Trump says first F-35 missiles bound for Japan to arrive ‘this week’ on carrier visit
President Donald Trump told U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington at Japan’s Yokosuka Naval Base on Tuesday that the “first batch of missiles for Japan’s F-35 fighter jets “will arrive this week,” suggesting that U.S. defense deliveries to Tokyo are moving ahead of schedule.
The comments came during Trump’s hour-long remarks to sailors as part of his wider Asia trip, which included a stop in Malaysia before Japan, where he met with the country’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and signed a new U.S.-Japan framework agreement on rare earth minerals. Later this week, Trump is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Washington has approved several large arms sales to Japan, including advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X air-to-air missiles designed for F-35s.
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Trump praised the U.S.’ alliance with Japan, calling it “one of the most remarkable relationships in the entire world.”
Prime Minister Takaichi, sharing the stage with Trump, said Japan was “committed to fundamentally reinforcing its defense capability” and “ready to contribute even more proactively to peace and stability in the region.”
Trump also touted Japan’s and the U.S.’ stock markets reaching record highs, saying it was a sign that “we’re doing something right.”
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Trump’s appearance underscored Washington’s deepening security cooperation with Tokyo as regional tensions with China and North Korea persist. Ahead of his Asia trip this week, Trump has made repeated invitations to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, though no concrete preparations are underway.
Man caught yelling ‘Go back to Haiti!’ at Winsome Sears dealt another blow after firing
The man who went viral for lobbing racially charged insults at Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears during a college football game earlier this month, subsequently filed a police report claiming he was getting harassed after the incident went viral.
The Fairfax County Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that it was aware of the police report that was filed and that, ultimately, the department’s threat assessment unit found that the information provided did not meet the criteria for a criminal investigation.
“Go back to Haiti!,” the man from the viral video yelled at Sears, a Republican, during a James Madison University football game earlier this month. “Traitor!”
After the incident, Sears clarified on social media that she is an immigrant from Jamaica, not Haiti.
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“I thought Democrats were supposed to love everyone,” Sears quipped at the time.
The man, identified by local news reports as Scott Pogorelc, from Centerville, Virginia, was also reportedly fired by his employer, a subsidiary of government contractor Lockheed Martin. A JMU football player by the same last name is a redshirt senior on the Dukes’ offensive line.
“We hold all of our employees and subsidiaries to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct. Any behavior that violates our Code of Ethics will be thoroughly investigated and employees found in violation will be held accountable. Zeta Associates investigated the matter, and the individual is no longer employed,” said a statement from a Lockheed Martin spokesperson, according to Fox 5 DC reporter Allison Papson.
Meanwhile, Pogorelc is also a Democratic Party donor, according to Federal Election Commission filings and the Virginia Public Access Project. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor running against Sears, was among those he has donated to.
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The situation involving Pogorelc was not the first time Sears has faced racially insensitive remarks in recent months amid her campaign. In August, while speaking out against transgender bathroom policies outside an Arlington County school board meeting, a counter-protester held up a sign that read: “Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom, then Blacks can’t share my water fountain.”
Following that incident, current GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is facing the end of his term limit, blasted what he described as the “hypocrisy of the liberal left.”
“Winsome is so much bigger than this idiocy,” Youngkin wrote on X.
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“This is wrong. [Winsome Earle-Sears] — and Virginia — deserve better,” added Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares in response to the sign. Miyares is running for reelection against Democratic Party candidate Jay Jones.
Mass shakeup at ICE reveals bitter internal divide over deportation strategy
A mass shakeup of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership is underway amid growing friction inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over deportation tactics and priorities, according to four senior DHS officials.
The overhaul affects ICE field offices in at least eight cities and will replace many senior leaders with Border Patrol officials, marking an unprecedented power shift inside DHS and exposing sharp divisions over how far to go in ramping up deportations, the officials told Fox News.
The changes are being driven by competing camps inside DHS.
On one side are Border Czar Tom Homan and ICE Director Todd Lyons, who have advocated focusing on criminal aliens and those with final deportation orders.
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On the other side are DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, senior adviser Corey Lewandowski and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino, who have pushed for a broader and more aggressive approach, targeting anyone in the U.S. illegally to boost deportation numbers.
Two senior officials described the mood inside DHS as “tense” and “combative,” with some ICE leaders warning the new approach could erode public support and blur the line between ICE and Border Patrol operations.
“ICE started off with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol came to LA in June, we’ve lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization,” one senior DHS official told Fox. “It’s getting numbers, but at what cost?”
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Another senior official put it bluntly, “ICE is arresting criminal aliens. They [Border Patrol] are hitting Home Depots and car washes.”
