Trump making major change to Biden’s security clearance: ‘He set this precedent’
President Donald Trump on Friday announced he is revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearances and stopping his daily intelligence briefings.
“There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Friday night.
The privileges will be revoked immediately, according to the president.
He added the precedent was set by Biden himself.
“He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents,” Trump wrote.
The president noted the Hur Report, which he claimed “revealed that Biden suffers from ‘poor memory’ and, even in his ‘prime,’ could not be trusted with sensitive information,” according to the post.
Special Counsel Robert Hur submitted a report on Biden’s alleged improper retention of classified records, which confirmed the former president’s frequent memory lapses and contradicted his claims.
Hur also testified in March that he found evidence that “pride and money” motivated Biden to retain classified documents.
However, he did not recommend criminal charges against Biden.
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Trump wrote in the post that he will always protect National Security.
“JOE, YOU’RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN,” he wrote.
Coast Guard finds wreckage of plane that vanished over Alaska with no survivors
The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska said Friday afternoon it had located the wreckage of the Nome-bound plane that went missing after takeoff with 10 people on board Thursday.
In a post on X, the Coast Guard also reported that three deceased individuals were found inside the plane, which was located on sea ice about 34 miles southeast of Nome.
“The remaining 7 people are believed to be inside the aircraft but are currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane,” USCG Alaska posted. “Our heartfelt condolences are with those affected by this tragic incident.”
Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Mike Salerno told the Anchorage Daily News it’s clear there were no survivors of the crash.
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The commuter flight, operated by Bering Air, was traveling from Unalakleet to Nome in western Alaska, when its position was lost about 12 miles offshore, according to the Coast Guard.
Data from FlightRadar shows the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX last reporting at 3:16 p.m. local time Thursday over Norton Sound.
Earlier, officials said aerial searches carried out by C-130 Hercules planes from the National Guard and Air Force resulted in “no sightings.”
In a news conference Friday, officials said an “item of interest” had been found related to the search.
Later, a Coast Guard rescue crew arrived at the wreckage site and lowered two rescue swimmers to investigate, The Associated Press reported.
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During the news conference, the Coast Guard said that data showed a “rapid loss in elevation and rapid loss in speed” for the aircraft at 3:18 p.m. Thursday.
All 10 people aboard the turboprop plane — nine passengers and a pilot — were adults, and it was a regularly scheduled flight, Lt. Ben Endres of the Alaska State Troopers said Friday.
“Say a prayer tonight for the 10 souls who lost their lives on the Bering Air flight in Alaska,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X after the wreckage was found.
He said he had spoken to Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski to offer the Department of Transportation’s full support.
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“The @FAANews is providing an investigator from the Aviation Safety Office of Accident and Prevention,” he added.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy wrote on X that his a his wife, Rose Dunleavy, were “heartbroken by the loss of the 10 people on the Bering Air flight. Our prayers are with the families, friends, and communities mourning this tragedy. We are grateful to the search teams who worked tirelessly to locate the aircraft. I ask all Alaskans to keep those affected in their thoughts and prayers.”
Social media explodes after House Democrats’ ‘unhinged’ clash with security guard
Conservatives on social media blasted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., after she and other Democrats protesting President Donald Trump attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., while accosting a security guard in the process.
Thirty House Democrats attempted to enter the Department of Education building on Friday morning to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter regarding Trump’s plans to significantly downsize or even eliminate the department, but they were stopped by security.
Video of the Democrats attempting to convince the visibly uninterested security guard to let them in quickly spread on social media, sparking strong pushback from conservatives.
Waters and other Democrats could be seen on video berating the security guard, repeatedly asking for his ID, and telling him to look at the camera, so viewers could see his face.
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“This is hilarious,” author Justin Hart posted on X. “The Democrats have octagenarians going around town trying to intimidate federal workers for some reason or another.”
