Source drops bombshell revelation about Nancy Guthrie doorbell video released by FBI
TUCSON, Ariz. — One of Nancy Guthrie’s Nest doorbell camera images released by the FBI was taken on a different date than the others, a source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to Fox News Digital Monday.
The new details indicate the masked suspect scouted the home in advance of the 84-year-old Guthrie’s suspected abduction on Feb. 1.
The source declined to specify what day the earlier image was taken, citing the active investigation.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos tells Fox News that the information did not come from him.
Authorities have alternately asked for neighbors to check their home security systems for the entire month of January, the night of Jan. 11, and the hours surrounding Guthrie’s disappearance, between Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
The suspected scouting visit was first reported by ABC News, citing unnamed sources.
Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jason Pack told Fox News Digital that the suspect casing the home reveals that the crime wasn’t impulsive, and that it took planning.
“That’s sophistication. That’s the hallmark of someone who thought about this before they acted. And it matters significantly from a legal standpoint, because premeditation and planning elevate the severity of what investigators are looking at,” Pack said. “The suspect in this case may have thought they were being careful. But appearing twice on camera while trying to avoid identification isn’t careful. That’s exposure. And right now, investigators are working very hard to close that gap.”
The revelation also indicated that whatever data the FBI and Google accessed to recover the missing video included more than just the final event in her camera’s memory.
Guthrie’s doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m. on the night she was taken, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. At 2:12 a.m., one of her cameras registered a person but did not record the event.
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The PCSD initially deferred comment to the FBI. Then, after this article was published, the PCSD issued a statement emphasizing that authorities have not released timestamps on the Nest video.
“We are aware that doorbell images released earlier in the investigation depict a suspect in different stages of attire, including with and without a backpack,” the PCSD said in a statement. “There is no date or time stamp associated with these images. Therefore, any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative.”
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Experts had questioned whether the masked figure was the same person, partly due to differences in his clothing as well as the more obvious lack of a backpack and holstered gun.
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Guthrie is the mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.
Anyone with information that could crack the case is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Social media erupts after Stephen King makes false claim about Trump’s family
Horror author Stephen King is facing backlash online Monday for a post tearing into President Donald Trump’s personal life, including a line claiming that Trump has no children.
“Trump: has never had a child. Has been married 3 times. Ran several businesses into the ground. Never ran a home, couldn’t make a bed to save his a–. Calls people he works with dumb, losers, ect. Has never done sweat labor. Has never served on a local committee,” King said in a post to X.
“[He] has no life experience,” King added.
The post immediately began drawing criticism from accounts like Libs of TikTok.
“Trump literally has 5 kids. What is this sh–?” Libs of TikTok posted on X.
“Um… I’m pretty sure Donald Trump had children,” 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky posted on X.
“Is there a 25th Amendment for taking peoples’ phones away?” Conservative writer Bonchie wrote on X.
“Donald Trump, famously childless,” conservative reporter Jerry Dunleavy jokingly wrote on X.
King’s comments come as Trump, who is the father of five children and is in his second presidential term, is set to address the country on Tuesday evening in the 2026 State of the Union, a report to Congress on the administration’s work.
King’s remarks mirror similar social media comments made about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a prominent progressive member of the House of Representatives, on Saturday.
In a tweet put up by an account called “Stacy is Right,” a self-described MAGA mother of three, the author similarly disparaged elements of Ocasio-Cortez’s life and background.
That post also mocks the Democrat for a lack of children, having never been married, never having run a business and never having had a “professional job.”
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“[She] has no real life experience. Is a typical deadbeat socialist,” Stacy is Right said in her post.
King reshared that post before putting up his own remarks about Trump.
“You literally plagiarized an entire post…which was about AOC… and then applied it to Trump…… for whom it isn’t true and doesn’t make any sense. Why are you plagiarizing? I thought you were a writer?” Matt Van Swol, a former Department of Energy nuclear scientist, posted on X.
Monday’s post isn’t the first time King has taken to X to vent his political views. Since Trump’s second term, King has used similar language to describe the president and his policies.
