Trump proven right as Iran missile lies are exposed by strike attempt, experts say
The Islamic Republic of Iran significantly escalated its war effort against the U.S. with its launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on Friday toward Diego Garcia, a key U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean.
The targeting of Diego Garcia, roughly 2,500 miles from Iran, means Tehran’s missile capabilities appear to have exceeded previously acknowledged limits.
In the period leading up to Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that “We intentionally kept the range of our missiles below 2,000 km so we don’t have that capability. And we don’t want to do that because we do not have hostility against the United States people and all Europeans.”
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On Saturday, Israel Defense Forces IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said “Just yesterday, Iran launched a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers [2,500 miles] toward an American target on the island of Diego Garcia. These missiles were not intended to hit Israel. Their range reaches the capitals of Europe — Berlin, Paris and Rome are all within direct threat range.”
IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani blasted the alleged Iranian deception on X: “Just 3 days before the war, the Iranian regime said they don’t obtain long-range missiles. Today, their lies were exposed once again, when missiles were fired 4000km away from Iran. They hoped to lie their way into becoming a force that can terrorize the world. We didn’t buy it.”
Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told Fox News Digital, “The Trump administration, in citing Iran’s missile threat as a rationale for Operation Epic Fury, was therefore justified in its decision to undertake military action as Iran has consistently refused to negotiate over its missile program. It also shows how dangerous it is to solely rely on Iranian nuclear weapons fatwas and the supreme leader’s public rhetoric in formulating U.S. policy. As long as Iran retains the technical capability beyond public pronouncements, it is a threat.”
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According to Brodsky, “I think it’s a message that the IRGC is in charge in Iran after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei‘s death. When Khamenei was alive, he limited the range of Iran’s missile program to 2000 km. Khamenei recounted in 2018 how he had rejected overtures from IRGC commanders seeking to increase the range to as much as 5000 km.”
He continued, “But now that he has died, those voices in the IRGC seeking to increase the range are likely driving the agenda. The launch of the missiles was likely meant as a signal of the IRGC’s capabilities to threaten U.S. allies beyond the Middle East. For example, this threatens Europe.”
The two long-range Iranian missiles did not hit the base, but the attempted attack marked a significant expansion of Iran’s reach beyond the Middle East and toward a major U.S. strategic hub. One missile reportedly failed in flight, while a U.S. warship launched an SM-3 interceptor at the other, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the interception was successful. The remote base is a critical launch point for U.S. bombers, nuclear submarines and other strategic assets.
Ilan Berman, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital, “The launch hammers home the president’s point about Iran being an imminent threat. It’s easy for casual observers to ignore, but the increasing maturity of Iran’s strategic programs, plural, has been exponentially expanding the threat that the Islamic Republic poses beyond the Middle East. That is what “Epic Fury” is seeking to address. The administration believes, absolutely correctly in my view, that these types of capabilities cannot be left in the hands of a radical, predatory regime.”
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He continued that “Despite its public denials, it’s been clear that the Iranian regime has been working on expanding the range of its ballistic missile capabilities for years. The launch toward Diego Garcia confirms that it has made real progress toward that goal, and is already able to put targets in the same range as Central and Eastern Europe at risk. Moreover, it’s clear that the regime is seeking still greater capabilities – and that, if left intact, Iran’s ballistic missiles would attain intercontinental range soon.”
Berman, the author of “Iran’s Deadly Ambition: The Islamic Republic’s Quest for Global Power,” added, “The parallel development Iran has been carrying out on its space program is significant. The booster used to put payloads into orbit can be married onto a medium-range missile to create intercontinental range capabilities. Before the war, we were seeing a clear convergence of the regime’s strategic programs: its ballistic missile work, its space capabilities and its nuclear program.”
He warned about the serious Iranian threat to continental Europe. “Europe is absolutely at risk, as the recent launch makes clear. I wouldn’t say that a failure to recognize this to date has been due to a grand deception by Tehran, though. It is more attributable to willful blindness on the part of European elites about the extent of the threat that the Iranian regime poses, as well as undue faith in diplomacy and arms control in containing it,” he said.
