Republican exposes AOC’s Westchester upbringing after heated exchange with Trump

A New York state lawmaker called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her upbringing after she referred to herself as a tough “Bronx girl” during an internet spat in which she traded jabs with President Donald Trump. 

State Assemblyman Matt Slater, a Republican, called out the progressive firebrand, who represents portions of the Bronx and Queens, shared an image of her during her freshman year in suburban Yorktown High School, almost an hour north of the Bronx. 

“If you’re a BX girl then why are you in my Yorktown yearbook? Give it up already,” Tweeted Slater, who was a senior at the same school when Ocasio-Cortez was a freshman.

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Slater’s move came after Ocasio-Cortez got into a social media spat with Trump after she called for his impeachment for ordering strikes over the weekend that targeted Iranian nuclear sites. 

“When I saw the tweet making her out to be this tough Bronx girl, I’d just had enough,” Slater told Fox News Digital. “I literally just reached behind me and grabbed my yearbook, clicked the photos and said: ‘Listen, enough is enough.’” 

“You’re from Yorktown,” he said. “Let’s end this charade and come clean.”

Prior to Slater’s post, Ocasio-Cortez traded barbs with Trump via social media. 

In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump criticized the congresswoman, calling her “stupid” and “one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress.”

“When we examine her Test Scores, we will find out that she is NOT qualified for office but, nevertheless, far more qualified than Crockett, who is a seriously Low IQ individual, or Ilhan Omar, who does nothing but complain about our Country, yet the Failed Country that she comes from doesn’t have a Government, is drenched in Crime and Poverty, and is rated one of the WORST in the World, if it’s even rated at all,” Trump added.

In response, Ocasio-Cortez, who graduated from Yorktown High School in 2007, wrote a series of posts on X criticizing Trump.

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“Also, I’m a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully,” she said, referring to Trump’s Queens roots and upbringing.

The constant references to the Bronx disrespect the congresswoman’s Yorktown upbringing, Slater said. 

“That fact that she continues to go on this charade, I think disrespects this town,” he said. “I think that’s part of the problem these days. People just want real leaders, and not manufactured, fake folks who feel like they have to hide their past or create this false narrative to score points or votes and get attention.”

“I went to college in New Hampshire. I don’t say I’m from New Hampshire,” he added. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Ocasio-Cortez’s office. 

Ocasio-Cortez often touts her Bronx roots despite living a good chunk of her life further north. She lived in the borough’s Parkchester planned community until she was 5 before moving to Yorktown Heights, a suburb in Westchester County, for better schools, the New York Times previously reported.

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“It is nice. Growing up, it was a good town for working people,” she said in reference to Yorktown in a 2018 tweet questioning her Bronx upbringing. “My mom scrubbed toilets so I could live here & I grew up seeing how the zip code one is born in determines much of their opportunity.”

Slater noted that candidates for public office often have to seem relatable to voters. 

“Clearly, hiding or distorting her roots was done for a very specific reason and obviously that reason was to help her get elected,” he said. “That fact that she keeps putting up this front. I just got to that point where I was like ‘enough is enough.’ If you’re not going to be honest about it then we’re going to be honest for you.”

Carville sounds alarm on far-left candidate who defeated Cuomo in NYC mayoral primary

Veteran strategist James Carville warned on Wednesday how democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani winning the New York City mayoral primary may be a burden for the Democratic Party.

Mamdani, a Ugandan-born New York State Assemblyman from Queens, caused a major upset by defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for New York City mayor. Republicans and some Democrats have blasted Mamdani, warning he is a grim sign of America’s political future.

Carville, one of the most famous strategists in American politics, has been speaking about the Democratic Party’s need to ditch far-left politics since well before the 2024 election. He spoke about Mamdani’s surprising victory on his podcast, warning it may be yet another hurdle for struggling Democrats.

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The strategist noted that Mamdani “has not walked back” calls for “global infitada” [sic]. Carville was referencing how Mamdani refused to disavow the phrase “Globalize the intifada,” which pro-Israeli supporters argue is a call for violence, and Israel opponents tout as a mere call to struggle against oppression. 

“Maybe he’ll turn out to be a very skilled candidate that can skillfully navigate some of what I refer to as ‘esoteric’ positions,” Carville said, appearing to refer to Mamdani’s policy of government-run grocery stores, which bewildered the seasoned strategist. 

“There’s a lot of baseball left here,” Carville said of the mayoral election. “We’ve got a lot of baseball left to play.”

Hunt argued that New York City is not a reliable indicator for America at-large, citing how many of its most iconic mayors did not represent a larger political shift outside of their city. 