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“Just wanted to say that Trump is a traitorous, Putin-loving dipsh–! Goes double for Elon!” King said in a post in February 2025.
Earlier this year, King took to social media to compare ICE to Nazi Germany’s Gestapo.
“ICE is the American Gestapo,” King wrote, referring to the secret state police in Germany.
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“Trump is ruining the economy with his stupid tariffs,” King said in another instance in April.
King’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the message behind his post.
America has a very expensive promises problem — and the bill is coming due
Every four years, Americans fall in love with a fantasy. A new president will change the federal deficit.
Republicans promise growth will outrun the debt.
Democrats promise taxes on the rich will fix it.
And the U.S. Debt Clock keeps spinning like a Vegas slot machine that only pays out in red ink.
As of 2026, the United States owes roughly $38.5 trillion, and it’s climbing about $8 billion per day. The net interest payments on the debt officially exceed our annual defense budget.
We’re not arguing politics anymore. We’re arguing arithmetic.
The Trump Plan: Growth + Tariffs + Tax Cuts
Let’s be fair: Trump’s economic philosophy has been consistent since he started campaigning.
Extend tax cuts — no tax on tips, overtime or Social Security.
Add tariff revenue — now a political and legal battle.
Shrink bureaucracy — started with DOGE.
Grow GDP faster than spending — up only 1.4% last quarter.
That worked sort of well when debt was $20 trillion lower and interest rates were near zero.
But today’s numbers are very different.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates current policy paths keep deficits near $2 trillion annually and push debt to about 120% of GDP within a decade.
Here’s the translation. Even if the economy hums at an insane rate of GDP growth, the government is still spending dramatically more than it collects. Why is it that nobody really understands revenue and expenses in Washington, D.C., and that 85% of our revenue comes from the two buckets of personal income tax and payroll tax?
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It’s interest. Lots and lots of interest. Interest on the debt alone is projected to exceed $1 trillion in 2026 and now roughly 14% of federal spending.
That means before we fund:
Defense
Social Security
Medicare
Infrastructure
Our Veterans
It’s like playing credit card roulette and the interest just keeps compounding with no end in sight. No State of the Union message Republican or Democrat can outgrow a compounding interest bill this large.
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TRUMP HAS SET THE STAGE FOR AN AMERICAN COMEBACK AFTER BIDEN’S DISMAL ECONOMY
Last fiscal year:
Government spent: $7.01 trillion
Government collected: $5.23 trillion
Annual deficit: $1.78 trillion
To erase the deficit overnight, you would need one of the following:
• Raise taxes roughly 35% (think about top tax rates going from 37% to 50%) and remember almost half the people in America don’t pay federal taxes whatsoever.
• Cut benefits massively, which really means one of the big three: Medicare, Social Security or Defense.
• Or grow the economy at wartime levels for a decade.
Do any of those sound realistic to you?
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Even Trump’s policies which add tariff revenue are projected to still increase deficits over time because tax cuts reduce revenue faster than tariffs raise it.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth we all need to face. America does have policy problems, but more importantly, America has a promises problem. Nobody wants to sacrifice anything, and when you are in debt, something has to be sacrificed to get out of debt.
The Real State Of The Union
The federal debt isn’t going to be eliminated.
It will be inflated away, written off, monetized, or slowly eroded by negative real interest rates because, mathematically, a $38.5 trillion balance sheet cannot be balanced with incremental policy tweaks. The U.S. doesn’t default. It dilutes.
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Presidents don’t control the deficit anymore. Trump can change tax policy. He already did it. Congress can try to change spending. But they rarely agree. But reality is reality. Changing this quickly is like turning the Queen Elizabeth around in a bathtub.
Unless America changes expectations or sacrifices are made on both sides of the aisle, the debt clock keeps running no matter whose name is on the Oval Office door. The debate in Washington is ideological. The risk to all of us is our standing to wear the crown of being the world’s currency.
Millions dig out, 350K+ without power from deadly blizzard as next storm looms
- Providence shatters records: Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport confirmed a massive 37.9 inches of snow, crushing the previous city record of 28.6 inches set in 1978.