On Saturday, the United Kingdom condemned the attack. “Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies,” the U.K. Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “RAF jets and other U.K. military assets are continuing to defend our people and personnel in the region.”
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“This government has given permission to the U.S. to use British bases for specific and limited defensive operations,” it added.
Senate Republicans block Schumer effort to fund TSA workers in shutdown
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on.
Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate floor, Schumer used an arcane tactic to force a procedural vote to allow the Senate to get onto the bill in Democrats’ move to shift the narrative of the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown.
“It is unacceptable for workers and travelers and entire airports to get taken hostage in political games,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
“But that’s what the Republicans are doing. It is unacceptable to say we will only pay TSA workers if it is attached to a bill that funds ICE with no reforms, but that’s what the Republicans have been doing.”
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The shutdown entered its 36th day Saturday and is heading toward matching the record-breaking full government shutdown from last year. Schumer’s failed gambit follows increasingly long wait times at airports as thousands of TSA agents go without pay.
Senate Democrats have dug in deep in their demands for stringent reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and have so far refused to reopen the agency or temporarily extend funding to end the closure until they get what they want.
Senate Republicans and the White House made a new compromise offer to Democrats on Friday night after an open letter from the administration on several reforms to immigration operations was revealed earlier this week. The letter prompted a pair of back-to-back meetings on Capitol Hill with Republicans, Democrats and administration officials.
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Whether they accept that offer or counter remains in the air for now. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., who was in the meeting, said that she hoped there would be another soon.
“That will be up to them, but I hope so,” Britt said.
Still, Republicans tried and failed for a fifth time to fully reopen the agency on Friday. In the background, there have been several attempts by Senate Democrats to move forward with standalone funding bills — like Schumer’s gambit — to open parts of DHS, save for immigration enforcement.
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Time is also running out for lawmakers to find middle ground on reopening the agency, given that they will leave Washington, D.C., for a two-week break at the end of next week.
At a news conference earlier Saturday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital it would be “very, very hard to explain if we leave town this next week without having funded the Department of Homeland Security.”
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“At some point, the Democrats are going to be held accountable for this,” Thune said.
“I know they think it’s, as has been described by one of their leaders, ‘very serene, very serene’ with their position,” he continued. “Well, I’m telling you something. The people who are sitting in those lines at the airports right now don’t see it as very serene. This needs to be resolved.”
Stephen A Smith explodes over Trump’s Army-Navy game executive order
President Donald Trump signed the “Preserving America’s Game” executive order on Friday, which promises to keep the annual Army-Navy game a standalone event during the college football season.
Trump signed the order during the Midshipmen’s visit to the White House on Friday to celebrate their Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy victory, which is given to either Army, Navy or Air Force if one of the teams goes 2-0 against the other opponents during the season.
However, Stephen A. Smith was not fond of the move.
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“It’s stuff like this from the President of the United States that pisses me off. And he’s sticking his nose in places that I don’t believe the President of the United States should be sticking their nose in,” Smith said during his Friday afternoon SiriusXM show on Mad Dog Sports Radio, via Awful Announcing.
“Who the hell does this man think he is? Every single time I try to be fair and fair-minded to this president, he pulls some BS like this. It really pisses me off. It really pisses me off. Who the hell does he think he is? If the Army-Navy game is on NBC, FOX and CBS should be excluded from having its own content on its networks? Because the president issued some executive order that he doesn’t want anything competing with Army-Navy, that he wants the focus of the sports world on Army-Navy. Well, what if they don’t want that? What if they don’t want to watch Army-Navy? Who the hell is he to tell the broadcast world, ‘Nah, not at this time.’
“Who the hell does he think he is?! It’s that kinda BS that’s got our country in a tizzy right now. That right there. Because you overstepping your damn bounds. Don’t you got enough things to be focused on? Now you trying to tell us what damn football games we should watch?! Who the hell does he think he is?!”