Border Patrol agents have defended the new strategy.
“What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst?” one agent told Fox News. “Tom Homan has said it himself — anyone in the U.S. illegally is on the table.”
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The internal friction comes as deportation totals remain below targets set by the administration earlier this year. Officials told Fox News that the latest round of reassignments impacts ICE field chiefs in Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Portland, Philadelphia, El Paso and New Orleans — positions expected to be filled by Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials.
A separate DHS official confirmed the personnel changes, describing them as “performance-based” and designed “to move people around for the best results.”
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DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement: “While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country.”
From New York to Iowa, here’s how Jeffries’ Mamdani bet could backfire badly
Hakeem Jeffries has made it official: Zohran Mamdani, antisemitic socialist, is now the face of the Democratic Party.
Democrats are in trouble. Having your party hijacked by far-left fanatics is OK in New York, and a couple of other progressive hotbed states, like California or Washington. But for most of the country, the idea that a 34-year-old jihadi-friendly Muslim with zero work experience could become the mayor of New York City – the citadel of capitalism — is horrifying. That House Minority Leader Jeffries, one of the Democrats’ top officials, endorsed the absurd Mamdani, will haunt the party.
Here’s a reality check: only 26% of the country describes themselves as “liberal” or “very liberal.” Some 32% say they are “moderate” and the balance – 33% — describe themselves as “conservative” or “very conservative.” In other words, the leftists now directing the Democrat Party are putting all their eggs in one small basket, and risk alienating nearly two-thirds of Americans. That is a truly terrible marketing plan. Just ask the makers of Bud Light.
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Democrat leaders are not leading, they are caving. For weeks, Jeffries pretended to give the matter serious consideration. His Hamletian dithering riveted political junkies, but there was never any doubt that Jeffries would fall in line with his fellow New York pols, nearly all of whom have endorsed State Assemblyman Mamdani and all of whom are terrified of the progressive wing of their party.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, one of the few remaining hold-outs, will almost surely be the next to bend the knee. Schumer, too, has been noncommittal, even though his political future clearly hangs in the balance.
The New York senator has long been one of the staunchest supporters of Israel. There are well over one million Jews living in New York; Schumer, who is Jewish, is deeply committed to that community and one of the top recipients of campaign donations from pro-Israel groups, raking in almost $2 million dollars between 1990 and 2024.
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Though Mamdani has backtracked on some of his more outrageous anti-Israel or antisemitic comments, he has yet to condemn the phrase “Globalize the Intifada,” which is effectively a call to wipe out Jews. He also is steadfast in his incendiary threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he set foot in New York.
Schumer infuriated the left earlier this year when he helped Republicans pass a spending bill; progressives want their elected representatives to resist the Trump administration on all matters, even if it hurts the country. Schumer did the right thing but was slammed for it.
He is now paying a stiff price, and it could cost him his job. Consider Schumer’s fundraising. The New York Post reports that “the Brooklyn Democrat brought in just $133,000 during the three months ending Sept. 30” and compares that paltry sum to the $4.5 million raised over the same period by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the flashy “Squad” member. AOC may challenge Schumer in the Democratic primary when his senate seat comes up in 2029. AOC is coy about her intentions, but her lefty fans are encouraging her to run and a May survey of the hypothetical head-to-head contest showed AOC crushing Schumer by 21 percentage points.
Now, Sen. Schumer risks further alienating the left if he doesn’t back Mamdani. The last time he faced such a dilemma was four years ago when he held out on endorsing India Walton, the Democratic Socialist running to become mayor of Buffalo. In that contest, he finally buckled just days ahead of the vote, which Walton lost to a write-in candidate, mewling that she won the Democratic primary “fair and square” and that she has “always believed that the Democratic Party is a big tent.”
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Meanwhile, the rest of the country, outside the festering progressive terrain of New York City, must be aghast at a Democrat tent which now accommodates antisemites, homophobes, racists, would-be murderers, Nazis and Socialists.
There’s a candidate, Graham Platner, who is running in the Democratic primary for the chance to challenge Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins. He once sported a Nazi tattoo on his chest (which he has since covered up) and has a history of making anti-gay insults. Astonishingly, he looks to have the edge on rival Gov. Janet Mills.
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Jay Jones, the Democrat running for attorney general in Virginia, three years ago sent text messages in which he fantasized about a Republican adversary “getting two bullets to the head,” and hoping that the GOP lawmaker’s children “die in their mother’s arms.” Surely that’s a bad look for a fellow running to be the top law enforcement official in his state.