- Massive power outages:
Over 375,000 customers remain in the dark across the Northeast as of Tuesday morning. Massachusetts is the hardest hit, accounting for roughly 250,000 of those outages. - Travel chaos persists: While airlines hope to resume limited service today, more than 2,000 flights for Tuesday have already been canceled. Total cancellations since Sunday have now surpassed 12,000.
- Staggering snow totals: Record-breaking accumulation includes 31 inches in Central Islip, NY, over 29 inches in Babylon, NY, and 19.7 inches in Central Park—the 9th biggest storm in NYC history.
- New threat looms: Even as digging out begins, FOX Weather is tracking an Alberta Clipper system expected to bring 5–8 inches of lake-enhanced snow to parts of New York and the Great Lakes by Wednesday.
- Transit restoration:
Most NYC subway lines are running, although delays are expected through the day. Commuter rails like the LIRR and Metro-North are operating on limited schedules for the morning commute, while NJ Transit works to gradually resume service.
Hazardous dangling wires remain a significant threat after the Blizzard of 2026 knocked out power to hundreds of thousands. Fire officials are urging residents to treat all downed lines as live and extremely dangerous—watch the footage here to see the damage firsthand.
As the Northeast begins the massive dig-out from the Blizzard of 2026, thousands of residents are waking up in freezing homes with no electricity. At its peak on Monday, the bomb cyclone knocked out power to over 675,000 customers as hurricane-force wind gusts and heavy, wet snow snapped utility poles and brought down massive trees from Maryland to Maine.
While utility crews worked through the night, over 380,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark right now. The restoration process has been hampered by deep snowdrifts—exceeding 30 inches in parts of Rhode Island and Long Island—which have made many suburban and coastal roads impassable for heavy bucket trucks.
- Massachusetts: The hardest-hit state, with approximately 254,000 outages still active. Coastal communities like Barnstable (Cape Cod) were devastated, with over 86% of the county losing power during the height of the storm.
- New Jersey:
Roughly 36,000 customers remain without power, down from a peak of over 200,000. Ocean County remains the most impacted area in the Garden State.
- Rhode Island & Delaware: Both states continue to grapple with tens of thousands of outages following record-breaking snow and high winds.
Utility companies, including National Grid and Eversource, have deployed thousands of workers—some traveling from as far away as Ohio and Virginia—to assist in the recovery. However, officials in Connecticut and Massachusetts warned that due to the sheer volume of snow and debris, full restoration in some remote or heavily damaged areas could take four to six days.
Residents are urged to stay at least 30 feet away from downed lines and to use extreme caution with portable generators to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
The dig-out phase of the historic 2026 blizzard is proving to be a logistical nightmare for rail travel. Despite the storm exiting the region overnight, Amtrak has already canceled at least 39 trains scheduled for Tuesday morning as crews struggle to clear tracks and reset equipment.
The service cuts are hitting the Northeast Corridor the hardest, with major suspensions remaining in place between Boston South Station and New York Moynihan Train Hall. Passengers are also seeing significant disruptions on routes between New York and Philadelphia.
Beyond full cancellations, local transit agencies like NJ Transit have warned that their own resumptions are contingent on Amtrak completing work to clear snow from critical track switches that remain frozen.
The Blizzard of 2026 has officially secured its place in the New York City record books. After a day of relentless snow and whiteout conditions, the National Weather Service confirmed that 19.7 inches of snow fell in Central Park. This staggering total makes the storm the 9th largest snowfall ever recorded in the city since record-keeping began in 1869.
See how the Blizzard of 2026 evolved with FOX Weather’s LIVE Winter Storm HQ coverage from Monday.
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FedEx makes major legal move against US after Supreme Court tariff ruling
FedEx sued the U.S. government Monday, seeking a full refund of tariffs assessed under President Donald Trump’s order targeting imports.
The lawsuit is one of the highest-profile moves by a major American company following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling Friday, which determined that the president did not have the authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose such tariffs.
The complaint, filed against the government and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Court of International Trade, alleges FedEx incurred costs to expedite shipments through customs and is entitled to a refund of duties with interest, as well as compensation for the financial harm it suffered.