“However, I do believe that Republicans will jump on this,” he said.

He then appeared to refer to Rep. Elise Stefanik’s, R-N.Y., comment where she warned about Mamdani being a “radical, Defund-the-Police, Communist, raging Antisemite.”

Hunt denied that Mamdani is a communist, but argued, “he does have some issues that the Republicans will love to talk about.”

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“I can’t imagine that any Democratic candidate anywhere in the country is going to be able to escape answering this question. I think the microphone’s going to follow him around. I think that they’re going to pound this home as hard as they possibly can,” Carville agreed.

A big part of the answer, Carville replied, is encouraging people to “look at our nominees in Virginia and New Jersey.”

However, he said, “Depending on who comes in a general election, there’s a lot of Democrats that are going to have a hard go at this. I think it’s a potentially damaging event.”

Both of the hosts drew parallels between former President Joe Biden and Cuomo being rejected as symbols of the Democratic Party’s past in favor of something entirely new.

“Sometimes the Democratic Party’s attitude is ‘take this and eat it, because you gotta eat it,’ and people don’t like that,” Carville said, arguing that mentality was enforced on Democrats with Biden and then with Cuomo. 

The rejection of this, he said, goes beyond ideology and is a generational shift, one could either be positive or negative for the Democrats’ future. 

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“I think this guy creates probably more problems than opportunities for the Democrats,” Hunt later argued after criticizing his grocery store proposal as “not realistic at all.”

Carville warned that opposition to Mamdani is going to “keep unearthing stuff” from his past.

“I mean he’s gotta give an umbrella answer for all of this,” he said. “You know, Harris had the same problem.”

Florida lawmaker forced to evacuate office after sharing personal medical crisis

North Central Florida U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack shared on social media Wednesday night that her office was evacuated following death threats against her, her family and her staff.

The Congresswoman alleges she has been a repeat victim of the threats following an exclusive with the Wall Street Journal in which she spoke about an expelled pregnancy in May of last year, according to a post on social media platform X.

“These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat. Since then, we’ve received thousands of hate-filled messages and dozens of credible threats from pro-abortion activists, which law enforcement is actively investigating,” Rep. Cammack’s Press Office posted.

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Cammock’s ectopic pregnancy occurred shortly after the state’s heartbeat law went into effect. Cammock noted the threats came after the publication of the WSJ interview – which noted that the lawmaker, who is against abortion, supports exceptions for rape and incest and instances in which the mother’s life is at risk. 

“To those spreading misinformation: I did not vote for Florida’s heartbeat law; I serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, not the Florida Legislature,” Cammack wrote on X. “Let me be clear: I will not be intimidated. I won’t back down in the fight for women and families. Ensuring women have the resources and care they deserve is critical. We need real conversations about maternal healthcare in America—conversations based on truth, not fear.”

In her post, Cammack included photos displaying the types of harassment she has received.

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The congresswoman said during the WSJ interview that she had an ectopic pregnancy and that after speaking with medical professionals she had initially refused to terminate her pregnancy. She says she had fears that she would be violating state law due to the fact she was five weeks along at the time of the termination.

Although the nature of her condition was considered fatal, she was still afraid, she said, and blames pro-choice messaging.

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“It was absolute fearmongering at its worst,” she told the publication. “There will be some comments like, ‘Well, thank God we have abortion services,’ even though what I went through wasn’t an abortion.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Cammack’s office for comment.

Ukrainian reporter’s emotional exchange with Trump sparks powerful moment

President Donald Trump shared a tender exchange with a Ukrainian journalist who told him during a press conference at the conclusion of the NATO summit that her husband was fighting in the war in their home country. 

The reporter, who said she was working for the BBC, shared that her husband is a soldier in Ukraine and that she currently lives with their children in Warsaw, Poland, more than three years after the Russian invasion. 

Calling on reporters in The Hague, Netherlands, Trump granted a question to the woman after noticing she was “all excited.” 

“Where are you from?” Trump asked. 

“I’m from Ukraine,” she told an inquisitive Trump. She asked the president if the U.S. is ready to sell more anti-air missile systems, known as Patriots, to Ukraine. 

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“We know that Russia has been pounding Ukraine really heavily right now,” she added. 

Trump asked the reporter, “Are you living yourself now in Ukraine?” 

“My husband is there,” she said. 

Noticing her emotion, Trump interjected, “Wow. I can see you’re … you know, it’s amazing.” 

The woman added, “And me with the kids, I’m in Warsaw, actually.” 

Trump continued to ask the woman about her personal connection to the news she was reporting on. She responded that her husband was indeed a solider currently in Ukraine, drawing an audible reaction from Trump. 

