Trump administration cracks down on press freedom with new West Wing restrictions
The White House announced on Friday that journalists would no longer be authorized to freely access an area of the West Wing that is home to offices for various senior communications officials, including Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
In a memorandum, the National Security Council said journalists are prohibited from accessing Room 140, also known as “Upper Press,” which is located near the Oval Office, without an appointment, claiming that the move is needed to shield potentially sensitive materials and protect national security.
“In order to protect such material, and maintain coordination between National Security Council Staff and White House Communications Staff, members of the press are no longer permitted to access Room 140 without prior approval in the form of an appointment with an authorized White House Staff Member,” the memo said.
Credentialed White House journalists could previously access Room 140 on short notice to speak with senior officials. Journalists may still access another area where lower-level White House communications staff have desks, the memo said.
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The White House Correspondents’ Association argued that the new restrictions would impact reporters’ ability to question officials, ensure transparency and hold the government to account.
“The White House Correspondents’ Association unequivocally opposes any effort to limit journalists from areas within the communications operations of the White House that have long been open for newsgathering, including the press secretary’s office,” CBS News White House reporter Weijia Jiang, the current president of the group, said in a statement.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said on Friday that reporters had been caught secretly recording video and audio in offices and wandering into restricted areas.
“Some reporters have been caught secretly recording video and audio of our offices, along with pictures of sensitive info, without permission,” he wrote on X. “Some reporters have wandered into restricted areas … Some reporters have been caught eavesdropping on private, closed-door meetings. Cabinet Secretaries routinely come into our office for private meetings, only to be ambushed by reporters waiting outside our doors.”
The Clinton administration announced a similar move in 1993 to restrict press access to Room 140, but it was later rescinded following fierce backlash.
This comes after the Pentagon recently announced a new policy in which news outlets must agree to new press restrictions or lose their media credentials and Pentagon workspaces.
The policy requires journalists to pledge to the new rules, including that they could be deemed security risks and have their Pentagon press badges revoked if they ask employees to disclose information that has not been released by the department, even if the information is unclassified.
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At least 30 news outlets, including Fox News, refused to agree to the Pentagon media restrictions, asserting that the policy represents a threat to press freedom and hinders their ability to conduct independent newsgathering.
Additionally, the Trump administration earlier this year removed Reuters, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News from the permanent “pool” of reporters covering the president, although those outlets may still be included on a sporadic basis.
Blue state passes bill to shield migrants from federal agents at courthouses
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill on Friday prohibiting federal agents from making immigration arrests near courthouses.
The measure also allows lawsuits when people believe their constitutional rights were violated during civil immigration arrests.
The legislation, approved largely along party lines, was sent to Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. His office said he supports the idea and will review the proposal when it reaches his desk.
According to the bill, civil damages for false imprisonment could be imposed when a migrant attending a court hearing or appearing as a party or witness to a legal proceeding is arrested.
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Supporters of the bill say courts must be accessible to everyone to seek resolutions to violations of their rights, but even one of the measure’s top sponsors acknowledges it will face an uphill battle in court.
“It’s not just about the constitutionality of the law, which I think is sound, but it’s the reality that the courts are stacked against us,” Democrat Senate President Don Harmon said. “The federal government can try to remove it from state courts to federal courts. They can try to substitute the government itself for the individual defendants, but that’s not a reason not to try.”
Earlier this month, a judge in Cook County, which includes Chicago, issued an order blocking immigration arrests at county courthouses, citing concerns about “fear or obstruction” while migrants attend court proceedings. The order prohibits immigration authorities from making civil arrests of any “party, witness, or potential witness” during court appearances.
The federal government, however, contended that “there are no legal sanctuaries where you can hide and avoid the consequences for breaking the law.”
The Trump administration’s immigration agenda aims to detain suspected illegal migrants as part of the president’s mass deportation policies. But witnesses have reported numerous incidents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining people regardless of citizenship or legal status.
“No one should have to choose between seeking justice and risking their freedom,” said Democrat state Sen. Celina Villanueva, who is co-sponsoring the bill. “Courthouses must be places where people can resolve disputes, testify and support loved ones, not sites of fear or intimidation.”