“Plaintiffs seek for themselves a full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs have paid to the United States,” FedEx said in the lawsuit.
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“Supporting our customers as they navigate regulatory changes remains our priority,” the company told FOX Business.
“FedEx has taken necessary action to protect the company’s rights as an importer of record to seek duty refunds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful.”
The lawsuit does not disclose how much FedEx has paid in tariffs. However, in September, the shipping giant said it expected a $1 billion hit to fiscal-year earnings from U.S. trade policies, only part of which involved IEEPA duties.
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“While the Supreme Court did not address the issue of refunds, FedEx has taken necessary action to protect the company’s rights as an importer of record to seek duty refunds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” the company said on its website.
“At this time, however, no refund process has been established by regulators or the courts,” it added. “We will communicate any relevant information and updates in a timely manner, and we appreciate your patience as we wait for additional guidance and clarity from the U.S. government and the courts.”
The suit names CBP Commissioner Rodney S. Scott and the U.S. as defendants.
FedEx is represented by Washington, D.C.–based Crowell & Moring, which also represents Costco and Revlon in IEEPA tariff refund cases filed before the Supreme Court’s ruling Friday.
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In February 2025, Donald Trump invoked the IEEPA to impose duties on imports from China, Canada and Mexico, citing national security concerns and unfair trade practices. Then in April, he expanded the measures into reciprocal tariffs targeting 57 countries.
In effect, U.S. businesses and consumers paid more than $175 billion in duties.
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that IEEPA does not authorize Trump to impose tariffs, confirming that the Court of International Trade has exclusive jurisdiction over the IEEPA tariffs.
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While CBP continued collecting the duties during the pending litigation, it announced that IEEPA duty collection would cease Tuesday.
The White House and CBP did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.
Secret rendezvous with romantic partner led to death of fentanyl cartel boss ‘El Mencho’
Mexico’s most-wanted fentanyl kingpin, “El Mencho,” was captured and killed Sunday after authorities tracked his romantic partner to a secret rendezvous location over the weekend, Mexican officials revealed Monday.
The operation reportedly began Feb. 20, targeting Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” He carried a $15 million U.S. bounty and rose to power following the arrest of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla Trejo said during a news conference that military intelligence identified and located a trusted courier or guard connected to one of Oseguera Cervantes’s romantic partners.
The associate then transported the partner to a designated cabin for an overnight meeting with “El Mencho.”
“On February 20, through central military intelligence work, a man of trust of one of El Mencho’s romantic partners was located, who took her to a facility in the town of Tapalpa, Jalisco,” Trevilla Trejo said.
The following day, the partner left the property, but intelligence confirmed that Oseguera Cervantes remained behind with a small security detail, prompting authorities, including Army Special Forces and the National Guard’s Immediate Reaction Force, to carry out the operation.
Security forces reportedly raided the private property after aerial surveillance spotted Oseguera Cervantes’ inner circle openly carrying illegal high-caliber weapons, including rocket launchers and long guns.
During the confrontation, Oseguera Cervantes’ security detail reportedly fired “very violently” on military personnel, triggering Special Forces to engage the attackers. Officials said eight criminals were killed in the initial phase — correcting earlier reports of four — and two military personnel were also wounded.
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Amid the chaos at the cabins, Oseguera Cervantes and his “close circle” fled into a nearby wooded area, officials said. After soldiers located them “hidden among the brush,” cartel suspects allegedly opened fire on the troops. Military personnel then wounded “El Mencho” and two of his escorts in the shootout, according to Trevilla Trejo.
Military medics determined that Oseguera Cervantes and his two escorts were in critical condition and required immediate evacuation by helicopter. Oseguera Cervantes and his two escorts ultimately died during transport, officials said.
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Authorities noted that 2,500 reinforcements were sent to join the 7,000 already in the state to prevent further violence in the cartel’s retaliation.
Oseguera Cervantes’ capture and subsequent death marks one of Mexico’s most significant blows to drug trafficking and organized crime since President Donald Trump called for intensified crackdowns on cartel violence.