“Wow. That’s rough stuff, right? That’s tough,” Trump said. “Let me just tell you, they do want to have the anti-missile missiles, as they call them, the Patriots. And we’re going to see if we can make some available.”

“You know, they’re very hard to get. We need them too,” Trump said. “We were supplying them to Israel, and they’re very effective. 100% effective. Hard to believe how effective. And they do want that more than any other thing, as you probably know. That’s a very good question. And I wish you a lot of luck. I mean, I can see that it’s very upsetting to you.” 

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“Say hello to your husband. Okay?” Trump added.

Trump met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit earlier Wednesday and suggested that increased spending by the trans-Atlantic alliance could help prevent future Russian aggression against its neighbors.

At the press conference, Trump laced into CNN and the New York Times over their coverage of the U.S. strikes on Iran, but he displayed warmth to the Ukrainian journalist and her question about Patriot missiles. 

Over the course of the war, the U.S. has routinely pressed for allies to provide air defense systems to Ukraine, but many are reluctant to give up the high-tech systems, particularly countries in Eastern Europe that also feel threatened by Russia.

NATO members agreed to raise their spending targets by 2035 to 5% of gross domestic product annually on core defense requirements as well as defense-and security-related spending. That target had been 2% of GDP.

Trump said that the Ukraine crisis “has also highlighted the urgency of rebuilding our defense industrial base, both in the United States and among the allied nations.” He said the U.S. cannot be dependent on foreign adversaries for critical minerals.

Shortly after seeing Zelenskyy, Trump said he would soon meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He cited having difficulties dealing with both leaders. 

Trump was asked by a different reporter if the United States would contribute any more money to Ukraine’s defense this year in addition to the $5 billion that allies are giving. 

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“As far as the money going, we’ll see what happens,” Trump said. “Look, Vladimir Putin, really end that war. People are dying at levels that people haven’t seen before for a long time.” 

Second Lady opens up on how she and JD Vance raise their kids in an interfaith home

Second Lady Usha Vance opened up in a new interview about how she and husband JD Vance raise their three children in an interfaith household, as Usha is Hindu and the vice president is Catholic. 

Usha Vance spoke to Meghan McCain on her podcast, “Citizen McCain,” about raising her three children, Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel, at the Naval Observatory, as well as the transition into becoming the second couple.

“At the time when I met JD, he wasn’t Catholic, and he converted later and when he converted, we had a lot of conversations about that because it was actually after we had our first child, maybe it was after Vivek was born too,” she said. “When you convert to Catholicism it comes with several important obligations, like to raise your child in the faith and all that.”

“We had to have a lot of real conversations about how do you do that, when I’m not Catholic, and I’m not intending to convert or anything like that,” Usha continued. 

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The second lady said it was helpful because she felt she had a say over the directions of their lives. 

“So what we’ve ended up doing is we send our kids to Catholic school, and we have given them each the choice, right? They can choose whether they want to be baptized Catholic and then go through the whole step-by-step process with their classes in school,” she said.

Vance said their oldest child has done that, and added that they make going to church a “family experience.” 

“The kids know that I’m not Catholic, and they have plenty of access to the Hindu tradition from books that we give them, to things that we show them, to the recent trip to India, and some of the religious elements of that visit,” Vance continued. 

Usha Vance was also the subject of a New York Times profile published Wednesday, which described some friends as “bewildered” by her going from once being a Democrat to the spouse of a Republican vice president. 

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Others said, however, that she naturally soured on the left over time, and she was reportedly outraged at Democratic attacks on future Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his wrenching confirmation process in 2018; she clerked for Kavanaugh when he sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“People close to the vice president, who went from being a vocal critic of now-President Trump to his running mate, argue that Ms. Vance went on a similar but less public journey that soured her on the left,” the Times reported.

Usha Vance spoke to Fox News in August while her husband was on the campaign trail and told host Ainsley Earhardt how she deals with negative press coverage of her husband.

“Sometimes I don’t see it all, and sometimes I do see it and I look at and think, well, this is not the JD I know, this is not accurate,” she said at the time. “And other times it might span discussions or thoughts about what we should do next or how we should live. But I think we’ve been doing this now for a little while, and I’ve gotten kind of accustomed to it and grown a bit of a thick skin to it.”

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Usha Vance met JD Vance at Yale University, and the couple married in 2014. Vice President Vance, 40, is the third-youngest vice president in history and first millennial to hold the office, and Usha Vance is the first Indian-American second lady.

Trump, Paramount presented with major settlement proposal to end lawsuit

The mediator involved in President Donald Trump‘s lawsuit against Paramount and CBS News reportedly proposed a $20 million settlement to end the high-stakes legal battle. 