The measure also requires hospitals, day care centers and higher education institutions to create policies detailing how they would handle immigration agents inside their facilities.
Earlier this year, the federal government reversed a Biden administration policy prohibiting immigration arrests in sensitive locations such as hospitals, schools and churches.
Other states have made similar efforts to protect migrants against federal raids.
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California has restricted immigration enforcement action in courthouses since 2017. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state cannot control federal immigration action, but “the state has a responsibility to provide safe and secure access to court facilities to all residents regardless of immigration status.”
In Connecticut, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Raheem Mullins issued a policy in September banning warrantless arrests inside state courts, and prohibited the use of face coverings, often worn by ICE officers to shield their identities, in judicial buildings.
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“Judges, staff, litigants, members of the public, they all must be able to conduct their business in our courthouses without fear of disruption,” Mullins said.
Other bills introduced by various local governments and Congress also seek to ban face coverings for immigration agents.
Mother claims taxpayers must feed her children as SNAP benefits face cuts
SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month, and some are even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.
“It is the taxpayer’s responsibility to take care of my kids,” one emotional mother said in a video posted online. “It is the taxpayer’s job to pay for my kids to eat and for my kids to be taken care of.”
The same woman also complained about how none of her TikTok followers had sent her money, warning she would block anyone who viewed her videos without sending cash.
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“Because of the government shutdown, now I can’t get my SNAPs for next month,” another user shared on social media.
The user went on to ask how she was supposed to feed her seven children.
“I have seven different baby daddies and none of ‘em no good for me,” she said.
Fox News contributor Brett Cooper discussed the woman’s comments on her YouTube channel, calling the video “insane” before commenting, “That is [her] responsibility… It is not [the] American taxpayers fault that you have seven baby daddies who will not step up and help you pay the grocery bills.”
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Amir Odom, another conservative commentator, shared his thoughts on the controversy.
“We’ve got the people that genuinely rely and need this program that are actually using it for a hand up and to stay afloat. Then you, on the other side, you got people treating it like a side hustle, selling the stamps, [and] abusing the system,” he shared.
“This whole shutdown has really started to expose both of those sides.”
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Other users joined the online debate with videos showing people confronting grocery store staff and threatening to steal food, saying, “I ain’t paying nothing. I’m walking out with it.”
One man shared how “mad” he was in a video showing three carts filled with groceries at his place of work, with the bill totaling $1,013.73, all charged to food stamps and later voided.
Another Walmart employee shared he “had to go home” because people entered the store “bum-rushing [and] stealing” before “running out the store” amid changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in November.
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The policy update under the “big, beautiful bill” creates work requirements for able-bodied individuals benefiting from the program and “prohibits inclusion of internet costs in a household’s allowable shelter cost.”
Judge blocks executive order requiring citizenship proof for federal voter registration forms
A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot enforce an executive order requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a decision the administration defends as a lawful effort to protect election integrity.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., on Friday found the requirement unconstitutional, writing that the president “lacks the authority to direct such changes.”
“The first question presented in these consolidated cases is whether the president, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her opinion.
“Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes.”
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However, a spokesperson for the White House told Fox News Digital Trump acted within his legal powers.
“President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to ensure only American citizens are casting ballots in American elections,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital in an email. “This is so commonsense that only the Democrat Party would file a lawsuit against it.
“We expect to be vindicated by a higher court.”
The judge sided with the plaintiffs — including the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the Democratic National Committee and the League of Women Voters Education Fund — arguing the Constitution “assigns no direct role to the president in either domain.”
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The ruling says the U.S. Election Assistance Commission is permanently blocked from adding the requirement to the federal voter form, according to The Associated Press.
The lawsuit will continue as the judge examines other parts of Trump’s order, according to The Associated Press.
In March, President Trump signed an executive order mandating that anyone registering to vote provide government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship.
The order also directed the attorney general to enter into information-sharing agreements with state election officials to identify cases of election fraud or other election law violations and conditioned federal election-related funds on states complying with federal election integrity measures.
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“There are other steps that we will be taking in the coming weeks,” Trump said just before signing the order. “We think we’ll be able to end up getting fair elections.”
