NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s administration announced the results of a crackdown on illegal immigration in the trucking industry on Tuesday.The Department of Transportation (DOT) began the crackdown, Operation Highway Shield, in Florida earlier this year. The DOT has since expanded the effort to multiple states in the Midwest, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio, Fox News has learned.Officials carried out 3,487 enforcement stops during the operation that resulted in 766 unsafe commercial vehicles or drivers placed out of service, 51 immigration detentions, 47 criminal charges filed, 39 incarcerations, 36 English Language Proficiency (ELP) violations, and three cargo theft recoveries totaling roughly $1 million in stolen freight.TRUMP TAPS VETERANS TO FIX ILLEGAL ALIEN TRUCKING PROBLEM PLAGUING US ROADWAYS The Trump administration maintains that federal immigration and commercial driving enforcement remains a top priority.Fox News previously broke news about the ramped-up enforcement efforts in Florida in March. Florida Troopers said that up to half of truckers at some weigh stations cannot meet English proficiency requirements.”I try to concentrate on the [signs] they have to read,” Master Trooper Craig Lents said at the time. “If you are going down the road at 70 miles per hour,…

Angel Reese just wrapped up an extraordinary 10-day stretch that most young girls in America could only dream about.On July 24, Mattel unveiled a Barbie doll made in her likeness. The doll wore a pink jersey featuring Reese’s No. 5, the number she wears with the Atlanta Dream, and included details such as her headband, leg sleeve, necklace, pink nails and signature Reebok shoes. On July 25, she competed in her third consecutive WNBA All-Star Game.On Aug. 3, a matching Barbie edition of the Angel Reese 1, her signature sneaker, went on sale.WNBA COMMISSIONER VOWS TO CRACK DOWN ON ‘RACISM, MISOGYNY,’ DODGES BIG QUESTIONS AT ALL-STAR PRESS CONFERENCEThat same night, the Dream held “Barbie Game Day” at State Farm Arena, complete with special ticket packages and limited-edition merchandise. Reese’s doll sat beside her during media availability.In 10 days, Reese received her own Barbie, a matching version of her signature shoe and an entire WNBA promotional event tied to the collaboration.Yet even that wasn’t enough to keep Reese from returning to her favorite subject: what the world had denied her.”Honestly, I didn’t have a lot of dolls because I didn’t have dolls that really looked like me much,” Reese said when…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: In her first interview since the birth of her fourth child with Vice President JD Vance just a few weeks ago, Usha Vance described the joy of being a new mother all over again during a candid interview with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, August 4.The interview came on the same day the newest episode of her popular podcast, “Storytime with the Second Lady,” was set to go live. “It’s been really lovely so far,” she said of the experience of having four children, speaking from the Vice President’s Residence. “One of the things that has just been beautiful to see is how excited my older kids are about their new brother. They’re always fighting over holding him. When we do diaper changes or clothes changes, one of them is always there helping. They’re willing to burp him, they want to grab things for him, they want to entertain him.”JD VANCE AND WIFE USHA WELCOME FOURTH CHILD, REVEAL BABY BOY’S NAMEShe added, “So there’s this really great way in which their needs are complimentary with his.”Vice President Vance and his wife announced the birth of their fourth child in a…

Since Aug. 11, 2025, nearly 9,700 National Guard troops from across the nation have been shipped into Washington, D.C., and put up in hotels in service of the “Make DC Safe and Beautiful” mission ordered by President Donald Trump.As the mission approaches the conclusion of its first year — with at least two more to go, unless the president says otherwise — its measure of success depends on whom you ask. In a round-table discussion with reporters Monday, Brig. Gen. Leland Blanchard, the D.C. National Guard’s interim commanding general, suggested the impact of the Guard’s presence was as much about an increased feeling of safety as it was about the number of interventions.Those numbers, in the context of the size of the Guard deployment, are modest. Blanchard said Guardsmen had provided 788 medical assists, “ranging from administering CPR to applying tourniquets for gunshot victims;” reunited 43 lost children, intervened in 262 fights to prevent further escalation; and administered the overdose reversal drug Narcan to 325 people. Guard members supported law enforcement 479 times, he said, or a little more than once per day over the course of a year-long deployment.“Those are not simply numbers. Those are not just data points,”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Paramount CEO David Ellison believes that opposition to his planned Warner Bros. merger isn’t truly about market share but rather whether he “can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN.” Unfortunately for Ellison, much of the distrust is coming from inside the house. In a striking New York Times guest essay published on Tuesday, Ellison wrote that others have attempted to tell his story while he remained silent because the head of a news organization “shouldn’t put a finger on the scale,” but he wouldn’t remain silent any longer. The essay quickly spread through CNN, where concerned staffers attempted to read between the lines to see if it offered a glimmer of hope. One CNN employee flatly rejected the notion that Ellison’s essay will ease tensions, while CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter called it “remarkable.”CNN STAFFERS SEE PARAMOUNT MERGER AS ‘INEVITABLE’ DESPITE LEGAL BATTLE DELAYING ELLISON TAKEOVER Ellison’s Paramount is attempting to build a media empire of historic proportions by acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery for $111 billion. The European Union and the U.S. Justice Department have each signed off on the deal, with the final roadblocks coming from an antitrust lawsuit led by California…