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump and Paramount’s legal teams were presented with a proposal to end the president’s $20 billion lawsuit with a $20 million settlement, according to sources familiar with the matter. 

The proposal, per the WSJ, would have Paramount making a $17 million donation to a Trump presidential foundation or museum and paying millions more in legal fees and public service announcements on Paramount-owned networks to combat antisemitism. 

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Last month, Trump rejected Paramount’s $15 million settlement offer as he sought at least a $25 million payout as well as an apology. According to the Wall Street Journal, Paramount “isn’t prepared” to give one.

“President Trump is committed to holding those who traffic in fake news, hoaxes, and lies to account,” Trump attorney Ed Paltzik told Fox News Digital in a statement. “CBS and Paramount targeted the President in an attempt to harm his reputation while committing the worst kind of election interference and fraud in the closing days of the most important presidential election in history. President Trump will pursue this vital matter to its just and rightful conclusion.”

Paramount did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital‘s request for comment. 

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Last October, Trump sued CBS News and Paramount for $10 billion over allegations of election interference involving the “60 Minutes” interview of then-Vice President Kamala Harris that aired weeks before the presidential election (the amount has since jumped to $20 billion).

The lawsuit alleges CBS News deceitfully edited an exchange Harris had with “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker, who asked her why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t “listening” to the Biden administration. Harris was widely mocked for the “word salad” answer that aired in a preview clip of the interview on “Face the Nation.” 

However, when the same question aired during a primetime special on the network, Harris had a different, more concise response. Critics at the time accused CBS News of deceitfully editing Harris’ “word salad” answer to shield the Democratic nominee from further backlash leading up to Election Day.

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The raw transcript and footage released earlier this year by the FCC showed that both sets of Harris’ comments came from the same response, but CBS News had aired only the first half of her response in the “Face the Nation” preview clip and aired the second half during the primetime special. 

CBS News has denied any wrongdoing and stands by the broadcast and its reporting. 

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Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder who recused herself from settlement discussions in February, made clear that she wanted to settle Trump’s lawsuit in hopes of clearing the pathway for Paramount’s multibillion-dollar planned merger with Skydance Media, which needs approval from the Trump administration’s FCC. 

However, there has been newsroom drama in recent months involving Redstone’s efforts to “keep tabs” on the network’s reporting of Trump, at least until the merger closes. That led to the abrupt resignations of “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who claimed he could no longer maintain editorial independence, in April, and CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon in May.

Jury foreman in Karen Read trial urges FBI to review officer’s death

The jury foreman in the Karen Read retrial called on the FBI to take its own look into the death of Boston Police Department officer John O’Keefe.

Jurors on June 18 found Read not guilty of second-degree murder, but found her guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of .08% or greater.

Juror No. 1 told the Boston Herald that the FBI should do its own investigation into O’Keefe’s death.

“There are so many holes that need to be filled,” Juror No. 1 said. “Now that the FBI knows Karen Read is not a suspect, something happened, and multiple jurors feel that way.”

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The juror, who asked to remain anonymous, said the FBI should “get justice for John O’Keefe.”

“No one local should be involved in the investigation,” the juror said. “It was lazy police work… and we should start some type of investigation of what went on in that house.”

Special prosecutor Hank Brennan, following the verdict, requested Read be sentenced to one year of probation and enrollment in the 24D outpatient program, which is routine for a first drunken driving offense.

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The not guilty verdict on the top charge of second-degree murder came following nearly a month of testimony and four days of jury deliberation. Prosecutors accused Read of killing O’Keefe, her boyfriend, on Jan. 29, 2022, while she was driving her car drunk during a blizzard.

O’Keefe’s body was found lying in the snow during the early morning hours of Jan. 29. Kerry Roberts and Jennifer McCabe testified against Read, saying she was panicked when she called them on Jan. 29 to tell them that O’Keefe was missing.

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In court, McCabe alleged that Read repeatedly said, “I hit him” on the morning that O’Keefe went missing. Timothy Nuttall, a paramedic, said he overheard Read saying “I hit him” three times.

According to witnesses, Read and O’Keefe were out drinking on the night of Jan. 28 with friends, including McCabe. The couple was invited to an after-party at Brian Albert’s house, but they didn’t attend.

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Read’s defense team maintained during the trial that Read never hit O’Keefe, instead blaming his injuries on an altercation with other men at the after-party.

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According to witnesses who testified in court, while Read’s car was outside Albert’s house, she and O’Keefe weren’t seen at the after-party. Read told reporters that she saw O’Keefe enter the house prior to her driving away.

Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI for comment.

Scientists stunned by ‘explosive’ behavior of colossal icy comet heading our way

A groundbreaking discovery was recently made about the largest comet ever observed hurtling toward the sun from the Oort Cloud in the outer reaches of our solar system.

Astronomers recently got a close-up look at the comet, known as C/2014 UN271, flying through deep space with the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile.

The icy giant is 85 miles across and is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

The NRAO reported that astronomers found that new observations from the comet showed jets of carbon monoxide gas erupting out from the comet’s solid icy core.

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Using the ALMA, the researchers found the comet in deep space near Neptune or about 17 times the distance between the Sun and Earth, according to a release from NRAO.

Using the ALMA telescope’s high sensitivity and resolution, the researchers were able to focus on the carbon monoxide and heat being emitted from the comet.

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Nathan Roth of American University and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the lead author of the study, which was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, discussed how this gives researchers insight into the workings of this frozen rock hurtling through space.

“These measurements give us a look at how this enormous, icy world works,” Roth said. “We’re seeing explosive outgassing patterns that raise new questions about how this comet will evolve as it continues its journey toward the inner solar system.”

Using previous ALMA observations and these newest findings, researchers were able to measure the comet. They measured the thermal signal to find the comet’s size and amount of dust surrounding its core.

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Researchers believe that as C/2014 UN271 gets closer to the sun, they will see more frozen gas begin to vaporize off the titan of a comet. This could possibly give researchers more information about the primitive makeup of this icy giant. 

The researchers also hope that this will give a better understanding of the makeup of the solar system.

Newsom’s office posts video of man ‘destroying’ woman after Title IX warning

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office made light of U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announcing the state had violated Title IX by allowing trans athletes to compete in girls sports with a controversial social media post on Wednesday. 

Just hours after McMahon’s announcement of the violations and an ultimatum of 10 days for the state to amend its policies, Newsom’s press office X account mocked McMahon with an old clip of her being body-slammed during a WWE skit. 

The clip was of current Knox County Mayor Glenn Thomas Jacobs, also known as “Kane,” hitting McMahon with move known as the “tombstone piledriver” during an episode of “Monday Night Raw” in the early 2000s.

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McMahon, as the wife of WWE founder Vince McMahon, has been heavily involved in the wrestling entertainment product for decades. She even led the WWE organization as CEO. 

However, Newsom’s office making light of the Title IX violation announcement with a clip of McMahon’s WWE past prompted severe backlash. 

Many critics pointed out that the clips depicts a man physically overpowering a woman, which is often centered as one of the most common arguments against letting biological males compete in girls and women’s sports.

“So a man easily destroying a woman is how you want to relay that boys belong in girls sports?” one X user wrote. 

Another critical user wrote, “Thanks for proving our point. Men are stronger than women. I can’t believe you actually posted this display of male violence.” 

Several prominent women’s rights activists and groups made separate posts speaking out against Newsom’s office over the joke.

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McMahon said in an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday that California would be at risk of losing its federal funding for its K-12 schools if the requirements are not met.

A press release by the U.S. Department of Education states that California’s high school sports league, the CIF and the California Department of Education (CDE) have 10 days to amend their policy or risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Newsom responded to the Education Department later Wednesday.

“It wouldn’t be a day ending in ‘Y’ without the Trump Administration threatening to defund California. Now Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality. This won’t stick,” Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon told Fox News Digital.

The CIF said it didn’t comment on legal matters.

“The California Department of Education believes all students should have the opportunity to learn and play at school, and we have consistently applied existing law in support of students’ rights to do so,” Liz Sanders, director of communications at the California Department of Education, told Fox News Digital.

Newsom previously talked about transgender participation in girls sports back in March with prominent conservative Charlie Kirk.

“The young man who’s about to win the state championship in the long jump in female sports, that shouldn’t happen,” Kirk said. “You, as the governor, should step out and say no. Would you do something like that? Would you say no men in female sports?”

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“I think it’s an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness — it’s deeply unfair,” Newsom told Kirk. “I am not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you.”

Kirk pressed Newsom on whether he would condemn the athlete in question from Jurupa Valley High School after the athlete won another event at the time. Newsom did not directly address the win but said, “It’s a fairness issue.”

“So, that’s easy to call out the unfairness of that,” he said. “There’s also a humility and a grace. … These poor people are more likely to commit suicide, have anxiety and depression. And the way that people talk down to vulnerable communities is an issue that I have a hard time with as well.

“So, both things I can hold in my hand. How can we address this issue with the kind of decency that I think, you know, is inherent in you but not always expressed on the issue?”