Putin’s battered war machine ‘beginning to experience real failures,’ experts say
Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war in Ukraine has settled into a grinding conflict defined by high casualties and incremental territorial shifts. Russia still controls roughly one-fifth of Ukrainian territory, while Kyiv has recently clawed back limited ground in counteroffensives. Military estimates put Russian losses at about 1.2 million casualties since 2022, with Ukrainian losses between 500,000 and 600,000, underscoring the scale of attrition on both sides.
Diplomacy has intensified alongside the fighting. President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last August for high-stakes talks aimed at advancing negotiations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traveled to Washington multiple times since Trump returned to office, including a contentious Oval Office meeting in Feb. 2025 and a follow-up visit later in the year.
The most recent U.S. engagement with both sides came during trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi earlier this year and more taking place in Geneva on Feb. 17–18, where special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian and Ukrainian delegations as part of ongoing efforts to broker a settlement.
As the war enters its fifth year, former officials and analysts say the next phase could unfold along three possible paths: prolonged stalemate, shifting Ukrainian momentum, or a dangerous erosion of Western resolve.
Scenario one: Prolonged stalemate
The most immediate trajectory is continuation. The war remains defined by attrition, with neither side delivering a decisive blow and negotiations producing little progress.
Ret. U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO supreme allied commander of Europe, said Moscow is not winning despite its territorial hold, “There isn’t a winner right now.”
“Russia, supposedly a world superpower with one of the world’s probably top three world armies and top four world air forces, in 12 years has gained about 20% of Ukraine. And they have lost some, say, over 1.2 million in the conflict so far. It’s a conflict that Ukraine is working hard to manage. It’s also a conflict that Russia is not, I repeat, not winning,” he said.
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Scenario two: Ukrainian momentum reshapes diplomacy
Recent battlefield developments suggest another possibility. Breedlove pointed to rapid Ukrainian gains following disruptions in Russia’s command-and-control systems.
“In the last three or four days, because of the loss of the Starlink command and control system, Ukraine launched an offensive, and they have snatched back months of Russian gains in three days, three-pronged push, hundreds of square miles regained, and Russia is backing up in several places right now.”
Carrie Filipetti, executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition, said such advances could shift leverage at the negotiating table. “Ukraine’s recent advances to recapture its territory is yet another signal that Putin’s war machine is continuing to atrophy as the world marks the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Russia’s latest territorial losses shows that far from being invincible, Putin and his army are beginning to experience real failures in terms of capability and resources.”
She added that momentum matters. “Not only is this the most significant Ukrainian advance on the battlefield in more than two years, its importance may be felt even more concretely at the diplomatic table. Finding a lasting and equitable peace deal through negotiation is often about momentum – and right now the Ukrainians have it.”
If sustained, such gains could alter Moscow’s calculations and give Kyiv a stronger footing in negotiations as long as Ukraine has strong U.S. support, Breedlove argues, “The first thing and the most important thing Ukraine needs is a declaratory statement by the West and specifically by the United States that we are not going to allow Russia to win in Ukraine, and we will give Ukraine what it needs to stop Russia… where Putin hears it loud and clear and where the people of Russia hear it loud and clear that is a game changer. And I think that’s when Mr. Putin is going to have to make some tough decisions.”
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Scenario three: Escalation or Western fatigue
A third path worries some Western strategists: that inconsistent support could prolong or tilt the conflict in Russia’s favor.
Heather Nauert, who served as spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2019, framed the war as more than a territorial dispute. “As we now enter the fifth year of Putin’s war in Ukraine, we’re reminded that this conflict has never been only about territory — it’s about identity, faith, and the future of a free nation. Russia has destroyed more than 600 churches, persecuted millions of Ukrainian Christians under occupation, and abducted more than 19,000 children in an effort to break Ukraine’s spirit. President Trump’s push for a lasting peace must be backed by strength and accountability – one that protects innocent lives, defends religious freedom and brings stolen children home.”
Ret. Lt. Gen. Richard Newton said deterrence remains central. “Four years into this horrific war, the fundamental lesson remains unchanged: Peace is only possible when strength shapes the terms. Putin will continue to savagely test our resolve until the costs of his aggression outweigh any possible gain.”