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With the current College Football Playoff schedule, the Army-Navy game currently sits between conference championship weekend and the first weekend of the 12-team playoff. However, potential expansion could lead to earlier games. The Army-Navy game is set to be broadcast on CBS until 2038.
Navy defeated Army in a thrilling 17-16 victory to win the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy in December during a historic season that saw the program finish 11-2, marking the team’s first back-to-back 10-win seasons in program history.
“The annual Army-Navy game is truly one of the most special occasions in all of sports, but in recent years, the College Football Playoff expansion has encroached on this sacred four-hour time slot traditionally reserved for Army-Navy,” the president said during his speech Friday. “I’m going to sign an executive order to ensure that the second Saturday in December is preserved exclusively. Nobody’s playing football – not Ohio State against Notre Dame, not LSU against Alabama – nobody’s going to play football for four hours during that very special time of the year in December. It’s preserved forever for the Army-Navy game.”
Earlier this month, Trump held a roundtable to try to combat the effects of NIL in college sports.
Trump joked that the ramifications of signing the executive order might result in a lawsuit.
“Of course, we’ll probably get sued at some point. We will get sued, but we win those suits, and we’ll win this one.”
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Trump first signaled his intentions to sign the executive order in a Truth Social post in January, saying at the time, “This incredible Tradition is now at risk of being pushed aside by more College Playoff Games, and Big TV Money. NOT ANYMORE!”
Spade rips California leadership over Hollywood collapse after studio bankruptcy
David Spade is calling out California’s leadership for the collapse of Hollywood.
During a recent episode of his podcast, “Fly on the Wall,” which he co-hosts with Dana Carvey, the 61-year-old actor and comedian said “the Hollywood industry is dying” and that he’s “just trying to put the blame somewhere.”
“Dude, I’m so old,” he said. “I was on the lot at, uh, CBS Radford when we were doing ‘Just Shoot Me’… And also they were doing ‘Seinfeld,’ and I’d see him on his bike. It was the greatest lot. Of course, just filed for bankruptcy, the lot. Terrifying in L.A. Thanks, [LA Mayor] Karen Bass. Thanks, [Gov.] Gavin [Newsom].”
Carvey agreed that “the Hollywood studio system is dying,” and insisted changes need to be made in order to revive it.
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“The amount of productions is dying, and so they have to do something so more production comes back, and that starts with negotiating with the union and also subsidizing the industry tax breaks to compete with Romania,” Carvey said.
The mayor’s press office responded to Spade’s claims, telling Fox News Digital in a statement, “Mayor Bass has championed the entertainment industry because it’s a bedrock of our middle class.
“The fact of the matter is that Mayor Bass oversaw the creation of California’s first Film and TV Tax Credit Program as Speaker of the State Assembly and backed its expansion last year,” the statement continued.
“This year alone, she slashed filming fees at Griffith Observatory and reopened the L.A. Central Library to film production for the first time in over a decade. Under her leadership, more than 3 million square feet of studio and creative office space have been approved, and over 120 sound stages are now under construction across Los Angeles.”
Spade and Carvey are not the only celebrities concerned with the current state of Hollywood and the growing trend of producing movies and TV shows not only in other states, but also in other countries.
Stars Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson were named special ambassadors to Hollywood by President Donald Trump in January 2025, with the hope of bringing the city “BACK—BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!” according to Trump’s post on Truth Social at the time.
In an interview with Variety in May 2025, Voight spoke about the importance of bringing these jobs back to California, and showed his support for Trump’s decision to place 100% tariffs on filming overseas.
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“It’s come to a point where we really do need help, and thank God the president cares about Hollywood and movies,” Voight said. “He has a great love for Hollywood in that way. We’ve got to roll up our sleeves here. We can’t let it go down the drain like Detroit.”
