting opinion better reflects our interpretation of the law and the facts, which we will reassert to the Supreme Court,” California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin said in a statement. “The map drawer’s plain statements acknowledging that he racially gerrymandered the Proposition 50 maps, which he and the legislature refused to explain or deny, in addition to our experts’ testimony, established that the courts should stop the implementation of the Prop 50 map. We look forward to continuing this fight in the courts.”
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Lee noted that mapmaker Paul Mitchell refused to appear before the panel, but had allegedly publicly boasted to his political allies that he had drawn the map to “ensure that the Latino districts.”
“In embarking on a mid-decade redistricting plan to create more Democratic-friendly districts, California relied on race to create at least one Latino-majority congressional district,” he wrote. “To be clear, as the majority explains, California began its mid-cycle redistricting attempt after Texas initiated its own redistricting in favor of Republicans. But that larger partisan goal does not negate that California’s Democratic state legislature sought to maintain and expand a racial spoils system.”
Prop 50 was the result of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic leaders asking voters whether the state should redraw congressional lines by targeting five Republican strongholds.
The move was a countermeasure to Texas’ efforts to send more Republicans to the House.
“Republicans’ weak attempt to silence voters failed,” Newsom said in a statement. “California voters overwhelmingly supported Prop 50 – to respond to Trump’s rigging in Texas – and that is exactly what this court concluded.”
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House maps are typically redrawn every 10 years following the census, and the process rarely takes place mid-decade.
Leavitt torches journalist as ‘left-wing activist’ in tense White House exchange
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a fiery clash with a journalist during Thursday’s press briefing, labeling him a “left-wing activist” over an exchange the two of them had over Renee Good.
Niall Stanage, The Hill’s White House columnist, began his question by pointing to the Trump administration’s staunch defense of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), citing stats showing “32 people died in ICE custody” and “170 U.S. citizens were detained by ICE.” He also noting last week’s killing of Good, who was shot in what agents said was self-defense because she was using her car as a weapon.
“How does that equate to them doing everything correctly?” Stanage asked, referring to comments made in defense of ICE by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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“Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?” Leavitt asked.
“Are you asking me my opinion?” Stanage replied, to which Leavitt said yes. He added, “Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably.”
“OK, so you’re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion,” Leavitt shot back. “Because you’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter posing in this room as a journalist. And it’s so clear by the premise of your question.”
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“And you, and the people in the media, who have such biases but fake like you’re a journalist — you shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat,” Leavitt told Stanage. “But you’re pretending like you’re a journalist, but you’re a left-wing activist. And the question that you just raised and your answer proves you’re biased. You should be reporting on the facts. You should be reporting on the cases.”
“Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the hands of illegal aliens who ICE is trying to remove from this country?” Leavitt asked. “I bet you don’t. I bet you didn’t even read up on those stories. I bet you never even write about Laken Riley, or Jocelyn Nungaray, or all of the innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country. And the brave men and women of ICE are doing everything in their power to remove those heinous individuals and make our communities safer.”
“And shame on people like you in the media who have a crooked view and have a biased view and pretend like you’re a real, honest journalist,” she added before moving on to another reporter.
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Victor Davis Hanson shares health update following cancer surgery and complications
“Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” co-host Jack Fowler provided an update from Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson on his recovery weeks after a recent major cancer surgery and some previously unmentioned complications.
In December, Hanson, 72, a famed author, scholar and conservative commentator, announced he would have a significant procedure after an alarming biopsy. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shared an update about Hanson’s recovery earlier this month, but Hanson’s latest note offered additional insight into his surgery.
Hanson said that while his initial surgery went well, an “arterial bleed of unknown origins developed” while he was in the recovery room, which required an additional surgery. He considered himself “very lucky” that his medical team was able to locate the hemorrhaging and stop it.
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He also expressed deep gratitude to both the team at Stanford Medicine and fans wishing him a quick recovery.
“I want to thank all the wonderful people who have sent me wishes of rapid recovery and prayers in so many manifestations,” Hanson said. “I cannot thank you enough given it gave me hope and encouragement these past two weeks as I read and reread you notes, cards, and postings.
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“I am recovering well from the lung cancer surgery, but now mostly dealing with the after effects of the long time under anesthesia for the two procedures, blood loss, anemia, and some AFIB, which are all mostly manifested in fatigue and weakness. But I hope to rebuild and recover and return to work in time, especially given the frantic news cycle of the last month.”
He added that lymph nodes and peripheral samples around the tumor proved negative for malignancy and a preoperative full-body scan “did not show metastasis.” He plans to prepare for possible chemotherapy after further recovery to prevent a recurrence in the area.
“I can’t thank all of you enough for your kindness. It stunned me and I will do my best to recover and see you all again on podcasts and other venues,” Hanson closed.
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Hanson has penned countless articles and books, including The New York Times bestseller “The Case for Trump.” Hanson has also penned opinion pieces for Fox News Digital, including “When liberals play confederates. Portland’s revolt against America,” “Trump and Musk need to reconcile for the sake of America’s future” and “Key questions about the Signal psychodrama.”
Fowler will host “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” until the show’s namesake is healthy enough to return.
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Sources say aircraft carrier en route to Middle East as tensions rise to fever pitch in Iran
At least one U.S. aircraft carrier is being moved toward the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue to build, military sources confirm to Fox News.
It is not yet clear whether the carrier is the USS Abraham Lincoln, currently operating in the South China Sea, or one of two carriers that departed Norfolk and San Diego earlier this week. Transit to the region is expected to take at least a week.
U.S. military assets from air, land and sea are expected to flow into the region in the coming days and weeks to provide the president with military options should he decide to carry out strikes against Iran, sources said.
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The movements are part of what officials described as a process of “setting the force.”
One well-placed source said if the president decides to carry out military action, “This will be different, more offensive.” The source said U.S. military planners are preparing a range of options that would depend on how Iran’s regime acts in coming days.
U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News there are currently about 30,000 U.S. troops assigned to the U.S. Central Command region. There are no U.S. aircraft carriers or carrier strike groups operating in the CENTCOM area at this time.
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The current U.S. naval presence in the region includes three destroyers and three Littoral Combat Ships. Three U.S. aircraft carriers are currently deployed elsewhere, officials said: The USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan; USS Abraham Lincoln in the INDOPACOM area; and USS Gerald R. Ford in the SOUTHCOM area.
Two additional carriers near Norfolk and San Diego are not actively deployed.
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Missile defense systems are also expected to be sent to the region to bolster the defense of U.S. bases and Israel. The systems would include missile defense assets, according to sources.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.