Looking for a new iron or piece of kit to enhance the one you already own? Check out these 7 new bits of guns and gear to grow your firearms wish list.The New Guns And Gear:Chiappa SA 1873 Black ThunderChiappa is giving a classic revolver a modern makeover with the 1873 Black Thunder. At its core, it’s still an M1873 Single Action Army, but it’s been given a bunch of practical upgrades to help bring it into the 21st century. Chambered for .44 Magnum and available with either a 5.5- or 7.5-inch barrel, the most notable modern features on the Black Thunder include its top-mounted Picatinny rail for optics, its fiber- optic front and rear iron sights and its oversized Hogue rubber grip to help tame recoil. Other changes include its tensioned steel inner barrel/aluminum outer sleeve barrel system and the geometry of its fluted cylinder, both designed to reduce weight. The trigger guard has been enlarged as well for easier use with gloves.MSRP: 5.5-inch $1,135 // 7.5-inch $1,155Primary Arms PLx 1.5-12×36 CompactIf you need a scope with big capability in a small package, you need to check out Primary Arms’ new PLx 1.5-12×36 FFP RDB. Built with top-tier extra-low…

Some 650 to 950 rounds per minute. That is the exact mathematical formula required to turn an enemy formation’s fighting spirit into a desperate desire to simply survive. The United States military has spent decades crafting and perfecting this formula and has ensured its fighting men and women are well versed in its many uses and applications. U.S. Marines fire an M240B machine gun during a live-fire squad attack exercise at Twentynine Palms, California on July 27, 2026. The M240 is chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. Image: Sgt. Alexis French/U.S.M.C. The official U.S. Army Technical Manual describes the M240 as “a belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, fully automatic machine gun that fires from the open bolt position.” While that definition is technically accurate, it fails to capture what the weapon actually is. It is the heartbeat of American fire superiority, and the defining sound of that heartbeat over the last four decades has been the steady, rhythmic, unstoppable chugging of the M240. Spc. Pedro Ochoa carries a M240B machine gun while rucking to his objective during the Alaska State Best Warrior Competition 2025 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Image: Alejandro Peña/Alaska National Guard It’s heavy, brutal to carry, and it is the undisputed heavyweight…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Arizona man who says a “swatting” call ended with deputies’ bullets leaving him partially paralyzed is now demanding $176 million from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.Axeel Melendez, 24, and his mother, Carmen Melendez, recently filed a notice of claim against the Pima County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Chris Nanos, signaling their intent to sue, according to Arizona Public Media.Dev Sethi, who is representing Melendez, told the outlet that the man and his mother were swatted, prompting a massive law enforcement response at their house. Swatting is a criminal prank where individuals place fake calls to 911 for a specific location with the goal of getting a law enforcement response to that location.ROMANIAN NATIONAL LEARNS FATE FOR SWATTING US OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, JUDGES “Our justice system recognizes the dignity of a human life and the importance of the completeness of your body. Axeel’s health, his independence, his ability to earn a living, his sense of security, that’s all been stolen away from him,” Sethi said.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XSomeone impersonating Melendez initially called 311, a non-emergency number, on April 10 and said his father shot his sister,…

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during America’s five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military’s readiness for future conflicts. The missiles are principally the Army’s surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM). The U.S. has used “virtually all” of these weapons, according to two of the sources. The degree to which the military is running out of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles has not been previously reported.The long-range munitions are an important part of the military’s arsenal, allowing accurate strikes from a safe distance. U.S.-supplied ATACMS have played a key role in the war in Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian forces to attack targets inside Russia. The PrSM is a newer, more advanced generation that will replace the ATACMS, which have a shorter range. Analysts say such weapons — which cost over $1 million each — would also be important in any conflict with China.The sources declined to say how many of each munition the U.S. had left. President Donald Trump launched the Iran war jointly with Israel in February, predicting that the conflict would last…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic socialist Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong is facing renewed scrutiny after past remarks about race and “whiteness” resurfaced online, including comments referencing members of her own family.”My proximity to whiteness continues, right… My son is biracial. He is half-white and half-Korean. I think navigating what his identity is and how people perceive him is always at the back of my mind as well,” Hong, who has served in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2021, said during a 2021 interview with ListenMKE.A trove of Hong’s past X posts and interview clips has resurfaced as she campaigns for Wisconsin governor, renewing scrutiny of her repeated comments about race and identity, including remarks critical of whiteness.SOCIALIST FRONTRUNNER IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER ‘CANCEL THANKSGIVING’ POST EMERGES ONLINE “I’m sorry but this woman is not well,” wrote Fox News contributor Paul Mauro on X.”It must be exhausting to have to think like this,” said Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty president Rick Esenberg.”Weirdo racism,” said Fox News Political Analyst Guy Benson.Fox News Digital reached out to Hong’s campaign Tuesday regarding her past comments and subsequent criticisms, but did not immediately receive a reply.HASAN PIKER’S DEFENSE…