And what about Massachusetts’ Rep. Ayanna Presley saying, “There is nothing more terrifying than a white man with a gun,” or Rep. Jasmine Chrockett of Texas dismissing some of her fellow Democrats as “white boys.” Are such comments acceptable? Would a Republican get away with denigrating colleagues as “black boys”?
Of course not, but Democrats look the other way at all these outrages, terrified to call out their own radicals.
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But for Democrats today, socialism is not radical. Gallup reports that while most Americans still support capitalism, two-thirds of Democrats now embrace socialism, a system that has literally failed every time it has been adopted, leaving poverty and corruption in its wake. Unhappily, that’s not what AOC or Mamdani or others were taught in our schools.
Yes, the far left will succeed in New York, or California, where Democrats far outnumber Republicans. But of the eight House seats currently held by Republicans that are considered toss-ups by the Cook Political report and that Democrats are targeting, none is in New York or the Golden State.
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They are in states like Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona where voters are probably not too keen on socialism, or antisemitism.
That’s why election experts say the midterms, which usually favor the party out of power, look evenly matched and control of the House is a toss-up.
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SBA administrator says shutdown is having Democrats’ ‘intended effect’
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler says Democrats are having a “disgraceful moment” as the government shutdown reaches what she calls liberals’ intended effect of hurting small businesses.
The federal government approached its fifth week of a shutdown after lawmakers failed to advance the continuing resolution a dozen times, according to a previous report. Disagreements over Obamacare remain at the forefront, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democrats push to extend expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, while Republicans say the issue should be addressed after the government reopens.
“Prior to this shutdown, as of September, small business confidence hit a seven-year-high, not since President Trump’s first term had small businesses felt so confident in the economy,” Loeffler told “Kudlow” on Monday. “That’s all thanks to President Trump’s economic agenda, which, by the way, is a supply-side agenda. … It’s free and fair trade. It’s low taxes. It’s deregulation. It’s access to capital.
“Because of their confidence, in 2025, the fiscal year we just wrapped up 27 days ago, the SBA broke through a 72-year lending record, surpassing $45 billion to 85,000 small businesses across this country,” she continued. “They were quite bullish heading into this shutdown, but look, this shutdown is having the intended effect by the Democrats. They want to hurt Main Street and that’s what they’re trying to do right now.”
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Loeffler, who told FOX Business the shutdown has “real economic consequences,” criticized Democrats for trying to “inflict pain” on “Main Street.”
“It’s $15 billion a week,” she explained. “It’s shaving one to two tenths of a percent off GDP. It’s 43,000 jobs lost in a month, potentially, according to the CEA. And where do those expenses that lost $15 billion come from, the 43,000 jobs? From Main Street, from small businesses, who 20% say that they rely on federal government workers as their customers or federal agencies or federal contracting.”
Loeffler says she has agreed with DOGE since day one and revealed the agency has taken down its headcount by about 52%.
“We have done more with less, just like a small business would do, and we’re going to continue to look for efficiencies because just like any private sector company, you can see the headlines over the weekend, large companies having layoffs saying, ‘Actually, we do better with fewer employees. We created too much complexity. We need to ensure that we’re efficient,'” she said.
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Democrats want big government that “stifles small business” and “crowds out innovation,” Loeffler argued.
“It’s important that we continue on with the DOGE efforts and being accountable to taxpayers,” she explained. “That’s what I’m going to do at the end of the year. I’m going to show taxpayers how accountable we were in this agency with their hard-earned tax dollars.”
Putin’s inner circle ‘falling into paranoia’ as relatives rise in power ranks
Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his grip on power by elevating younger loyalists amid growing instability inside the Kremlin as he ages, according to reports.
On Sunday, The Telegraph reported that Putin, 73, who has ruled Russia for more than two decades, is “running out of cards to play” as pressure mounts both domestically and abroad.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) also opened a criminal case against exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and 22 members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia, accusing them of plotting a seizure of power, per reports. Khodorkovsky spent a decade in a Siberian prison before founding the Anti-War Committee in 2022.
John Herbst, Senior Director of the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told the U.K. outlet that “the Kremlin is falling into paranoia.”
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“All the people around him have started thinking about a world beyond Putin, so he has arranged his own elite in a really careful way, so there are no clear seams along which it would kind of rip apart,” Henry Hale, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, told Fox News Digital.
“He also has members of his own family now that are starting to rise in the ranks. One of the ones that has gotten the most attention is Anna Evgenievna Tsivilyova, née Putina,” Hale said.
Tsivilyova, 52, is Putin’s first cousin once removed and currently heads the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation, a state-run organization that supports Russian soldiers and veterans.