Kollar-Kotelly previously issued a preliminary injunction in April, and another federal judge blocked the same March 25 executive order in June after a separate challenge brought by Democratic state attorneys general, The Associated Press reported.
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The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Bipartisan senators call on Hegseth to release strike orders on alleged drug boats in Caribbean
A bipartisan pair of senators are calling on Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to hand over copies of the orders issued to strike boats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying narco-terrorists.
Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released two letters they sent to Hegseth in recent weeks in response to the repeated strikes on suspected drug boats.
The first letter, which was issued on Sept. 23, explained the legal requirements for congressional oversight over the military’s executed orders, including that congressional defense committees must be provided copies of the orders within 15 days of being issued.
“Unfortunately, the Department has not complied with this requirement,” the letter reads.
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The second letter, issued on Oct. 6, seeks a written opinion from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) on the domestic or international legal basis for conducting the strikes and related operations.
Reports indicate that the OLC produced a legal opinion justifying the strikes, which numerous lawmakers have been demanding in recent weeks.
The senators’ letter also asked for a complete list “of all designated terrorist organizations and drug trafficking organizations with whom the President has determined the United States is in a non-international armed conflict and against whom lethal military force may be used.”
“To date, these documents have not been submitted,” Reed’s office said in a news release on Friday.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged the Trump administration to release information related to the strikes.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, criticized the administration on Thursday after it excluded Democrats from briefings on the strikes, a move he called “indefensible and dangerous.”
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On Wednesday, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee also penned a letter demanding to review the legal justification behind the series of boat strikes they say appear to violate several laws.
“Drug trafficking is a terrible crime that has had devastating impacts on American families and communities and should be prosecuted. Nonetheless, the President’s actions to hold alleged drug traffickers accountable must still conform with the law,” the letter states.
The strikes have also garnered scrutiny from Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who raised concerns about killing people without due process and the possibility of killing innocent people.
Paul has cited Coast Guard statistics that show a significant percentage of boats boarded for suspicion of drug trafficking are innocent.
The senator has also argued that if the administration plans to engage in a war with Venezuela after it has targeted boats it claims are transporting drugs for the Venezuela-linked Tren de Aragua gang, it must seek a declaration of war from Congress.
In the House, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has made similar statements.
A report published on Friday suggested the U.S. military was planning to strike military installations in Venezuela, but President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the report was inaccurate.
This comes as Hegseth announced the U.S. military on Wednesday struck another boat carrying alleged narco-terrorists. The strikes were carried out in the Eastern Pacific region at the direction of Trump, killing four men on board.
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That was the 14th strike on suspected drug boats since September. A total of 61 people have reportedly been killed while three survived, including at least two who were later repatriated to their home countries.
The Pentagon has refused to release the identities of those killed or evidence that drugs were on board.
New proposal takes aim at blue state’s wealthiest residents to fund federal healthcare
California’s wealthiest residents could face a one-time 5% tax on their net worth under a new proposal aimed at replacing billions of dollars in federal funding cuts to healthcare.
The measure – called the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act” – seeks to counter $30 billion in potential federal funding cuts to California’s Medicaid program, with a portion of the revenue earmarked for public education, according to supporters, which include the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Proponents of the measure sent a request to the California Attorney General’s Office on Oct. 21 to get approval to begin collecting signatures.
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Supporters of the measure argue that around 200 billionaires in California hold about $2 trillion in wealth, but the state’s other 19 million taxpayers pay a “much larger portion” of their true income.
“If we do not do this, millions of people are going to lose health care, an untold number of people will go without treatment and there will be tragedy after tragedy,” Dave Regan, president of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, said in a statement, according to Newsweek.
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The measure would need to garner more than 870,000 signatures by next spring in order to be placed on the November 2026 ballot, Realtor.com reported.
If enacted, California’s wealthiest residents, including tech executives like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, could face massive bills.
The proposal also comes as the state continues to grapple with population outflows to lower-tax states such as Florida.
Between 2023 and 2024, more Americans left California than any other state, Newsweek reported, citing Census Bureau data.