When speaking to the outlet, Voight explained that “every studio has a lot of smart people” who have made use of the many benefits “and the gifts that are being given out throughout the world to lure people to different countries.”
He explained that rather than just “level[ing] the playing field,” Hollywood “need[s] to be competitive” in order to get people back.
“This shouldn’t be political,” Voight added. “I don’t know the political identities of the people we’ve talked to. We’ve talked to a lot of people here. I don’t distinguish them on their party affiliation. And If we can come up with [a plan that can be executed], he’ll back us. He wants us to be the Hollywood of old. If we all come together, I believe we have a bright future.”
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In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, Voight said he has been in the business long enough to see the “slow deterioration” of Hollywood through the years.
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“I’m old enough to have touched some years of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and I’ve seen its slow deterioration since,” he said. “Today, we are in pretty bad shape. Very few films are made here now, but we are fortunate to have an incoming President, who wants to restore Hollywood to its former glory, and with his help, I feel we can get done.”
Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Denise Richards’ ‘shocking’ facelift: See the before and after transformation
Denise Richards is baring all when it comes to her facelift.
The “Wild Things” actress, 55, underwent the plastic surgery procedure in 2025, and in a new interview, she revealed details of her “shocking” transformation, a divorce-fueled recovery and the pushback she received from her daughters.
“I wanted to put things back up, where they were before,” Richards told Allure.
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The first time she had plastic surgery was when she got breast implants at just 19 years old, and she has had revision surgery since then.
But, she said, this was the first time she’s had cosmetic surgery on her face. “I was terrified,” Richards said, well aware that the world had watched her age.
“Being in the public eye since my 20s, people know what I look like — a facelift is not something that I could hide.”
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“It is night and day,” Richards said of her reflection before and after the facelift. “It’s shocking, actually.” After she had the facelift, she added, other celebrities “were more comfortable telling me about theirs, but I’m not gonna name names.”
She also made it clear there’s more to the story behind Hollywood glow-ups, noting that “it’s not just serums and working out and lasers” that make celebrities look younger.
Richards explained that she had handed over total control to her surgeon.
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“My face was in his hands,” Richards said, emphasizing the trust she placed in Dr. Ben Talei. She recalled telling him, “You’re the artist. Whatever you want to do.”
However, just days after her procedure, Richards found herself navigating a personal matter that complicated her healing.
“Unfortunately, I started going through my divorce 10 days after I had surgery. So the second week wasn’t as calm as the first week. But I still took it easy, making sure that I took care of my incisions. Each day that went by, the swelling was getting better and better. I looked like myself, but better.”
Aaron Phypers filed for divorce from Richards on July 7, citing irreconcilable differences. Ten days later, Richards’ initial request for a temporary restraining order was granted.
The “Melrose Place” star’s request for a permanent restraining order was granted in November.
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“Going through my divorce, my ex disclosed that I’d had a facelift. He had a photographer show up outside an appointment where I had some microneedling on my scars. So [my ex] told someone that I had a facelift, and said it was botched, which is really ridiculous.”
Richards added, “You know, I went back and forth about whether I was going to say anything about my facelift — um, he kind of let the cat out of the bag. I think I could have gotten away with, ‘Oh, she looks so much better after her divorce.’ I think I probably would’ve been able to get away with it — or not, I don’t know.”
The Hollywood actress also shared that her decision sparked concern within her family, particularly among her daughters.
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“My oldest daughters were not happy that I was doing it. But I think now they understand, and they see that I still look like me. I think they were just worried, in general, of [me] having surgery. They were telling me I didn’t need it. I was too young. I told them that this is something that I want to do, and you may not agree with my decision, but I just want your support. I understand that you feel the way you do, but please know that this is something that I want to do for me.”
The discussion also brought up a moment of irony within her household, as Richards reflected on a prior disagreement with one of her daughters over cosmetic procedures.