She has also served as chair of the board of the Kolmar Group, one of Russia’s largest coal companies.
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“The younger people are being brought up by the older generation integrated seamlessly into the power pyramid,” Hale said.
“Putin is worried about what happens as he ages, and if you don’t provide some opportunity for younger people to rise up, you know, then the regime might come under some pressure.”
“These people can be trusted because they’re related to people close to Putin, and they can also be young and energetic. The younger people are being brought up by the older generation, integrated seamlessly into the power pyramid,” Hale added.
In 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin staged a brief mutiny, sending his fighters toward Moscow before abruptly standing down only to die weeks later in a plane crash.
Now, the Kremlin’s focus has shifted to silencing opposition abroad.
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“Tensions remain within the elite and Putin wants to get rid of any possible risks,” Hale said. “The 2023 incident was a warning from Putin to his own elite, his own inner circle, not to dare try anything. Putin and his people are watching each other carefully and so don’t try anything funny,” Hale added.
Recently, western sanctions, less oil revenue, and war costs could push Russia toward recession.
The Treasury Department under President Donald Trump sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, escalating pressure on the Kremlin to end its war in Ukraine.
According to reports, the Russian government could raise taxes and increase domestic borrowing to close the gap.
“Putin has weathered the main crisis that the full-scale invasion of Ukraine brought Russia, which was the initial shock of the invasion and its failure to take Ukraine in a matter of days,” Hale added.
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“But war brings uncertainty and there’s a risk of disastrous defeat, underperforming expectations. All the people around him start thinking about a world beyond Putin.”
“That said, well, I think Putin’s regime is fairly stable at the moment,” Hale concluded.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Kremlin for comment.
Ohtani’s record-breaking night overshadowed by teammate’s heroic blast in World Series
A sleeping giant finally woke up late Monday night on the West Coast and early Tuesday morning on the East Coast.
Freddie Freeman came to plate in the bottom of the 18th inning and hit a solo home run to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a World Series Game 3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5. He became the first player in MLB Postseason history to hit multiple walk-off home runs in the World Series. He did it in Game 1 last year against the New York Yankees.
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The marathon could have been ended at any point between the 10th and 18th innings. The Dodgers had a great chance in the bottom of the 13th. Freeman came up to bat with the bases loaded and hit the ball as far as he could hit it before it was tracked down by a Blue Jays outfielder.
Toronto made a couple of risky decisions on the basepaths that led to outs. It was worth it at the time to try to end the game, but defensive plays from Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez were able to shut down any hopes of a Blue Jays victory.
The game may not have even sniffed extra innings without the game from Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani hit two home runs in a 4-for-4 night for the Dodgers. He reached base safely nine times, setting a World Series record. Ohtani is set to pitch in Game 4 on Tuesday night – less than 24 hours from when Freeman hit the home run.
“I want to go to sleep as soon as possible so I can get ready,” Ohtani told FOX’s Tom Verducci through an interpreter.
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Dodgers reliever Will Klein also played a massive role in Los Angeles’ win. Klein pitched four innings of scoreless baseball and struck out five. He threw 72 pitches – the second most of the night behind starter Tyler Glasnow.
Hernandez started Los Angeles off with a solo home run off Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer in the second inning. Ohtani followed that up with his first home run of the night in the third inning. But those were the only two blemishes for Scherzer.
The veteran star pitcher locked in the record of the way home. He was hit for three earned runs on five hits in 4.1 innings.
Toronto struck back in the top of the fourth.
Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run home run off Tyler Glasnow to give Toronto the lead. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette scored on the dinger. Later, Andres Gimenez scored Addison Barger on a sacrifice fly.
An Ohtani RBI double and a Freddie Freeman RBI single tied the game in the bottom of the fifth. But Bichette singled home Guerrero to take back the lead.
Of course, Ohtani had a chance to make even more of an impact. With no one on in the bottom of the seventh, Ohtani hit a monster home run off Seranthony Dominguez to tie the game once again.
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It was an 18-inning marathon from there, tying the mark for the longest game in World Series history.
Game 4 is set for later Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.
‘Things were getting really bad’: Country singer nearly quit music amid health struggles
HIGHLAND, California – Tim McGraw opened up about nearly quitting his career after dealing with a series of health setbacks.
The country star, 58, got candid about his struggles during his Saturday tour stop in Highland, California, at the Yaamava’ Theater.
“I’ve had four back surgeries and double knee replacements, just in the last couple of years,” McGraw, who is married to fellow artist Faith Hill, said on stage.
The “Blind Side” actor said right before his most recent back surgery this past spring, “Things were getting really bad,” with the star “getting depressed over it,” which made him consider walking away from his career.