“Absolutely pathetic theater from House Democrats at the Department of Education, down to claiming the security officer is a modern day police officer in the Deep South blocking school integration,” Newsbusters managing editor Curtis Houck posted on X.
“The quote at the end is my favorite,” Daily Signal investigative columnist Tony Kinnett posted on X. “Three years ago, Democrats wanted to hear NOTHING from parents concerned about their kids’ schools. They sent the FBI after parents. Now they’re claiming to represent them. Hilarious.”
“I can’t stop watching this,” Congressional Leadership Fund Communications Director Torunn Sinclair posted on X. “It’s so funny. Democrats are floundering.”
“Unhinged Maxine Waters is annoying AF,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posted on X. “This deranged behavior is like a scene ripped straight out of Flowers in the Attic.”
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“Trump has completely broken the Democrat party,” Outkick founder Clay Travis posted on X. “They are in total shambles.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Waters’ office for comment.
An aide made it inside the building and explained to security that lawmakers were there. Members then tried to go inside the building, and at that point, the doors were locked, Fox News was told.
The Nation’s Report Card, which assesses how American students are performing in various subjects, showed seven out of 10 fourth graders are not proficient readers, which is a worse score than the last report card in 2022. The report card noted that reading scores showed “no significant change” since 1992.
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who served in Trump’s first administration, slammed the department and called for a revamp in an opinion piece.
“A complete reset begins with ending the failed experiment resident in the Department of Education. The bureaucrats have focused on mandating DEI, when students needed the focus to be on ABC and 123,” DeVos wrote. “President Trump and Congress should take their corrosive power away and instead block grant all necessary education funding directly to the states.”
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On the campaign trail, Trump suggested several times that eliminating the department entirely was on the table.
“One thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and sending all education and education work it needs back to the states,” Trump said in a 2023 campaign video.
Federal workers in DC experience job insecurity for first time: ‘Like a nuclear bomb’
Federal workers in Washington, D.C., are experiencing job instability for the first time ever, and the whole city is in a “panic,” according to one report.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are cutting spending and terminating government programs left and right, leading to layoffs, buyouts and a shell-shocked Capitol not even 3 weeks into his second term.
“Washington already feels like a transformed place,” Politico senior editor Michael Schaeffer wrote in a Friday column. “And it won’t just snap back even if the crusade ends tomorrow. … something essential in the culture has shifted.”
In his piece, titled, “‘Are We Detroit Now?’: Trump’s Cuts Panic Washington,” Schaeffer took stock of the sudden anguish and anxiety experienced by government workers living in one of the richest and most expensive areas of the country.
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“It is a very difficult time in D.C.,” Yesim Sayin, the executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, said. “The uncertainties are so big. There’s a whole industry contingent on the federal government spending money.”
“It’s hard to express just how unfamiliar base-level uncertainty is in Washington,” Schaeffer said. “The city has always felt like a company town where the company will never go out of business. While most of us don’t actually work for the government, its permanence shapes our expectations, and not just in four-year increments. Assumptions about Washington’s essence inform decisions about buying a house or building a life.”
“It’s essentially like a nuclear bomb falls and destroys all your future plans,” Sayin added.
While Trump’s moves have affected contractors, Schaeffer says that workers in the nation’s Capitol are experiencing a “novel element to a city built on government stability: economic paranoia” and “a Beltway category that didn’t really exist until recently: waiting around to be fired.”
“For generations, the staid predictability of federal paychecks and government contracts has defined Washington life even for the many folks who don’t work for Uncle Sam,” Schaeffer wrote. “Now there’s a sudden awareness that those payments may not be so predictable. It’s a bewildering, vertiginous feeling: an industry town when the industry starts to wobble.”
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With Trump’s mandate that federal workers accept a buyout or return to work in-person, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and two other unions filed a complaint, saying the buyout offer is “arbitrary and capricious” and that it violates federal law.
Over 40,000 workers have agreed to the buyout, and on Thursday a federal judge pushed the administration’s deadline to accept the buyout or resign from Thursday to Monday.