“Miami represents a new start, a refreshing reset. I think that it’s a place where policies, economics and lifestyle align together very well,” Mast Capital CEO Camilo Miguel, Jr., whose company is developing the Cipriani Residences Miami and The Perigon Miami Beach, recently told Fox News Digital.
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes about $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over a decade, largely from changes to spending on healthcare programs.
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The Service Employees International Union did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.
Pop star wows fans with striking before-and-after body transformation
Pop powerhouse Meghan Trainor is showing off a whole new look.
While fans can’t stop buzzing about her dramatic transformation, her trainer said the Grammy winner’s biggest change happened “from the inside out.”
“Watching her transform from the inside out has been one of the most meaningful parts of my work,” Bella Maher from Malibu Bodies said on Instagram. “She did so much of this on her own before ever introducing a GLP-1, and even after starting it, the medication was simply a support, not the reason for her results. GLP-1s can be a powerful tool, but they’re certainly not a transformation plan. SHE is the reason this worked.”
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The “All About That Bass” hitmaker, 31, has unveiled an impressive physical transformation, as her fitness trainer shared before-and-after photos highlighting her health journey from January 2024 to October 2025.
The images show the singer looking noticeably leaner and more toned. Trainor’s commitment, her fitness trainer added, made the difference.
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“She prioritized strength training, protein, intention, structure, and showing up even on the days she didn’t feel like it,” the post continued. “She built this. She earned this. And now she gets to live in a body that supports her for life. SO proud of you, my girl!!”
Her before-and-after transformation photos come after she showed off her slimmed-down figure in March 2025 when she hit the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music event, stunning in a sleek black dress with a sheer skirt that showed off her noticeably slimmer frame.
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But after her show-stopping appearance, the “Made You Look” singer took to social media to set the record straight — and expressed frustration over the attention surrounding her body instead of her music.
“So many of the questions (and comments) were focused on my body,” Trainor shared, adding that the focus took away from what she was there to celebrate — her work.
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Trainor didn’t shy away from being transparent with fans, admitting she had been using a weight-loss medication while also putting in serious effort behind the scenes.
“No, I don’t look like I did 10 years ago,” she wrote. “I’ve been on a journey to be the healthiest, strongest version of myself for my kids and for me.”
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She continued, revealing how she rebuilt her health from the inside out.
“I’ve worked with a dietitian, made huge lifestyle changes, started exercising with a trainer, and yes, I used science and support (shoutout to Mounjaro!) to help me after my second pregnancy. And I’m so glad I did because I feel great.”
Flu and COVID patients could face alarming cardiac danger, study suggests
Certain viruses could make people more susceptible to heart disease, new research suggests.
An independent study showed that people who contracted COVID or influenza faced a “dramatically” greater risk of heart attack or stroke — up to three or five times higher — in the weeks following the infection.
The researchers reviewed 155 scientific studies to arrive at these findings, which were published this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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“It is well-recognized that human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B virus and other viruses can cause cancer; however, the link between viral infections and other non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, is less well understood,” said Kosuke Kawai, lead author of the study and adjunct associate professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“Our study found acute and chronic viral infections are linked to both short- and long-term risks of cardiovascular disease, including strokes and heart attacks.”
The researchers found that people are four times as likely to have a heart attack and five times more likely to have a stroke in the month after a positive flu test, according to an AHA press release.
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In the 14 weeks after contracting COVID, people were three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, and had an elevated risk for up to a year.
The role of inflammation
When the body fights off a virus, the immune system releases chemicals that cause inflammation and make the blood more likely to clot, the release noted.
These effects can sometimes linger even after the person has recovered from the infection. Ongoing inflammation and clotting can put extra strain on the heart and contribute to plaque buildup in the arteries, which may help explain why some people face a higher risk of heart attacks or strokes in the following weeks.
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“The findings suggest that low-grade inflammation plays a role by increasing the activation of blood clotting and damaging the inner lining of arteries, which supply blood to our bodies,” noted Dr. Bradley Serwer, an interventional cardiologist and chief medical officer at VitalSolution, an Ingenovis Health company that offers cardiovascular and anesthesiology services to hospitals nationwide.
“While we have known about a link between inflammation and cardiovascular events, this study showed that many common viruses have more of an impact than we once believed,” added Maryland-based Serwer, who was not involved in the study.