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“The doctor who did my double knee replacement is here tonight,” McGraw said.
The “Humble and Kind” singer asked his doctor to stand up for applause. “Dr. Chen, where you at? There he is!”
“And my wife has been going through quite a bit of surgeries – she’s had five neck surgeries, and she’s had a couple of hand surgeries. Her hand surgeon, Dr. Rose, is here tonight,” also asking him to stand up for applause.
“So, part one of that story. The reason I wanted to tell that part is because the doctors are here. The second part of that story, is, after going through all of that for a couple of years and getting depressed over it and all of those things — stuff not going right,” he explained.
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“And this spring, before I had my final back surgery, things were getting really bad, so I was seriously contemplating and figuring out how to walk away. I didn’t want to, but I didn’t think it was going to get better,” the artist shared on stage.
“But it’s gotten better. So, during that process, I had this idea for this song that sort of dealt with facing age and facing all that stuff that comes along with it,” before singing the song he mentioned, called “King Rodeo.”
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Lyrics of the song include: “Hey, King Rodeo, You’re lookin’ lonely, Like you’ve lost you’re one and only, Adoring crowds are not around you, Whispers and shadows, they surround you.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to a rep for McGraw for comment.
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McGraw is set to hit the stage on Nov. 1 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and perform three nights in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace in December.
In January 2025, McGraw stepped down from a Netflix rodeo series he was set to star and produce in, according to Deadline.
The “1883” actor reportedly needed back surgery and needed to recover, the outlet’s source reported at the time.
He was supposed to play a bull rider, a physically demanding role.
McGraw is no stranger to overcoming obstacles.
The “Live Like You Were Dying” singer has been sober since 2008, after battling alcohol addiction.
He credited Hill, whom he has been married to since 1996, for helping him overcome his addiction.
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In 2021, McGraw told Esquire that he realized he needed help when he drank alcohol first thing in the morning.
“I remember a moment when I was getting out of bed and going to the liquor cabinet and taking a big shot at 8:00 in the morning and thinking, ‘I have to wake up the kids.'”
McGraw and Hill, who most recently celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary, share three daughters: Gracie, Maggie and Audrey.
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“I went straight to my wife and said, ‘This is where I’m at.’ I was scared. She just grabbed me and hugged me and changed my life,” he recalled.
The country sensation said she told him: “‘You’re not scared of anything,'” to which he said, “‘Ehhh, one thing – I’m looking right at it now,'” referring to his wife.
McGraw and Hill first met when she opened for his 1996 Spontaneous Combustion Tour.
The couple married in October 1996 and have collaborated on songs and tours together.
They most recently starred together in the “Yellowstone” prequel series, “1883,” as James and Margaret Dutton — the great-grandparents of the Dutton family.
The series aired from 2021 to 2022.
Kelce matches Chiefs’ all-time TD mark in win over short-handed Commanders
Travis Kelce tied a franchise mark for total touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs used a second-half surge to trounce the injury-riddled Washington Commanders on Monday night, 28-7.
Kelce notched the 83rd touchdown of his career on a 10-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes in the third quarter. He had 80 touchdown catches, two rushing touchdowns and one fumble recovery returned for a touchdown. He tied Priest Holmes with the milestone.
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The touchdown also added Kelce to an exclusive club with other legendary tight ends. He joined Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham as the only other tight ends in NFL history with at least 80 touchdown catches. Counting the playoffs, Kelce has 100 touchdown catches in his career.
Kansas City went up 21-7 after the score and really never looked back from there.
Kelce had six catches for 99 yards as Kansas City has yet to have a 100-yard receiver this season. Mahomes was 25-of-34 with 299 passing yards, three touchdown passes and two interceptions.
Kareem Hunt had two touchdowns in the game as well – one rushing and one receiving. Rashee Rice had the other receiving touchdown.
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The Commanders were playing without Jayden Daniels and George Fant as well as key defensive figures in Noah Igbinoghene and Ale Kaho.
Marcus Mariota started for Daniels again and had the Commanders in pretty good position to get an advantage. Mariota found Terry McLaurin for an 11-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. McLaurin used a nifty toe tap to secure the touchdown.
Coming out of halftime, the Commanders’ offense was nowhere to be found. Washington only had one offensive possession in the third quarter and were susceptible to punts in the fourth.
It was far from the type of play that was needed to beat the defending AFC champion Chiefs.
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Mariota was 21-of-30 with 213 yards, a touchdown pass and two picks.
Don’t look now, but the Chiefs have won five of their last six games and have the Buffalo Bills in their crosshairs in Week 9.