“I didn’t want [my daughter] Sami to get a nose job about two years ago. So when she said she didn’t want me to get a facelift, she said, ‘Mom, you did not want me to get a nose job.’ I said, ‘Yeah, but you were 20 years old, and that’s your nose. That could change the way you look. For me, he’s just putting things back where they were. I’m not trying to change the way I look; I’m just trying to put things back. There’s a little difference, in my opinion.’”
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The “Starship Troopers” actress shares Sami and Lola with her ex-husband, Charlie Sheen. She is also the mother to daughter Eloise, whom she adopted as an infant.
Tallest college basketball player ever towers over 6-foot-8 opponent in viral moment
Not often does a 6-foot-8 basketball player look small on the court, but the tallest college basketball player ever towered over one such player Friday night.
Florida’s Olivier Rioux entered the game late in the team’s dominant 114-55 win over No. 16 Prairie View A&M at Benchmark International Arena, and, at 7-foot-9, he floored his opponents with his height.
Prairie View A&M forward Hassane Diallo, who stands at 6-foot-8, a full foot shorter than Rioux, went viral for sizing up the towering 20-year-old as he entered the game. Rioux was the world’s tallest teenager before his birthday last month.
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Rioux has played sparingly throughout the year as he continues to develop but has become a fan favorite in short order. Whenever the Gators are up big late in games, the Florida crowd chants Rioux’s name at head coach Todd Golden, hoping to see the tall center in action.
Rioux sent the crowd into a frenzy when he checked into the game with about two minutes left. He sent them into even further hysteria when he slammed home a put-back dunk for his first career NCAA tournament points as fans chanted “Oli! Oli!”
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Florida’s victory was historic, the 59-point margin of victory the second-largest in NCAA tournament history.
Prairie View A&M was down 30 points when head coach Byron Smith was asked by the TNT broadcast during a midgame interview what it would take to slow down Florida.
“We need some help from the Lord,” Smith replied.
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Prairie View A&M did not get any help from above, and the defending champions steamrolled their way into the second round.
No. 1 Florida will play No. 9 Iowa Sunday at 7:10 p.m. ET, and Gator fans hope for another chance to see Rioux in action.
Tigers prospect drops F-bomb after seeing 102.4 mph fastball on first pitch
Detroit Tigers top prospect Max Clark had a very honest reaction after seeing a 102.4 mph fastball on the first pitch of the game.
Clark was the leadoff batter for the Tigers in their 8-7 loss to the Pirates in their Spring Breakout game and was up against Pittsburgh’s own top prospect, Seth Hernandez. Hernandez’s first pitch was a 102.4 mph fastball above the zone, and it got Clark’s attention.
“What the f—,” Clark could be seen saying after the pitch went by him.
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Clark, 21, ended up walking in the at-bat. Hernandez ended up inducing an inning-ending ground ball double play to conclude his lone inning of the game.
The game between the Tigers and Pirates was part of MLB’s Spring Breakout, which is an annual four-day event with exhibition games between the top prospects from all of MLB’s teams during spring training.
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Clark is the No. 2 overall prospect in the Tigers farm system, according to MLB.com. Last season at High-A and Double-A, Clark hit .271 with 14 home runs and 67 RBI, and could make his big league debut this season, where he will see a lot of high-octane heat like Hernandez’s.
Hernandez, 19, was drafted by the No. 6 overall pick by the Pirates in last year’s draft. Hernandez already has a legitimate four-pitch mix and will begin his season in rookie ball.
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The Pirates organization hopes that Hernandez, alongside top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler, will slot in behind National League Cy Young winner Paul Skenes atop their rotation for years to come.
Top 5 states with the highest number of safest hospitals, according to new report
Hundreds of hospitals across the country are being recognized for keeping patients safe, and a handful of states stand out for having the highest number of top performers.
Healthgrades, a platform for finding doctors, health care providers and hospitals, released its 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award this month, naming 438 hospitals across 40 states that rank among the top 10% nationwide for patient safety.
The analysis highlights facilities that excel at preventing serious, avoidable complications during hospital stays, based on 13 patient safety indicators.