“What Ukraine needs isn’t gestures from the world, but instead, unwavering support from the U.S. and Europe that convinces Moscow further advances carry unacceptable consequences,” he argued. “Russia must not prevail against Ukraine and the West. What are needed are credible security guarantees, robust offensive and defensive capabilities and a unified, long-term commitment by the West to ensure deterrence isn’t an elusive goal, but a lasting reality.”
Breedlove warned that negotiations alone will not shift the balance. “The most dangerous scenario is that we do not do what we should do in Ukraine and Russia takes over Ukraine because they’re not done. We have a policy of peace through strength and we’re using it in Iran. We’ve used it in Venezuela. We’re using it with oil tankers around the world… But when it comes to Putin and Ukraine, we are peace through weakness.”
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“Mr. Putin is making a point that he’s in charge in Ukraine, not the West and certainly not America. And so we need to change that dynamic. You got good guys and you got bad guys. And right now the bad guys have told America to take a hike. So now, rather than telling them what to do, we are going to the good guys and saying, you have to give up more because the bad guys are not playing well in the sandbox. That’s peace through weakness, not peace through strength,” Breedlove concluded.
California sheriff warns LA Olympics is not possible under Democratic leadership
A lifelong New York Yankees fan is asking the people of California to make him their next governor.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who grew up in the heyday of the 1970-80s Yankees-Dodgers rivalry, admitted he had mixed emotions when Shohei Ohtani and company beat his childhood team in the 2024 World Series.
“I did [celebrate]. I was sad because I wanted the Yankees to win, but at the time, as a baseball fan, I also noticed the Dodgers were a better team. The Dodgers deserved to win, and I was very happy to be from the Los Angeles area,” Bianco told Fox News Digital.
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Around that same time, Bianco watched one of his Republican colleagues, and a staple in the 70s-80s Dodgers-Yankees rivalry, former Dodgers star Steve Garvey, make a run at a U.S. Senate seat in California. Bianco campaigned with Garvey. But Garvey came up well short against Democrat incumbent Adam Schiff that year.
Now, Bianco, who is currently a frontrunner for the California governorship in many 2026 polls, believes that two years of Democratic leadership since Garvey’s failed run has only strengthened the case for voting Republican in the Golden State.
“We’re in a little bit worse off scenario than we were in 2024,” Bianco said. “Californians are realizing that politics are corrupt, our state government is corrupt, and crime is really out of control.”
And sports haven’t been spared any concerns in the state.
With the Winter Olympics now over, and the Summer Olympics coming to Los Angeles just over two years from now, anxiety has mounted over the feasibility of the city being able to host the games, due to crime rates, homelessness, damage from the 2025 wildfires and rising taxes.
And on the youth front, the state faces an ongoing wave of biological male transgender athletes competing in girls’ high school sports, as California leadership has refused to comply with President Donald Trump’s mandate to ensure only female athletes compete in girls’ sports. The state’s refusal has prompted a Department of Justice lawsuit, multiple federal investigations and dozens of California girls facing life-changing trauma, with some filing lawsuits of their own.
Bianco thinks he has solutions for both issues.
The 2028 LA Olympics
As a sheriff, Bianco believes that if Los Angles was set to hold the Olympics this summer, in the city’s current state, it would not be possible to do so.
“No, I don’t think so,” Bianco said of the city being able to host the games if they occurred this year.
“Everyone’s wondering how they’re going to arrange the Olympics… we don’t have the money to dedicate to this, we don’t have the updated resources to dedicate to this, for transportation or even housing… I think it is absolutely embarrassing… I think the U.S. is going to have an amazing Olympics, but for the city of Los Angeles it’s certainly not a proud moment.”
Bianco pointed to financial mismanagement and alleged fraud in the state government.
Los Angeles continues to experience one of the nation’s largest homeless populations, with approximately 72,000+ individuals, driven by severe shortages in affordable housing and high rent, per the LA Homeless Services Authority.