As white collar federal bureaucrats worried the city is turning into Detroit during the collapse of the auto industry, Schaeffer spoke to Ron Fournier, a former DC journalist who moved back to Motor City, who confirmed the comparisons.
Fournier predicted that the D.C. workforce “is not going to recover.”
“It’s hard to come back from being in what you thought was a stable industry, and then you wake up one day and you realize it’s not,” Fournier said. “It’s always going to change the way people in your town look at their history and how secure they feel, and how comfortable they feel, and how optimistic they feel. It’s a blow for the psyche that is not going to recover.”
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Woman arrested after ripping down US flag and threatening police in explicit rant
A woman was arrested on Thursday after she took down an American flag and placed it on the muddy ground at a California park, replacing it with a Mexican flag.
Kern County deputies responded to the entrance of Hart Memorial Park in Bakersfield on Thursday morning after receiving reports of someone trying to steal the U.S. flag, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post.
When park rangers arrived, they found a vehicle on the grass near a flag pole, authorities said.
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The woman, identified as Crystal Aguilar, 24, allegedly cut the chain that secured the flagpole and threw the American flag on the ground. She then raised the Mexican flag in its place, saying they were on “Mexican land.”
Body-worn camera video from sheriff’s deputies shows Aguilar saying, “You’re not going to tell me what to do, this is Mexican land, motherf—–.”
She then allegedly resisted the deputies and threatened to have them and their families, including their children, killed.
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“Touch me, motherf—–, and when your kids die,” she is heard saying. “I’m Mexican. I’m Aztec, motherf—–, and you’re going to pay.”
“My dad is going to kill you and all your family,” she added. “I’m going to let my father kill you.”
Aguilar was arrested and booked into the Lerdo jail on suspicion of trespassing, threatening a peace officer, resisting arrest and vandalism. She is being held on $20,689 bail, according to jail records.
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Aguilar is slated to appear in court on Monday.
California Gov Newsom signs $50M ‘Trump-proofing’ legislative package
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the $50 million special legislative “Trump-proofing” package which he proposed for Democrats to pass following President Donald Trump’s election.
Newsom said the bill will “bolster funding for legal services programs that are vital to safeguarding the civil rights of California’s most vulnerable residents, including people with disabilities, youth who are homeless, victims of human trafficking and wage theft, people facing unlawful evictions, immigrants and more.
“None of the funding in this bill is intended to be used for immigration-related legal services for noncitizens convicted of serious or violent felonies,” he added in a signing statement.
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The package, which was passed by the state Senate and Assembly, allocates $25 million to the California Department of Justice to support legal battles against Trump’s federal policies, including environmental regulations and illegal immigration. An additional $25 million is designated for legal aid groups to assist illegal immigrants facing potential deportation.
Newsom lobbed hundreds of lawsuits against the Trump administration during Trump’s first term.
While Newsom is gearing up for potential showdowns with the Trump administration, he has also been working with Trump to secure federal disaster relief for the Los Angeles wildfires. Trump visited California in late January to meet with Newsom, and Newsom traveled to Washington, D.C., in early February for another round of discussions with the president.
“We’re working across the aisle, as we always have, to ensure survivors have the resources and support they need,” Newsom said in a statement on Wednesday. “Thank you President Trump for coming to our communities to see this first hand, and meeting with me today to continue our joint efforts to support people impacted.”
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Trump hit back at Newsom after he announced the special legislative session in November, saying on his Truth Social account, “He is using the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way of stopping all of the GREAT things that can be done to ‘Make California Great Again,’ but I just overwhelmingly won the Election.”
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
Tom Brady draws inspiration from his parents, shares advice on tackling challenges
Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady spoke glowingly about his parents and provided great advice for young people who hope to follow in his footsteps one day.