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Among all states, five had the highest number of hospitals earning the distinction: Texas, Florida, California, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
These states led the nation in total award recipients, with counts ranging from 21 to as many as 62 hospitals, according to Healthgrades data cited by MedPage Today. The concentration of high-performing hospitals in these states may be partly driven by size, the outlet noted.
“The prevalence of recipients in a particular state could be related to something as simple as that state having a large number of hospitals,” a Healthgrades spokesperson told MedPage Today.
Nonetheless, the findings point to strong safety performance across several of the nation’s most populated regions, particularly major metro areas such as Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth and New York City.
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Patients treated at these hospitals saw significantly lower risks of some of the most common and serious safety events, which account for the majority of in-hospital complications, according to a news release.
Compared to other hospitals, patients at award-winning facilities were 52.4% less likely to experience an in-hospital fall resulting in fracture; 57.5% less likely to suffer a collapsed lung related to procedures; 67.8% less likely to develop catheter-related bloodstream infections; and 71.9% less likely to develop pressure sores.
Those four indicators alone make up about 78% of all patient safety events, according to Healthgrades, and if all hospitals performed at the same level as this year’s recipients, more than 100,000 patient safety events could have been avoided between 2022 and 2024.
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“The data behind this year’s Patient Safety Excellence Award highlights how measurable improvements in safety can prevent thousands of complications,” Dr. Alana Biggers, a medical advisor at Healthgrades, said in a statement.
“Hospitals that prioritize evidence-based safety practices not only achieve better clinical outcomes, but also cultivate a culture where patients come first,” Biggers added. “These insights give individuals and families the information they need to make confident and better informed healthcare decisions.”
The award is based on an analysis of Medicare inpatient data, evaluating outcomes such as complications, mortality and preventable safety events. To qualify, hospitals must meet strict clinical thresholds and report zero cases of certain serious errors, such as leaving a foreign object behind during a procedure.
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Overall, 250 hospitals ranked in the top 5% nationwide for safety, including facilities affiliated with major systems such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and HCA Healthcare.
Meanwhile, 10 states had no hospitals on the list: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and the District of Columbia.
Experts say factors including rural hospital shortages and “care deserts” may contribute to those gaps, as patients in underserved areas often face longer travel times and arrive with more advanced conditions.
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Nearly one-third of this year’s recognized hospitals were new to the list, according to Healthgrades, reflecting continued shifts in hospital performance and safety practices across the country.
The full list of hospitals that received the Patient Safety Excellence Award can be found here.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Healthgrades for additional comment.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who handled Trump-Russia probe, dies at 81
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has died at the age of 81, and President Donald Trump gave a sharp reaction on Truth Social.
“Robert Mueller just died,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
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Mueller led the FBI from 2001 to 2013 and later served as special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, a probe that shadowed much of Trump’s presidency.
He brought charges against multiple Trump associates during the Russia investigation, including former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
His final report detailed extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia but did not establish a criminal conspiracy.
Mueller declined to make a traditional prosecutorial decision on whether Trump obstructed justice, citing longstanding Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president.
Mueller’s family announced his death in a statement.
“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away” on Friday night, his family said in a statement Saturday, according to The Associated Press. “His family asks that their privacy be respected.”
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A cause of death was not immediately known.
Mueller had been in ill health after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2021.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer withdrew a subpoena for Mueller to testify in September in the panel’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation after learning he had health issues that prevented him from appearing.
Mueller had difficulty with speech and mobility and was unable to appear before Congress, his family said at the time.
A Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, Mueller built a decades-long career in law enforcement and national security.
He worked as a federal prosecutor and later served as a U.S. attorney in San Francisco before taking on senior roles at the Justice Department.
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He was appointed FBI director in 2001, just one week before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and went on to lead the bureau through a major shift toward counterterrorism.
Mueller remained in the role for 12 years after being asked by President Barack Obama to stay beyond the traditional 10-year term.