Bianco warned of what he expects Democrat leadership will do if they remain in power when the Olympics comes around.
“They will go in at the last minute, and they will forcibly remove all of them, and it’s not like they remove them, they just force them to the outskirts away from the perimeters of where these events are going to be,” Bianco said. “It’s not good for anyone, it’s not good for those events, it’s not good for those neighborhoods, it’s certainly not good for the people who are homeless.”
Bianco said a more feasible solution would require possibly years of resource re-allocation, which he hopes to take on as the state’s next governor.
“We will have a year, possibly a year and a half to two years, to make sure we address the homeless situation, and I guarantee you that’s enough time,” Bianco said.
“It really isn’t homeless, it’s not homes, it’s drug and alcohol addiction, combined with mental health issues. And we have to be honest, and we have to start addressing it for what it is. So you eliminate all the money going to the non-profits and NGOs that’s being wasted, abused and funneled back into politics. You stop that immediately.
“You put a small portion of that into the drug and alcohol rehab and the mental health rehab, and the centers that treat both. Because right now those don’t exist. I can almost guarantee you that we can address 90% of the homeless issue that we see on the streets within the first year. Within the second year, we can have it all gone.”
There is also an issue of financial strain on athletes coming into the state.
Bianco pointed to the recent Super Bowl in Santa Clara, and the financial burden that hit the players who competed in it simply because they had to pay California taxes.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold lost approximately $71,000 due to California’s strict “jock tax”. While earning a $178,000 winner’s bonus, the week spent in California for Super Bowl LX triggered high state taxes on his, amounting to roughly $249,000, as the tax applies to prorated earnings from his three-year, $105 million contract.
For the Olympic athletes coming to the city in 2028, especially Americans, many of whom make far less than the average NFL player, Bianco worries how the state’s current tax system could put them at a disadvantage due to financial constraints.
“It’s going to seriously affect them with the cost of living here,” Bianco said. “They don’t make a lot of money… it’s astronomically more expensive than any place across the country, so it’s going to be detrimental for those people.”
Bianco has proposed eliminating the state income tax, intending to replace lost revenue with income from oil production. He has also stated that as governor, he would eliminate the gas tax and oppose a “mileage tax.”
“Taxes are hurting everyone,” Bianco said.
Trans athletes in girls’ sports
California has been the nation’s biggest hot bed for high school and college scandals involving biological male trans athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports.
Current California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he believes males in female sports is “deeply unfair” but hasn’t taken any steps to address it. Newsom’s office provided a statement to Fox News Digital in September, suggesting the issue is beyond his control and responsibility.
“For the law to change, the legislature would need to send the Governor a bill. They have not,” part of the statement read.
Bianco said Newsom’s office is not telling the truth.
“Every time he opens his mouth he’s not telling the truth. He’s telling his version of what he wants you to believe… The reality is the governor is the top executive officer in this entire state, and he sets the rules” Bianco said.
“That’s the governor lying to push the blame onto somebody else because he doesn’t want to be held responsible for what’s happening in our schools and our girls, because he wants to be president, and he knows the majority of the country is never ever ever going to vote for him knowing that he won’t stop this, so he’s blaming someone else.”
Bianco said he would use “force” as governor to ensure that girls’ sports are protected.
“You force people to not,” he said of how to handle schools letting males in girls’ sports. “In our high schools and in our school system, if they are going to allow it, we will not fund that. We will not fund the school, we will not provide them with their money.”
But preventing the issue from persisting is only half the battle. The fact is, the issue has persisted in California now for several years, and the state and many residents are dealing with the aftermath.
Young male children in California have even been transitioned at schools, without their parents’ permission, and later placed on girls’ sports teams and in their locker rooms.
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Now, the state faces a lawsuit from the DOJ over its policy, while many schools face individualized lawsuits for related incidents.
Bianco believes he could “easily” settle the DOJ lawsuit simply by complying with Trump’s mandate.
But the individual incidents may require more steps, according to Bianco.
In Bianco’s home county of Riverside, two separate lawsuits have been filed against school districts.