FOX’s NFL lead analyst appeared on “Fox & Friends” and recalled a moment before Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons when he mentioned that his father, Tom Sr., was his hero. Brady was emotional when talking to reporters before that game, and he explained on Friday that his father was helping his mom, Galynn, go through breast cancer treatments at the time.
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“I was so blessed to have a mom and dad that supported my athletic and career journey every step of the way, and, I had a great foundation about family and about commitment, support for one another,” Brady said. “At the time, my mom was battling breast cancer, and my dad was there supporting my mom through her treatments. And it was a very challenging time for our family.
“And I just think about my dad and the commitment that he’s made to her, to my sisters, to myself, to his grandkids. And, he’s the greatest man I’ve ever known. And I still feel that way. I try to make him proud in everything that I do. And, when you have an example like that, like I did with my dad, I can just take what he taught me and try to be that kind of dad that I am for my kids.”
Brady, throughout his career, set a high bar for himself to clear. He wasn’t the best player going from high school to college and was far from the best college football quarterback when he was at Michigan.
In the NFL, he was a sixth-round draft pick with very little professional expectations as he started as a backup to Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe. He may have even become a baseball player if he had wanted to, as the Montreal Expos selected him in the MLB Draft.
As he never wavered in his commitment to be the best, he said his parents never wavered either. It was the belief system they instilled in him that helped him believe in himself.
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“I was just like a normal American kid that wanted to grow up and chase my dreams. And I would say my parents, they never kind of tempered my expectations for what I thought I could accomplish when I wanted to go to Michigan,” he said. “They didn’t think, ‘Oh, it might be too hard for you. You should probably pick a school where maybe you’re going to go play earlier, play a freshman.’ I always had this belief that I could do it, and my parents said the whole time, you could do it, absolutely.
“I was one of the slowest players at the NFL combine when I got drafted by the New England Patriots. And my mom, you say, honey, you are so fast. You get out there on that field and you can run. And certainly, I know I couldn’t. I said, mom, I love you. You’re very biased toward your own son,” he added. “But I think the reality is, there was never a plan B for me. I never had to deal with that. And I think they supported me.
“And I got to believe in myself, because you need people to believe in you, even when you don’t always have the most confidence in yourself. And if you’re surrounded by people that love you, that are there for you when you fail. Because the reality is, in life, when we try things that are very difficult, we do fail because they’re hard. And when they’re hard and you overcome them, you learn a lot about yourself. And if you can apply those things going forward to accomplish what you want, you’re going to gain a lot of self-esteem and a lot of self-confidence.
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“I just felt that trying things that were outside of my comfort zone ended up being the best things in my life. And having parents that supported me when I did fail, that was the biggest blessing in my life.”
“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked whether part of Brady’s success on the field was having the chip on his shoulder from being a sixth-round pick back in 2000.
Brady said “absolutely.”
“I feel like overcoming those challenges and adversities that I had, whether it was in high school and college, allowed me to be the professional athlete that I was,” he said. “I learned a lot of things through failing that a lot of guys didn’t learn through high school and college because they were the best athletes. So, these sustainable qualities that you have as an athlete, like your work ethic, like your discipline, like your determination and competitiveness, those are what people would call into tangibles, because we can go measure physical strength or speed or all the things that are important, but in the end, they’re not sustainable over the course of a 23-year career.”
Brady lamented what top high school and college athletes are going through now with the advent of the transfer portal and name, image and likeness.
“And I look at what we’re doing to college kids and high school kids, and we make it so easy on them. Now, if you don’t like where you’re at, go somewhere else where you can play, and it goes from being, let’s say, college or high school, a transformational experience to a transactional experience,” he said. “And you’re always trying to transform yourself into something a little bit more, into a little bit better version of yourself. But when you make it easy on yourself, in the end, you’re doing yourself a disservice, because you’re not challenging yourself to get outside your comfort zone.