Markers of inflammation called C-reactive protein (CRP) are known to be associated with increased risk of cardiac events, the expert said.
Inflammation can damage the arteries in several different ways, including causing microscopic tears that allow “bad cholesterol” (LDL) to invade and form plaque.
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“Further inflammation can destabilize these plaques, causing them to rupture, thus causing a heart attack or stroke,” Serwer said. “Inflammation also triggers the clotting process by activating platelets.”
Chronic infection risk
Some chronic viruses, like HIV, hepatitis C and varicella zoster virus (the virus that causes shingles) were linked to long-term cardiovascular risk, the study found.
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Those who had HIV were found to have a 60% higher risk of heart attack and a 45% higher risk of stroke. Among those with hepatitis C, there was a 27% higher risk of heart attack and a 23% higher risk of stroke. Shingles increased heart attack risk by 12% and stroke risk by 18%, the study found.
“The elevated risks for cardiovascular disease risks are lower for HIV, hepatitis C and herpes zoster than the heightened short-term risk following influenza and COVID — however, the risks associated with those three viruses are still clinically relevant, especially because they persist for a long period of time,” Kawai said in the release.
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“Moreover, shingles affects about one in three people in their lifetime. Therefore, the elevated risk associated with that virus translates into a large number of excess cases of cardiovascular disease at the population level.”
Reducing the risk
The researchers recommended vaccination for influenza, COVID and shingles, citing studies linking a lower risk among those who received the flu shot.
“Preventive measures against viral infections, including vaccination, may play an important role in decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Prevention is especially important for adults who already have cardiovascular disease or … risk factors,” Kawai said.
Serwer agrees that vaccination against many of these common viruses is a “key preventive strategy.”
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The researchers acknowledged some limitations of the study, including that it was based on observational studies and not randomized controlled trials.
“Because most studies examined infection with a single virus, it is unclear how infection with multiple viruses or bacteria may have affected the results,” the release stated.
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“The analysis focused on viral infections that impact the general public and did not identify high-risk groups (such as transplant recipients) that may be disproportionately affected.”
For people with cardiovascular disease, the researchers advised seeing a doctor to discuss vaccine recommendations.
Dodgers live to fight another day in high stakes series against Blue Jays
The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers entered Friday night just one loss away from elimination.
But a bold move to bring in Sunday’s projected starter, Tyler Glasnow, in the final frame of the ninth inning helped the Dodgers survive.
Glasnow entered Friday’s win-or-go home game with a Toronto Blue Jays runner on second and another on third base. It took Glasnow just three pitches to get three outs to close the game and force a Game 7.
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Two of those outs came after the Dodgers turned what appeared to be a potential game-tying hit into a dramatic, game-ending double play.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts decided to shake up the lineup again for Game 6.
After moving from second to third in the order in Wednesday’s Game 5 loss, shortstop Mookie Betts dropped into the cleanup spot Friday against Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman.
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Betts had not hit as low as fourth since the final game of the 2017 American League Division Series against Houston. Game 5 was the first time since 2021 that Betts started but wasn’t in one of the top two spots in Los Angeles’ lineup.
Betts entered Game 6 hitting just 3-for-23 with no RBIs or extra-base hits in the World Series, but he made the most of his new spot in the batting order, delivering a two-run single in the third inning.
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto was not quite as sharp as in his Game 2 four-hitter, the first World Series complete game in a decade. He lasted six innings and allowed only a third-inning RBI single by George Springer, who returned after missing two games with an injury to his right side.
After the game, Roberts explained his decision to use Glasnow in relief.
“This is do or die. You’ve got to leave it all out there and pick up all the pieces,” Roberts told FOX Sports. ” Roki (Sasaki) wasn’t as sharp. I felt right there Glasnow had swing and miss stuff and I just wanted to bet on him.”
Max Scherzer will start Game 7 on Saturday night for the Blue Jays. He also started the last World Series Game 7, getting a no-decision when Washington won the 2019 title over Houston.
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The Dodgers are seeking to become the first team to win consecutive titles since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays hope to end their championship drought by securing their first World Series title since 1993.
Game 7 is scheduled for Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.
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