A major state-funded university, San Jose State University, has been found by the U.S. Department of Education to have violated Title IX in its handling of a transgender volleyball player from 2022-24, and faces a lawsuit from former athletes and a former coach over the same issue.
Bianco believes the young women who have been affected by it are deserving of financial compensation, compensation from the schools and compensation directly from the state.
“Some [girls] have been seriously injured, and some were just emotionally traumatized. The schools should be paying for that. The state government should be paying for that,” Bianco said. “Our civil process allows for monetary remedies for situations like this, and they should be getting tons of money, because they have seriously been victimized.
“There certainly has to be those arrangements made for those lawsuits, those girls that are suing… you have to settle it… or you’re going to pay big money. So they are going to get money out of this and they should. They were wronged, they were deeply wronged.”
Under the current system, thousands of California school employees are legally required to be complicit in the system that allows trans athletes in girls’ sports, but also the system that allows males to gender transition without their parents’ consent or knowledge.
Some school employees have been fired for refusing to be complicit.
Bianco has a message for all school employees about how to handle this issue. He encourages school employees to, in the short term, risk their employment by not complying with state laws.
“Stand up and do the right thing,” Bianco said to the state’s school employees. “Thank God, we have teachers that are standing up for that, and they’re doing the right thing, and they’re absolutely refusing, and they’re being fired. Take the badge of honor. Because then you sue, like these teachers are doing it, and now we’re finding that they’re winning…
“Your job as an adult is to protect our kids.”
Bianco also warned of consequences to the school employees that do comply if he becomes governor.
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“Absolutely,” Bianco said when asked if he would support consequences to school employees who are complying with the state law on trans athletes in girls’ sports and gender transitions for minors.
“Elected officials are only afraid of one thing, and that’s not getting elected again, and when they know they’re not going to get elected again because they’re harming our girls, or they’re not protecting our kids, they’re going to finally be forced to do the right thing, and we’ll make sure these changes are taken care of.”
NFL veteran calls it quits with year left in multimillion-dollar contract
An eight-year NFL veteran who started 16 games last season has shockingly called it quits for his career.
Los Angeles Chargers center Bradley Bozeman announced his decision on Instagram on Monday, saying he is “ready for my next chapter.”
“This game has given me so much – lessons, lifelong friendships, and memories my family will carry forever. I’ve poured everything I had into this journey, and I walk away grateful and proud.”
Bozeman, 31, shared pictures from his time with the Chargers, Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens over his eight years in the league. He saw many different coaches and teammates across three franchises, and he acknowledged them all as well as their fans.
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“Thank you to every teammate, coach, and fan I was blessed to cross paths with along the way,” he wrote.
Bozeman also showed his love for his family, including his three children: Brody, Bailey and Boone. He also called his wife, Nikki, “unbelievable,” calling her his “ride or die from the very beginning,” and adding “I couldn’t have done any of this without you!”
Bozeman finished off his post with a quote he heard during his career.
“’Every career – no matter how decorated – ends in a trash bag,’” he wrote. “The game moves on. Someone fills your spot. I’m just thankful God gave me the chance to take the ride.”
Bozeman said that the next chapter will be “life at the farm,” as the Alabama native and former Crimson Tide lineman completed his caption with “Roll Tide.”
Bozeman was drafted by the Ravens in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft, where he played in 14 games in Baltimore with one start. Then, head coach John Harbaugh gave him the nod as the team’s starting left guard for the next two seasons, starting all 16 games in each of them, before shifting to center in 2021.
With his rookie deal up after that season, Bozeman landed with the Panthers, spending the 2022 and 2023 campaigns with the franchise, where he was the team’s starting center.
Finally, Bozeman teamed up with his old coach’s brother, Jim Harbaugh, as he signed with the Chargers to revamp their own line. He signed a two-year, $6.5 million deal with the team in 2025, but he won’t be seeing that through now.
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Instead, the Chargers will have a spot to fill on an offensive line that struggled mightily after losing star tackles Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt with season-ending injuries in 2025.
Tyler Linderbaum, an ex-Ravens center, will be a hot commodity on the free agent market, and could see interest from Los Angeles now that Bozeman has retired.