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“And if you get outside your comfort zone, you’re going to realize like, ‘Oh man, I’m kind of on my own, but I’ve got people that support me, but how do I figure this out?’ And part of that figuring it out is to dig a little deeper within yourself and to develop a better work ethic, to be a little more bit more disciplined in what you’re doing and to be more determined to accomplish it every single day. And if you cheat that, in the end you cheat yourself, and you’re never going to accomplish your goals, you’re going to be settling for your plan B’s your entire life.”
Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal drama thrown into middle of Hollywood awards show
Chelsea Handler hosted the 2025 Critics Choice Awards Friday night and kicked off the show with a standing ovation for the firefighters and first responders who battled the LA Fires last month.
Everyone rose from their seats, including Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldaña and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Handler then segued into a joke, referencing “It Ends With Us” stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s dueling lawsuits.
“I want to acknowledge that we’ve all been through a lot lately, not just here in Los Angeles, but our entire country. Waking up every day, not knowing what news we’re going to hear that will disappoint or horrify us.
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“So, it’s important in times like these to have a distraction. And that’s why I want to personally extend my gratitude to Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. Thank you for providing us with that distraction. I’m grateful, and I think we’re all grateful. And I think we’re good,” Handler said.
“I think everybody in this room, no matter whose side you’re on, we can all agree to accept that there’s probably not gonna be a sequel.”
“‘It Ends With Us,’ guys,” Handler joked.
The camera panned to Orlando Bloom, who was among the crowd laughing at Handler’s joke.
Handler joked that “nepo baby” Kate Hudson and her brother’s wife, Erinn Bartlett, would be presenting the first award. They presented the best ensemble to “Conclave,” which starred Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci.
While accepting the award for best supporting actor, Michael Urie joked that Harrison Ford was the best “up and coming” actor after working with him on “Shrinking.”
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Liev Schreiber and Jessica Gunning won best supporting actors in a limited series for their roles in “Baby Reindeer” and “The Perfect Couple.”
Tadanobu Asano and Moeka Hoshi won the awards for best actor in a drama series for “Shogun.”
Hoshi mentioned the LA Fires during her acceptance speech.
“Even from Japan, I always think of you and remember you,” she said.
The best animated feature award was presented to “The Wild Robot.”
Jeff Hermann, the producer of the animated film, gave his “heartfelt thanks to the first responders” as a member of the Altadena community, which was devastated by the Eaton Fire.
Colin Farrell won best actor in a limited series or movie made for television for “The Penguin.”
Farrell honored the firefighters and first responders.
“It’s so easy to not even contemplate what first responders and the fire department do every day, every month and every year. But to see them working with a sense of civic duty and responsibility was so moving,” he said.
Best actress in a limited series went to Cristin Milioti. The best limited series was awarded to “Baby Reindeer.”
Jesse Eisenberg presented the best supporting actress award to Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Perez.”
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Best actor in a comedy series was awarded to Adam Brody for “Nobody Wants This.” He attended the award show with his wife, Leighton Meester, after the couple reportedly lost their home during the Palisades Fire.
“Hacks” took home the award for best comedy series.
Best supporting actor was awarded to Kieran Culkin for his role in “A Real Pain.” Best actor in a drama series was awarded to Hiroyuki Sanada for “Shogun.”
Kathy Bates won best actress in a drama series for “Matlock” and thanked the firefighters while revealing the show’s producer lost his home during the Palisades Fire.
“Shogun” took home the award for best drama series. “Emilia Perez” won the award for best foreign language film.
Orlando Bloom presented best director to Jon M. Chu for “Wicked.” During his acceptance speech, Chu said that “America is the greatest place in the world.”
Demi Moore and Angelina Jolie were among the actresses up for one of the biggest awards of the night. Moore took home best actress for her role in “The Substance.”
“Because it hasn’t happened, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Just stick with it. Dreams do come true,” Moore said during her acceptance speech. This marked Moore’s first Critics Choice Award for best actress.
Best actor went to Adrien Brody for his role in “The Brutalist.” The final award of the night for best picture was presented by Sacha Baron Cohen and given to “Anora.”
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